[1] In 2009, Dobbins performed—on a dare from her girlfriend—for the first time at an open mic night at Woody’s, a laundromat café in Oakland, California.
[14] In 2015, she headlined Gay for Days, Oakland's only queer comedy show[15] and was featured on Put Your Hands Together, River Butcher and Cameron Esposito's live podcast.
[19] She also performed as a special guest for the Oakland LGBT Center and Pride Film Fest's QTPOComedy Takeover fundraiser[20] and the Novvato Theater Company's Third Annual Comedy Festival.
[21] Additionally, she played shows such as Woman Crush Wednesday at the Hollywood Improv, In 2019, she performed at SF Sketchfest,[22] headlined Brava Theater Center's Who’s Your Mami Comedy,[23] headlined the show Comedy with Liz Grant and Friends,[24] and performed at Minority Retort Presents,[25] Freight & Salvage's Pride Comedy Night,[26] Real Pain Fine Arts in Los Angeles,[27] and in San Francisco Women Against Rape's 14th Annual Walk Against Rape.
[28] She also performed at MAKE IT STOP: A Night to Raise Money and Some Hell for Gun Reform Candidates, with all proceeds going to One Vote at a Time, a group of female filmmakers who were making free professional campaign videos for candidates in state elections who were committed to gun reform.