Keisha Zollar

She is a founding member of Upright Citizen Brigade Theatre's first all-black team Astronomy Club and was co-head writer for the group's Netflix series.

[3] In 2013, Zollar and several other Black performers at UCB in Los Angeles formed the Astronomy Club.

[1] In 2019, Netflix ordered a variety sketch series centered around the Astronomy Club, produced by Kenya Barris.

[7] Zollar has spoken about issues related to the recruitment, retention, and other systemic reasons for the lack of non-white performers at UCB and in mainstream improv comedy.

[8] In June 2020, amid conversations about institutional racism in comedy sparked by the George Floyd protests, Zollar further tweeted about her experience as an unpaid diversity coordinator for UCB.