Carol Leifer. Publicity photo

Lesbian comedian/producer Carol Leifer will headline a May 19 event at Glencoe’s North Shore Congregation Israel, 1185 Sheridan Rd., at 5 p.m.

Her one-woman show is entitled “Judaism Is in My DNA.”

Leifer has worked for such shows as Saturday Night Live, Seinfeld, The Larry Sanders Show, and the Emmy-winning Modern Family, for which she won a 2012 Writers Guild Award; she also served as a head writer for the 2012 Academy Awards.

Tickets are $72 ($82 at the door); visit www.nsci.org/Events/Comedy_Tonight.