Beth Lisick (born December 13, 1968 in Saratoga, California) is an American writer, performer, and author of six books. With Arline Klatte, she co-founded the Porchlight Storytelling Series[1] of spoken word performances in San Francisco in 2002.[2][3] Her spoken word performances were featured at the Lollapalooza festival, the South by Southwest Music Festival, Bumbershoot, and Lilith Fair.[4] She has toured with Sister Spit. She has also performed sketch comedy with the group White Noise Radio Theatre[5] at SF Sketchfest and has an ongoing film and stage collaboration with Tara Jepsen.[6] The pair wrote and acted in an original web series entitled "Rods and Cones", which was named one of Indiewire's 25 Best Series/Creators of 2014.
Beth Lisick | |
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Born | (1968-12-13) December 13, 1968 (age 53) Saratoga, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Author, writer, performer, actress |
Genre | Poetry Fiction Sketch comedy Storytelling Acting |
Spouse | Eli Crews |
Children | One |
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In 2009, she appeared in the film Everything Strange and New, directed by award-winning American filmmaker Frazer Bradshaw. The film screened at numerous festivals including Sundance Film Festival,[7] Munich Film Festival, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival,[8] and the San Francisco International Film Festival,[9] where it won the FIPRESCI Award.
In 2011, she received a grant from the Creative Work Fund to collaborate on a book project with Creativity Explored. The result is a ten-part series of chapbooks entitled Tell You What.
Lisick is married to recording engineer and producer Eli Crews. Together they have one child, Gus.[10]
Anthologies
Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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1999 | Spectres of the Spectrum | Voice of Boo Boo | directed by Craig Baldwin | |
2002 | Compulsory Breathing | Woman | short film directed by David Munro | |
2003 | The Rest of the World | short film directed by Frazer Bradshaw | ||
2005 | 24/7 | Cookie Feltcher | video short | |
2005 | Diving for Pearls | Carole Murphy | co-directed by Beth and Tara Jepsen | |
2009 | Everything Strange and New | Reneé | directed by Frazer Bradshaw | |
2010 | Sinking State | Bernadette | short film directed by Frazer Bradshaw | |
2011 | Treatment | Debra | Feature film directed by Sean Nelson and Steven Schardt | [11] |
2013 | Redemption Trail | Larraine | Feature film directed by Britta Sjogren | [12] |
2013 | Tick Tock for Ding Dongs | Carole Murphy | short film directed by Beth and Tara Jepsen | |
2013 | Food Coma | short film | ||
2013 | Stepsister | Beth | short film directed by Joey Izzo | |
2014 | Rods and Cones | Carole Murphy | web series written/directed/starred in by Beth and Tara Jepsen | |
2014 | My Daughter's Boyfriend | Beth Martinson | short film directed by Joey Izzo | |
2015 | Transparent | Shopkeeper | Amazon TV series. Episode directed by Jill Soloway | [13] |
2016 | Pushing Dead | Receptionist | feature film directed by Tom E. Brown | [14] |
2016 | I Was There Too | Beth | short film directed by Joey Izzo | [15] |
2018 | Send Me | Woman | No Age music video directed by Jonn Herschend | [15] |
2019 | Director's Commentary | Lisa | short film directed by Jonn Herschend | [15] |
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