Beth Lisick

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Beth Lisick
Born (1968-12-13) December 13, 1968 (age 55)
Saratoga, California, U.S.
OccupationAuthor, writer, performer, actress
Genre Poetry
Fiction
Sketch comedy
Storytelling
Acting
SpouseEli Crews
ChildrenOne
Website
bethlisick.com

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.

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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]

Bibliography

Anthologies

Filmography

List of film roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
1999 Spectres of the Spectrum Voice of Boo Boodirected by Craig Baldwin
2002Compulsory BreathingWomanshort film directed by David Munro
2003The Rest of the Worldshort film directed by Frazer Bradshaw
200524/7Cookie Feltchervideo short
2005Diving for PearlsCarole Murphyco-directed by Beth and Tara Jepsen
2009Everything Strange and NewReneédirected by Frazer Bradshaw
2010Sinking StateBernadetteshort film directed by Frazer Bradshaw
2011TreatmentDebraFeature film directed by Sean Nelson and Steven Schardt [12]
2013 Redemption Trail LarraineFeature film directed by Britta Sjogren [13]
2013Tick Tock for Ding DongsCarole Murphyshort film directed by Beth and Tara Jepsen
2013Food Comashort film
2013StepsisterBethshort film directed by Joey Izzo
2014Rods and ConesCarole Murphyweb series written/directed/starred in by Beth and Tara Jepsen
2014My Daughter's BoyfriendBeth Martinsonshort film directed by Joey Izzo
2015 Transparent ShopkeeperAmazon TV series. Episode directed by Jill Soloway [14]
2016Pushing DeadReceptionistfeature film directed by Tom E. Brown [15]
2016I Was There TooBethshort film directed by Joey Izzo [16]
2018Send MeWomanNo Age music video directed by Jonn Herschend [16]
2019Director's CommentaryLisashort film directed by Jonn Herschend [16]

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