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Beth Lisick
Born (1968-12-13) December 13, 1968 (age 55)
Saratoga, California, U.S.
OccupationAuthor, writer, performer, actress
GenrePoetry
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.

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

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  • Monkey Girl, Manic D Press (1997) ISBN 0-916397-49-1
  • This Too Can Be Yours, Manic D Press (2001) ISBN 0-916397-73-4 — winner of the 2002 Firecracker Alternative Book Award for Fiction[11]
  • Everybody Into the Pool: True Tales, HarperCollins/ReganBooks (2005) ISBN 0-06-083426-9
  • Helping Me Help Myself: One Skeptic, Ten Self-Help Gurus, and a Year on the Brink of the Comfort Zone (2008) ISBN 0-06-114396-0
  • Yokohama Threeway (2013) ISBN 9780872866256
  • Edie on the Green Screen (2020) ISBN 978-1-7333672-0-2

Anthologies

Filmography

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List of film roles
Year Title Role Notes
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 [12]
2013 Redemption Trail Larraine Feature film directed by Britta Sjogren [13]
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 [14]
2016 Pushing Dead Receptionist feature film directed by Tom E. Brown [15]
2016 I Was There Too Beth short film directed by Joey Izzo [16]
2018 Send Me Woman No Age music video directed by Jonn Herschend [16]
2019 Director's Commentary Lisa short film directed by Jonn Herschend [16]

References

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  1. ^ Karp, Evan (2013-12-23). "The Rumpus Interview with Beth Lisick". The Rumpus.net. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
  2. ^ "Porch Light Story Telling Series | SF Station". Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
  3. ^ Starr, Penelope (23 August 2009). "Storytelling in San Francisco". Tucson Citizen (Story). Gannett. Archived from the original on 2011-04-03. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
  4. ^ "Beth Lisick". Salon.com. 5 October 2000. Archived from the original on 2001-06-26. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  5. ^ "Compulsory Breathing". Our Films. Independent Lens. PBS. Archived from the original on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
  6. ^ Crooks, Pete. "Beth Lisick & Tara Jepsen's new show: Getting in on the Ground Floor and Staying There". Diablomag.com. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Everything Strange and New | Sundance Festival 2009". Archived from the original on 2009-04-04. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
  8. ^ "Karlovy Vary International Film Festival | Everything Strange and New". Archived from the original on 2009-07-07. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
  9. ^ Michael Read. "Everything Strange and New". Films. San Francisco International Film Festival (Plot). Archived from the original on 2016-06-24. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
  10. ^ Anderson, Lessley (2005-08-28). "Beth Lisick: A Princess of Paradox". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
  11. ^ "Firecracker Alternative Book Awards". ReadersRead.com. Archived from the original on Mar 4, 2009.
  12. ^ "Treatment". IMDb.com. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  13. ^ "Redemption Trail". IMDb.com. 6 October 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  14. ^ "Beth Lisick". IMDb.com. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  15. ^ "Pushing Dead". IMDb.com. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  16. ^ a b c "I Was There Too". IMDb.com. 12 June 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
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