Beth Lisick

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::summary American author and actress ::

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Field	Value
name	Beth Lisick
caption	Lisick in Saratoga, California
birth_date
birth_place	Saratoga, California, U.S.
occupation	Author, writer, performer, actress
genre	Poetry
Fiction
Sketch comedy
Storytelling
Acting
spouse	Eli Crews
children	One
website
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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 of spoken word performances in San Francisco in 2002. Her spoken word performances were featured at the Lollapalooza festival, the South by Southwest Music Festival, Bumbershoot, and Lilith Fair. She has toured with Sister Spit. She has also performed sketch comedy with the group White Noise Radio Theatre at SF Sketchfest and has an ongoing film and stage collaboration with Tara Jepsen. 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, Munich Film Festival, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, and the San Francisco International Film Festival, 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.

Bibliography

• Monkey Girl, Manic D Press (1997)
• This Too Can Be Yours, Manic D Press (2001) — winner of the 2002 Firecracker Alternative Book Award for Fiction
• Everybody Into the Pool: True Tales, HarperCollins/ReganBooks (2005)
• Helping Me Help Myself: One Skeptic, Ten Self-Help Gurus, and a Year on the Brink of the Comfort Zone (2008)
• Yokohama Threeway (2013)
• Edie on the Green Screen (2020)

Anthologies

• Santa Cruz Noir, Akashic. Susie Bright, ed. (2018)
• Yes Is the Answer, Rare Bird Books. Marc Weingarten, Tyson Cornell, eds.
• The Speed Chronicles, Akashic. Joseph Mattson, ed. (2011)
• The Post-It Note Diaries. Arthur Jones, illustrator.(2011)
• Best American Poetry. James Tate, ed. (1997)

Filmography

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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
2013	Redemption Trail	Larraine	Feature film directed by Britta Sjogren
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
2016	Pushing Dead	Receptionist	feature film directed by Tom E. Brown
2016	I Was There Too	Beth	short film directed by Joey Izzo
2018	Send Me	Woman	No Age music video directed by Jonn Herschend
2019	Director's Commentary	Lisa	short film directed by Jonn Herschend
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References

References

1. Karp, Evan. (2013-12-23). "The Rumpus Interview with Beth Lisick". The Rumpus.net.
2. "Porch Light Story Telling Series | SF Station".
3. Starr, Penelope. (23 August 2009). "Storytelling in San Francisco". [[Gannett]].
4. . ["Beth Lisick"](http://www.salon.com/audio/2000/10/05/lisick/).
5. . ["Compulsory Breathing"](https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/shorts/comp.html). *[[PBS]]*.
6. Crooks, Pete. "Beth Lisick & Tara Jepsen's new show: Getting in on the Ground Floor and Staying There".
7. "Everything Strange and New | Sundance Festival 2009".
8. "Karlovy Vary International Film Festival | Everything Strange and New".
9. Michael Read. "Everything Strange and New". [[San Francisco International Film Festival]].
10. Anderson, Lessley. (2005-08-28). "Beth Lisick: A Princess of Paradox". The New York Times.
11. "Firecracker Alternative Book Awards". ReadersRead.com.
12. "Treatment".
13. (6 October 2013). "Redemption Trail".
14. "Beth Lisick".
15. (9 November 2017). "Pushing Dead".
16. (12 June 2016). "I Was There Too".

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