Beth Lapides is an American writer, comedian, producer and host, best known for creating Un-Cabaret.
15 Facts About Beth Lapides
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Beth Lapides created So You Need to Decide an audiobook original that discusses complex life decisions.
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Beth Lapides has hosted Un-Cabaret live and in all media since its inception.
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Lapides' podcast Life and Beth are half an hour conversations in which guests are asked to talk about the stories that most make them.
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Beth Lapides's guests have included Lily Taylor, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Cho, Daniel Radcliffe, Ana Gasteyer and others.
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Beth Lapides's radio show, The Beth Lapides Experience, ran for a year on the short-lived Comedy World Radio.
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Beth Lapides has been a creative force in the solo show arena.
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Beth Lapides began her career in the downtown NY art scene of the 1980s where she created pieces for The Kitchen, PS 122, Club 57, Danceteria, and others.
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Beth Lapides received several National Endowment for the Arts grants and toured to theaters, universities and art centers like ICA Boston, ICA London, Oberlin College, University of Iowa, Hallwalls etc.
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Beth Lapides has devoted most of her time as a stand-up comedian to her work at Un-Cabaret but she has worked in countless comedy clubs including The Improv, The Laugh Factory, The Comedy Store, Comedy U, and The Comic Strip.
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Beth Lapides ran a satirical 1992 campaign to make First Lady an elected position.
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Beth Lapides was featured on CNN, The Montel Williams Show and was invited to be on Oprah.
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Beth Lapides wrote a piece for the New York Times Magazine about it, which was killed the night before publication.
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Beth Lapides began her career as a visual artist in New York.
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Beth Lapides's work was shown at Dance Theater Workshop and The Metropolitan Museum of Art Library among others.