Beth Lapides is an alt comedy guru, author, yogi and creator of the groundbreaking comedy show Un-Cabaret and The Comedian's Way workshop. In her new show "100% Happy 88% of the Time" she navigates the slippery slope of these rapidly changing times on pages, stages, screens. And she does it with an upward facing attitude.
Beth's blog reflects her wide ranging interests and her feeling that despite the insane level of difficulty, The World Is So Exciting Right Now! She connects woo-woo with edge science and the spiritual frontier to daily life. She interprets, questions, deconstructs, inspires and analyzes. And she does it in all high heels. Or in barefeet. But never in flats!
Beth Lapides is a twenty first century artist. A hyphenated hybrid with an eye toward higher consciousness. Technically she is a comedian, and the media in which she makes light are live, print, online and on screens. You could say she is an author, radio and TV personality, columnist and actress and you would not be wrong. She's also a respected teacher, an avid yoga student and a Type A free spirit: working hard to let the wind blow her where it will.
Beth is best known for founding, hosting and producing Un-Cabaret, the legendary live show that led the 'alternative comedy' revolution. Nevertheless when strangers recognize her it is usually fro her brief but captivating appearance as the performance artist on "Sex and the City".
Beth's an original thinker and her columns, essays an opinions have appeared in and on Politically Incorrect, NPR's "All Things Considered", the Huffington Post, Los Angeles Times, Fit Yoga, Utne Reader, The Realist, LA Weekly, Premiere and freshyarn.com. She was the irreverently thoughtful self help correspondent for ABC Radio's Satellite Sisters and now writes a monthly column about yoga: "My Other Car Is A Yoga Mat" which is syndicated in LA Yoga and Yoga Chicago magazine. Her first book: "DID I WAKE YOU? Haikus for Modern Living" was published in 2006 by Soft Skull Press.
Beth established herself as a host at the live Un-Cabaret alternative comedy show, bringing together top comedy talent in a format that required a lively guardian. She went on to host Un-Cab on Comedy Central as well as on Comedy World Radio where she also hosted the talk format daily Beth Lapides Experience. Additionally she hosts the Un-Cabaret podcast on audible.com, Say The Word at The Skirball Cultural Center and The Other Network Writers Room, an audio interview series with top TV comedy writer's and showrunners. Beth also hosted and co-executive produced a talk show pilot, The Couch, for MTV.
Beth and producing and life partner Greg Miller teach writing, performing, creativity and living at The Comedian's Way (LA, NY, Tuscon). They've been teaching privately for over 10 years ad in addition have taught and/or lectured at UCLA Extension, Brown University, University of Iowa, Yoga Fit Convention, Humber College of the Arts, CalArts, the Skirball Center.
Beth created Say the Word, the first and longest-running of the new wave of storytelling shows (The Moth, Sit & Spin, Word Nerd, etc.), and The Other Network, a critically-acclaimed and wildly-popular festival of the greatest un-aired TV pilots ever made.
Beth is also an accomplished visual artist. Her urban primitive drawings, paintings and books have always been part of her solo performance work. The earliest pieces were seen in her East Village and Soho work in the 80's and are most recently in her current show: 100% Happy 88% of the Time. She has received numerous NEA awards and her work has been exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Library, various downtown New York galleries and in 2004 she had a one-person show at Ghetto Gloss in Los Angeles. Her work is available for production rentals and has been seen on "Nip/Tuck", "My Wife and Kids" and in "Spiderman 3".
Beth performed standup in many nightclubs, museums, colleges and theaters and performed numerous of her own one-person shows throughout the English-speaking world. Click here for her PERFORMANCE BIO.
Beth is outspoken and politically-active. She has performed and produced benefits with dozens of organizations, including the ACLU/Court TV "Freedom Files", a benefit CD for the Drug Policy Alliance, shows and events for PEN, NOW, Feral Cat Alliance, Barbara Boxer, and many others. During the 1992 Presidential election, she ran a guerrilla campaign to make First Lady an elected position which was featured on CNN, in People and Interview Magazines. She got as many electoral votes as Ross Perot and spent millions less.
Beth's unique workshop for writers performers and other hue-mans
Takes the ow out of now
consciousness. Technically she is a 
When it's time for the rubber to hit the road
