Beth Lisick: 1 quote0 likes
Beth Lisick is an American writer, performer, and author of five books. With Arline Klatte, she co-founded the Porchlight Storytelling Series of open-mic spoken word performances in San Francisco in 2002. Her spoken word performances were featured at the Lollapalooza festival in 1994, the South by Southwest Music Festival in 1996 and 1997, and Lilith Fair in 1998. She has toured with Sister Spit. She has also performed sketch comedy with the group White Noise Radio Theatre and has an ongoing film and stage collaboration with Tara Jepsen.
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.
