Beth Lapides is a writer, comedian, teacher, actress, artist and host. Her first book, "Did I Wake You?", will be published by Soft Skull Press on 11/11/06.

Beth is a commentator for NPR's All Things Considered and was a frequent guest on Politically Incorrect. She hosted a daily radio radio show on Comedy World Radio and the Un-Cabaret special for Comedy Central. Her writing has been published in The Los Angeles Times, Utne Reader, The Realist, LA Weekly, FreshYarn, and Premiere Magazine. She is featured in ACLU's "Freedom Files" and on "The Good, The Bad, and the Drugly" a benefit CD for the Drug Policy Alliance. Beth's also been hired by numerous networks to develop projects that never aired, and been featured in quite a few indie movies that you most likely have never seen.

Beth is often recognized by fans of "Sex & The City" on which she appeared as the performance artist, a role which brought her full circle back to NY, where she started her career as an NEA receiving multi-media artist.

During the 1992 Presidential election, Beth ran a guerrilla media campaign to make First Lady an elected position. She was featured everywhere from CNN to Interview Magazine, got as many electoral votes as Ross Perot and spent millions less.

Beth is most widely known as the creator and host of the legendary Un-Cabaret which has been producing original, progressive comedy since 1990. You can find more info about it, and it's offshoot shows, "The Other Network" and "Say The Word", at www.uncabaret.com. Un-Cabaret is now available through audible.com.

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