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Erica Lies is an improv and sketch performer.
{{Infobox Performer
|Name = Erica Lies
|Picture = Erica Lies Pic.jpg
|Theater= [[The Institution Theater]]
|Years = 2007-Present
}}
[[Category: Performers|Lies]]
'''Erica Lies''' is an improv and sketch performer.


She studied improv at New York's Magnet Theater and the Institution Theater in Austin and has performed both sketch and improv all over Austin.  
== History ==
Erica Lies is a writer, improviser, and teacher in Austin. She’s been writing and performing comedy for over a decade, having studied improv at Magnet Theater, The Institution Theater, and ColdTowne Theater. Erica performs with the groups snapshot, Miller & Lies, and ColdTowne’s TourCo, and she can be seen in ColdTowne’ flagship show, Stool Pigeon, every Sunday at 8:30. She has an extensive performance background with a BFA from West Virginia University and an MA from The University of Texas at Austin, both in theater. As a writer, she is a three-time Second Rounder at the Austin Film Festival with her co-written TV pilots, and her humor writing has run in McSweeney’s, National Lampoon, Splitsider Humor Section, and the Huffington Post. Last year, Menenists — her two-woman sketch show with Katie Stone — had a sold out run that pissed off dudes as far away as Australia. She is also a longtime story producer for Mortified Austin.


Groups:
== Troupes ==
iScream Sandwich
* [[Miller and Lies]]
There's Waldo
* [[snapshot]]
Venn Diaphragm
* [[Menenists]]
* [[Reverb]]
* [[iScream Sandwich]]
* [[There's Waldo]]
* [[Venn Diaphragm]]


Shows:
== Shows ==
Live TV Tuesdays - 90210 (Andrea Zuckerman)
* ''[[Bitterfest]]''
Live TV Tuesdays - Saved By the Bell
* [[Damn Gina Presents Night Watch]] (director)
Rapture the Flag
* [[Highly Suggestible]] (director, producer)
The Velvet Rut
* [[It Takes Two: A Night of Almost Famous Comedy Duos]] (producer)
Bitterfest
* ''[[Live TV Tuesdays: Beverly Hills, 90210]]'' (Andrea Zuckerman)
The Triple Scoop
* ''[[Live TV Tuesdays: Saved by the Bell]]''
*  "[[New Year, Same Shit (ColdTowne TourCo)]]"
* ''[[Rapture the Flag]]''
*  "[[Stool Pigeon]]"
* ''[[The Triple Scoop]]''
* ''[[The Velvet Rut]]''

Latest revision as of 01:54, 1 February 2018


Erica Lies

Erica Lies Pic.jpg

Primary Theater The Institution Theater
Years Active 2007-Present

Erica Lies is an improv and sketch performer.

History

Erica Lies is a writer, improviser, and teacher in Austin. She’s been writing and performing comedy for over a decade, having studied improv at Magnet Theater, The Institution Theater, and ColdTowne Theater. Erica performs with the groups snapshot, Miller & Lies, and ColdTowne’s TourCo, and she can be seen in ColdTowne’ flagship show, Stool Pigeon, every Sunday at 8:30. She has an extensive performance background with a BFA from West Virginia University and an MA from The University of Texas at Austin, both in theater. As a writer, she is a three-time Second Rounder at the Austin Film Festival with her co-written TV pilots, and her humor writing has run in McSweeney’s, National Lampoon, Splitsider Humor Section, and the Huffington Post. Last year, Menenists — her two-woman sketch show with Katie Stone — had a sold out run that pissed off dudes as far away as Australia. She is also a longtime story producer for Mortified Austin.

Troupes

Shows