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[[Category: Performers|Lies]]
'''Erica Lies''' is an improv and sketch performer.
'''Erica Lies''' is an improv and sketch performer.


== History ==
== History ==
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.  
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 ==
== Troupes ==
* [[Miller and Lies]]
* [[snapshot]]
* [[Menenists]]
* [[Reverb]]
* [[iScream Sandwich]]
* [[iScream Sandwich]]
* [[There's Waldo]]
* [[There's Waldo]]
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== Shows ==
== Shows ==
* ''[[Bitterfest]]''
* ''[[Bitterfest]]''
* [[Damn Gina Presents Night Watch]] (director)
* [[Highly Suggestible]] (director, producer)
* [[It Takes Two: A Night of Almost Famous Comedy Duos]] (producer)
* ''[[Live TV Tuesdays: Beverly Hills, 90210]]'' (Andrea Zuckerman)
* ''[[Live TV Tuesdays: Beverly Hills, 90210]]'' (Andrea Zuckerman)
* ''[[Live TV Tuesdays: Saved by the Bell]]''
* ''[[Live TV Tuesdays: Saved by the Bell]]''
*  "[[New Year, Same Shit (ColdTowne TourCo)]]"
* ''[[Rapture the Flag]]''
* ''[[Rapture the Flag]]''
*  "[[Stool Pigeon]]"
* ''[[The Triple Scoop]]''
* ''[[The Triple Scoop]]''
* ''[[The Velvet Rut]]''
* ''[[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