Pick Your Next Project

UnCabaret is the original alt comedy show,it's intimate, conversational and funny. We produce shows and host events and workshops.Now in its 25th groundbreaking year, UnCabaret celebrated with a sold out show at CAP/UCLA at The Theatre at Ace Hotel on 11/18/18. Here'sVariety'sstory about it.Beth Lapides, creator, producer and host, invites the most original and vital voices in comedy to share the stories that are ripped from the headlines of their own lives.Each show is a one time only night orchestrated to uplift and inspire.UnCabarethas appeared onAmazon,Comedy Central,audible.comand on five critically acclaimed CD's. Our podcats, Life & Beth is available on iTunes. Much of our back catalogue is avaialbel on audible.com.UnCabaret has been featured in and on Comedy Central,  CNN, NY Times, LA Times, The LA Weekly, melmagazine, Entertainment Weekly, NPR'sThis American Life andAll Things Considered, The New York Times, Vanity Fair etc. As well as CNN’s History of Comedy, PBS’s 'Maker's: Women in Comedy' and"We Killed: The Rise of Women in American Comedy".Spin off shows have included the critically acclaimed “Other Network Festival of UnAired Pilots” and “Say The Word”, TV writers reading stories of their own lives.WHOAmong our performers: Patton Oswalt, Margaret Cho, Janeane Garofalo, Bob Odenkirk, Sandra Bernhard, Kathy Griffin, Julia Sweeney, Tig Notaro, Julia Sweeney, Greg Behrendt, Taylor Negron, Jeff Garlin, Rob Delaney, Judd Apatow, Laura Kightlinger, Baron Vaughn, Jennifer Coolidge, Merrill Markoe, Maria Bamford, Alex Edelman, Roseanne Barr, Greg Proops, David Cross, Rick Overton, Eddie Pepitone, Rory Scovel, Jen Kirkman, Moshe Kasher, Michael Patrick King, Jen Kirkman, Sarah Silverman, Karen Kilgariff, Kira Soltanovich, Byron Bowers, Natasha Legerro, Moon Zappa, Cheri Oteri, Tim Bagley, Julie Goldman, John Riggi, Justin Sayre, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Randy and Jason Sklar, Ali Wong, Lauren Weedman, Carrie Fisher, Dave Holmes, Drew Droege, Dave Holmes, Erin Foley, Jackie Kashian, Alec Mapa, Paul F Tompkins, Del Shores, Aparna Nanchurla, Miss Coco Peru and so many more!Mitch Kaplan is our musical director and co-producer. Musical guests have included Phoebe Bridgers, Shelby Lynne, Lisa Loeb, Dweezil Zappa, Sam Morrow, Terra Naomi, Judith Owen, Jill Sobule, Zach Sherwin, Syd Straw, Ruby Friedman, Kelly Mantle, Allee Willis and Garfunkel and Oates.WHEREWe're currently in residency at Rockwell Table and Stage on Second Sundays. We've had extended residencies at LunaPark, HBO Workspace, Skirball Cultural Center, The Knitting Factory, First & Hope/AuLac. We've toured and done pop-ups at The Getty, The Los Angeles Public Library Main Branch, The Laugh Factory, The Great American Music Hall, Knitting Factory NY, CAP/UCLA at The Theatre at Ace Hotel, Ace Palm Springs, Earlham College, Washington University and more.We are an incubator and many projects, including Julia Sweeney’s 'God Said, Ha!' have come out of our Sunday nights..EDUOur .edu branch has been in operation for over a dozen years and our workshop, 'Infinite Writing' runs in 6 week cycles once a season in Los Anegles currently a Actors Comedy Studio. Beth Lapides teaches both this, the one day seminar 'You But Funnier', and works as a private creativity coach with clients and corporations.Classes have been presented bySecond City Chicago,UCLA Extension, IOWest, The Skirball Cultural Center, mediabistro, Humber College for Comedy, Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, LA Gay and Lesbian Center, PS 122, and Actors Comedy Studio.For more info onclassescheck this out.Come for the comedy, stay for the hugs.

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What's your next creative project? Undecided, overwhelmed or blocked? This bootcamp delivers the  clarity and skills to create and succeed!

Choosing your next project is the most critical part of your creative process!Here's the truth. The wrong project can stall your career and disrupt your creativity for years. You can be talented and get nowhere, wasting time - days, years, even decades - because you've picked the wrong thing to work on, or the wrong time to work on something. The right project at the right time equals success. Get on track and on your way to a career building decision! The right project at the right time will launch everything for you. But even the right project at the wrong moment - in the world or in your trajectory, or a project that might be right for someone else but is wrong for you, can stall your career, and disregulate your creativity for years.Attn Creatives: This Bootcamp is for you if you...<ul><li>Are confused about the next step in your creative path</li><li>Are overwhelmed by an embarrassment of riches in possible next projects</li><li>Don't understand the metrics of carving out your place in the market</li><li>Feel blocked whenever you begin the project you've chosen</li><li>Wasted a year on a project you thought was cool but could never launch</li><li>Have decision fatigue or paralysis</li><li>Are unsure if you are even working in the right medium</li><li>Don't know the right questions to ask yourself</li><li>Want confirmation that you have picked the right project</li><li>Have done projects before but know now none of them have been the right one</li><li>Are curious about working with Beth</li></ul>Would you like to master powerful skills to move past these creative hurdles?Then you need...<ul><li>A toolkit for making better decisions about your work moving forward.</li><li>Wisdom about what criteria to use when you choose</li><li>A internal compass that gives you clarity.</li></ul>Pick Your Next Project's proprietary process is a solution based bootcamp that will give you all that. Plus...<ul><li>Exponential learning through the group</li><li>A free discovery call with Beth</li><li>Clarity</li><li>The ability to make better creative decisions in the future</li></ul>As you well know, every NYT bestseller, hit TV show, succesful stand up tour, groundbreaking album, amazing TED Talk began with a decision. In creative work, which notoriously is decision heavy, picking your next project is literally the most important decision. Which is part of what makes it so difficult and crucial to do skillfully.And you've tried but fear, confusion, impatience, greed, self doubt and pressure have gotten in your way. This bootcamp will begin to clear away that wreckage."If you need inspiration, ideas, guidance on your next big thing, you simply must enroll in Beth Lapides’ Infinite Creator Program. I've produced for some of the biggest names and personalities in the health and wellness space. I know of no other teacher nor coach who fosters creativity like Beth. She’s the real deal. She is legendary in Hollywood as a mover and a shaker and a content maker. And, one of her greatest gifts is helping others tap into their creative selves! I speak from experience, as she has helped me navigate a literal tonnage of development ideas/drafts/productions! Corny Koehl - Executive Producer of Oprah's Super Soul SundayTestimonials from Previous Pick Your Next Project Workshops:"You have motivated me to keep pursuing my passion and to never let go of what lights me up!" - Diane Dahle"I had no idea that during and after the webinar with you that I would feel so positively impacted and elated about your help." - Abby Kesden"Thank you so much for your wisdom and guidance on Saturday and for making me part of such a lovely group.I was truly inspired and felt so much better to have been there."- Emma Pyne"Awesome workshop, as expected. It gave me the inspiration to work my way out of my current predicament so I have the breath to ask bigger questions of myself… Thanks, as always, for bringing the poetry and paradox, along with the practical advice." - Emerson DameronNote from The Infinite Creator's Beth Lapides:"I feel your pain. I’ve been there. Onstage with too many notes. Up all night spinning about the perfect project for me, knowing it was out there but not sure how to find it.In one of these moments I created my legendary show, UnCabaret. I tell that story in my new critically acclaimed original audio book So You Need To Decide, which includes conversations with some of my most successful and decision-adept friends, Bob Odenkirk, Phoebe Bridgers, Julia Sweeney, Margaret Cho, Tim Bagley. And which was made using all the techniques I'm going to help you with in this webinar."You don't have to do it alone. Together we're going to amplify and optimize your creativity for a more prolific, profitable and profound creative life.If you'd like to book a call to explore other opportunities to invest in yourself working with me, <a href="https://www.bethlapides.com/bookacallwithbeth" title="https://www.bethlapides.com/bookacallwithbeth" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">schedule a discovery call here.</a>More about Beth...Beth's best known as the creator and host of <a href="http://www.uncabaret.com" title="http://www.uncabaret.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">UnCabaret</a> which is widely recognized as the leader in the comedy revolution and the Los Angeles Times called her 'the godmother of alternative comedy'. Variety recenty called UnCabaret 'a progressive comedy institution'. She's hosted and produced UnCabaret for over 25 years including live and as a series on Amazon, a special for Comedy Central and a library on audible.Beth has been featured on Comedy Central, CNN's History of Comedy, Sex &amp; The City, NPR's All Thing's Considered and many others.Beth's a master teacher and has been steering creatives through careers in stand up, memoir, script writing, storytelling, one person shows and more at schools and institutions like UCLA Extension, Second City, IOWest, Skirball Cultural Center, Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, Actors Comedy Studio, mediabistro.com, Brown University, CSUN, SMoCA etc.S pace Limited.

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