UnCabaret’s 2020 Season At Rockwell Table and Stage We’re thrilled to be bringing you another year of shows at Rockwell Table & Stage where we will be in residence for our 2020 season! We launch on Sunday January 12 and then will be the third Sundays of the month. Which means Sundays Feb 16, March 15, Aprl 17, May 17, June …
UnCab Kicks Off 2019 at Rockwell in Los Feliz
We are thrilled to announce that we will kick off the UnCabaret 2019 Season at the wonderful Rockwell Table and Stage. Sunday, January 13. Doors at 6 PM. Show at 7:30. Beth’s Birthday Show! Julie Goldman, Laura Kightlinger, Frangela, Jamie Bridgers and others TBD ASAP! Tickets Here! If you’ve been to Rockwell you know what a delightful and …
Perfect Merch
I was stopped at the light on Melrose and Fairfax. I was spinning about something. I can’t remember what. Probably everything. What was wrong, how to fix it. And then the thought came into my head: maybe this is perfect. Do you know what perfect is? Maybe this is it. Maybe this is perfect. I felt a huge weight lift …
Mission Statement
CAP/UCLA asked us to write an Artist’s Statement for the program of of 25th Anniversary Show. UnCabaret is actually a collective of many artists. So that was interesting. But it was a good chance to step back and write a mission statement…. We are filled with hope every time UnCabaret convenes. We are curious about each other’s stories. And our …
We’re LA Weekly’s Cover Story!
What is alternative comedy? How did it come to exist? The LA Weekly asked UnCabaret’s creator Beth Lapides to write the story of the UnCabaret’s 25 year history. They called it “A Place in The Un”. “I had to laugh. Darrick Rainey, the editor of L.A. Weekly, called me with notes on this piece. “You need to say what UnCabaret is. …
COMEDY CENTRAL SPECIAL PLUS BACKSTORY
In the summer of 1997 we gathered some of the most original voices and originators of the UnCabaret story based style to do a special for Comedy Central. We shot it at Luna Park, on Robertson Boulevard in West Hollywood. Luna Park is where we did our weekly Sunday night shows for seven years. To accommodate the shoot we moved …
Alternative Comedy
Beth Lapides digs in with the cool cats of the Dead Frog Podcast about alternative comedy.