Beth Lapides (/ləˈpiːdʌs/; lə-PEE-dəs) is an American writer, comedian, producer and host, best known for creating Un-Cabaret.
[2][3][4] Lapides wrote about it for an LA Weekly cover story on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary Show for CAP/UCLA at the Theatre at Ace Hotel.
[11] Lapides' podcast Life and Beth are half an hour conversations in which guests are asked to talk about the stories that most make them.
Beth's guests have included Lily Taylor, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Cho, Daniel Radcliffe, Ana Gasteyer and others.
She began her career in the downtown NY art scene of the 1980s where she created pieces for The Kitchen, PS 122, Club 57, Danceteria, and others.
Lapides appeared in the sixth season of Sex and the City TV series as the performance artist Marina Abramović in the twelfth episode "One" (2003), in which Carrie meets Aleksandr.