Katie Goodman

Katie Goodman is an American musical satirist and comedian. She performs her solo show, “I Didn’t F*ck It Up” in New York [1] and around the world, and originated “Broad Comedy” a troupe of five women who perform musical satire and sketch in 1999.[2]

Background

Katie Goodman graduated from University of Pennsylvania in 1990.[3]

Katie Goodman and Soren Kisiel, a wife-husband team, are the creators, writers and directors of Broad Comedy that has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Boston, and Los Angeles,[4] and won the Vancouver Fringe Festival[5]

Katie Goodman is a Boston native, and the daughter of Pulitzer Prize winning columnist Ellen Goodman.[6] In addition to Broad Comedy, Katie writes for O: The Oprah Magazine,[7] is a nationally touring speaker,[8] and is the author of Improvisation For The Spirit: Live A Creative, Spontaneous, and Courageous Life Using the Tools of Improv Comedy.[9]

She was also the founder and producer of the National Women's Theatre Festival in Los Angeles in the 90”s and an Artistic Director of the Philadelphia Women's Theatre Festival.[10]

Awards and runs

Katie and Soren and Broad Comedy were nominated for an EPIC Award from The White House Project in 2010,[11] as well as being nominated for the MacArthur Foundation “Genius Grant” for their unique work in theatre.[12] They also won the “Pick Of The Fringe” Award at the Vancouver Fringe Festival in 2005. [13]

Goodman performed at Showtime’s “The Green Room with Paul Provenza” taping in 2010.[14]

Broad Comedy was featured at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland in the summer of 2010.[15]

In April 2011, Katie Goodman and Soren Kisiel started the social activism awareness site www.UnFuckitup.com due to the popularity of their hit “I Didn’t Fuck It Up.” It’s a place where social activists can come together to get inspired about how other people are changing the world.[16] They award one “unfucker” of the month.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.triadnyc.com/
  2. ↑ http://www.boston.com/ae/events/articles/2006/03/08/broad_comedy/
  3. ↑ http://www.upenn.edu/gazette/0512/pro02.html
  4. ↑ http://www.laughspin.com/2010/01/29/broad-comedy-starts-month-long-run/
  5. ↑ http://www.pressplus1.com/stage-reviews/broad-comedy-vancouver-fringe-festival-2008
  6. ↑ http://www.postwritersgroup.com/goodman.htm
  7. ↑ http:// www.oprah.com/money/The-30-Day-Email-Detox
  8. ↑ http://www.oprah.com/oprahradio/E-mail-Detox
  9. ↑ http://www.sourcebooks.com/author/katie-goodman.html
  10. ↑ http://www.lastagetalk.com/discussion/28/la-womens-theatre-fest-accepting-submissions-bigcheap/p1
  11. ↑ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/09/meryl-streep-megan-mullal_n_532082.html#s79707&title=Meryl_Streep
  12. ↑ http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.959463/k.9D7D/Fellows_Program.htm
  13. ↑ http://www.vancouverfringe.com/about-fringe/
  14. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw3_J2RuYzI
  15. ↑ https://www.list.co.uk/articles/edinburgh-festival-fringe/edinburgh-festivals/katie-goodman/
  16. ↑ http://www.unfuckitup.com

External links

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