Ep. 51: Elyssa Phillips

Becca Greenberg is a comedian and actor hailing from Philadelphia and working in Los Angeles. She hosts the monthly stand-up show Toxic at the Pack Theater, and her work has been featured on WhoHaHa. She can be seen performing all around LA. Becca sits down with Nicky and Coop to talk about growing up in Philly, starting a monthly stand-up show for women, and never reading the comments. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/comedygirlcrush/support

This week Coop and Nicky are joined in the studio by comedian Genesis Sol. Genesis is a stand-up, actor, writer, singer, make-up artist jane-of-all-trades. She is also the host and founder of Witty Titties, the all women's open mic at The Nitecap. You can catch Genesis performing at the Comedy Store on July 28th and at the Hollywood Improv on July 29th. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/comedygirlcrush/support

Erron Bounds is an actor, writer, comedian, drag king, local activist and founder of One Good Seed in Los Angeles. They join Nicky and Kate to talk about the journey to creating One Good Seed, the vibrations of comedy and laughter, and living in a world where everything is dumb, and stupid, and funny. They can be seen performing around LA, as well as helping out in the community. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/comedygirlcrush/support

Heidi Lux is an actor, writer, and comedian whose writing you've seen in Reductress and McSweeney's. She's also a managing editor of Belladonna, has written for Nickelodean Animation, and her first full-length feature Crushed can be streamed Tubi. Heidi sits down with Kate and Nicky to talk about her family escaping Poland during WWII, how the literary classic Heart of Darkness inspired her work, and ofc ourse the sleeper teen comedy gem He's All That. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/comedygirlcrush/support

Coop Foster is an actor, voice-over performer, and comedian in LA. She sits down with Kate and Nicky to talk about growing up in the Bay, paying her way through school, Dave Grohl, and finding her place in the LA comedy community. You can hear her voice alongside Rainn Wilson and John Malkovich's on theAudible comedy Middlespace! as well as catch her performing live at the Pack theater every month with her sketch team Tantrum! Follow her on IG @this_is_coop and Twitter @coopfoster --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/comedygirlcrush/support

Stephanie Streisand is an actress, comedian, and writer for both live-action and animation! She sits down with Kate and Nicky in this episode to talk about Purim, getting kicked out of school, and figuring out her own path to becoming a working writer. Stephanie is the creator of and writer for Matty is Noob on Amazon Prime, and has written for The Detour (TBS), Funny or Die, and a bunch of other stuff. You can catch her at the IATSE Local 80 in Burbank this Sunday, March 20th at 11 AM for the animation guild strike. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/comedygirlcrush/support

Writer/comedian Carly Garber joins Nicky and Kate in the studio to talk about how TikTok is ruining her life, wishing she could shut the f*** up, and realizing she could be funny for a living. Carly is currently staffed on The Goldbergs and her first episode as a writer on the show will air in March. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/comedygirlcrush/support

Actor, writer, producer, comedian Ayla Glass joins Kate and Nicky on the podcast and they talk everything from plant momming, to 1800s grifting, to being your authentic self. Ayla is the creator of WOCA sketch show The Baegency and is currently on tracking board's NEXT list for screenwriting. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/comedygirlcrush/support

Actor/comedian Elyssa Phillips (Silicon Valley, Fresh Off the Boat, The Mindy Project) joins Nicky and Kate in the studio to talk about learning to put herself first, her love of classic comedy, and definitely NOT being from New Jersey. She can currently be caught performing stand-up around LA or follow her! @elyssamp --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/comedygirlcrush/support

Actor/comedian Jasper Lewis joins Kate and Nicky on the 50th episode of Comedy Girl Crush! Jasper offers great advice on making character videos, fighting through the negativity, and learning to create work you love. Jasper has performed at UCB, the Pack theater, and is currently a viral TikTok creator where her hilarious character videos have her millions of views. Follow her everywhere @heyjasperlewis --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/comedygirlcrush/support