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Beth Appel

[headshot] Beth Appel is a performer, writer, director and paralegal living in New York City.

At UCB, Beth can currently be seen performing in THIS IS NOT A SKETCH SHOW: A SKETCH SHOW and writing for the UCB Maude Team NEIGHBOR BOY. She directed THE BACHELOR: ROSES, ROMANCE, AND ROSES, currently running at UCB. She played Patty in THE SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP NYPD VARIETY HOUR, Suzanne in BRAD SACKS GETS A HAND JOB (which she also directed), and was formerly a writer for UCB Maude Team HIGH TREASON, the monthly sketch show TREMENDOUS MACHINE, and a performer on UCB Harold Teams MONSTRO and CAPTCHA.

Beth graduated from Vassar College where she directed and performed in numerous plays and musicals and was a member of the not at all embarrassingly named sketch comedy group HAPPILY EVER LAUGHTER. She can also be seen performing with the improv group SHARK TANK every month at the Parkside Lounge. Her sketch group HAM ON THE BONE (a name so not embarrassing you're probably jealous) had a long-running monthly show at the Magnet Theater and she makes funny videos with THE BASEMENT and THE BRIAN PROJECT. Beth wrote, directed, and performed in the sketch show SEXUAL DANCING FOR DUMMIES. Beth also blogs for the Huffington Post just like fellow comedian Larry David.