Today we’d like to introduce you to Liz Splatt.
Liz, let’s start with your story. We’d love to hear how you got started and how the journey has been so far.
I’ve always been the class clown, outspoken. I wanted to fit in too much to think about getting into performance at any point in life. Once I became an adult and had the necessary life experiences that got rid of that drive to fit in, I tried to stand up comedy. I absolutely bombed my first set, I actually sang, what I thought at the time was a funny song. When my song bombed, I started doing some riffing to try and save myself and that was funnier than the whole song. I then realized I have to try this again but with actually written jokes.
After that, I started going to every mic I could possibly hit. Shortly after that, comedy became the apple of my eye and I started getting booked more regularly. Comedians who also produce shows started booking me, which was super helpful to me getting stage time and getting my name out there. During the pandemic, even with the huge decrease in performing opportunities, I’ve been having a good time going to mics and even being booked on some big shows. I’m really excited to see what happens next, especially after things go back to normal.
Has it been a smooth road?
I think as far as pursuing a career in performance and being a 23-year-old woman in a male-dominated workforce goes. It has been an extremely smooth road. The main struggles for me have been doing stand up while getting sober and doing stand up while getting my college degree. I don’t have a very interesting or wild story about getting sober. I just realized I couldn’t regulate my drinking, which I always kind of assumed but doing stand up made that very obvious for me. Many comics may say the same thing but for me, I felt that because of that, I couldn’t maintain the same amount of confidence on and off stage while not being sober.
Being a woman in this weird world, I want to try my best to never give anyone a reason to underestimate or take advantage of if I am able to avoid it. Getting my degree has slowly become more and more agonizing as I fall in love with stand up comedy. It’s nice to know that once I have this degree, I will have something to fall back on but honestly, at this point, I don’t want something to fall back on. I’m getting a degree in new media arts, which will be helpful to stand up comedy and making extra money on the side from taking headshots or recording my own sets and making my own flyers. Other than those struggles that have really just been internal, everything has been really fun and chill. I’ve met some awesome people and they all really respect a good public fart, which is important to me.
We’d love to hear more about your work.
My business is the big haha’s and the huge lols, IRL. I do stand up comedy, and I’m not afraid to admit it. I think the joke I’m best known for is my venus fly trap joke or Big Clit Energy because that’s on my merch after shows. I think what sets me apart from other comedians is being super funny and then also equally good looking. Also, I think what sets apart any good stand up is confidence in themselves that makes the audience comfortable with them in an intimate way. Also just a lot of dick jokes just keep them coming pun intended.
How do you think the industry will change over the next decade?
If anyone survives the coronavirus or the epidemic of canceling comedians, I think comedy will evolve and grow as most art forms do.
Contact Info:
- Email: lizsplattcomedy@gmail.com
- Instagram: @coveredinliz
- Twitter: @coveredinliz
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Liz Splatt
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