Lizzie Martinez

     

Originally from Oakland, California, Lizzie Martinez is a stand-up comedian and writer currently based in Brooklyn. Her stupid-smart brand of comedy combines subtle observations about the awkwardness of everyday life, tight punchlines, and absurd takes on sex and sexuality. She does stand-up all over NYC and has performed at venues like UCB, the Bell House, New York Comedy Club, Union Hall, and Caveat, and on shows like Butterboy, Caroline’s Comedy Madness (3rd round finalist), Good Heroin, and Reductress Live, as well as on special showcases for Comedy Central and the Onion/AV Club. She co-produces Starf*ckers, a monthly show about astrology at Union Hall, and Savage, a weekly show at Fawkner in Brooklyn, which was recently named one of the Best Alt-Comedy Shows in Brooklyn by Vulture and Splitsider. She co-created and stars in the web series #Throwback, which was named one of the 10 Best Comedy Web Series of 2016 by Paste Magazine, and is a contributing joke writer for Funny or Die. She has performed at festivals throughout the country, including Boston’s Women in Comedy Festival (2019), NC Comedy Arts Festival, the Chicago Improv Festival, Chicago’s Sketchfest, and New York City Sketch Festival. She’s trained at iO Chicago, The Annoyance, and UCB.