Megan Beth Koester is an American comedian, writer, journalist and actress who regularly performs stand-up comedy in Los Angeles, CA.[1] From 2013 to 2018, she was a contributor to Vice Magazine, writing about media, comedy, the entertainment industry, feminism and Los Angeles culture.[2][3] She writes on similar subjects for Jezebel, Thrillist and The Guardian.[4]
Megan Koester co-authored The Indignities of Being a Woman with Merrill Markoe in 2018, an audio work published by Audible which combines historic research with humor.[5] The album discusses the experience of womanhood throughout time from the perspective of two women working in comedy.[6]
In January 2019, her comedy album Tertium Non Datur, created from a live taping hosted by Andy Kindler in May 2018,[7] was released by Aspecialthing Records.
Koester played the character of Madeline Cross in "The Pain of Being Alive," episode 3 of season 1 of Comedy Central's Corporate, a TV show that makes fun of the employee experience in a large corporation.[8] L.A. Weekly named her comedy act "one to watch" in 2015.[9]
Along with co-hosts Emily Whittemore, and Alison Stevenson (Mary Kobayashi left early on[10]), Koester was also featured on the Adult Swim streaming network's The Perfect Women.[11] On July 23, 2019, Koester began the weekly podcast Grifthorse with comedian Howard Kremer.
References
edit- ^ "(Kinda) Open Mic". Los Angeles Magazine. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
- ^ Zeisler, Andi (2016). We were feminists once: From riot grrrl to CoverGirl, the buying and selling of a political movement. Public Affairs. pp. 196. ISBN 9781610397735.
- ^ "Vice contributor Megan Koester". Vice. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
- ^ Koester, Megan (2017-03-03). "Daria: the 90s cartoon that nailed American feminist teenhood". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
- ^ Carras, Christi (2018-08-14). "Merrill Markoe, Megan Koester to Debut Podcast 'The Indignities of Being a Woman' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
- ^ "The indignities of being a woman". www.heraldsun.com.au. 2018-10-06. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
- ^ Weekly, L. A. (2018-05-10). "15 Best Things to Do in L.A. This Week". L.A. Weekly. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
- ^ "Corporate" The Pain of Being Alive (TV Episode 2018) - IMDb, retrieved 2019-03-04
- ^ Seabaugh, Julie (2014-12-26). "10 Comedy Acts to Watch in 2015". L.A. Weekly. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
- ^ "Mary Kobayashi is a comedian on the [adultswim] online show "The Perfect Women."". Olympia Film Society. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
- ^ "IMDb entry for Perfect Women". IMDb.