Meet Our Guest Artists

Lisa Koch

Demented singer/songwriter, Britney Spears body-double

Mix a touch of Bette Midler, a healthy dose of Carol Burnett, a pinch of Lily Tomlin, and a smattering of Karen Carpenter ... and you’ve got Lisa Koch. An irreverent Seattle singer/comedian, Koch ("Coke") is a deliciously twisted mix of comedy, theater, and demented songs. She has four solo recordings, is one-half of hilarious sketch-comedy duo, Dos Fallopia (My Breasts Are Out of Control), and is an alumnus of cult quartet Venus Envy (I’ll Be A Homo for Christmas).

Lisa has co-written such warped shows as The Carpenters: Uncomfortably Close To You, Two’s Company, I’m a Crowd, and Ham for the Holidays: Desperate Spuddwives. She also finds time to work as an actor, appearing in The Vagina Monologues, Dirty Blonde, and as the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz (The 5th Avenue Theatre). She performs regularly on Olivia Cruises, and just closed an eight-week run of her one-woman cabaret show, Return to Planet Lisa (Oregon Cabaret Theatre). Lisa has just released her fourth solo CD, Tall Cool Drink (www.heylisa.com).

"... reminiscent of the uproariously tacky mishmash once beloved by the Divine Miss M … " ~ Out Magazine

"Hearing Seattle's Lisa Koch is one of life's wickedest pleasures" ~ Curve

"Koch has the same mischievous energy as the early Bette Midler. She seems to have that sense of joie de vivre that makes her instantly likeable. She's an out lesbian with a universal appeal" ~ Washington Blade

Dos Fallopia

An outrageous kamikaze comedy duo, Dos Fallopia (Lisa Koch and Peggy Platt) combine music, sketch comedy, improvisation, razor sharp wit, and general lunacy to produce an evening of wickedly funny commentary from a woman’s point of view.

Performing together since 1990, Lisa and Peggy have logged 17 holiday ventures together, more than 25 full-length shows, and countless international touring dates. They have toured their sold-out stage shows, Twin Sisters of Different Cul-de-sacs, Pretty Girls, Not Too Bright, and Desperate Spuddwives in theaters in London, New York, San Francisco, LA, Chicago, Seattle, Minneapolis and Indianapolis. They were named "Local Treasures" (Seattle Times, Best of Seattle Theater), and their video, Pretty Girls, Not Too Bright, has received rave reviews.

"Could they be the long lost love child of Doris Day and Divine? Big, brash, completely mad …"  ~ London Connection

"I wasn't prepared for just how funny they would be … I kept laughing and fell out of my seat … two of the funniest, most irreverent comedians I've seen in years … " ~ San Francisco Bay Times

" … They are, without question, Seattle’s reigning queens of sketch comedy … "
~ Seattle Gay News

" … how many other great female comedy teams are working at this pitch of mirth? … when Platt and Koch are on, girlfriend, are they ever on."   ~ Seattle Times