THE LIAR SHOW
Seek truth. Get a t-shirt.
"They can lie to me all night long." -- NY Times
THE STORIES: Each Liar Show features four writers and comics telling personal stories that will make you laugh, and maybe even make you think. But one of these people is making it all up.
THE INTERROGATION: After you’ve heard their stories, the performers return to the stage for a fact-finding question-and-answer session with the audience.
THE VERDICT: Ballots are cast, the Liar is revealed, and the geniuses who got it right win an "I Can Tell A Lie” T-shirt. But as The Washington Post wrote of The Liar Show: “Prizes mean nothing compared with the sweet victory of being recognized as the savviest people in the room.”
Andy Christie is the creator and host of The Liar Show. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Elle Magazine, best-selling The Moth storytelling anthology and in Thomas Beller's Lost and Found: Stories from New York. He is a Moth Urban Storytelling Grand Slam Champion and several of his stories can be heard on their Peabody Award winning The Moth Radio Hour. His humor book, I Wasn’t Kidding, was published by Random House in the United States and the United Kingdom. Consequently, his work can be found on remainder shelves spanning two continents.
SARAH AUSTIN JENNESS joined the staff at The Moth in 2005, and as Executive Producer, she has worked with hundreds of people to craft and hone their personal stories. She is one of the hosts of the Peabody Award-winning The Moth Radio Hour, and launched The Moth's Global Community Program -- coaching storytelling workshops in the US and Africa to highlight world issues including family homelessness and public health. Moth stories she has directed in the past decade have been told during the UN General Assembly and as far afield as the Kenya National Theatre. She believes stories have power and can change the world by creating connection.
Ophira Eisenberg is standup comic, writer and host well-known from her 9 years as host of the NPR hit trivia show "Ask Me Another”. As a comedian, Ophira has performed on The Late Late Show, Comedy Central, This Week at The Comedy Cellar, Kevin Hart's LOL Network, plus appearances on The Today Show and HBO's Girls. She has two hit comedy specials, Inside Joke and Plant-Based Jokes, and she performs regularly at The Comedy Cellar and Gotham Comedy Club in New York. Ophira also hosts the Webby award winning comedy-parenting podcast "Parenting Is A Joke" Her memoir Screw Everyone: Sleeping My Way to Monogamy was optioned for a television series. Her solo show Leaving A Mark: A Comedy About Scars, was a New York Times Critic's Pick and won the Women in the Arts & Media Award for Solo Show Scripts. She will be taping her new comedy special at The Comedy Cellar in New York on November 9th.
Brian Balthazar is a television personality, executive producer, and pop culture commentator. He recently appeared on the HBO MAX competition series “Human Vs Hamster,” which is a real show - as a sideline correspondent and co-host alongside Saturday Night Live’s Sarah Sherman and NFL Network host Kyle Brandt. In between hosting specials and series, Brian regularly appears as a “talking head” on television news programs including the Today Show and NBC News Daily, providing entertainment headlines and hilarious spontaneous remarks. (Hilarity is subjective.) Previously, he appeared as a recurring guest on The Wendy Williams Show, providing the Inside Scoop on celebrities and segments on What’s Trending.
A sought after expert on pop culture who provides both insight and irreverent humor, he’s been a regular guest host and panelist on a variety of shows including Page Six TV, The Talk, Amazon Live, People Now! and a number of shows and documentaries appearing on VH1, Tubi, and more.
Brian blends his continued passion for trends, humor and pop culture as the head of his own production company, Balthazar Entertainment, where he creates and executive produces shows for cable networks and streamers. He draws upon his previous experience as a respected television producer who launched the fourth hour of the Today Show with Hoda and Kathie Lee, as a co-executive producer of The View, as well as many years at HGTV executive.
An avid dog lover and rescuer, his dogs Friday and Auggie are very attached and are likely backstage somewhere or hanging from one of his arms.