Erin McGathy | |
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Born | Japan |
Medium | Podcasting, improv theatre |
Years active | 2007–present |
Spouse | |
Notable works and roles |
This Feels Terrible Human Conversation Harmontown HarmonQuest |
Erin McGathy is an American podcast host, artist, and comedian. She hosted the podcast This Feels Terrible, appeared and improvised in Harmontown, and co-hosted Human Conversation with Wayne Federman.
McGathy was born in Japan and her family spent time in Italy, Texas, and Florida before settling in San Diego, California. [1] She is the daughter of a military chaplain. [1] [2] Her mother died when McGathy was a young teenager. [1] She started in improvisational comedy in high school. [3] She dropped out of university in San Francisco to join an improv group before moving to Los Angeles where she began performing with the Upright Citizens Brigade and podcasting. [3] [1]
Her solo show about relationships, This Feels Terrible, premiered at UCB in 2010. It later became a podcast, with McGathy interviewing comedians and friends about their relationships. Notable guests included comedians Marc Maron, Dan Harmon, Wayne Federman, and director Rob Schrab.
McGathy became a frequent guest and "comptroller" on the Harmontown podcast. McGathy was a regular character on the show's Dungeons & Dragons segment and subsequently a cast member in the spin-off animated series from Seeso, HarmonQuest. [4]
Beginning in March 2015, McGathy co-hosts the podcast Human Conversation with comedian Wayne Federman, in which the two discuss various, oft-delightful and meandering topics, without the aid of technology. [5] [6]
She co-founded the MOB theatre troupe in Dublin in 2018, and the following year debuted at the Dublin Fringe Festival her solo theatrical show, Al Dawes F***ing Loves You , [1] in which she played a whimsical beta male comedian going through a break-up. [7]
McGathy married television writer and showrunner Dan Harmon in November 2014. Their relationship was one focus of the Harmontown documentary, which detailed the podcast's tour across America. [2] They announced that they were divorcing in October 2015. [8]
McGathy moved to Dublin, Ireland in January 2016, [9] after having worked on a WWOOF organic farm in nearby Dundalk. [7]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2016 - 2019 | HarmonQuest | Herself/Beor O'Shift | |
2015 | Knight of Cups | Erin | (uncredited) |
2015 | Community | Stacy | Season 6, Episode 12 "Wedding Videography" |
2014 | Harmontown | Herself | Documentary |
2014 | Drunk History | Narrator | Season 2, Episode 8 "Philadelphia" |
Erin McGathy | |
---|---|
Born | Japan |
Medium | Podcasting, improv theatre |
Years active | 2007–present |
Spouse | |
Notable works and roles |
This Feels Terrible Human Conversation Harmontown HarmonQuest |
Erin McGathy is an American podcast host, artist, and comedian. She hosted the podcast This Feels Terrible, appeared and improvised in Harmontown, and co-hosted Human Conversation with Wayne Federman.
McGathy was born in Japan and her family spent time in Italy, Texas, and Florida before settling in San Diego, California. [1] She is the daughter of a military chaplain. [1] [2] Her mother died when McGathy was a young teenager. [1] She started in improvisational comedy in high school. [3] She dropped out of university in San Francisco to join an improv group before moving to Los Angeles where she began performing with the Upright Citizens Brigade and podcasting. [3] [1]
Her solo show about relationships, This Feels Terrible, premiered at UCB in 2010. It later became a podcast, with McGathy interviewing comedians and friends about their relationships. Notable guests included comedians Marc Maron, Dan Harmon, Wayne Federman, and director Rob Schrab.
McGathy became a frequent guest and "comptroller" on the Harmontown podcast. McGathy was a regular character on the show's Dungeons & Dragons segment and subsequently a cast member in the spin-off animated series from Seeso, HarmonQuest. [4]
Beginning in March 2015, McGathy co-hosts the podcast Human Conversation with comedian Wayne Federman, in which the two discuss various, oft-delightful and meandering topics, without the aid of technology. [5] [6]
She co-founded the MOB theatre troupe in Dublin in 2018, and the following year debuted at the Dublin Fringe Festival her solo theatrical show, Al Dawes F***ing Loves You , [1] in which she played a whimsical beta male comedian going through a break-up. [7]
McGathy married television writer and showrunner Dan Harmon in November 2014. Their relationship was one focus of the Harmontown documentary, which detailed the podcast's tour across America. [2] They announced that they were divorcing in October 2015. [8]
McGathy moved to Dublin, Ireland in January 2016, [9] after having worked on a WWOOF organic farm in nearby Dundalk. [7]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2016 - 2019 | HarmonQuest | Herself/Beor O'Shift | |
2015 | Knight of Cups | Erin | (uncredited) |
2015 | Community | Stacy | Season 6, Episode 12 "Wedding Videography" |
2014 | Harmontown | Herself | Documentary |
2014 | Drunk History | Narrator | Season 2, Episode 8 "Philadelphia" |