Past Shows
Here's a list of some of my shows
American Songbook Series:
2026
Always: The Songs and Love of Irving Berlin
Pangea, February 13, 2026
Bewitched: The Songs and Loves of Rodgers & Hart - TBA
Let’s Fall in Love: The Songs and Love of Cole Porter - TBA
2025
Bewitched: The Songs and Loves of Rodgers & Hart
Pangea, September 23, 2025
Always: The Songs and Love of Irving Berlin
Pangea, February 8, 2025
2024
Let’s Fall in Love: The Songs and Love of Cole Porter
Pangea, September 13 and November 30, 2024
Let’s Do It Again: The Songs and Love Affairs of George Gershwin
Pangea, May 10, June 7, and October 26, 2024
Other shows
Songs of Love and Cheatin’ with Gitesha
Pangea, April 25, 2025
Deana Kirk Sings Jacques Brel and Michel Legrand
Pangea, December 12, 2024, and April 5, 2025
Creative Spirits: Celebrate Poetry and Song
Michiko Studios, May 16, 2024
Lessons Learned from Jobs I Can Never Put on My Resume
Pangea, September 29, 2023
Laughter without Borders
Pangea, July 18 and August 24, 2023
Songs of Love and Adultery
Pangea, November 26, 2022, January 28 and February 25, 2023
Yours in Song with Mariah Bonner
Pangea, September 16, 2022
Jazz and the City with Verena McBee
Pangea, September 2, 2022
Make America Laugh and Sing Again
Pangea, February 27, 2020, May 17 & September 19, 2022
Cornelia Street Cafe Underground
The final night of the legendary Cornelia Street Cafe Underground, January 1, 2019
Faith in Love
Cornelia Street Cafe Underground, March 27, 2018 and May 15, 2025
Drink, Blaspheme, F*ck, Cornelia Street Cafe Underground, January and May 2009,
Savvy Secrets of Successful Mistresses, Cornelia Street Cafe Underground, June 16, 2014,
How to Be a Bad Girl, Cornelia Street Cafe Underground, February 14, April 12, June 29, 2010
7 1/2 Habits of Highly Effective Mistresses - list to come
American Songbook 2024
Let’s Do It Again: The Songs and Love Affairs of George Gershwin
On May 10th and June 7th at Pangea, I did the first drafts of stories of George Gershwin’s rich love life against the backdrop of his great love songs in this “wildly entertaining” show with the marvelous John Di Martino on piano.
I'm thrilled to have the amazing John Di Martino on piano and special guest the fabulous singer Deanna Kirk share this adventure with me.
Thank you all who came and sold-out the shows!
2023 Show
Lessons Learned from Jobs I Can Never Put on My Resume
We had a wonderful time in July and August developing our new show and sharing the stage with the marvelous award-winning writer, performer, filmmaker, Jennifer Rawlings.
Join us for Songs of Love and Adultery
Where: Pangea, 178 2nd Ave, NYC
Date: Friday September 29th, 2023
Show time: 7:00pm
Now Ellen Mandel and I are excited to bring the full new show of comedy and song Lessons Learned from Jobs I Can Never Put on my Resume (Version 2.0). Laugh out loud at the lessons I learned from working as a stripper, performing phone sex, being a back-up dancer for Bette Midler and Mick Jagger, a night in jail and being sued for my comedy musical, 7 1/2 Habits of Highly Effective Mistresses. With the fabulous composer and songwriter Ellen Mandel on piano.
Please join us at Pangea, the charming East Village cabaret, for laughter, song and revelations!
Savvy Secrets of Successful Mistresses
Ellen Mandel and I had a terrific time developing the funny, musical, parody, self-help lecture 7 1/2 Habits of Highly Effective Mistresses. After a sold-out run at the Washington D.C. Capital Fringe Festival, I was sued for trademark infringement by the Franklin Covey Corporation, owner of the trademark for 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, of which it was a parody. Although all my lawyers said I could win the case based on the First Amendment, it would be expensive to try so I settled for a permanent injunction against me in Utah, where they are based. I reworked the show to Savvy Secrets of Successful Mistresses and on we went to a great run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival!
Praise for the show:
“A wildly funny play…Phillips mixes absurdism and social satire to hilarious results as guru extraordinaire Dr. Faith…The play retains a delightful burlesque quality from start to finish…and Mandel provides virtuoso accompaniment… Onstage (Phillips) is a force of nature and bubbly wit, confident in both body and brains.” The Huffington Post
Make America Laugh and Sing Again came back May 17, 2022!
Our May 17th show was such a success, so we are back by popular demand!
We're delighted to have the captivating chanteuse Mariah Bonner with songwriter/pianist Marcus Dagan, songwriter/guitarist T Spoon Phillips, gifted storyteller and songwriter Robin Hirsch and uber-talented composer and pianist Ellen Mandel. I had so much fun developing a new comic monologue “Lessons I Learned from Jobs Not on my Resume.”
Let's get a tent and put on show
From doing summer stock and writing and performing on a local cable show in my home town Findlay, Ohio, I always found my way back to live theater. I was a founding member of the Drama Society at the London School of Economics as well as the English Theater company in Barcelona, Spain.
When I moved to the East Village, I was delighted to find a number of musician and acting friends were already here. The downtown performance scene was hopping and every night was an adventure.
I did the stand-up for a few years but grew tired of the #MeToo moments. I was thrilled when my audition at The Comic Strip went well until the man who passed the talent kept me in a booth holding forth about how women weren't funny but he liked my material and I should come back and fine-tune my act there. He kept me there until everyone had left and it was time to close then he announced his wife didn't understand him and he was suffering from blue balls! I was stunned but pretended I hadn't heard him and said I had to get up early for work and hurried out the door into the pouring rain. I didn't feel comfortable going back.
As a Participating Artist at The Cherry Lane Theater and a member of Manhattan Punch Line’s Comedy Corp, I wrote and produced original plays. Then turned to creating one and two-person shows as they were easier to put on and have taken shows to the DC Capital Fringe Festival, Dublin, Ireland, and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Lisa Faith Phillips sings with Ellen Mandel on piano, Cornelia Street Cafe, NYC
2020
Our First Make America Laugh and Sing Again
On February 27, 2020, performers and friends came together for Make America Laugh and Sing Again, a sold-out "wildly entertaining" evening of hilarity and song to benefit CommonCause.org at Pangea, the East Village Alt-Cabaret Supper Club.
A big thank you to all who joined us the make the night such a success! And to the performers who donated their time and talent to make it such a great show: the hilarious Stan Baker, the charming chanteuse Mariah Bonner, legendary musician/songwriter/writer Michael Lydon, uber-talented composer and pianist Ellen Mandel. I had the pleasure of producing, performing and emceeing.
Thank you Jon Waldman for the excellent stills and video of the show. Thank you Todd Stuart Phillips for editing the video and titles.
Join us to keep MAKE AMERICA LAUGHING AND SINGING! It's needed now more than ever!
The final night of performances at Cornelia Street Cafe Underground
I was honored to be invited to perform at the final night of the legendary Cornelia Street Cafe Underground on January 1, 2019.
Laugh at Love and Heartbreak
Songs of Love & Cheatin’
Thank you for coming to our “wildly entertaining” show of songs and stories on love and cheating by the “incredible storyteller” Lisa Faith Phillips and vocalist, drummer, and poet Diana “Gitesha” Hernandez.
From Hank William’s inspiration for “Your Cheatin’ Heart” and Willie Nelson’s “Crazy” (the original title was “Stupid”) to why Billie Holiday wrote “Don’t Explain” and arranger Nelson Riddle said Frank Sinatra learned to sing a torch song with his one take of “I’m a Fool to Want You” over his love affair with Ava Gardner, we'll weave a hilarious new show on the highs and lows of love, betrayal and heartbreak.
Date: Friday, April 25, 2025
Show time: 7:00 pm, doors open at 6:00
Tickets: Reserve online: $25/ cash $30 door
$20 food/drink min - Come for a delicious dinner and drinks!
Pangea, 178 2nd Avenue, East Village, NYC https://www.pangeanyc.com/
With the great John Di Martino on piano, it was a delicious evening of laughter and musical joy (and pain).
Celebrate Jacques Brel & Michel LeGrand
Deanna Kirk Sings Jacques Brel and Michel Legrand
Thank you all who joined us for the divine Deanna Kirk sings Jacques Brel and Michel Legrand with the great John Di Martino on piano and me adding stories and song.
Deanna Kirk Sings Jacques Brel and Michel Legrand
Date: Thursday, December 12, 2024
Show time: 7:00 pm, doors open at 6:00
Pangea, 178 2nd Avenue, East Village, NYC
Deanna Kirk’s stunning interpretations of the Jacques Brel and Michel Legrand songs with the great John Di Martino on piano will be an evening to remember.
Storyteller Lisa Faith Phillips adds moving stories of Brel’s life and how he inspired Michel Legrand to perform his own compositions.
I'm thrilled to have the amazing John Di Martino on piano and the fabulous singer Deanna Kirk share this adventure with me.
Celebrate Jacques Brel & Michel Legrand
Deanna Kirk Sings Jacques Brel and Michel Legrand
The divine Deanna Kirk sings Jacques Brel and Michel Legrand with the great John Di Martino on piano and storyteller Lisa Faith Phillips.
Deanna Kirk Sings Jacques Brel and Michel Legrand
Saturday, April 5, 2025
7:00 pm, doors open at 6:00
Pangea, 178 2nd Avenue, NYC
Deanna Kirk’s stunning interpretations of the Jacques Brel and Michel Legrand songs with the wonderful John Di Martino on piano will be an evening to remember. Storyteller Lisa Faith Phillips adds moving stories of Brel’s life and how he inspired Michel LeGrand to perform his own compositions.
“Deanna proves herself a forceful performer and first-class talent who is worth hearing.” - People
“Deanna had listeners often spilling out the door into the street to hear her croon old standards.” - Billboard
“The rest of the country will be exposed to one of the Big Apple’s favorite performers when Kirk joins the national Jazzscapes tour.” – The New York Times
Laugh at Love and Heartbreak
Songs of Love & Cheatin’
Thank you all who came to our “wildly entertaining” show of songs and stories on love and cheating by the “incredible storyteller” Lisa Faith Phillips and vocalist, drummer, and poet Diana “Gitesha” Hernandez.
From Hank William’s inspiration for “Your Cheatin’ Heart” and Willie Nelson’s “Crazy” (the original title was “Stupid”) to why Billie Holiday wrote “Don’t Explain” and arranger Nelson Riddle said Frank Sinatra learned to sing a torch song with his one take of “I’m a Fool to Want You” over his love affair with Ava Gardner, we'll weave a hilarious new show on the highs and lows of love, betrayal and heartbreak.
Date: Friday, April 25, 2025
Show time: 7:00 pm, doors open at 6:00
Pangea, 178 2nd Avenue, East Village, NYC https://www.pangeanyc.com/
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With the great John Di Martino on piano, it was a delicious evening of laughter and musical joy (and pain).