Erin McGathy
BornJapan
MediumPodcasting, improv theatre
Years active2007–present
Spouse
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(m. 2014; div. 2015)​
Notable works and rolesThis 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.

Early life

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]

Career

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]

Personal life

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]

Filmography

Film and television

Year Title Role Notes
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"

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Pollak, Sorcha (2019-09-11). "'Dublin is my soul city and Irish people are the funniest people in the world'". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
  2. ^ a b Pappademas, Alex (12 February 2013). "God Needs a Hobby: Thirty-six hours on the road — and in the bar — with exiled TV genius Dan Harmon". Grantland. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  3. ^ a b Smithey, Shelby (13 July 2016). "This Feels Terrible | Inweekly". inweekly.net. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
  4. ^ Dean, Rob (3 April 2014). "Feast thine eyes on Dan Harmon's animated Dungeons & Dragons campaign". AV Club. AV Club. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Human Conversation with Erin McGathy and Wayne Federman undefined". Art 19. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  6. ^ Hershon, Marc (25 September 2015). "Podcast Reviews: Human Conversation and The New Hollywood". Huffington Post. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  7. ^ a b O'Connor, Amy (2019-08-31). "Women in comedy: 'We're not allowed to be okay... It has to be good'". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
  8. ^ McGathy, Erin [@ErinMcGathy] (October 11, 2015). "Sad to announce that @danharmon and I are divorcing. We ask that you respect our privacy as we discuss it openly on our respective podcasts" (Tweet). Retrieved October 11, 2015 – via Twitter.
  9. ^ "Instagram post by Erin McGathy • Jan 2, 2016 at 7:11pm UTC". Instagram. Archived from the original on 2021-12-25. Retrieved 18 October 2017.

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