Elizabeth McQuern: Photographer/Filmmaker
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About Elizabeth McQuern

Elizabeth McQuern is a Chicago-based photographer, filmmaker, composer, writer, and comedy producer. For almost eight years she co-produced and managed media for the widely respected weekly stand-up showcase Chicago Underground Comedy, and her short comedy films have been screened at the Just For Laughs Festival, The Second City, the Lincoln Lodge, and elsewhere. She was editor of the well-regarded Chicago comedy blog The Bastion, and is a graduate of the Second City Training Center's writing program. 

She likes to write music and annoy her loved ones by constantly taking photos of them. She loves Star Trek (especially TNG and DS9), and has had two cats named for Star Trek characters (Ishka and Sisko). She also loves urban biking, and her husband, Second City comedy instructor Bryan Bowden, with whom she has co-produced countless comedy shows and films. McQuern and Bowden also co-produced Champ Bowden, the cutest little red-haired boy you’ve ever seen in your life. 

Hear Elizabeth on Chicago Public Radio's Hello Beautiful, and read about her in Chilarious, Time Out Chicago, Gapers Block, Chicago Comedy Examiner, the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Magazine, Centerstage Chicago (Sun-Times), Midwest Living Magazine, NewCity Chicago, the Times-Sentinel, and Quiet Rebel Writer. She has written for Gapers Block and Chicago Metblog, and you can also find her on Facebook, YouTube, and Flickr.

Website maintained by Elizabeth McQuern 
Elizabeth.McQuern (AT) gmail (DOT) com
Updated July 25, 2019
And check out articles about her in VoyageChicago, Chicago Literati Magazine, 
and Take The Lead Women! 
Elizabeth McQuern's photography has been published in:
The Atlantic, The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Bitch Magazine, Chicago Sun-Times, The Brooklyn Paper, Catapult, RedEye Chicago, The AV Club, TimeOut Chicago, The Comedians, Northwestern University Magazine, Chicago Literati, Chicago Now, University of Chicago Magazine, Literary Chicago, The Daily Northwestern, WTTW, ReelChicago.com, The Second City Training Center, WBEZ, The Real Chicago, The Urbaness, Cornell University, NewCity Stage, TedxIII, Burlington Free Press, Wrestling With Depression, Oink!, Pop Goes Alicia, The Apiary, Wicke International, The Just For Laughs Festival, The Gameological Society, Zulkey.com, The Setup, Out Chicago, The Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival, The Laugh Factory, The Fillet of Solo Festival, Gapers Block, Punchline, Chicago Metblog, RE:Comedy Magazine, Angie's List, Women in Comedy, Illinois Alumni Magazine, and more.