Archive for December, 2013

Storytelling Boot Camp – A one-day crash course in the art of telling a story (CLASS FULL JOIN WAITLIST)

Saturday, December 7th, 2013

bootcamp facebookSaturday, December 7, 2013
9:30am-4:30pm (with 45 min lunch) 

Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church
900 Massachusetts Ave, Washington, DC 20001
Metro: Gallery Place/Chinatown or Mt. Vernon Square/Convention Center

$165 until December 5; $185 thereafter

Refer a friend and get a $50 rebate off your registration fee. Have your friend email us at [email protected] and give us your name and we’ll send you your rebate.

CLASS IS FULL BUT JOIN WAITLIST HERE

18 students max. Insturctors:  Stephanie Garibaldi, Joe Price, Adam Ruben

REFUND POLICY: SpeakeasyDC does not give refunds (full or partial) for voluntary withdrawal from the class. There are limited slots in the class so that we may give sufficient attention to each student. Because of this, we typically have to turn people away. Should you choose to withdraw, we will have a vacancy that we can no longer fill.

Interested in telling your personal stories but can’t commit to our four-week Storytelling 101 course? Storytelling Boot Camp is the perfect one-day kick-in-the-ass to get you started telling stories. In this class you will leave with:

  • Several story ideas for future development
  • An understanding of story structure and the qualities of a good story
  • An idea of different ways to go about developing your story
  • Multiple ideas from your peers and the instructors about how to strengthen your story
  • Experience using character in your stories
  • One story that you have practiced three times and begun to shape
  • A better ear for storyNew friends and creative network

My So Called Jewish Life

Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013

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During Chanukah, join Sixth & I  and SpeakeasyDC at our the fifth annual night of funny, poignant, powerful, and peculiar autobiographical stories about all things Jewish, not-so-Jewish, and wanna-be Jewish.

GET TICKETS 

DECEMBER 3, 2013
7.30PM @ SIXTH & I
600 I ST, NW, WASHINGTON, DC
$20

 

 

Storytellers include:

 

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Rachel Ackerman, born and raised in NJ, has been living in DC the past 2 1/2 years working as the Rabbi-Educator at Temple Shalom in Chevy Chase, MD. When not spending time learning from her students and synagogue community  she can be spotted getting lost running through the local parks and streets training for her next marathon.

 

 

 

PJ Andrews-webPJ Andrews has been living in Washington, DC for the better part of the last decade. He spends his weekdays in a cubicle working for the government and his weekends working with 11 year olds to develop their sense of purpose and commitment to building a better world (mainly by dominating them on the basketball court). He is a novice storyteller, loves Speakeasy DC, and is very happy to be in this show.

 

 

Sara1-webSara Armour is a stand-up comic, improviser, and storyteller. She is this year’s runner-up in the Washington City Paper’s Readers Poll for Best Comedian in DC (2013). Sara has been called “brilliant” and “one of the scene’s brightest stars” by the Washington Post and “the Beyonce of stand-up comedy” by her Mother. When she’s is not writing or performing she is a life & creativity coach with Accomplishment Coaching and Marketing Director of MRB Films.

 

 

Daren-webDaren Firestone is a New York actor turned Washington lawyer.  He has appeared off-off-Broadway, in national commercials, and at the White House (helping to reform the confirmations process).  Daren can be found in the motion picture ”Scenes From a Mall” (as Woody Allen and Bette Midler’s son) and also in the law offices of Stein Mitchell Muse & Cipollone. As the father of 4-year-old Sasha and 3-month-old Aiden, he writes stories during the only free time he has: on the treadmill at the gym.

 

 

Yev-web  Yev Kirpichevsky returns to the My So Called Jewish Life stage with a reprise of one of the show’s most popular stories. He is a storyteller and a standup comedian. He is a winner of a Story League‘s Story Tournament’s Audience Favorite Award and has performed all over DC, including the Black Cat, SpeakeasyDC, the Arts Club of Washington, and the DC Arts Center

 

 

 

Emily Goodstein-webEmily Pearl Goodstein is a sweatpants enthusiast, reproductive justice activist, birth story photographer, and rabble-rouser living in Washington, DC.  She is addicted to refined sugar and loves oversharing on the internet.

 

 

NedaUlaby_webNeda Ulaby was born in Amman, Jordan, grew up in the Midwest and now splits her time between DC and Los Angeles. After a youthful flirtation with vegan faux-leather clothing, she is still occasionally referred to by her friends as “the Jew Arab in the plastic pants.” Photo credit: Doby Photography/NPR

 

 

 

Headshot-Saidman-websiteAmy Saidman (Host)  is known best for her victories at Purim festivals far and wide, claiming the coveted goldfish-in-a-bag prize many times. Her favorite Hebrew school song is Wherever you go, there’s always someone Jewish and believes JDate.com is a scam. When not watching Fiddler on the Roof, she spends her time as Artistic Executive Director of SpeakeasyDC, which is how she weaseled into this show.