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SpeakeasyDC T-shirts on sale for the holidays

January 1st, 2012

Check out all the great designs at branddave.com. Including the “I did it for the story” series and images from shows like “Till Death Do Us Part” and “Iron Chef.” Get a souvenir from your favorite show or one your performed in.  Or just… do it for the story. $22 each. $5 from every sale (almost 25%) goes to support SpeakeasyDC.

Eblast Aug 3, 2012

August 3rd, 2011

TUES AUG 9 – STORIES COURAGE AND COWARDICE

Tales of near-death experiences, disastrous expeditions, and voluntarily jumping off buildings. Doors open 6:30pm. Show starts at 8pm at Town Danceboutique.   The BBQ Bus will be there before the show again.  Buy tickets in advance ($14), see who’s telling, and other info . Pre-sale will close at 10am on day of show. 


REGISTER FOR STORYTELLING 101

Our next class starts Wed, Aug 24 in Dupont at the HIllyer Art Space. In five weeks, find new story material, learn an apply the fundamentals fo storytelling, get extensive feedbsck, and practice in front of an audience.  INFO | REGISTER

SOLO STORY PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP

Have you ever wanted to develop your own story-centered solo show? This class is for you! The class is designed to equip you with the tools and lay a strong foundation to set you on the path towards building a strong show.  If you are interested, email one paragraph concept  to amy@speakeasydc.org . There is no pre-requisite, but we want to be sure students are at a relatively similar stage.  Starts Sept 14. FIND OUT MORE

 

CALLING ALL MUSICIANS – THEME SONG CONTEST

 

We are in the process of getting our podcast back up and running and we need a theme song.  Would be fun to have something to hope our shows, too. Send your 10-30 second mp3  or a video to amy@speakeasydc.org and we’ll post it on our FB page and twitter for a vote. Winner gets an annual pass for two to a year’s worth of open mic performances. 

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Friends in Fringe 2011

June 29th, 2011

SpeakeasyDC have lots of friends with shows in Capital Fringe Festival 2011. The festival is from July 7 thru 24 and you can get listings, info, and tickets at capfringe.org.

Below are shows with/by folks we know and love and want to support (in alphabetical order by show).  Please follow the links for details on locations and dates. There’s too much info for each to post here.

Destination? Slammer! with Geraldine Buckley

e-Geaux (beta) -Brought to you by the Pepys Inc. Team: Joseph Price, Jason Pittman, Catherine Deadman, Chuck Harmston, Hannah Poferl, Allen Leis, Derek Hills and Amy Couchoud.

Finding Gus with Ellouise Schoettler

Good Girls Don’t, But Indian Girls Do with Vijai Nathan

Logic, Luck, and Love with Jennifer Moore, John Kevin Boggs, Molly Kelly, and Dustin Fisher.

Please Don’t Beat Me Up:  Stories and Artifacts from Adolescence with Adam Ruben

 

SpeakeasyDC hosts two more events at the Mt. Pleasant Temporium

February 27th, 2011

http://mtptemporium.com/

Sunday, Feb 27 from 7-8:30p
Group House night – Host Lynda Laughlin

Screening of Amy Saidman’s ridiculous and amateur but kind of cute mockumentary about group-house living in Mt. Pleasant.
Stories by Lynda and Derek
Open the mic Live Wire style 3 min stories from audience.

Friday, Mar 11  from 7-8:30p

Eblast February 10, 2011

February 10th, 2011