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Sara Armour (saraarmour.com) is a DC-based 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) and is is a featured performer at clubs and festivals throughout the country including Women in Comedy Festival, the Laughing Skull Festival, and the upcoming Hell Yes Fest. 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.

Catch her in DC before she leaves. She’ll be hosting at the Improv from the 26-28 and then Headlining the September Little Spoons Comedy Showcase at the Dunes on the 30th.

Episode #46:  Karen Lee tells a true story about a crush gone awry.

Episode #45 of SpeakeasyDC’s podcast features a story by and conversation with Elissa Laura about a teachable moment with her over-protective father.

Elissa Laura is a native Washingtonian who loves scuba diving, pugs, exploring new instruments, and Ethiopian food. She will be beginning a masters program inExpressive Arts Therapy this fall in San Francisco. Visit Elissa’s blog at www.hangryhippo.com. This story, her first on the SpeakeasyDC stage,  was turned into a winning film for the “Speakeasy Shorts” competition. Watch all of the films from 2012 competition here. We currently have an open call for applications for teams and storytellers for SpeakeasyShorts 2013. Apply here.  Read More

Episode #44 of SpeakeasyDC’s podcast features a story by and conversation with Katy Barrett about trapeze lessons and chimpanzees.

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Though not much of an athlete, Katy is a natural storyteller and passionate about apes and animals. Her collection of “ape tapes” exceeds 44 and, just the other night, she forced me to go into a dog park — with no dog of our own — to hang out with other people’s dogs. A true enthusiast, she’s the only person I know who will say, sincerely, how much fun her government job at the FDA is; and she will talk for weeks about food she’s enjoyed. I’m still hearing about the hummus she had in in February.  Read More

Episode #43 of SpeakeasyDC’s podcast features a story by and conversation with Mike Kane about two art students who go head-to-head on the
basketball court.

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Read Mike’s blog posts and catch him directing SpeakeasyDC’s Father’s Day show on June 15, 2013 in Washington, DC, Wait Till Your Father Gets Home - a show by and for dads.

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Episode #42 of SpeakeasyDC’s podcast features a story by and conversation with Renata Lana. Her story is about taking up a surprising new hobby in the midst of her pending divorce.

A self-described oyster aficionado and recovering academic, Renata first showed up on SpeakeasyDC’s doorstep in January of 2011 to take a Storytelling 101 class. She was immediately hooked and soon after performed, took more classes, and now coordinates  and hosts SpeakeasyDC’s Story Salon. The Story Salon is a place for aspiring storytellers to get together  informally to work on finding new story material, developing a story idea, or practicing for a show.  For the last two years, she’s also hosted the judges screening of SeDC’s Top Shelf nominees. Basically, we are finding any excuse possible to hang out at her fabulous CoHts house with her cuddly cat. Read More

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Episode #42 of SpeakeasyDC’s podcast features a story by and conversation with Vijai Nathan. Her story is about a young Indian girl’s efforts to break into show biz at her all-white elementary school.

The day that Vijai Nathan showed up on SpeakeasyDC’s doorstep is a day that will live in infamy. It was love at first phone conversation. Vijai had just moved back to the DC area after living in New York City for many years where she had been working the stand-up comedy scene and touring her solo shows. Trying to settle in and find a place to perform in DC, she somehow stumbled upon us and called our head coach, Stephanie Garibaldi. “Amy, we’ve got to get this woman on stage. She’s hilarious,” Stephanie told me. I was thinking… ok, sure, everybody and their mother says they are a comedian and thinks they can tell a story. We’ll see how this goes. Read More

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To know Stephanie Garibaldi is to love her. She’s the brains and beauty behind most of the stories told on the SpeakeasyDC stage. In her role as SpeakeasyDC’s Education Director, she curates and coaches every storyteller who performs in SpeakeasyDC’s 2nd Tuesday Stories monthly series, teaches boatloads of classes, leads corporate trainings, and offers private coaching.  Read More

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Dan Sullivan tells Before God and Country

In honor of National Coming Out Day (which was yesterday, Oct 11), this week’s podcast features Dan Sullivan with a story he first performed as part of Don’t Ask, Do Tell: Stories about Coming Out, Coming Clean, and Just Plain Coming during Capital Pride Week 2011. Read More

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Jason Pittman and “Schooled in Texas”

Release date: Friday, September 28, 2012

This week’s podcast features Jason Pittman.  Jason is a busy man in DC’s storytelling and arts scene. He hosts a bi-weekly storytelling contest with Story League at Busboys & Poets in Shirlington VA. Read More