Advanced online tickets have closed. Tickets still available at door – CASH ONLY

A night of true tales told live

December 10, 2013
Doors open at 6:30pm, Show starts at 8pm
at Town Danceboutique
2009 8th St, NW,Washington, DC, 20009 (near corner of U Street)
$15 online or cash at door (advanced online purchases end at 1 PM the day of the show, but tickets still available at the door)

• Must be 21 and must have ID.
• Bring-your-own-food. When possible, we will arrange a food truck and let you know on Facebook and Twitter.
• Full bar – credit or cash
• There is an ATM on the premises.
• Wheelchair accessible

Driving: Parking on the street or paid lot next door for $15.

Metro: Take Green or Yellow line to U St/Cardozo and exit on 10th Street side. Walk two blocks east and turn left at 8th St. It’s the second building on the right.

Thanks to Alexander Morozov for photographing our shows.

Tentative line-up (alphabetical order)

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 info@speakeasydc.org 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

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:

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 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.

Sara 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 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 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 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.

Neda 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

Amy 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.

SpeakeasyDC,  DC Shorts, and the DC Film Office join forces once again for the SpeakeasyShorts Film Contest. On Fri 11/15 – watch the stories told live. Sat 11/23 return to see the films that were inspired by these stories and made in 5 days. Jurors and and audience vote for their favorites — and one team walks away with a $1,000 cash prize!

TICKETS, INFO, & LAST YEAR’S FILMS & STORIES – http://dcshorts.com/speakeasyshorts/.

Storytelling: November 15, 2013 @ 8:00pm; 
Film Premieres: November23, 2013 @ 7:30pm and 9:30pm

U.S. Navy Memorial’s Burke Theater
701 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW (steps from Archives Metro)
Enter from the Plaza. Look for the green Heritage Center awning. Theater is located downstairs.

TICKETS:

Save money and enjoy the whole experience when you purchase a DOUBLE FEATURE pass. This allows you to attend the Friday night storytelling and one Saturday film screening for less $ than if you buy tickets to each individually.

Buy DOUBLE FEATURE Pass for Fri., Nov 15 @ 8:00pm AND Sat., Nov, 23 @ 7:30pm
Buy DOUBLE FEATURE Pass for Fri., Nov 15 @ 8:00pm AND Sat., Nov, 23 @ 9:30pm

If you can’t make both, follow these links to purchase tickets to a single event.

Buy Storytelling Tickets for FRIDAY, November 15 @ 8:00pm
Buy Film Premiere Tickets for SATURDAY, November 23 @ 7:30pm
Buy Film Premiere Tickets for SATURDAY, November 23 @ 9:30pm

2012 STORIES AND FILMS:

In November 2012, eight filmmaking teams had only 5 days to write, shoot, edit—and screen a film based on stories from eight local storytellers. The kicker: none of the teams had heard the stories before they were presented.  Watch them at http://dcshorts.com/speakeasyshorts/

The air was electric as eight local storytellers regaled the audience — and eight filmmaking teams — with touching, funny, insightful and personal stories about their lives. At the end of the show, the filmmaking teams learned which story they have been paired with — and the race to make an 8-minute movie was on!

Presented by SpeakeasyDC, DC Shorts and the DC Film Office

Advanced online tickets have closed. Tickets still available at door – CASH ONLY

A night of true tales told live

November 12, 2013
Doors open at 6:30pm, Show starts at 8pm
at Town Danceboutique
2009 8th St, NW,Washington, DC, 20009 (near corner of U Street)
$15 cash at door (advanced online purchases end at 1 PM the day of the show, but tickets still available at the door)

• Must be 21 and must have ID.
• Bring-your-own-food. When possible, we will arrange a food truck and let you know on Facebook and Twitter.
• Full bar – credit or cash
• There is an ATM on the premises.
• Wheelchair accessible

Driving: Parking on the street or paid lot next door for $15.

Metro: Take Green or Yellow line to U St/Cardozo and exit on 10th Street side. Walk two blocks east and turn left at 8th St. It’s the second building on the right.

line-up (alphabetical order)

James Calabrese

Jenny Chen

Michael Cotter

Rajiv D’Cruz

Laureen Kapin

John Melmed

Emily Morrison

Laura Plattner

Liz Richardson

Thanks to Alexander Morozov for photographing our shows.

Pitch your story for next year’s themes and be part of the show. Thank you branddave.com for your hilarious and imaginative interpretations of our themes!

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

$165 until November 2; $185 thereafter

REGISTER ONLINE

12 students max. Insturctors:Meredith Maslich & Kevin Boggs

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

FOR INTERMEDIATE-ADVANCED STUDENTS . An intimate four-session series with one teacher and 4-6 students. Each week, students bring in stories you already know you want to develop. Kevin will assess the needs of each student, and give individualized feedback and homework to best hone skills to become a stronger storyteller, in both content and performance. This is meant to be student directed – that is, you come into it with an idea or your goals and we help you reach them. If you are unfamiliar not familiar with the fundamentals of story structure and performance, we recommend you register for one of our introductory classes such as Storytelling 101 or Storytelling Boot Camp.

REGISTER HERE

Wednesdays, Nov 6, 13, 20 and Dec 4 – $200
St. Stephen’s Church, 1525 Newton St, NW
near Columbia Heights Metro
If there are 4 students, class will be 2 hours from 7:00 – 9:00 PM
If there are 6, then class will be 3 hours from 7:00 – 10:00 PM