Comments on: Community https://www.speakeasydc.com/2012/06/community/ Tell Your Story Fri, 25 Oct 2013 14:15:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.1 By: Mike Kane https://www.speakeasydc.com/2012/06/community/comment-page-1/#comment-6178 Sun, 01 Jul 2012 18:07:16 +0000 http://www.speakeasydc.com/?p=5982#comment-6178 Crash on, Katy!

]]> By: Katy https://www.speakeasydc.com/2012/06/community/comment-page-1/#comment-6152 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 03:51:37 +0000 http://www.speakeasydc.com/?p=5982#comment-6152 I absolutely love this post! I have only recently been exposed to the storytelling scene, but have been so impressed with the people and the energy. You guys are the inner-circle, but that same energy spreads out to the entire community, and is *in the air* at all the events. People sincerely want each other to succeed, and are so warm and encouraging. It is a remarkable scene, and a party I would like to crash. Nicely put!

]]> By: Mike Kane https://www.speakeasydc.com/2012/06/community/comment-page-1/#comment-6129 Mon, 25 Jun 2012 21:51:24 +0000 http://www.speakeasydc.com/?p=5982#comment-6129 @Jessica – Oh, we did share a stage. It was epic.

@ Amy – Me, soft? You better check yourself before you wreck yourself, girl. But otherwise, I echo your sentiments.

]]> By: Amy Saidman https://www.speakeasydc.com/2012/06/community/comment-page-1/#comment-6128 Mon, 25 Jun 2012 19:25:18 +0000 http://www.speakeasydc.com/?p=5982#comment-6128 I love this post. Mike. It’s true and it’s a wonderful thing. I am lucky to know all these talented and loveable people. I know it sounds corny, but sometimes it really does feel like family, in the way that family is always there, through the years, and gives you a sense of place and continuity. In the way that you get to be a witness to people’s lives over time. It’s a a real gift b/c you can’t assume that a community will be stable and long-lasting. So many people do something on a whim then disappear. But not this group. People show up and stick around and I’m enormously grateful. I especially love when Mike Kane reveals what a total softy he really is :)

]]> By: Jessica https://www.speakeasydc.com/2012/06/community/comment-page-1/#comment-6127 Mon, 25 Jun 2012 19:21:53 +0000 http://www.speakeasydc.com/?p=5982#comment-6127 I completely disagree. If you and Stephanie were in the same show it would totally be like Hendrix and Clapton sharing a concert!

]]> By: Mike Kane https://www.speakeasydc.com/2012/06/community/comment-page-1/#comment-6126 Mon, 25 Jun 2012 19:19:33 +0000 http://www.speakeasydc.com/?p=5982#comment-6126 Thanks, man. I went to school in Philly and get up there a few times a year. Would love to hear more about these scene if you get a chance.

mikekanesstory@gmail.com

]]> By: R. Eric Thomas https://www.speakeasydc.com/2012/06/community/comment-page-1/#comment-6124 Mon, 25 Jun 2012 15:50:50 +0000 http://www.speakeasydc.com/?p=5982#comment-6124 This is a great entry! I came down to DC (from Philly) to host the Story League show at 14th & V’s Busboys on Wednesday and one of the best take-aways from that awesome night was how interconnected and universally supportive the DC storytelling community seems. It’s interesting how markedly different each city’s scene is. I spent some time trying to figure out whether I thought DC’s scene was better than Philadelphia’s scene (which sometimes can feel like the misunderstood stepchild of the city’s explosive theater scene and its scrappy comedy community). I even chatted with Shrake, Diane Ivey and that evening’s incredible winner, Erin Myers, about it after the show. I guess there isn’t really a point to pondering which is better. A community is a world in and of itself and I’ve had some amazing, weird, wonderful nights over the last five years of storytelling in Philly. Like you write, I’m stoked to be a part of it. I had an amazing time in DC and immediately felt the love. I’m just grateful to be welcomed on stages anywhere where people are plugged into the electric energy that comes from telling the truth in a compelling way.

]]> By: R. Eric Thomas https://www.speakeasydc.com/2012/06/community/comment-page-1/#comment-6123 Mon, 25 Jun 2012 15:49:30 +0000 http://www.speakeasydc.com/?p=5982#comment-6123 This is a great entry! I came down to DC (from Philly) to host the Story League show at 14th & V’s Busboys on Wednesday and one of the best take-aways from that awesome night was how interconnected and universally supportive the DC storytelling community seems. It’s interesting how markedly different each city’s scene is. I spent some time trying to figure out whether I thought DC’s scene was better than Philadelphia’s scene (which sometimes can feel like the misunderstood stepchild of the city’s explosive theater scene and its scrappy comedy community). I even chatted with Shrake, Diane Ivey and that evening’s incredible winner, Erin Myers, about it after the show. I guess there isn’t really a point to pondering which is better. A community is a world in and of itself and I’ve had some amazing, weird, wonderful nights over the last five years of storytelling in Philly. Like you write, I’m stoked to be a part of it. I had an amazing time in DC and immediately felt the love. I’m just grateful to be welcomed on stages anywhere where people are plugged into the electric energy that comes from telling the truth in a compelling way.

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