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.

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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.

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

SpeakeasyDC’s been around since what? Since 19-NINETY-7. That’s right… The 90s! Remember them? Well, we do, and we want to celebrate this milestone in SpeakeasyDC’s history. We couldn’t have made it to this point without YOU — our fans, teachers, volunteers, partners, donors, patrons, vendors, artists, board members, and of course… our storytellers. Please join us so we can share this moment together and gear up for the next 16 years. 8pm at Gazuza Lounge in Dupont Circle (wheelchair accessible) – 1629 Connecticut Ave. Feel free to bring guests. There will be cake!  Questions? Email us at [email protected]. This is a free event. Cash bar w/ happy hour specials all night for SEDC folks.