Archives for the month of: September, 2012

Thursday, September 27, 8-10pm, $8

Black Fox Lounge, 1723 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, D.C., 20009 
202/483-1723

Each month, Spill! brings together storytellers, comedians, sex educators and others to share true tales from their own experiences of sex, desire and romance. With stories as diverse as the people telling them, Spill! opens doors to bedrooms, back seats and dungeons to tell what your mama left out about the birds, bees and in-betweens.

Join our most-wanted storytellers as they tell tales of wanting it:

Hosted by Jefferson (One Life Take Two, Bare!)

John Kevin Boggs (SpeakEasyDC)

JT Bullock (Storyteller)

Dr. Ruthie (Nice Girl’s Guide to Talking Dirty)

SM Shrake (Story League)

Musical guest Bosley

. . . and you! You’ve got stories about wanting something, or a longing left wanted. Try your luck by putting your name in the hat for a chance to spill all on the Spill! stage.

And still more! One lucky audience member will win Spill!’s sex-toy raffle, courtesy of Babeland.

Jefferson

Jefferson is the curator and host of Spill! A sex educator and writer, Jefferson keeps a pseudonymous blog, One Life, Take Two, that details his life as a parent and pervert. He is a storyteller frequently seen on stages around the city and elsewhere, including The Moth, where he is a StorySlam winner. He is also host of the monthly series Bare! True Stories of Sex, Desire and Romance.

John Kevin Boggs

John Kevin Boggs is a local actor and storyteller seen in SpeakeasyDC’s Born This Way at the Intersections Theatre Festival. He is on the teaching staff for SpeakeasyDC, a frequent teller at their second Tuesday OpenMic and has told in such productions as The Sin Show, Story Showdown, and Don’t As Do Tell. Other shows include the Fringe Festival 2010 hit Logic, Luck and Love by Two Pear Productions. Kevin can also be heard around town telling for The Story League, The Tongue Party and Vijai Nathan’s Fan-Freakin-Tastic. Stage credits include performances at The Studio Theatre, Studio 2ndStage, Theatre Alliance, Forum Theater and Constellation Theatre.

Bosley

Bosley grew up in Baltimore. His mother is deaf in her right ear. His father is an author. Bosley writes insipid songs. He enjoys this profession and performs at all times with the biggest band he can find so that America still has a place to dance to good music. A few of his songs have been collected and made into albums. His new album, “Honey Pig,” is currently being appreciated by a sparse but industrious group of fans and a small, mid-Atlantic, regional public. He will soon have the best fans in the world, all over the world. He ardently invites you to be one of them.

JT Bullock

JT Bullock is poet, writer and storyteller who has published in academic journals, including Note Bene. He has competed in three National Poetry Slam competitions, most notably in 2006, when he ranked nineteenth nationally. JT was featured at Sparkle, a queer reading series at Busboys and Poets, and at Capturing Fire at The Fridge DC. Currently he is working on an autobiographical one-man show, which debuted as a work-in-progress at the Wooly Mammoth Theater through Artist Bloc.

Dr. Ruthie

Hailing from Washington, DC, Dr. Ruthie is the author of The Nice Girl’s Guide to Talking Dirty and has been sharing information on intimacy, pleasure, and sex toys at ExploringIntimacy.com since 2008. She splits her time between the academic world and the dark side as a professional sexuality educator with a taste for building community among sex-positive professionals. When she isn’t talking sex she enjoys vegetarian dining, red wine and massages, marathon napping and crochet.

SM Shrake

SM Shrake is the co-founder and leader of Story League, a collaborative group that puts on monthly sold-out story shows and contests in Washington, D.C. He has been interviewed twice on This American Life and is a Moth StorySlam winner. His other performing credits include Mortified in D.C., New York, Boston, and San Francisco; First Person Arts in Philadelphia; The Stoop Storytelling Series in Baltimore; and SpeakeasyDC in the nation’s capital.





Email and mailing list spillstories@gmail.com

Spill! True Stories of Queer Sex, Desire and Romance takes place in Brooklyn at Public Assembly on the final Tuesday of each month and in Washington, D.C., at Black Fox Lounge. Also visit our monthly companion show Bare! True Stories of Sex, Desire and Romance.

Tuesday, September 25, 8-10pm, free!

Public Assembly, 70 North Sixth Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211
718/384-4586

Each month, Spill! brings together storytellers, comedians, sex educators and others to share true tales from their own experiences of sex, desire and romance. With stories as diverse as the people telling them, Spill! opens doors to bedrooms, back seats and dungeons to tell what your mama left out about the birds, bees and in-betweens.

Join our bug-eyed storytellers as they drop jaws over their most suprising moments:

Hosted by Jefferson (One Life Take Two, Bare!)

Damian Bellino (My High School Boyfriend Was Gay)

Tara Clancy (Channel Rat)

Kelli Dunham (Queer Memoir)

David Smithyman (We’re Nice People)

Musical guest Molly Ruth

. . . and you! You’ve got stories of times you had the rug pulled out from under you. Or maybe you did the rug pulling? Try your luck by putting your name in the hat for a chance to spill all on the Spill! stage.

And still more! One lucky audience member will win Spill!’s sex-toy raffle, courtesy of Babeland.

Jefferson

Jefferson is the curator and host of Spill! A sex educator and writer, Jefferson keeps a pseudonymous blog, One Life, Take Two, that details his life as a parent and pervert. He is a storyteller frequently seen on stages around the city and elsewhere, including The Moth, where he is a StorySlam winner. He is also host of the monthly series Bare! True Stories of Sex, Desire and Romance.

Damian Bellino

Damian Bellino is a comedian, actor, writer and short man. He is the creator and author of the popular blog, My High School Boyfriend Was Gay, and hosts the storytelling show inspired by it at the Upright Citizens Brigade. My High School Boyfriend Was Gay has been featured in Marie Claire, In Touch Weekly, AM New York, among others. You can also see him perform various characters, stories, sketches and bits around New York.

Tara Clancy

Tara Clancy has written and performed several full-length monologues at various Off-Off Broadway theaters, including Channel Rat, her solo show in the NY Fringe Festival. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, and she is a Moth StorySLAM winner. Tara is a third-generation bartender and native New Yorker. Originally from Queens, she now lives in Manhattan with her wife and son. Tara is also a licensed tour guide for the City of New York.

Kelli Dunham

Genderqueer nerdcomic Kelli Dunham is the host and co-founder of New York’s longest-running LGBTQ storytelling event, Queer Memoir. She performs at colleges, coffeehouses and pride events nationwide. Her comedy has been seen on Showtime and the Discovery Channel as well as once—just once—at a livestock auction. She wants to be your friend on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and any other future social networking platform, where her screen name is always (get this cleverness) kellidunham.

Molly Ruth

Molly Ruth’s debut LP “Birth Against the Nation” includes songs about animals, incest, fear, glory, murder, God, honor, blasphemy, tragedy, fervor, frenzy, longing, dreams, deserts, pain, devotion, crossroads, blood, birds, minds, time and war.

David Smithyman

Failing to ever fulfill his true potential as an Australian child actor, David Smithyman now lives in Williamsburg and co-hosts and co-produces his own monthly comedy show, We’re Nice People, on the Lower East Side (now in its second year), as well as a monthly variety show in Queens, a fortnightly trivia night in Brooklyn, and an Xbox marathon in his apartment every night of the week. He divides his time between writing jokes, petting animals, and teaching stand-up comedy to teenagers at Gotham Comedy Club.





Email and mailing list  spillstories@gmail.com

Spill! True Stories of Queer Sex, Desire and Romance takes place in Brooklyn at Public Assembly on the final Tuesday of each month and in Washington, D.C., at Black Fox Lounge. Also visit our monthly companion show Bare! True Stories of Sex, Desire and Romance.