Archives for the month of: September, 2013

Wednesday, September 25, 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 queer 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 high-stepping storytellers as they tell of getting (or failing to get) their moves on:

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

Chelsea Shorte (Little Spoons)

Slam Poet (Urban Erotika)

. . . and you! You’ve been new or taught a few things. 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 sexy raffle, courtesy of The Garden.

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 East Coast 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.

Chelsea Shorte

Chelsea Shorte

Chelsea Shorte entered comedy as a way to stave off the boredom of being a beautiful twenty-something. Beginning in 2010, Chelsea has studied and performed improv at several of Washington, DC’s improv theaters, including ComedySportz DC, DC Improv and Washington Improv Theater. Since first taking the stage as a stand up in early 2011, she has flourished in the local comedy scene. She recently opened for Janeane Garofalo at the Arlington Drafthouse and was a participant in the 2013 Women In Comedy Festival. In addition to producing and hosting the monthly, all-female Little Spoons Comedy Showcase, Chelsea frequently hosts and performs at various shows in DC.

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Slam Poet

SLAM Poet is a spoken word artist whose emotional delivery and thought provoking style have graced audiences since she first put pen to paper. A regular at Mo Beasley’s New York-based UrbanErotika, she has produced and performed in “The Mystique of Fly” and “Dangerous Women.” She’s also been part of “Voices around the Square” and “Women of Word” spoken word collaborations. She’s been featured at Here Theatre and worked on several collaborations with “Gathering of the Tribes,” “Tongues of Fire” and Artsy Fartsy. She’s been a featured guest on WBAI 99.5 and contributed to several podcasts, and been a guest spoken word teacher at Medgar Evers College. In 2008, she published her first book of poetry, So Black It’s Blue, So Red It’s Sky. Since her move to Washington DC in 2009, she’s performed at venues including Indulj, Lace, Pure Lounge, Urban Eats and Station 9.





Email and mailing list spillstories@gmail.com

Spill! True Stories of Queer Sex, Desire and Romance takes place monthly The Sidewalk Cafe in New York and The Black Cat Lounge in Washington, D.C. Also visit our companion show Bare! True Stories of Sex, Desire and Romance, monthly in Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. Try your hand at sexy storytelling at the biweekly Foreplay: A Sexy Storytelling Open Mic, second and fourth Mondays at The Delancey in New York.

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Friday, September 20, 7-9pm, $5 suggested donation

The Sidewalk Cafe, 94 Avenue A, New York, NY 10009 212/473-7373

Each month, Spill! True Stories of Queer Sex, Desire and Romance brings together storytellers, comedians, sex educators and others to share true tales from their own experiences of queer 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 us this month as our ever-studious storytellers tell tales of being schooled:

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

Kevin Allison (The State, Risk!)

Heidi Galore (Storyteller)

Kevin Quigley (ImprovBoston, Bleed Out)

Mindy Raf (Symptoms of My Insanity)

. . . and you! You’ve been schooled or had to rap someone’s knuckles. Put your name in the hat for a chance to spill all on the Spill! stage.

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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 Bare! True Stories of Sex, Desire and Romance (monthly in Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Washington D.C.) as well as the biweekly Foreplay! A Sexy Storytelling Open Mic at The Delancey.

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Kevin Allison

Kevin Allison is the creator and host of the live storytelling show and podcast RISK!, and a member of the legendary television comedy troupe The State. He has appeared in Reno 911!, The Ten, VH1′s Best Week Ever, Comedy Central’s Viva Variety and Stella and HBO’s Flight of the Conchords. Kevin has written for The Village Voice, Premiere, Film Journal and more. He has written for Blue Man Group and served as the Artistic Director of The Peoples Improv Theater from 2006 to 2008. Kevin recently founded TheStoryStudio.org, a storytelling school in New York that offers workshops for businesses and individuals.

Heidi Galore

Heidi Galore is a former police evidence collection agent in Virginia, and is a current crime analyst for an organization focused on finding missing children. She’s told hilarious and scary stories at several local shows including the Risk! podcast and live show and AKA Variety Pants. During the one four-month stretch in which she was single, Heidi once spread the rumor that she was a slut, which resulted in her first of several near-one-night-stands. Soon after this boost to her ego, Heidi met and married the Chameleon of Burlesque, Bambi Galore, and they moved to Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Heidi now enjoys numerous near-one-night-stands together with her wife.

Kevin Quigley

Kevin Quigley

Kevin Quigley has worked as the producer of Sketchhaus, the premier sketch comedy night at ImprovBoston, since early 2012.  He also directs, acts, and writes for two sketch comedy teams, Duct Tape Revolution and World of Hurt, both of which have had successful runs at both Sketchhaus and at the Comedy Lab at IB.  In addition, Kevin co-produced The Scoop, a limited-run storytelling night, during which he frequently appeared as a performer.  Kevin has also performed standup at 100 First Jokes, and more recently at Andy Ofiesh’s Naked Comedy Night and Bare! True Stories of Sex, Desire and Romance.  He lives in Boston.

Mindy Raf

Mindy Raf

Mindy Raf is a author, comedian, and musician based in Brooklyn, New York. She has written for CollegeHumor, VH1, TNT, The Daily Comedy Network, and was a contributor to the “My Parents Were Awesome” anthology. She has been invited to perform at the Women in Comedy Festival, SketchFestNYC, NY Funny Songs Fest, and the Bridgetown Comedy Festival, where she was named a festival highlight performing as feminist folk singer Leibya Rogers. Through the popularity of Leibya Rogers, she fan-funded and produced a full length vinyl comedy album, “LeibyaFair Live.” She recently released her debut Young Adult novel, The Symptoms of My Insanity (Dial/Penguin).





Email and mailing list spillstories@gmail.com

Spill! True Stories of Queer Sex, Desire and Romance takes place in New York at The Sidewalk Cafe on the third Fridays of each month and in Washington, D.C., at Black Fox Lounge. Also visit our companion show Bare! True Stories of Sex, Desire and Romance, monthly in Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. Try your hand at sexy storytelling at the biweekly Foreplay! A Sexy Storytelling Open Mic, second and fourth Mondays at The Delancey in New York.