Novice

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 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.

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.

Unexpected

Wednesday, June 26, 8-10pm, $8

Advance Tickets

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 us this month as our always surprising storytellers tell tales of the unexpected:

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

Sean Michael Graham (Spill!)

Slam Poet (Urban Erotika)

. . . and you! You’ve surprised, been surprised or are you simply jaded? Put 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 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.

Sean Michael Graham

Sean Michael Graham is a recent DC transplant. Having grown up in the IE (Inland Empire) of Southern California (an area between San Bernardino and Palm Springs), he had a chance to see many great storytellers in LA’s comedy clubs. Most of his childhood and early adolescence were spent acting, directing and in theatre production. In college he continued to pursue his studies but later abandoned them for something that he could actually get paid for. He grew up in a very active LDS (Mormon) family and even served a mission at age nineteeen.

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 in Brooklyn at Public Assembly on the final Tuesday 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 City and Washington, D.C. Try your hand at sexy storytelling at the biweekly Foreplay: A Sexy Storytelling Open Mic, alternate Mondays at The Three of Cups in New York City.

Moves

Wednesday, May 22, 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!)

Sampson McCormick (Taboo Village)

Chelsea Shorte (Little Spoons)

Slam Poet (Urban Erotika)

. . . and you! You’ve got your best moves and your awkward missteps. 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.

Sampson McCormick

Sampson McCormick is an award-winning, black, openly gay stand-up comedian, writer and activist. Touring since 2003, he crusades against homophobia, poverty and youth homelessness. Sampson has performed on Broadway, Arena Stage, DAR Constitution Hall, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, The 2012 International AIDS Conference, Harvard and Central Michigan University as well as numerous LGBT Pride festivals and events with entertainers such as Patti LaBelle and RuPaul. He is the author of Taboo Village: A Perspective On Being Gay In Black America and Ebonic Faggotry.

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.

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 in Brooklyn at Public Assembly on the final Tuesday 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 City and Washington, D.C. Try your hand at sexy storytelling at the biweekly Foreplay: A Sexy Storytelling Open Mic, alternate Mondays at The Three of Cups in New York City.

Wild

Wednesday, April 10, 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 untamed storytellers as they walk the wild side:

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

Jamel Johnson

Reggie Melbrough  (Don’t Block The Box)

Slam Poet (Urban Erotika)

. . . and you! You’ve got stories, mild to wild. 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.

Reggie Melbrough

Reggie Melbrough is a DC comic who has been on the rise since he first took the stage in 2009. The Boise, Idaho native’s unique perception of life is cutting, silly and darn right funny. Reggie is a frequent host at the Arlington Cinema Drafthouse. As one of the co-producers of The Don’t Block the Box Comedy Show and The Looking Glass Comedy Show, he has worked with top comedic talents such as Andy Kindler, Orlando Jones, The Sklar Brothers, Tony Woods, Tommy Johnigan and many more. Reggie was recently featured in the Washington Post as a “comic to watch for” and just taped a TV special for PBS Truth About Money Program.

Leslie Duprey (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 in Brooklyn at Public Assembly on the final Tuesday 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 City and Washington, D.C. Try your hand at sexy storytelling at the biweekly Foreplay: A Sexy Storytelling Open Mic, alternate Mondays at The Three of Cups in New York City.

Schooled

Wednesday, February 20, 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 learned storytellers as they chalk up tales of being schooled:

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

J. LaLonde (Word Thug)

Jessica VonDyke (The Garden)

Anita Wagner Illig (Practical Polyamory)

. . . and you! You’ve got stories of lessons learned or unlearned, schooling or being schooled. 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 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.

J. LaLonde has been on the radio since he was sixteen years old. Considered one of the youngest major-market morning show hosts in radio history, he’s set to return to the airwaves in 2013 with the podcast Weirdos, an interview series with the world’s most tragically interesting humans. J. performs at national comedy venues with the likes of Louis C.K., Ralphie May, Carl Labove, Jon Reep, Bert Kreischer, Steve Byrne, Doug Stanhope, Robert Kelly, Whitney Cummings, Jim Breuer and many more. He filmed his first stand-up DVD at The Historic Tennessee Theatre and plans on releasing his debut album in 2013. Having voiced, produced, edited, written and acted in countless TV and radio campaigns, he operates Man Speaks Noise, a voice-over studio in New York and writes for WORD THUG.

Jessica VonDyke

Jessica VonDyke is a sex educator on a mission. Her plan is to open a sex shop called “The Garden” on the H Street corridor in Northeast DC. The Garden will be a retail shop for sex toys and erotic items, and also be an educational community center to teach about safe, pleasurable activities from a sex-positive perspective.

Anita Wagner Illig

Anita Wagner Illig is a thought leader, coach, writer, spokesperson and educator on polyamory, relationship choice and families of the heart. She serves on the Advisory Council of The Woodhull Sexual Freedom Alliance, is a past organizer of the Polyamory Leadership Summit, is an active member of the Polyamory Leadership Network, and also serves as polyamory community advisor to CARAS – the Community-Academic Consortium for Research on Alternative Sexualities. She is a faculty member at KinkAcademy.com and PassionateU.com. She has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Loving More® and Unitarian Universalists for Polyamory Awareness, and is co-founder and former member of the Board of Directors of the Institute for 21st Century Relationships/the Foundation of the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom. She is also a past board member of the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom.

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, first Wednesdays at Black Fox Lounge in Washington, D.C., and third Mondays at The PIT in New York City.

Miscues

Wednesday, November 28, 7-9pm, $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 sure-shot storytellers as they take aim with tales of miscues:

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

Jennifer Luu (Storyteller)

Sampson McCormick (Comic, Activist)

Dixon Mason (Fetish Model)

Musical guest Flo Anito

. . . and you! You’ve got stories of taking aim, missing the mark or scoring a bull’s eye. 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 The Garden. 

Note: Join us after Spill! as we head over to Busboys and Poets for StoryLeague’s Story Contest DC. Discount tickets available to those who attend Spill! RSVP for details.

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.

Flo Anito

Classically trained in voice, piano, and ‘cello, Flo Anito began her singer/songwriter career at age sixteen. Flo heads the local chapter of Just Plain Folks, an international music networking organization and has performed in venues across New England and the Mid-Atlantic states, selling out her debut CD. Nominated for two 2012 Wammy Awards—Best Pop/Rock Vocalist and Best Music Video—Flo’s new album “No Dustbunnies” has been a bestseller on CDbaby and Digstation and enjoys frequent radio play.

Jennifer Luu

Jennifer Luu is an acclaimed storyteller, wedding officiant and life coach who grew up on the Virginia side of 14th Street NW, where it’s called Richmond Highway.  An avid fan of rock shows, naps, and food, she enjoys all three with her stunning special ladyfriend, Cait, with whom she shares a finicky condominium (key word: mini) in Alexandria, VA. Jennifer was last seen in Better Said Than Done’s “Where the Wild Things Are,” telling a story about the time she thought she had overdosed to death on marijuana.

Sampson McCormick

Sampson McCormick is an award-winning, black, openly gay stand-up comedian, writer and activist. Touring since 2003, he crusades against homophobia, poverty and youth homelessness. Sampson has performed on Broadway, Arena Stage, DAR Constitution Hall, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, The 2012 International AIDS Conference, Harvard and Central Michigan University as well as numerous LGBT Pride festivals and events with entertainers such as Patti LaBelle and RuPaul. He is the author of Taboo Village: A Perspective On Being Gay In Black America and Ebonic Faggotry.

Dixon Mason

Dixon Mason is a fetish model, adult actress and nerd. Yes, you can see her tits on the internet (and soon on DVD!) She currently resides in Oakland, CA, where all the good smut gets made. This is her first time (hopefully of many) telling a story!

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.