Misunderstood

Monday, May 6, 7-9pm $5

The Corner at Middle East, 472-480 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139
617/864-EAST ext 221

Each month, Bare! True Stories of Sex, Desire and Romance 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, Bare! opens doors to bedrooms, back seats and dungeons to tell what your mama left out about the birds, bees and in-betweens.

Featuring storytellers sharing tales you won’t hear elsewhere with Boston’s sexiest audience.

Join our storytellers as they try to be understood with tales of misunderstanding:

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

Michael Anderson (First Amendment Lawyer)

Chris Connolly (Vagina Monologues)

Matt Kona (Comics Coming Up)

Jenny Zigrino (Women in Comedy Festival)

. . . and you! You’ve got a tale of misunderstanding. Put your name in the hat for a chance to bare all on the Bare! stage.

. . . and more! One lucky audience member will win our sex-toy raffle courtesy of Hubba Hubba.

Jefferson

Jefferson is the curator and host of Bare! 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 Spill! True Stories of Queer Sex, Desire and Romance.

Matt Anderson

Michael Anderson is a First Amendment lawyer.  He thinks: there’s no such thing as free speech if you don’t use it. After he takes off his tie, he talks to audiences in ways they don’t allow in federal court. He has performed in venues from San Francisco to London.

Chris Connolly

Chris Connolly has lived through an Ecquadorian coup d’etat, been a massage therapist to the Bush family and named the octopus that frequents her favorite dive spot off the coast of Israel “Fred.” Her performance credits include being picked out of the Bare! Pussy and plucked from the audience at last month’s Bare! and many stints in Vagina Monologues where she played “Cunt Girl” and the moans in the “The Woman Who Loved to Make Vaginas Happy”. When she is not moaning on stage she is an educator and start-up minion based in Boston.

Matt Kona

Matt Kona is a regular on the Boston Comedy Scene, and a fresh voice. Not for the faint of heart, Matt’s dark sense of humor pokes fun at topics from the mundane to the taboo with equal sharpness. He blends absurdist one liners and twisted topical commentary in with bizarre personal stories. He hosts the weekly Comics Coming Up Podcast available on his website and itunes.

Jenny Zigrino

Jenny Zigrino performs nationally in clubs, colleges and festivals. Jenny recently featured for national acts Gilbert Gottfried and Josh Blue, and also worked with such great comics as Eddie Brill, Bonnie MacFarlane, Maria Bamford, Joe Wong and Carole Montgomery. She was featured in the Funny Females Showcase at the Boston Comedy Festival, hosted for the Women in Comedy Festival (2010 and 2011), Magners Comedy Festival 2011 and was a festival favorite at the North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival 2012. 
She is featured on local television shows such as the internationally syndicated Steve Katsos Show and also in GO Magazine.

Email and mailing list barestories@gmail.com

Bare! True Stories of Sex, Desire and Romance takes place on the first Mondays of the month at The Middle East in Boston, first Wednesdays of the month at Black Fox Lounge in Washington, D.C. and third Tuesdays of the month at The Bitter End in New York City. Also visit our monthly companion show Spill! True Stories of Queer Sex, Desire and Romance at Public Assembly in New York City and Black Fox Lounge in 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.

Dates

Wednesday, May 1, 8-10pm, $8

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

Each month, Bare! 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, Bare! opens doors to bedrooms, back seats and dungeons to tell what your mama left out about the birds, bees and in-betweens.

This month, our ever-hopeful paramours dive into the dating pool:

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

Shevali Goudar (The Encyclopedia Show)

Derek Hills (Speakeasy DC)

Kevin Phillips (The Encyclopedia Show)

Jessica Piscitelli (Better Said Than Done)

. . . and more! You’ve had memorable dates and those you’d rather forget. Put your name in the hat for a chance to bare all on the Bare! stage.

. . . and still more! One lucky audience member will win a sex toy courtesy of Adam & Eve.

Jefferson

Jefferson is the curator and host of Bare! 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 along the East Coast and elsewhere, including The Moth, where he is a StorySlam winner. He is also host of the monthly series Spill! True Stories of Queer Sex, Desire and Romance.

Shivali Goudar

Shivali Goudar is a comedian and singer laugh-rocking her way around the many stages of the DC area. Originally hailing from Texas, this performer has a larger-than-life personality that will leave you captivated and craving something sweet.  When she’s not singing and slinging jokes, you can find her co-producing and hosting The Encyclopedia Show DC on the first Friday of every month. She prefers her martinis extra dirty, enjoys trivia and has incredibly awful depth perception. With heels as high the sky, there’s a significant chance she’ll fall off the stage.

Derek Hills

Derek Hills is a storyteller and writer from Washington, DC. He is a regular on the SpeakeasyDC stage and was a part of its 2011 Halloween special, “Boo!” He has also performed in Vijai Nathan’s “Fan-Freaking-Tastic” variety show and with DC’s Story League. Other credits include “e-Geaux (beta)” from the 2011 Capital Fringe Festival and his work with the sketch-comedy group “Orbit Chef.”

Kevin Phillips

Kevin Phillips is a comedian and storyteller by night and an IT professional by morning and most of the afternoon. Hailing from quaint Spring Hill, Kansas, Kevin builds on his Midwest upbringing and endless fascination with yelling. Kevin can be seen performing across various venues all over the DC/Baltimore area. Kevin also co-produces the Encyclopedia Show DC at the Woolly Mammoth and likes to spend his free time sleeping upright.

Jessica Piscitelli

Jessica Piscitelli is the Founder of Better Said Than Done, Virginia’s premiere storytelling troupe, recently voted “Best Performance Act in Virginia” by Virginia Living Magazine.  In addition to telling tales in Virginia, Jessica has performed stories for SpeakeasyDC, Fan-Freaking-Tastic, SWAN Day, and TEDx.  Jessica has been a regular commentator on Metro Connection, on WAMU. When she’s not writing or storytelling, Jessica runs Capture Video, Inc, a corporate video production company.

Email and mailing list barestories@gmail.com

Bare! True Stories of Sex, Desire and Romance takes place on the first Mondays of the month at The Middle East in Boston, first Wednesdays of the month at Black Fox Lounge in Washington, D.C., and third Mondays of the month at The PIT in New York City. Also visit our monthly companion show Spill! True Stories of Queer Sex, Desire and Romance at Public Assembly in New York City and Black Fox Lounge in Washington, D.C. In New York, try your hand at storytelling at Foreplay! A Sexy Storytelling Open Mic, biweekly at The Three of Cups.

Appearances

Tuesday, April 16, 7-9pm $10

The Bitter End, 147 Bleecker Street, New York, NY 10012 (212) 673-7030

Bare! moves to a new venue: the legendary Bitter End!

Each month, Bare! 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, Bare! opens doors to bedrooms, back seats and dungeons to tell what your mama left out about the birds, bees and in-betweens.

This month, all is not as it appears with our storytellers:

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

David Crabb (Ask Me Stories)

Kambri Crews (Burn Down the Ground)

Matt Graham (This Too Shall Suck)

Avital Issaacs (Burlesque Performer)

Amy Sohn (Motherland)

. . . and more! You’ve been concerned with appearances or appeared otherwise. Put your name in the hat for a chance to bare all on the Bare! stage.

. . . and still more! One lucky audience member will win a sexy prize courtesy of Shag.

Jefferson

Jefferson is the curator and host of Bare! 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 along the East Coast and elsewhere, including The Moth, where he is a StorySlam winner. He is also host of the monthly series Spill! True Stories of Queer Sex, Desire and Romance.

David Crabb

David Crabb is a performer, writer, director and storyteller in New York City. He is a two-time MothSlam champion and co-producer of Kevin Allison’s RISK! He is also the co-creator/producer of the live storytelling series Ask Me. David has been a member of NYC’s Axis Company Theatre since 2003, developing original material in New York, Paris and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. His one-person show “Bad Kid” was met with critical acclaim and enjoyed its second New York run in 2012.

Kambri Crews

Kambri Crews once lived with her deaf parents in a tin shed in Montgomery, Texas. She now runs her own PR and production company in New York City, books comedy for The 92YTriBeCa, and is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir Burn Down the Ground (Random House). A renowned storyteller and public speaker, Kambri has performed on The Moth’s Mainstage, The 92Y, SXSW Comedy, Risk!, UCB Theatre, Gotham Comedy Club and given speeches at SXSW, DeafHope, and many other schools, colleges, venues and events.

Matt Graham

Matt Graham is the writer and performer of This Too Shall Suck, an autobiographical one-hour show that premiered in New York in 2012. His signature “non stand-up stand-up” earned him four appearances on Conan O’Brien—for which he eventually wrote—a writing gig with Saturday Night Live and national recognition as a comic. A professional player of poker and Scrabble, Graham placed second in the 1997 World Scrabble Championships. He was a subject in The New York Times bestseller Word Freak and the Sundance documentary film Word Wars. He was also featured on NBC News (for his ability to play Scrabble blindfolded), Ripley’s Believe It or Not and The New York Times Magazine. He resides happily secluded in Queens with his cats.

Avital Isaacs

Avital Isaacs is a DC-born, Brooklyn-based writer, performer, and sex educator. She is currently a teacher of sexual pleasure and health at Babeland and performs burlesque in venues all over New York. She is the recipient of the Alexandria Performing Arts Association’s Young Playwright’s award as well as Prague Film School’s Audience Award for best short film. Her work and words have been featured in Time Out New York, Jezebel, and Fox News (seriously).

Amy Sohn

Amy Sohn is author of the new novel Motherland, as well as Prospect Park West, Run Catch Kiss and My Old Man. She got her start as a writer with her autobiographical “Female Trouble” column in New York Press, which ran for six years, and followed that with columns at the New York Post and New York magazine. She has written for many publications including Playgirl, Playboy, The New York Times, and The Nation, and has written pilots for ABC, Fox, Lifetime, and HBO.  Raised in the Heights, she now lives in the Slope.

Email and mailing list barestories@gmail.com

Bare! True Stories of Sex, Desire and Romance takes place on the first Mondays of the month at The Middle East in Boston, first Wednesdays of the month at Black Fox Lounge in Washington, D.C. and third Tuesdays of the month at The Bitter End in New York City. Also visit our monthly companion show Spill! True Stories of Queer Sex, Desire and Romance at Public Assembly in New York City and Black Fox Lounge in Washington, D.C. Try your hand at sexy storytelling at the biweekly Foreplay: A Sexy Open Mic, alternate Mondays at The Three of Cups in New York City.

Ingenuity

Wednesday, April 3, 8-10pm, $8

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

Each month, Bare! 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, Bare! opens doors to bedrooms, back seats and dungeons to tell what your mama left out about the birds, bees and in-betweens.

This month, our plucky McGivers rig together stories of ingenuity:

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

Natlie E. Illum (National Poetry Slam)

Nate Johnson (Story League)

Victoria Rocha (The Vagina Monologues)

Shawn Westfall (DC Improv, ShawnMikael(s))

. . . and more! You have ingenious stories of your own ingenuity. Put your name in the hat for a chance to bare all on the Bare! stage.

. . . and still more! One lucky audience member will win a sex toy courtesy of Adam & Eve.

Jefferson

Jefferson is the curator and host of Bare! 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 along the East Coast and elsewhere, including The Moth, where he is a StorySlam winner. He is also host of the monthly series Spill! True Stories of Queer Sex, Desire and Romance.

Natalie E. Illum

Natalie E. Illum is a poet, activist and storyteller. Her work has appeared in the anthologies Word Warriers: Thirty-Five Women of the Spokenword Revolution and Full Moon on K Street, as well as in Feminist Studies and on NPR’s Snap Judgment. She has competed on the National Poetry Slam circuit since 2008, and has performed with many artists across the US, including Michelle Tea, Eileen Myles, Buddy Wakefield and Andrea Gibson. Her writing centers around disability, identity and autobiography. She has an MFA in creative writing from American University, and teaches workshops in a variety of venues.

Nate Johnson

Nate Johnson was born with his umbilical cord wrapped around his neck, and suffered brain damage as a result. Despite that, he’s gone on to become a lawyer, lifeguard (two saves), actor, improvisor, and comedian. As a comedian, he’s performed at the Lincoln Theater (Washington, D.C.), State Theater (Falls Church), Arlington Cinema and Drafthouse, and a litany of other venues on the east coast. He has an unusual perspective and a wealth of varied life experience.

Victoria Rocha

Victoria Rocha is an emerging raconteur as she navigates the storytelling waters of DC, including her first storytelling performances at Speakeasy DC and Story League in February—both, not-so-shockingly, about sex, one her favorite topics. Still, Victoria is not new to performing, with her first role at age eight in Young Chautauqua as General George Custer. The company’s only female to portray a male, Victoria just loves the facial hair—it’s like bonsai of the face. Her collegiate theatrical training included acting, improv and stage make-up. Since moving to Washington, DC from Nevada, Victoria was in The Firm’s production of the Vagina Monologues in 2010 and 2011. Victoria has fallen in love with storytelling and is hoping, with some encouragement, to attempt stand-up in the near future.

Shawn Westfall

Shawn Westfall is an improvisational comedy instructor and performer, as well as a producer of improv-based shows throughout the DC area. This year, he’ll celebrate ten years as the exclusive teacher of improvisational comedy at the DC Improv, where he teaches classes in beginning and advanced short-form and long-form improv comedy, as well as improv workshops focusing on character, long form, and non-traditional improv techniques. His classes (and the numerous performances they’ve generated) have been featured in The Washington Post, The Washington Post Express, Washingtonian magazine, Washington Post Radio, DC 101, WTOP Radio, Mix 107.3’s “The Jack Diamond Morning Show,” The Food Network’s “Dinner: Impossible!,” K Street Kate’s video weblog, WeLoveDC.com, among many others. He’s also a founding member, along with Mikael Johnson, of the award-winning comedy troupe ShawnMikael(s), which performs frequently at festivals and theaters throughout the country. By day, Shawn works as an ad agency creative: he’s a senior copywriter for Proof Integrated Communications, a division of Burson-Marsteller, where he writes, directs and produces print ads, radio spots, TV spots, as well as online and social media advertising.

Email and mailing list barestories@gmail.com

Bare! True Stories of Sex, Desire and Romance takes place on the first Mondays of the month at The Middle East in Boston, first Wednesdays of the month at Black Fox Lounge in Washington, D.C. and third Tuesdays of the month at The Bitter End in New York City. Also visit our monthly companion show Spill! True Stories of Queer Sex, Desire and Romance at Public Assembly in New York City and Black Fox Lounge in Washington, D.C. Try your hand at sexy storytelling at the biweekly Foreplay: A Sexy Open Mic, alternate Mondays at The Three of Cups in New York City.

Novelty

Monday, April 1, 7-9pm $5

Advance Tickets

The Middle East Corner, 472 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139 (617)864-EAST ext 221

New York’s sexiest storytelling show is now monthly in Boston. Join us first Mondays at The Middle East.

Bare! True Stories of Sex, Desire and Romance 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, Bare! opens doors to bedrooms, back seats and dungeons to tell what your mama left out about the birds, bees and in-betweens.

This month, our ever-experimenting storytellers offer eye-popping tales of novelty:

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

Princess Kali (The Kink Academy)

Robin Maxfield (Comedy With Wings)

Andy Ofiesh (Naked Comedy Showcase)

Shari VanderWerf (Late Listed)

. . . and more! You’ve tried new things—or been tried by them. Take the novel step of putting your name in the hat for a chance to bare all on the Bare! stage.

. . . and still more! One lucky audience member will win a sexy raffle prize courtesy of Hubba Hubba.

Jefferson

Jefferson is the curator and host of Bare!, monthly in Boston, New York and Washington, D.C. 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 New York and elsewhere, including The Moth, where he is a StorySlam winner. He is also host of Spill! True Stories of Queer Sex, Desire and Romance, monthly in New York and Washington, D.C., and Foreplay: A Sexy Storytelling Open Mic, biweekly in New York.

Princess Kali

Princess Kali is a foot-fetishist, lifestyle dominatrix and sex educator known for the juxtaposition of a sweet-natured appearance and an insatiable appetite for unbridled sadism. Princess Kali has lectured on a variety of BDSM topics since 2003, presenting at such educational institutions as Harvard, RISD and Brown University as well as lifestyle venues such as Black Rose, Fetish Flea Fair, Leather Retreat and Kink in the Caribbean. Founding Kink Academy in 2007 allowed Princess Kali to reach a broader audience in a more personal way, with kink-positive sex education helping couples and singles to reach deeper understanding and heightened creativity in their personal perversions.

Robin Maxfield

Robin Maxfield performed to sold-out audiences in Boston and Los Angeles with her script for Expressing Motherhood. She is co-creator and performer of the sold-out show Motherloaded: Airing the Dirty Laundry of Motherhood. Robin is a two-time Massmouth story slam winner, co-founder of Comedy With Wings: The Best Female Humor in Boston and emcees story slams monthly in Jamaica Plain. She is a coach and trainer with The Speech Improvement Company in Brookline.

Andy Ofiesh

Andy Ofiesh is the creator and host of The Naked Comedy Showcase at Improv Boston. A surprise hit at Edinburgh Fringe, this monthly show features comedians performing stand-up in the nude. Join Andy on the first Wednesday of each month as he goes below the belt to expose the rawest in Boston comedy.

Shari VanderWerf

Shari VanderWerf is a Boston-based writer and stand-up comedian. Her work has appeared on television and in a host of international publications. She is the writer and producer of Late Listed, a series of short films about stand-up comedy and released her first comedy EP in September of 2012.  Over 24,000 subscribers enjoy Shari’s daily dose of humor via her Twitter feed at www.twitter.com/shariv67 which earned her the Huffington Post’s recommendation as one of the top funny females to follow.

Email and mailing list barestories@gmail.com

Bare! True Stories of Sex, Desire and Romance takes place on the first Mondays of the month at The Middle East in Boston, first Wednesdays of the month at Black Fox Lounge in Washington, D.C. and third Tuesdays of the month at The Bitter End in New York City. Also visit our monthly companion show Spill! True Stories of Queer Sex, Desire and Romance at Public Assembly in New York City and Black Fox Lounge in Washington, D.C. Try your hand at sexy storytelling at the biweekly Foreplay: A Sexy Open Mic, alternate Mondays at The Three of Cups in New York City.

Surprise

Monday, March 18, 8-10pm, $10

The PIT, 123 East 24th Street, New York, NY 10010 (212) 563-7488

Each month, Bare! 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, Bare! opens doors to bedrooms, back seats and dungeons to tell what your mama left out about the birds, bees and in-betweens.

This month, our unpredictable storytellers offer eye-popping tales of surprise:

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

Selena Coppock (The New Rules for Blondes)

J. LaLonde (Word Thug)

Liam McEneaney (Tell Your Friends!)

Musical guest Juliet Jeske

. . . and more! You’ve been stunned or simply been stunning. Surprise everyone by putting  your name in the hat for a chance to bare all on the Bare! stage.

. . . and still more! One luck audience member will win a raffle prize courtesy of Shag.

Jefferson

Jefferson is the curator and host of Bare! 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 Spill! True Stories of Queer Sex, Desire and Romance.

Selena Coppock

Selena Coppock is a comedian, writer and storyteller whose upcoming book, The New Rules for Blondes, is a collection of essays celebrating and subverting the blonde stereotype. Her writing has also been featured on TheFrisky, McSweeney’s and The Collared Sheep. Selena’s storytelling abilities have been showcased throughout New York and Boston, including RISK!, Stripped Stories and The Moth. She has trained at ImprovOlympic (Chicago), Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (New York), and ImprovAslyum (Boston) and has earned spots in a multitude of comedy festivals. When not pushing her pro-blonde agenda, Selena can usually be found in a dive bar lamenting the breakup of Guns ‘n Roses and putting Bob Seger’s “Night Moves” on the juke box.

Juliet Jeske

Juliet Jeske is a comedian and singer who has appeared at venues throughout New York City including Comix, 59E59 Theater, The PIT, Upright Citizens Brigade, Galapagos Arts Space, Broadway Comedy Club, The Slipper Room and the New York International Fringe Festival. She plays any number of characters, writes songs for the ukulele and accordion, is a frequent blogger at the Huffington Post and bakes cookies for a hobby. She is currently working on a memoir about being married to a gay clown.

J. LaLonde

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.

Liam McEneaney

Liam McEneaney started standup while he was attending Queens College, and by the age of twenty, he was touring professionally. Liam has appeared on Comedy Central, the Showtime special Caroline Rhea and Friends, as a regular panelist on Vh1′s Best Week Ever, and in his own movie Tell Your Friends! The Concert Film! Liam has performed all over the United States and has headlined throughout Europe.

Email and mailing list barestories@gmail.com

Bare! True Stories of Sex, Desire and Romance takes place on the first Mondays of the month at The Middle East in Boston, first Wednesdays of the month at Black Fox Lounge in Washington, D.C. and third Mondays of the month at The PIT in New York City. Also visit our monthly companion show Spill! True Stories of Queer Sex, Desire and Romance at Public Assembly in New York City and Black Fox Lounge in Washington, D.C. Try your hand at sexy storytelling at the biweekly Foreplay: A Sexy Open Mic, alternate Mondays at The Three of Cups in New York City.

Double Time

Wednesday, March 6, 8-10pm, $8

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

Each month, Bare! 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, Bare! opens doors to bedrooms, back seats and dungeons to tell what your mama left out about the birds, bees and in-betweens.

This month, your intrepid host doubles up with the dynamic duo co-hosts of The Encyclopedia Show to double time with long-form and team storytelling:

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

Shivali Goudar (The Encyclopedia Show)

Kevin T. Phillips (The Encyclopedia Show)

. . . and more! You have stories of doubling up, double timing or being double crossed. Double your chances of a risqué night by putting your name in the hat for a chance to bare all on the Bare! stage.

Jefferson

Jefferson is the curator and host of Bare! 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 Spill! True Stories of Queer Sex, Desire and Romance.

Shivali Goudar

Shivali Goudar is a comedian and singer laugh-rocking her way around the many stages of the DC area. Originally hailing from Texas, this performer has a larger-than-life personality that will leave you captivated and craving something sweet.  When she’s not singing and slinging jokes, you can find her co-producing and hosting The Encyclopedia Show DC on the first Friday of every month. She prefers her martinis extra dirty, enjoys trivia and has incredibly awful depth perception. With heels as high the sky, there’s a significant chance she’ll fall off the stage.

Kevin Phillips

Kevin Phillips is a comedian and storyteller by night and an IT professional by morning and most of the afternoon. Hailing from quaint Spring Hill, Kansas, Kevin builds on his Midwest upbringing and endless fascination with yelling. Kevin can be seen performing across various venues all over the DC/Baltimore area. Kevin also co-produces the Encyclopedia Show DC at the Woolly Mammoth and likes to spend his free time sleeping upright.

Email and mailing list barestories@gmail.com

Bare! True Stories of Sex, Desire and Romance takes place on the first Mondays of the month at The Middle East in Boston, first Wednesdays of the month at Black Fox Lounge in Washington, D.C., and third Mondays of the month at The PIT in New York City. Also visit our monthly companion show Spill! True Stories of Queer Sex, Desire and Romance at Public Assembly in New York City and Black Fox Lounge in Washington, D.C.