#NewsFlash | Funny. Funnier. Funniest. Queens Theatre’s Storytelling Series Starts on Sept. 18
BY QEDC It's In Queens
It’s time to spin a yarn, spill the beans, chew the fat, shoot the breeze, lay it on the line, and share the good word.
Queens Theatre launches the Our Story program on Friday, Sept. 18, at 7 pm. The free funniness will then pop up on a few following Fridays.
Borough raconteurs will share some of their longest solo works, including their favorite words, wackiest ideas, and craziest characters. The routines will be live with no replays on social media — so audience members must clear their calendars.
David Lawson, a comedian who founded the Astoria Bookshop Storytelling Show, goes first with Nazis and Me on Sept. 18.
This is one of his signatures shows, and he’s performed it all over New York City, including at Under St. Marks Theater. He riffs about hate groups, vandalism, bomb threats, and even a march on Washington DC that attracted five Nazis and 300 counter protesters. (Editor’s note: There’s a slight, slight chance that he’ll mention Donald Trump.)
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Next up is Marc L. Abbott and Love African American Style on Sept. 25 at 7 pm.
Abbott is a prolific novelist and playwright whose work includes children’s books, YA literature, and horror films. He won the Moth StorySlam in 2015.
In this amorous adventure, he relates his attempts to find somebody with whom to share the rest of his life. Through anecdotes that are funny, euphoric, and cruel, he demonstrates how falling in love is easy, but maintaining that emotion is a lot of work.
Michele Carlo does Fish Out of Agua, a spoken version of her eponymous book, on Oct. 2 at 7 pm.
Known as the redhead with 8 million stories about NYC, this comedian/author/performer grew up Puerto Rican in a mostly Italian and Irish Bronx neighborhood or as what she deems a “double outsider.”
In this tale, she mixes time-honored folktales with family calamities, personal coming-of-age stories, and outrageous opinions about such phenomena as the gentrification of Park Slope.
Images: Michele Caro (top); Marc L. Abbott (bottom)