Experience the 8th annual night of funny, poignant, powerful, and peculiar autobiographical stories about all things Jewish, not-so-Jewish, and wanna-be Jewish. Storytellers include (in sequence):
* Leah Harris is a mother, writer, and storyteller whose 2016 Capital Fringe solo show “Aliens, Nazis, and Angels” was named among “Best of the Fringe” by DC Metro Theater Arts.
* Jason Kuller is a practicing lawyer, former stand-up comedian, and currently the CEO of local restaurant favorites Proof, Estadio, Doi Moi, and 2 birds 1 stone.
* Bonnie Rich is a filmmaker producing a light-hearted documentary in which she tries to persuade her millennial daughters that Judaism is worth keeping in the family.
* Rabbi Aaron Potek is the Community Rabbi at Gather the Jews. He grew up in Saint Louis Park, MN and graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in Industrial and Operations Engineering. After receiving ordination from Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, he served as the campus rabbi at Northwestern University’s Hillel.
* Rachel Louise Snyder is the author of Fugitive Denim and What We’ve Lost is Nothing. She has written for The New Yorker and “This American Life.”
* Suzanne Hecker is a part-time IT Project Manager and full-time Jewish mother to two teenage sons. She is very excited for her third storytelling performance.
* Cody Pomeranz is a speechwriter from Cincinnati. He spends his free time doing stand-up comedy and cheering on—or crying over—his beloved Cincinnati Bengals. The youngest of six children, he is afraid of Furbies and, when scared, tells himself his name is Jason Bourne.
* Amy Saidman (Host and Co-Director) is the Artistic Executive Director of Story District. Her Jewish street cred includes going to Camp Moshava and living on a kibutz.
* Katy Barrett (Co-Director) also known as Dreidel Master K, discovered Story District four years ago at My So-Called Jewish Life and has been hooked ever since. ...More...
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