Lucky for us, he’s one of our four performers at Stories from the Shtetl 2! He’s multi-talented, multi-faceted, and multi-funny. Check it out.
Only 2 more days…!!!
Join us for Stories from the Shtetl 2 at the SUBTERRANEAN ARTHOUSE at 2179 Bancroft Way(just above Shattuck) in Berkeley.
Show starts at 8:15 pm.
We sold out last time so you may want to purchase your tickets early at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/217882
Laughing through heartbreak, Michael relates how an unlikely series of teachers taught him to see light in the cracks. A video from our inaugural “Stories from the Shtetl” on November 2, 2011.
Michael Kaye performs “Field of Dung: A Love Story” at Stories from the Shtetl 1. November 2, 2011
Following our debut sold-out performance, Stories from the Shtetl returns on Thursday January 12, 2012 at 8:15PM with a whole new round of stories and performers.
Starring Joshua Walters (“Exceptionally sharp…in the funniest possible way” -SF Chronicle), Heather Gold (“A set of wits equal to any major player on Comedy Central” - Austin Chronicle), Ruchama Burrell (Fabulous cook and former attorney for the disenfranchised) and Michael Kaye (the Moth, Porchlight, Rolling Stone) will highlight the Second coming of a new Jew-ish themed storytelling series in Berkeley.
“I want to provide public access to the unique perspective of the Jewish village,” says founder and performer Michael Kaye. “I’m also interested in expanding the notion of shtetl to include stories by people who are not Jewish but still have their own experience of the shtetl.”
AFIKOMEN JUDAICA will be there to help you win a prize!!!!
Because our last show sold out, we encourage you to purchase tickets ahead of time @ http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/217882
Tickets are $12-20 Sliding Scale.
Michael winds up the sold-out event. Behind him, Joshua Schachter, Alicia Dattner and Will Franken.
Join us for the next Stories from the Shtetl on January 12, 2012 at 8:15 pm at Subterranean Arthouse in Berkeley.
Michael performs for The Moth at Joe’s Pub.
JOSHUA SAFRAN is a writer, performer, maggid, advocate for battered women, land-use attorney and subject of the award-winning documentary film Crime After Crime. He is also an Orthodox Jew. His memoir chronicling his childhood off-the-grid and on-the-run in the wilderness of the Pacific Northwest will be published by Hyperion Books in 2012.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Michael Kaye michaelkaye@fastmail.fm
CHUTZPAH PRESENTS:
STORIES FROM THE SHTETL
A NIGHT OF MASTER STORYTELLERS
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2011, 8:30 P.M.
SUBTERRANEAN ARTHOUSE
2179 Bancroft Way, Just Above Shattuck
Berkeley, CA
$10 at the door
BERKELEY, CA, October 5, 2011—Will Franken (Best Comedian, SFWEEKLY), Alicia Dattner (SF Comedian of the Year, 2011), Michael Kaye (as seen in the MOTH, Porchlight, Rolling Stone), and Joshua Safran (star of Sundance Festival Documentary, Crime after Crime) will highlight the debut of a new Jew-ish themed storytelling series in Berkeley on Wednesday November 2, 2011 at 8:30 P.M.
The idea for the series struck Michael Kaye when he realized that there wasn’t a regularly appearing storytelling series in Berkeley and there wasn’t one that was Jewishly themed anywhere. “I want to provide public access to the unique perspective of the Jewish village. While it happens that most of the good storytellers I know, I know from Shul (synagogue),” says founder and performer Michael Kaye, “I’m also interested in expanding the notion of shtetl to include stories by people who are not Jewish but still have their own experience of the shtetl. I once heard a story about a mixed-couples support group started by a rabbi—and the non-Jewish spouses had some very funny stories.”
For their first event, Chutzpah chose veteran Bay Area comedians Will Franken and Alicia Dattner as well as a featured Moth storyteller, Michael Kaye and debuting author, Joshua Safran, to launch the series. “Expect to laugh your tuchas off,” Kaye says. “And bring your dancing shoes. Seriously.”
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