Real Characters: Archive

Carlos Kotkin on The Moth Podcast

Upcoming REAL CHARACTERS storyteller Carlos Kotkin is featured on this week’s Moth Podcast, which you can hear here. Hear hear, indeed. Come see him perform at the May 9th REAL CHARACTERS at McNally Jackson Books at 7pm. Oh, and check out Carlos’s book Please God Let It Be Herpes at his website.

Apr 25th

Paul Simms in Shouts & Murmurs

Paul Simms—writer for Letterman and The Larry Sanders Show, creator of News Radio, producer of Flight of the Conchords—has a new Shouts & Murmurs in The New Yorker, and it’s hilarious. Give it a look and then come see him read at the next REAL CHARACTERS show on May 9 at 7pm at McNally Jackson Books in SoHo. (Illustration by Bendik Kaltenborn for The New Yorker)

Apr 24th

Watch

Lauren Sharpe—actress, writer, member of the New York Neo-Futurists—performs one of her short plays at last month’s REAL CHARACTERS. See more of Lauren’s terrific work here.

Apr 24th

Save the Date - May 9th

We couldn’t be more excited about May’s REAL CHARACTERS show at McNally Jackson. Make sure to mark your calendars to see an incredible lineup of writers and storytellers, including: Rachel Dratch (SNL, author of Girl Walks Into a Bar) Paul Simms (The New Yorker, Flight of the Conchords, News Radio) Eliot Glazer (It Gets Betterish, Shit New Yorkers Say) Margot Leitman (host of...

Apr 19th

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Apr 19th

Tonight - April 11 at 7pm

REAL CHARACTERS is tonight at 7pm at McNally Jackson featuring David Javerbaum (The Daily Show, author of The Last Testament: A Memoir by God), Kambri Crews (author of Burn Down the Ground), Jeffrey Joseph (The Tonight Show, Comic Strip Live) Blaise Allysen Kearsley (host of the How I Learned series) and Lauren Sharpe (Bored to Death, The Neo-Futurists) Hosted by Andy Ross. Produced by Ann...

Apr 11th

UPDATE: Lauren Sharpe Added to the Show

We’re so excited to add actress & writer Lauren Sharpe to next Wednesday’s show. You may have seen her on HBO’s Bored to Death or Boardwalk Empire or onstage at the New York Neo-Futurists. You can see some of her work here. So, look forward to something wonderful. See you Wednesday, April 11 at 7pm at McNally Jackson.

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