Real Characters

A humor series featuring New York's best storytellers, humor writers, memoirists and comedians
SAVE THE DATE for a special Halloween edition of REAL CHARACTERS Comedy & StorytellingMonday, October 31st at 7pmMcNally Jackson Books in SoHo The spectacular lineup of performers so far includes:Elna Baker (This American Life, author of The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance) with a story about HalloweenNick Vatterott (Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Montreal Just For Laughs Festival) performing a little mad scientist standupTed Travelstead (Vanity Fair, co-author of SEX: Our Bodies Our Junk) recalling his time as a child actor in Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice George Gordon (New York Underground Comedy Festival) telling the story of watching himself survive a liquor store robberyMatt Mercier (The Moth) who used tolive in the basement of Edgar Allen Poe’s New York home. For real. Just added: Michael Kupperman (author of Mark Twain’s Autobiography 1910-2010) reading as the eponymous author Free booze and candy. Wear costumes if you’re into that, which I hope you are.

SAVE THE DATE

for a special Halloween edition of REAL CHARACTERS Comedy & Storytelling
Monday, October 31st at 7pm
McNally Jackson Books in SoHo

The spectacular lineup of performers so far includes:

Elna Baker (This American Life, author of The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance) with a story about Halloween
Nick Vatterott (Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Montreal Just For Laughs Festival) performing a little mad scientist standup
Ted Travelstead (Vanity Fair, co-author of SEX: Our Bodies Our Junk) recalling his time as a child actor in Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice
George Gordon (New York Underground Comedy Festival) telling the story of watching himself survive a liquor store robbery
Matt Mercier (The Moth) who used tolive in the basement of Edgar Allen Poe’s New York home. For real.

Just added: Michael Kupperman (author of Mark Twain’s Autobiography 1910-2010) reading as the eponymous author

Free booze and candy. Wear costumes if you’re into that, which I hope you are.

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