Showing titles in Art of Storytelling

Jon Kinnally's deep, beautiful piece goes shallow and deep as he explores feline and human love.

Rob Cohen is love-adjacent in this dark and kinda dirty love letter to a Valentine's past.

Jon Kinnally explores the darker side of family love in this emotional tour de force.

An epic misbegotten vacation culminates on a nightmarish New Year's Eve in Hawaii.

A deeply funny and epic story by Beth Lapides about her eviction from Los Angeles and exile in the desert (if you can consider Palm Springs the desert).

A deeply funny story by Merrill Markoe about being a very messy girl.

A deeply funny story by Scott King about a very scary diagnosis.

A deeply funny story by Stephen Glass about the lure of the forbidden shiksa and another about the mysterious Kegel muscle.

Julia goes wild in Ireland and lives in Greece on $1 a day.

Julia Sweeney reveals the dark secret of her Grandma's piano and has an encounter with an apocalyptic piano tuner, then goes on to visit a dog show and coin a new holiday: "Single Day."

The Millionaire Mind launches Cindy Caponera into a head trip about her own relationship to class, self-confidence and spirituality.

Dana Gould admits it's hip to be square. You'll hear about why Dana adopted, spooky ghost Jesus, and the sanctity of the Bat Cave. DANA GOULD was a writer and producer on The Simpsons and a veteran club comedian, with Comedy Central and HBO specials. His work is also available in the Un-Cabaret Stand-Up series. This piece was recorded at Un-Cabaret's spoken-word series "Say the Word", featuring great comedy writers reading their own original first-person non-fiction.

Tim doesn't like public bathrooms - and you can see why with this tour of restrooms gone wrong, featuring appearances by Neil Simon and Henry Winkler! (Rated 'P' for Poo).

Tim goes to Germany to work on a film. It turns out that...Tim and Germany? Not a good fit.

Julia Sweeney went to Vegas for the film festival, but she stayed for the lap dance.

This performance was the original inspiration and seed that became God Said Ha!. This classic performance of Julia's first story about her brother's cancer captures all the urgency and inspiration of Un-Cabaret's early years. Raw emotion and comic grace came together in the right room with the right audience at the right time and created a perfect storm of spontaneous comic storytelling.

Cindy is in her 30's and living back home with her family. And that's just her first mistake.

A deeply funny story by Mimi Friedman about getting her jury duty summons.

Tim's Hollywood power lunch turns into a trip down memory lane to his inglorious days when he first came to L.A., and how he was fired from the road as a Mitzi Gaynor dancer.

2 short anecdotes about the animal rights movement and my sexual awakening.