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September 24, 2018

Speak Easy Keeps Things Fresh

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The kids may be back to school and summer is fading away, but Speak Easy is going as strong as ever. At our show on September 16 at Cheshire — our 21st show! — we welcomed nine readers to the stage, including five first-timers and two second-timers. It’s equally a pleasure for us to have writers share their work with us for the first time as it is to have them come back to share more. We had some both poetry and prose this month, and plenty of laughs to go around. Check out the pictures below.

Next Up: We kick off Autumn with an Open Topic Speak Easy on October 14. Come enjoy a cocktail and some great local writing before the stress of the holiday season kicks in! Tickets are available here. Get them before they’re gone!

Lineup for Speak Easy No. 21, Sunday 9/16/2018, at Cheshire:
Stubborn Resolution: Gutsy Grit — Jaclyn A. Sutherland
Atlas — Matthew Del Favero
Leviticus — Emily Tworek
This is Me; Deal with It — Faith Jackson
I Learned Everything I Need to Know About Sex and Household Cleaners from My Cleaning Guy — Diane Zielinski
The Best Medicine — Scott Seifritz
Series of Childhood Reflections — Joel Lesses
In Another Time, in a Stack of Hay — Evvy Fanning
The Hitch Hiker — Rick Merritt

Special Thanks to Martin Petrella for Photography!

Speak Easy No. 21!
Jessica and Evvy are ready to make you some of the best cocktails in town.
It looks like another great crowd!
Our MC and co-founder of Rochester Spoken Word, Scott Seifritz, welcomes the audience.
First up, one of our five first-time readers, Jaclyn A. Sutherland.
Jaclyn reading Stubborn Resolution: Gutsy Grit.
The audience is focused.
One of our VIP pass-holders and now a two-time reader, Matthew Del Favero takes the stage.
Matthew reading Atlas.
Our next reader, Emily Tworek, joins us for her first time.
Emily reading Leviticus.
The audience listens intently.
Next up, our third first-timer, Faith Jackson.
Faith performing This is Me; Deal with It.
Diane Zielinski takes the stage for her inaugural Speak Easy performance.
Diane reading I Learned Everything I Need to Know About Sex and Household Cleaners from My Cleaning Guy.
Intermission! Cocktail anyone?
It’s a good time to catch up with other writers.
Best free popcorn in town!
Much fun is had at Speak Easy.
Meeting up with our friends form Green Buffalo Productions who made the long drive down I-90.
Speak Easy really is a happy place.
Scott Seifritz kicks off Act II.
Scott reading The Best Medicine.
Diane enjoys the story.
The audience approves.
Visiting Speak Easy for the second time is Joel Lesses.
Joel reading Series of Childhood Reflections.
Next up the other half of Rochester Spoken Word and Cheshire proprietress, Evvy Fanning,
Evvy reading In Another Time, in a Stack of Hay.
Closing out Act II is our first story teller at Speak Easy: Rick Merritt.
Rick telling his story, The Hitch Hiker.
Time for Q&A! Rick fields a question.
The audience gets involved.
Matthew responds to an inquiry.
Faith talks about her poem.
Speak Easy regular David Holloway asks a question.
Evvy gives her response.
See you in October! Until then, we’ll leave the light on for you.
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