The tales may have been strange, but the quality of the writing was what we’ve come to expect at Speak Easy – impressive! With stories of dreams coming true, heads being displaced, and zombies reflecting on how they came to be, Speak Easy: Strange Tales was the perfect kick-off to the Halloween season.
We had a mixture of first-timers and old favorites among our nine readers, and the same could be said for our appreciative audience. It was another packed house for our 10th show in the series. In fact, even after selling out we had people turn up at the door, and being that we can’t say no, we managed to squeeze in a few more seats.
Next up, it’ll be an open topic Speak Easy event on Sunday, November 12th. Anything goes at these, which makes them a lot of fun. If you’re interested in attending, please get your tickets here.
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Lineup for Speak Easy No. 10, Sunday 10/8/2017 at Cheshire: Three Musicians — Robert Shelton Fable — Evvy Fanning The Canniest Valley — Jessica Disalvo Sloppy — Bobby Ryan Fear and Dreams — Sue Gugliotto Mikey — Christine Baker Marriage Casts — Bridget Connolly I, Zombie. — Scott Seifritz And Thus it Happened that I Lost My Head — David Holloway
Special Thanks to Jeff Kyle for Photography!
Speak Easy No. 10!
The room begins to fill up.
Dr. Julius in his operating room.
Christine Baker Marriage’s son and husband settle in for a fun afternoon.
It wasn’t just the tales that were strange.
RocSpoke’s own Evvy Fanning handles the MC duties this time around. Great job, Evvy!
Rob Shelton kicks things off for us.
Rob reading Three Musicians
MC and participant, Evvy Fanning reading Fable.
First-time reader Jessica Disalvo was happy to be there.
Jessica reading The Canniest Valley.
Fourth up, Bobby Ryan adds some horror to the lineup with his story, Sloppy.
The audience listens intently to Bobby’s story.
Sue Gugliotto returns to Speak Easy to read her story, Fear and Dreams.
The audience is tuned in to Sue’s strange tale.
MC Evvy announces intermission.
Time to refresh those drinks!
Time to mingle with the audience.
Time to talk writing.
Looks like someone was late getting back to their seat at the start of Act II.
First-time reader Christine Baker Marriage kicks off Act II.
Everyone is captivated by Christine’s strange tale.
Christine reading her true story, Mikey.
Bridget Connolly returns to Speak Easy for her second time reading.
Bridget reading her poem, Casts.
Rochester Spoken Word co-founder Scott Seifritz takes the stage.
The audience is amused by Scott’s story.
Scott reading I, Zombie.
Wrapping things up with fan-favorite, David Holloway.
David reading his piece, And Thus is Happened that I Lost My Head.
Time for the writer Q&A!
Scott not sure how to answer a question.
The readers get questions from the audience and MC.
Bobby answers a question about his story.
Bridget talks about writing.
And we’re done! Happy Halloween all! See you in November!
