[Performance]
Stories on Stage

About This Event

Stories on Stage, Presented by Barrelhouse Magazine
Episode One: All in a Day's Work--Dispatches from the Office

A corporation where junior executives settle disputes with pistols at ten paces. A nonprofit organization where an employee suspects her boss is a mythical, blood-sucking demon.

These are the settings for the stories in the first edition of Stories on Stage, a new reading series presented by Barrelhouse. Stories on Stage features DC-based actors reading selections from recent editions of Barrelhouse in front of a live audience.

The premiere of the series features stories that take place in a location familiar to most Washingtonians: the office.

Featured Authors:
Jen Fawkes's work has appeared or is forthcoming in Michigan Quarterly Review, The Massachusetts Review, Barrelhouse, Mid-American Review, Shenandoah, The Southeast Review, and other journals, and has been nominated for a Pushcart. She holds a BA from Columbia University, an MFA from Hollins University, and is a creative writing doctoral student at the University of Cincinnati.

Melissa Yancy’s fiction has appeared in Glimmer Train, Prairie Schooner, One Story, Meridian, At Length, The Journal, and elsewhere. She is a graduate of the Master of Professional Writing Program at the University of Southern California, and currently resides in L.A., where she works in the non-profit world.

Featured Actors:
Thembi Duncan, a native of the Washington D.C. area, has performed in this region for almost 15 years in a variety of mediums. Her most extensive experience is in stage work, with productions at numerous area venues including The Studio Theatre, The Kennedy Center, Imagination Stage, and Round House Theatre. Ms. Duncan is an emerging director and playwright, and she currently serves as the Lead Teaching Artist at Ford's Theatre.

Mia Branco is an actor in the DC area. She began her acting career in her hometown of Newton, MA before moving to DC to obtain a BA in Musical Theatre from American University. Since graduating, she has been performing in shows throughout the DMV area. Credits include: Source Festival 2012: Uses of Enchantment; Constellation Theatre: Blood Wedding; Apron Theater Company: The Continuing Adventures of John Blade Super Spy; Flying V Theater Company: Incurable; Source Festival 2011: Love, Death, and Latex; Public Seed Theatre Co: Lysistra, The Musical!

The Deets:
Barrelhouse Magazine Presents: Stories on Stage
Wednesday, September 12 at 7:30 PM
$3 admission, free for DCAC Members