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Being yourself can involve risking it all. The breathless drama and liberating joy of the Jewish Queer experience is captured in a new work of theatre by The Braid, the go-to Jewish story company.

The LGBTQ+ community is and has always been beautiful, diverse, and vibrant. Celebrating Pride and uplifting the stories of LGBTQ+ people is always important — and feels especially urgent today, with debates over equal rights being such a part of the national conversation. And so The Braid, the go-to Jewish story company, has handpicked a collection of true stories about people who are both queer and Jewish.

Growing up, Iranian-Americans like Ora Yashar often saw themselves depicted only as the exotic Other: in her words, “either terrorists or Princess Jasmine.” But Yashar's generation was raised in the United States — Iranian in heritage living their own American stories. “Now we're bridging the gap between our old world and our new,” remarks another millennial Iranian-American, Asal Akhondzadeh.

In his STREEP TEASE, Roy Cruz has created an entertaining, all-male revue of Meryl Streep interpretators using actual (or actual-esque) dialogue from Ms. Streep's many films. With minimal use of props and just a hint of costume enhancements, this talented nine-membered Streepers perform some side-splitting scenes with a few serious ones thrown into the mix. Some Meryl Streep roles just seem more than ripe for parody, er, homage.

What started out as a one-night stand in 2009 quickly became a long-term relationship with the ever fascinating and brilliant actress Meryl Streep. After playing in Los Angeles from 2009-20012 and performances in San Francisco and New York, the critically acclaimed and box office hit STREEP TEASE: AN EVENING OF MERYL STREEP MONOLOGUES PERFORMED BY AN ALL-MALE CAST is back again where it all began, in Los Angeles, this weekend, November 13, 14 & 15.

What started out as a one-night stand in 2009 quickly became a long-term relationship with the ever fascinating and brilliant actress Meryl Streep. After playing in Los Angeles from 2009-20012 and performances in San Francisco and New York, the critically acclaimed and box office hit STREEP TEASE: AN EVENING OF MERYL STREEP MONOLOGUES PERFORMED BY AN ALL-MALE CAST is back again where it all began, in Los Angeles, on November 13, 14 & 15.

Friday, June 1, Outlaugh 2012, an 8-night comedy festival featuring standup, sketches, short films, essays, improv and1-person shows, kicks off. America's first and continuing queer Comedy Festival, Outlaugh has previously presented such names as Lea DeLaria, Margaret Cho, and Bob Smith.

The audience came to a stand still when stage actor Bryan Donovan -- who's channeling the cold and intimidating Sister Aloysius (Doubt) in a nun's black habit and hood -- made a grand entrance through the audience at the recent New York debut of STREEP TEASE, an evening of monologues culled from Meryl Streep's current database of 49 movies performed with an all-male cast.

Streep Tease: An Evening of Meryl Streep Monologues performed by an All-Male Cast, critically acclaimed by the LA Times, the LA Weekly and Daily Variety, will make its New York debut, Mon., June 27 at Joe's Pub at The Public Theater, it was announced today by the show's Creator & Co-Executive Producer Roy Cruz.

'Streep Tease,' an evening of Meryl Streep monologues that parodies her movies as performed by an all-male cast, will transfer from Bang Improv Theatre in Los Angeles to a one-night-only performance at Joe's Pub at the Public Theatre in New York City on June 27.

Streep Tease: An Evening of Meryl Streep Monologues performed by an All-Male Cast, critically acclaimed by the LA Times, the LA Weekly and Daily Variety, will make its New York debut, Mon., June 27 at Joe's Pub at The Public Theater, it was announced today by the show's Creator & Co-Executive Producer Roy Cruz.

Since debuting a little more than a year ago (Sept.5 '09), Streep Tease: An Evening of Meryl Streep Monologues performed by an All-Male Cast has won critical praise from the LA Times, the LA Weekly and Daily Variety. The cult classic show in the making, reopens Sat., March 12 at the Bang Improv Theater in Los Angeles, it was announced today by the show's Creator & Co-Executive Producer Roy Cruz. A celebratory, wicked, yet loving satire of scenes from the most unforgettable movies from one of our greatest contemporary actresses, Streep Tease resumes an open ended run featuring new material and new cast members. Co-Executive Produced by Kenneth Hartung and directed by Ezra Weisz, the show is performed by an ensemble cast of seven actors and special guests.

Since debuting a little more than a year ago (Sept.5 '09), Streep Tease: An Evening of Meryl Streep Monologues performed by an All-Male Cast has won critical praise from the LA Times, the LA Weekly and Daily Variety. The cult classic show in the making, reopens Sat., March 12 at the Bang Improv Theater in Los Angeles, it was announced today by the show's Creator & Co-Executive Producer Roy Cruz. A celebratory, wicked, yet loving satire of scenes from the most unforgettable movies from one of our greatest contemporary actresses, Streep Tease resumes an open ended run featuring new material and new cast members. Co-Executive Produced by Kenneth Hartung and directed by Ezra Weisz, the show is performed by an ensemble cast of seven actors and special guests.