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Here are the original performances of Julia Sweeney's stories about adopting a baby from China, which later became In the Family Way.

JULIA SWEENEY launched her career by playing Pat on Saturday Night Live. She has gone on to write and star in acclaimed one-person shows, including God Said Ha!, In the Family Way, and Letting Go of God, all developed at the Un-Cabaret.

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

Jon Kinnally offers his interpretation of the Noah themes: animals (especially those freakish ostriches), re-creating 1970s disaster movies, and his own personal ark. JON KINNALLY was a writer and co-executive producer of Will & Grace and Ugly Betty. This piece was recorded at Un-Cabaret's reading series "Say the Word", featuring great comedy writers reading their own original first-person non-fiction at the Skirball Cultural Center in L.A.

Todd Hanson surprises himself with his own accomplishments.

A deeply funny story by Julie Rottenberg about her genes.

Cindy returns to her favorite themes in this poignant and hilarious story of a marriage gone wrong and a relationship with a relative stranger gone right.

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

Rob Cohen faces another holiday onslaught from his mother - and lives to tell about it! ROB COHEN is an Emmy-winning writer for The Ben Stiller Show. He's also written for The Simpsons, American Dad, Big Bang Theory, and many other TV shows.

Beth Lapides has trouble letting go of her family's ancestral tract home. She executive produced and hosted Un-Cabaret for Comedy Central. She hosts and curates the Un-Cabaret, Say the Word and the Other Network.

Beth Lapides' tale of an emergency evacuation - and an art world celebrity crush. BETH LAPIDES executive produced and hosted Un-Cabaret for Comedy Central. She hosts and curates the Un-Cabaret, Say the Word and the Other Network. She is commentator for NPR's All Things Considered and The Huffington Post, and she had her own daily talk show on Comedy World Radio. Her first book, Did I Wake You? Haikus for Modern Living was published in 2007.

Merrill Markoe reads two classic pieces from her book How to Be Hap-Hap-Happy Like Me. First, a piece about dealing with parties (written seven years before the Curb Your Enthusiasm episode that used the same idea). Then, another illuminating visit with her friends the dogs.

Dana Gould turns out to be the good seed when you hear about his dad. 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.

Patton Oswalt falls in love. This is a classic Un-Cabaret performance, in which Beth's questions push the performer to go deeper and find all kinds of funny.

A deeply funny story by Scott Carter about trying to find ways to bond with his adopted daughter.

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 Kevin Rooney about his Father, Labor Day, and the politics of labor in America. KEVIN ROONEY was a writer on The Dennis Miller Show and a frequent guest on Politically Incorrect. This piece was recorded at Un-Cabaret's reading series Say the Word, featuring great comedy writers reading their own original first-person non-fiction at the Skirball Cultural Center in LA.

A deeply funny story by Jenny Bicks about the pleasures and terrors of hair.

A deeply funny story by John Riggi about family holidays.

A deeply funny story by Beth Lapides about her Jewishness.

Beth Lapides' revelations about "getting it" - and the ecstatic joys of consciousness. Oh, and also the time she peed in her pants.BETH LAPIDES executive produced and hosted Un-Cabaret for Comedy Central. She hosts and curates the Un-Cabaret, Say the Word, and the Other Network. She is a commentator for NPR's All Things Considered and The Huffington Post, and she had her own daily talk show on Comedy World Radio.