Titres dans Art du conte

Jon Kinnally's deep, beautiful piece goes shallow and deep as he explores feline and human love.

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.

John Riggi's piece covers his pre-med career, modern science, and introducing his parents to his boyfriend's parents.

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.

Merrill reads a classic piece from her book, How to Be Hap-Hap-Happy Like Me, about attending a sales convention. Then she proposes her own anti-sales program.

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.

Taylor returns from his house in France and settles into West Hollywood, circa 1940, complete with the ghosts of Dorothy Parker and Judy Garland.

Dan Bucatinsky explores the meaning of love. He wonders why the Eskimos have 200 words for snow and we have only one for love. DAN BUCATINSKY is the writer, director, and star of All Over the Guy, and executive producer of The Comeback. He is Lisa Kudrow's producing partner and is currently writing for Lipstick Jungle.

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.

A "Connect the Dots" theme show brought together this brilliant trilogy from Cindy Chupack, connecting short pieces about things you have to endure to live and love in New York, going Hollywood, and her "re-location-ship" in Boca Raton, Florida.

Julia goes to cooking school in Mexico, learns to make mole using stone age tools and that she shouldn't take travel advice from some random woman on a treadmill.

Cindy is in her 30's and living back home with her family. And that's just her first mistake.

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.

Beth's ode to Einstein features miracles, the "Uncertainty Principle" of modern particle physics, and her childhood shame about her family's Funk & Wagnall's encyclopedia.

Judy Toll was fired from every job she ever had. This is her story. JUDY TOLL appeared on Curb Your Enthusiasm, was a consultant on Sex and the City, and a writer for Casual Sex?. As you'll hear, she is also an incredibly gifted stand-up and was one of the original performers at the Un-Cabaret.