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Saturday, January 21 • 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Porchlight: A Storytelling Series (SOLD OUT)

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This show is sold out. Tickets may be available at the door on the day of the show.

For the past twenty years, Porchlight has been San Francisco's premier storytelling series. Each month, co-founders Beth Lisick and Arline Klatte invite six people to tell ten-minute true stories without using notes or memorization. Past storytellers include some of the area's most entertaining school bus drivers, mushroom hunters, politicians, socialites, sex workers, musicians, authors, systems analysts, and social workers. With guest storytellers Atsuko Okatsuka, David Cross, Ify Nwadiwe, Irene Tu and Kate Willett, with music by Marc Capelle. ($30, 21+)

Due to a change in schedule, Chris Garcia is no longer appearing. Kate Willett has been added.

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Arline Klatte

Arline Klatte is the co-host of the successful San Francisco-based storytelling show, "Porchlight."
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Atsuko Okatsuka

Atsuko was named a Comedian To Watch in Vulture's 2018 list & TimeOut LA's 2019 list. She's written for Adult Swim's "The Eric Andre Show" & "Soft Focus" with Jena Friedman and is the creator of the popular "Let's Go, Atsuko! A (woke) Japanese Game Show." TimeOut LA called her comedy... Read More →
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Beth Lisick

Beth Lisick is a writer and actor from the San Francisco Bay Area, currently living in Brooklyn. She is the author of six books, including the New York Times bestseller "Everybody Into the Pool" and the novel "Edie on the Green Screen" (out 3/26/20). She is also co-founder of the... Read More →
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David Cross

Emmy Award winner and Grammy Award nominee David Cross is an inventive performer, writer, and producer on stage and screens both big and small.Named one of the Top 100 Stand-Up Comedians of All Time by Comedy Central, Cross last toured the world with “Make America Great Again... Read More →
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Ify Nwadiwe

Ify is a stand-up comedian born and raised in Los Angeles, he has appeared on "@midnight," "Son of Zorn," "Workaholics," "Comedy Bang! Bang!" and "Key and Peele." Ify was a staff writer on the second season of "You Can Do Better" (TruTV), "@midnight" (FOD), and was most recently a... Read More →
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Irene Tu

Irene Tu is a Chicago-born, LA-based stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. Named one of Vulture's "Comedians You Should and Will Know in 2019," Irene was one of the Bay Area's best stand up comedians before moving to Los Angeles. She has opened for comedians such as Patton Oswalt... Read More →
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Kate Willett

Kate Willett is a New York-based comedian who has appeared on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert"  and has a stand-up special on Netflix's "The Comedy Lineup." She co-hosts the popular political podcast "Reply Guys," the first female-hosted leftist political podcast. Some of her... Read More →
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Marc Capelle

Marc Capelle is a San Francisco native musician, composer, arranger, and producer.He’s played with 100’s of acts including Virgil Shaw, the Fresh & Onlys, Jason Lytle, American Music Club, Tommy Guerrero, Kelley Stoltz, Third Eye Blind, Margaret Cho, and quartet-style gospel pioneers... Read More →



Saturday January 21, 2023 7:00pm - 8:30pm PST
Swedish American Hall 2174 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94114