Los Angeles VAMP - Fire Relief Benefit
The VAMP Nonfiction Showcase blends populist accessibility with an intense literary bootcamp to produce polished multimedia performances of wild, absurd, poignant, and hilarious true tales told live on stage. On Friday, April 11th, a selection of LA VAMP storytellers will take the stage to raise funds for Out Of The Fire LA to help support the ongoing relief efforts in Los Angeles County.
Featuring:
Richard Velazquez
Laura Beck
Nikki Bailey
Sam DiSalvo
Julia Lechner
Rati Gupta
Jeff Strauss
LA VAMP Fire Benefit
Friday, April 11th, 2025
Doors @ 7:00 p.m. | Show @ 7:30 p.m.
Junior High Los Angeles
603 South Brand Boulevard
Glendale, California 92104
$20 per person which can be purchased here
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VAMP: Peace Corps - Not Like the Others
The Peace Corps has sent American volunteers to serve in a humanitarian capacity in 60 countries since its founding in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy. As part of their mission—The 3rd Goal—is to ”to increase Americans' understanding of other peoples and cultures.” So Say We All is proud to partner with the San Diego Peace Corps Association to advance that goal, and bring the stories of their returned volunteers to the stage in a fully produced VAMP Storytelling Showcase. We hope you join us to learn more about our world, and the true stories of the people who have dedicated a fundamental part of their lives to improving the quality of life for others.
Featuring:
Jessica Pentrencsik
Matthew Christanscher
Ron Fishman
Linda Vene
Marni Von Wilpert
Kathleen Macleod
VAMP: Peace Corps - Not Like The Others
Saturday, April 12th
7pm - 9pm
Inzane Brewing Co.
236 Main St, Vista, CA 92084
All ages
$20
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April SD VAMP: Bad Egg
Deadline to submit: Sunday, March 16th. Submit here: https://sosayweallonline.submittable.com/submit
Sometimes you can smell the rot a mile away, other times what's lurking under the shell is a harder case to crack. We've all encountered the bad eggs, the ones who just wouldn't go away, or maybe even were a total Veruca Salt ourselves.
April SD VAMP: Bad Egg
Thursday, April 24th
8pm -10pm
Whistle Stop
2236 Fern St, San Diego, CA 92104
$10
21+
May SD VAMP: Snake Oil
Deadline to submit: Sunday, April 20th. Submit here: https://sosayweallonline.submittable.com/submit
Peddling nonsense is a profession as old as time because someone will always buy it. Listen to the lessons learned from those who were scammed, conned, convinced of something absurd, or sold protein shakes to high school friends on social media.
May SD VAMP: Snake Oil
Thursday, May 29th
8pm -10pm
Whistle Stop
2236 Fern St, San Diego, CA 92104
$10
21+
June LA VAMP: That B*tch
Submission deadline: Sunday, April 27th @ 11:59 p.m.
Submit here: https://sosayweallonline.submittable.com/login?returnUrl=%2Fsubmit%2F243584%2Fthe-vamp-storytelling-showcase-los-angeles
For LA Pride, VAMP has true stories about that b*tch...no, not that one! Y'know which one we're talking about. The sassy one. The scary one. The super extra one. Maybe even that one you know lives inside of you -- she'll definitely be taking center stage.
June LA VAMP: That B*tch
Wednesday, June 4th 2025
7pm - 9pm
The Hotel Cafe - 2nd Stage
1623 North Cahuenga Boulevard Los Angeles, CA, 90028 United States
$25
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June SD VAMP: Challenge Accepted
Deadline to submit: Sunday, May 18th. Submit here: https://sosayweallonline.submittable.com/submit
We all know the thrill of bettering an adversary, whether it's actually happening or it's all in our head. Or maybe our storytellers put in the hard hours and went on a fruitful journey of self-improvement, and can teach us all how it's done. Don't back down -- come hear about challenges that were bravely (or stupidly) accepted!
June SD VAMP: Challenge Accepted
Thursday, June 26th
8pm -10pm
Whistle Stop
2236 Fern St, San Diego, CA 92104
$10
21+
July SD VAMP: The Smell
Deadline to submit: Sunday, June 22nd. Submit here: https://sosayweallonline.submittable.com/submit
Oh, God, the smell! Olfactory cues conjure up the most intense memories. Bask in the imagery of cartoon hands leading you by the nose to pies cooling in the window, or an unforgiveable scent that smacked you out of an otherwise delightful moment.
July SD VAMP: The Smell
Thursday, July 31st
8pm -10pm
Whistle Stop
2236 Fern St, San Diego, CA 92104
$10
21+
August SD VAMP: Herding Cats
Deadline to submit: Sunday, July 20th. Submit here: https://sosayweallonline.submittable.com/submit
Can you wrangle chaos with the best of them? Do you believe any problem can be solved with a spreadsheet? Do you have kids? If you answered yes to any of these questions, come commiserating with storytellers who are trying their best to keep it all together.
August SD VAMP: Herding Cats
Thursday, August 28th
8pm -10pm
Whistle Stop
2236 Fern St, San Diego, CA 92104
$10
21+
September SD VAMP: Connect the Dots
Deadline to submit: Sunday, August 17th. Submit here: https://sosayweallonline.submittable.com/submit
Is it a conspiracy, or is it just common sense? All will be revealed as we hear stories of using logic to solve mysteries, learning a new language, catching a dirty rat, or coming to terms with the inevitable.
September SD VAMP: Connect the Dots
Thursday, September 25th
8pm -10pm
Whistle Stop
2236 Fern St, San Diego, CA 92104
$10
21+
October SD VAMP: Underground
Deadline to submit: Sunday, September 21st. Submit here: https://sosayweallonline.submittable.com/submit
Where revolutions start and the best revenge stories end -- the things we put deep under the dirt tend to explode to the surface eventually. Join us for spooky, inspiring, or hairbrained tales about what dwells below.
October SD VAMP: Underground
Thursday, October 30th
8pm -10pm
Whistle Stop
2236 Fern St, San Diego, CA 92104
$10
21+
November SD VAMP: Boiling Point
Deadline to submit: Sunday, October 12th. Submit here: https://sosayweallonline.submittable.com/submit
Go ahead. Blow your top. November is a great month to sit back, relax, and scream at unsuspecting family members who have been dropping salt on that open wound, one grain at a time, all your life. Treat yourself to a night of listening to other people reach their limits.
November SD VAMP: Boiling Point
Thursday, November 20th
8pm -10pm
Whistle Stop
2236 Fern St, San Diego, CA 92104
$10
21+
December SD VAMP: That's Inedible
Deadline to submit: Sunday, November 9th. Submit here: https://sosayweallonline.submittable.com/submit
Seriously, what the hell were you thinking, bringing Great Aunt Heike's aspic to the holiday gathering? And is that...herring...? It's always a relief to hear about someone else's weird foodstuffs, refrigerator science experiments, or hard truths that were nigh impossible to swallow.
December SD VAMP: That's Inedible
Thursday, December 18th
8pm -10pm
Whistle Stop
2236 Fern St, San Diego, CA 92104
$10
21+
March SD VAMP: Irish Exit
Deadline to submit: Sunday, February 16th. Submit here: https://sosayweallonline.submittable.com/submit
When you've got to go, you've simply got to go. Experience stories about times people ghosted, tuned out, escaped unseen, or just couln't take it anymore. Find out who sent our storytellers into Flight Mode, and where they landed.
March SD VAMP: Irish Exit
Thursday, March 27th
8pm -10pm
Whistle Stop
2236 Fern St, San Diego, CA 92104
$10
21+
February SD VAMP: Come One, Come All
Deadline to submit: Sunday, January 19th. Submit here: https://sosayweallonline.submittable.com/submit
Where would you rather be -- flying solo or in the middle of a group effort? We want your stories where no one gets left behind. Or maybe it was just the thought that counted? Either way, February is VAMP's annual Dirty Talk show, so you know what to do.
February SD VAMP: Come One, Come All
Thursday, February 27th
8pm -10pm
Whistle Stop
2236 Fern St, San Diego, CA 92104
$10
21+
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Vista Re-VAMP
VAMP returns to North County this February with a lineup of stellar performers to bring some light to the dark months. Come make some friends and hear some stellar storytelling with us, it’ll do you good to get out!
Featuring:
Cat Tucciarone
Heidi Handelsman
Jay Vu
Justin Hudnall
Johnathan Grinstein
Vista VAMP
Monday, February 10th
7pm - 10pm
Inzane Brewing
236 Main St, Vista, CA 92084
$10
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January SD VAMP: Cold Turkey
Starting the year off right often comes with putting an end to things that belong in the past. Join us at January’s VAMP Storytelling Showcase for stories about quitting with gusto, not letting the door hit your ass on the way out, and starting over better with less.
Submission deadline: Midnight, Sunday, December 15th 2024 - https://sosayweallonline.submittable.com/submit/5108/the-vamp-storytelling-showcase-san-diego
January San Diego VAMP: Cold Turkey
Thursday, January 30th 2025
8pm
Whistle Stop
2236 Fern St, San Diego, CA 92104
$10
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May SD VAMP: Snake Oil
Deadline to submit: Sunday, April 20th. Submit here: https://sosayweallonline.submittable.com/submit
Peddling nonsense is a profession as old as time because someone will always buy it. Listen to the lessons learned from those who were scammed, conned, convinced of something absurd, or sold protein shakes to high school friends on social media.
May SD VAMP: Snake Oil
Thursday, May 29th
8pm -10pm
Whistle Stop
2236 Fern St, San Diego, CA 92104
$10
21+
December VAMP: Sleigh, Queen
Who needs seven swans when you have seven storytellers stepping up this Holiday season to get you in the mood for the most traumatic time of year. See you at the last VAMP Storytelling Showcase of the year, "Sleigh, Queen."
Featuring:
Holly Andy Diamond
Emily Gullord
Manasvi Sridhar
Jaime Barker
Jay Vu
James Doe
Special guest: Quin Herron
The VAMP Storytelling Showcase: Sleigh, Queen
Thursday, December 26th
8pm
Whistle Stop
2236 Fern St, San Diego, CA 92104
$10
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November SD VAMP: Stuffed
Submission deadline: 11:59pm Sunday, October 13th
Submit here: https://sosayweallonline.submittable.com/.../the-vamp...
Let an evening of topnotch true storytelling fill your voids and pack your cavities at So Say We All's November VAMP Storytelling Showcase, "Stuffed"!
The VAMP Storytelling Showcase: Stuffed
Thursday, November 21st
8pm
Whistle Stop
2236 Fern St, San Diego, CA 92104
$10
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November LA VAMP: Freaky!
We’re celebrating the freaky this November at our Los Angeles VAMP, covering a wide swath of stories from the gross to the shocking and everything that seeps out the sides.
Featuring:
Eli Harris
Julia Lechner
Justin Hudnall
Lisa-Beth Harris
Rachel Reed
Richard Velazquez
Ronnie Cohen
November LA VAMP: Freaky!
Wednesday, November 13th
7pm - 9pm
Hotel Cafe 2nd Stage
1623 N Cahuenga Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028
$20
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Vista VAMP Showcase
Join us in North County this November for a top-shelf revue of some of the best stories to grace our stages. Kick your week off right by meeting new friends and old in Vista, sharing a pint, and cooking inspiration to write your own true tales.
Featuring:
Jesse O'Sullivan
Paul Costen
Natalie Gardener
Amanda Qassar
Tiffany Jay Cooper
Vista VAMP Storytelling Showcase
Monday, November 4th, 2024
7pm - 9pm
Inzane Brewing
236 Main St, Vista, CA 92084
$10
All-ages with adult content
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October SD VAMP: Satanic Panic
We let our collective hysteria for storytelling wash over us this October. Join us as we roll our eyes back in our heads and hear seven writers speak in tongues.
Featuring:
Alicia Richard
Cait Corr
Chris Curtis
Heidi Handelsman
Julia Lechner
Justin Hudnall
Natalie Gardener
The VAMP Storytelling Showcase: Satanic Panic
Thursday, October 24th
Whistle Stop
2236 Fern St, San Diego, CA 92104
$10
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September SD VAMP: Blunder Years
Submission deadline: 11:59pm Sunday, August 11th
Submit here: https://sosayweallonline.submittable.com/.../the-vamp...
In celebration of all the kids who had a hard time but grew up to be far more interesting adults than their peers, September's stories celebrate the Blunder Years now that we're old enough to finally laugh about... right?
The VAMP Storytelling Showcase: Blunder Years
Thursday, September 26th
8pm
Whistle Stop
2236 Fern St, San Diego, CA 92104
$10
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August SD VAMP: Some Assembly Required
Submission deadline: 11:59pm Sunday, July 14th
Submit here: https://sosayweallonline.submittable.com/.../the-vamp...
We hope you double-checked all the parts were in the box when you opened it, because August's true stories all are about less-than-smooth starts and the under-equipped protagonists you'll make more complete after you meet.
The VAMP Storytelling Showcase: Some Assembly Required
Thursday, August 29th
8pm
Whistle Stop
2236 Fern St, San Diego, CA 92104
$10
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VAMP IN VISTA
Our North County VAMP debut at Inzane Brewing was a major hit, and we're keeping this story-train rolling! Invite your friends, tell your family, and join us for another great night of comedy and aggressive truths.
The VAMP Nonfiction Showcase - Vista
Monday, August 19th
7pm - 8:30pm
Inzane Brewing
236 Main St, Vista, CA 92084
$10
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July SD VAMP: Hot Diggity Dog!
Submission deadline: 11:59pm Tues, June 11th
Submit here: https://sosayweallonline.submittable.com/.../the-vamp...
Stories of excitement, exultation, and tail-wagging anticipation regale our stage this July in a free for all of nonfiction theater.
The VAMP Storytelling Showcase: Hot Diggity Dog!
Thursday, July 25th
8pm
Whistle Stop
2236 Fern St, San Diego, CA 92104
$10
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LA VAMP: Renaissance
Note: Submission deadline is June 2nd @ 11:59pm.
Submit here.
The VAMP Storytelling Showcase returns to Los Angeles this June with tales of triumph, reinvention, massive changes, and eating enormous turkey legs in lacy garments while watching beheadings—or however storytellers choose to interpret the theme! Come bask in the gilded age of regular people performing exceptional writing with us!
The LA VAMP Storytelling Showcase: Renaissance
Wednesday, July 10th
Doors: 6:30pm / Show: 7:00pm
The Hotel Cafe - 2nd Stage
1623 N Cahuenga Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028
$15
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June SD VAMP: Late Night Drive
The evening breeze on skin, the flash of roadside memorials in the headlights, the red blinking lights of radio towers and wind turbines, and in the darkness between all the mysteries of the night. Come ride with our storytellers at VAMP this June; all will be revealed.
Featuring:
Alisha Richard
Jonathan Grinstein
Amanda Altieri
Lauren Ciallella
Matthew Christianscher
Dallas McLaughlin
Jay Vu
The VAMP Storytelling Showcase: Late Night Drive
Thursday, June 27th
8pm
Whistle Stop
2236 Fern St, San Diego, CA 92104
$10
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VAMP Goes to Vista!
We love our North County audience members, and we thought it was overdue for us to come party in their neck of the woods, so we’re bringing a stellar lineup to Vista’s Inzane Brewing Co. that’ll pop off your socks—and you won’t even have to put them back on before a long drive home.
Featuring stories by:
Louise Julig
Patrick Mayuyu
David Zafra
Dallas McLaughlin
Hosted by Brent Hannify
VAMP Goes to Vista!
Monday, June 3rd 2024
7pm - 9pm
Inzane Brewing Co.
236 Main StreetVista, CA, 92084 United States (map)
$10
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May San Diego VAMP: Foes With Benefits
Submission deadline: 11:59pm Sunday, April 14th
Submit here: https://sosayweallonline.submittable.com/.../the-vamp...
May's VAMP Storytelling Showcase explores complicated relationships that blend the detestable with the indispensable, whether they take the form of a person, a diagnosis, or some surprising take you'll have to hear about in-person.
Featuring:
Frank DiPalermo
Jay Vu
Julia Lechner
Michaela Pozner
Janelle Drumwright
TJ Tallie
Jessica Young
The VAMP Storytelling Showcase: Foes With Benefits
Thursday, May 30th
8pm
Whistle Stop
2236 Fern St, San Diego, CA 92104
$10
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VAMP at The SD Fringe Festival
NOTE: To attend any show at the SD Fringe Festival, including VAMP, you need to buy a Tag here for $7 and bring it to any shows you’re planning on attending.
The VAMP Storytelling Showcase is running special 1-hour performances during the San Diego International Fringe Festival this May, and we would love to see your faces! Buy your tickets and SD Fringe Tag above and join us and our crew of devastatingly talented storytellers at the Marie Hitchcock Theatre in Balboa Park at any of the following dates and times:
- 17 May 9:00pm
- 19 May 6:00pm
- 20 May 9:00pm
- 25 May 6:00pm
- 26 May 2:30pm
Featuring:
- Jennifer Coburn
- Debra Bass
- Jaime Barker
- Sarah Hannify
- Brent Hannify
- AJ Knox
- Dallas McLaughlin
- TJ Tallie
- Justin Hudnall
- Jordan Coburn
- Jake Arky
- Jordan Jacobo
Get out there and see some shows!
April San Diego VAMP: With This Ring
Submission deadline: 11:59pm Sunday, March 17th
Submit here: https://sosayweallonline.submittable.com/.../the-vamp...
Wedding Season ushers in true tales about the ties that bind, commitments, bondage and whatever unpredictable takes our storytellers bring to the stage this April.
The VAMP Storytelling Showcase: With This Ring
Thursday, April 25th
8pm
Whistle Stop
2236 Fern St, San Diego, CA 92104
$10
San Diego Peace Corps Association VAMP: If You're Not Laughing, You're Crying
The Peace Corps has sent American volunteers to serve in a humanitarian capacity in 60 countries since its founding in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy. As part of their mission—The 3rd Goal—is to ”to increase Americans' understanding of other peoples and cultures.” So Say We All is proud to partner with the San Diego Peace Corps Association to advance that goal, and bring the stories of their returned volunteers to the stage in a fully produced VAMP Storytelling Showcase. We hope you join us to learn more about our world, and the true stories of the people who have dedicated a fundamental part of their lives to improving the quality of life others.
Submit here: (Peace Corps Volunteers only): https://sosayweallonline.submittable.com/submit/290169/san-diego-peace-corps-volunteer-association-vamp-showcase-if-youre-not-laug
Deadline: 3/24/2024 @11:59PM
San Diego Peace Corps Association VAMP: “If You’re Not Laughing You’re Crying”
Friday, April 19th @ 8pm
Thorn St. Brewing
3176 Thorn St, San Diego, CA 92104
$10 suggested donation
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April LA VAMP: Survival
Hello La-La Land!
VAMP returns to Los Angeles with a new home, new stories, and new faces on the mic. For the month of April, we bring you stories on the theme of "Survival," a variety of true yarns about going the distance and coming back to tell the tale. You don’t have to be Bear Grylls or Destiny’s Child—just making it out of a sticky situation alive is enough.
The VAMP Storytelling Showcase: Survival
Wednesday, April 10th
Doors @ 6:30 pm | Show @ 7:00 p.m.
The Hotel Cafe - 2nd Stage
1623 N. Cahuenga Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028
$15
Purchase tickets at the door or in advance here: https://new.hotelcafe.com/event/the-vamp-nonfiction-showcase/
March SD VAMP: Ewwww!
March's VAMP Storytelling Showcase revels in the viscous, nasty, revolting truths of the human experience and our obsession with touching them.
Featuring:
Heather Bentley
Natalie Gardner
Frank Traynor
Eryn Roberts
Debra Bass
Gabriella Livanos\
Chris Onderdonk
March VAMP: Eeeeew!
Thursday, March 28
8pm - 10pm
Whistle Stop
2236 Fern St, San Diego, CA 92104
$10
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February SD VAMP - Dirty Talk: Tops & Bottoms
February's stories deal with power dynamics, whether delightful, denigrating, or both at once. Strap in and hear our writers crack more than jokes!
Submission deadline: 11:59pm, TUESDAY JAN. 16th
Submit here: https://sosayweallonline.submittable.com/.../the-vamp...
February SD VAMP - Dirty Talk: Tops & Bottoms
February 22nd, 2024
8pm
Whistle Stop
2236 Fern St, San Diego, CA 92104
$10
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January VAMP: So You're Saying There's a Chance?
Submission deadline: December 17th. - Submit here.
Never tell us the odds, never suggest we listen to reason, we’re taking the shot no matter how dumb it may seem in January with a storytelling show about the longest chances and the unreasonable people who took them, with predictably mixed results.
January VAMP: So You’re Telling Me There’s a Chance?
Thursday, January 25th @ 8pm
Whistle Stop Bar
2236 Fern St, San Diego, CA 92104
$10 suggested donation
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December San Diego VAMP: Motel, Hotel, Holiday Inn
Holidays are synonymous with homecomings, but so often we either feel like strangers, surrounded my strangers, or such suffocation we need to make ourselves tourists just to claim some air. That’s where the best advice ever given to holiday tourists was born from: stay at a hotel! The distance of the heart when everyone comes back together is the foundation of So Say We All’s holiday parlay and we always keep a seat open for you.
Submission deadline: Sunday, November 19th, 11:59pm - Submit here: https://sosayweallonline.submittable.com/submit/5108/the-vamp-storytelling-showcase-san-diego
December San Diego VAMP: Hotel, Motel, Holiday Inn
December 28th, 2023
8pm - 10pm
Whistle Stop
2236 Fern St, San Diego, CA 92104
$10
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November San Diego VAMP: Visitors
Family, tourists, termites, "little green men," even Aunt Flo: Visitors come in all forms. We have all sorts of feelings and reactions towards them. We are them. For better or worse, they're here to stay.
Send us your true story!
Submission deadline: Monday October 23rd, 11:59pm - Submit here: https://www.sosayweallonline.com/submit
November San Diego VAMP: Visitors
Whistle Stop Bar
2236 Fern St., San Diego CA 92104
$10 suggested
21+
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November LA VAMP: The Heat
November’s Los Angeles show is an opportunity to meet the dog days head on, writing about the moments that were motivating by boiling blood, burning forests, baking sidewalks, overclocked tempers, and however else our band of storytellers interprets the theme to turn their thermometers red.
November LA VAMP Storytelling Showcase: The Heat
Sunday, November 12th, 2023
Bar Lubitsch
7702 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90046
8pm - 9:30pm
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October San Diego VAMP: Dark & Stormy
It was a dark and stormy night these stories were brewed, lit by candles and lightning, smelling of danger and lovers and liquor, seasoned by fear and adventure. We’ve poured them all into our cauldron and mixed them up, set up the shots to give you a ride of emotions you’ll feel in the morning, and shot a hole in the ceiling to let the weather in. Cheers to great stories.
Submissions deadline: Sunday, September 17th, 11:59pm - Submit here: https://sosayweallonline.submittable.com/submit/5108/the-vamp-storytelling-showcase-san-diego
October San Diego VAMP: Dark & Stormy
Thursday, October 26th 2023
8pm
Whistle Stop
2236 Fern St, San Diego, CA 92104
$10
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October Los Angeles VAMP: Blood
We’re awash in the arterial spray of our most necessary fluid this October at the Los Angeles VAMP Storytelling Showcase! We’ll be gushing bucketfuls of hot takes to court your vasovagal syncope and make sure this October haunts your dreams... but like in a super fun way you can bring an online date to.
Submission deadline: Sunday September 10th, 11:59pm.
Submit here: https://sosayweallonline.submittable.com/submit/243584/the-vamp-storytelling-showcase-los-angelesVAMP Storytelling
October Los Angeles VAMP: Blood
Sunday, October 22nd, 2023
Bar Lubitsch
7702 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90046
8pm - 10pm
