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Hear Taylor Negron's emotional tale about trying to help a young school-mate who's been abused. TAYLOR NEGRON has appeared frequently in comedies of the 1980s and on television. He is an actor, stand-up comedian and writer who has been seen in The Aristocrats, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Punchline and his own HBO One-Night Stand comedy special.

Brent Forrester recounts some hair-raising stories about wigs. Yes, really. BRENT FORRESTER is a writer and consulting producer on The Office. He was a writer and co-executive producer on King of the Hill, co-producer on The Simpsons and a writer on The Ben Stiller Show and Mr. Show.

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

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

Jon Kinnally explores the darker side of family love in this emotional tour de force.

An epic misbegotten vacation culminates on a nightmarish New Year's Eve in Hawaii.

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 Merrill Markoe about being a very messy girl.

A deeply funny story by Scott King about a very scary diagnosis.

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

A deeply funny story by Mimi Friedman about getting her jury duty summons.

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.

Tim Bagley shows us the glitz and glamour of going on auditions as a TV commercial actor.

Greg Fitzsimmons reflects on his father and his own success. Greg is another veteran comedy-club performer. He's appeared frequently on the Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Tonight Show, and the Howard Stern Show. He's also a talented writer-producer who won four Emmys for the Ellen DeGeneres Show.

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.

Terry Sweeney, the first openly gay performer on network TV, tries to flee Hollywood for the rural life.

Sherri Shepherd goes to the Big House. Yes, really.

A deeply funny story by Cindy Chupack about relationships, weddings and love.

A deeply funny story by Rob Cohen about his darkest days as a deli delivery boy, and one delivery that changed his life.

Jon Kinnally changes his eternal child's psychic diaper.

A deeply funny story by Jennifer Joyce about the rollercoaster of being a big sister.

A deeply funny story by Beth Lapides about her Jewishness.

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

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

A deeply funny story by Jay Kogen about the things we do for love, including taking a honeymoon to Hawaii. JAY KOGEN is an Emmy-winning writer for The Simpsons, Frasier, and Malcolm in the Middle.

A deeply funny story by Dan Bucatinsky about letters to the prospective mother of his adopted child and to his own future self.

Randy and Jason Sklar were identical twins leading virtually identical lives, until the last couple of weeks, when their lives diverged dramatically. Randy and Jason Sklar are veteran comedians who began telling more personal stories at the Un-Cabaret. As actors, they have appeared on Entourage, Curb Your Enthusiasm and Grey's Anatomy. They also hosted Cheap Seats on ESPN 2.

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.

John Riggi tries to get lucky in the lottery. He is a writer and co-executive producer on 30 Rock. He was also a writer and co-exec on The Comeback, Will & Grace, The Bernie Mac Show and The Larry Sanders Show.

Margaret Cho learns to believe! She is the writer-performer-comedian-activist behind several books, films, and stage shows, including I'm the One That I Want and Notorious C.H.O.

Winnnie Holzman gets honest about porn, her daughter and Suicide Girls.