“A literary mixtape [with] perfect flow and variety.”
— The New York Times, March 2016
House of SpeakEasy’s flagship program, “Seriously Entertaining,” is an acclaimed series of literary cabarets where authors take the stage to riff and ruminate informally, dinner-theater-style, on the evening’s theme. Since our debut show in 2014, House of SpeakEasy has been proud to feature a diverse range of authors and performers, from Pulitzer Prize–winning journalists to acclaimed novelists and poets, as well as comedians, musicians, and emerging writers.
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UPCOMING SHOWS
September 2, 2025:
To celebrate The New Yorker’s 100th anniversary, House of SpeakEasy brings you a special edition of Seriously Entertaining, spotlighting one of the magazine’s most iconic legacies: its fiction.
Join us at Joe’s Pub for an evening of live storytelling with writers featured in A Century of Fiction in The New Yorker, a landmark anthology edited by longtime fiction editor Deborah Treisman. From timeless classics to contemporary gems, these stories have shaped literary culture—and at House of Speakeasy, they come to life onstage.
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Photos From Our Past Shows At Joe’s Pub