{"id":35584,"date":"2020-10-30T03:47:33","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T10:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/?p=35584"},"modified":"2020-10-30T12:56:46","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T19:56:46","slug":"bahr-to-host-chutzpah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/2020\/10\/30\/bahr-to-host-chutzpah\/","title":{"rendered":"Bahr to host Chutzpah!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Iris Bahr pulls double duty at the 2020 Chutzpah! Festival, as host and performer. <em>(photo from Chutzpah!)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Comedien, writer, actor, director, producer and podcaster Iris Bahr will both host this year\u2019s Chutzpah! Festival, Nov. 21-28, and perform her stand-up live Nov. 26.<\/p>\n<p>Known for her eclectic characters, Bahr will call on many of them as she converses with the other festival artists as part of her hosting duties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll be conducting these conversations either as myself or as some of my characters, depending on the artist I\u2019m speaking to,\u201d Bahr told the <em>Independent<\/em>. \u201cMy alter egos include Shosh, the salty Israeli who has become popular on Instagram, Rae Lynn Caspar White, my \u2018Southern redneck intellectual,\u2019 and Shuli, my Orthodox character who is beyond excited to \u2018dive into the arts\u2019 for the first time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many <em>JI<\/em> readers will know Bahr\u2019s stand-up from having seen her perform at last year\u2019s Chutzpah! The show will be somewhat different this time around.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy stand-up will involve more crowd work and storytelling versus just straight-on stand-up to camera,\u201d she said. \u201cI have found that to be a more captivating and enjoyable experience for everyone involved when the audience can also engage and experience each other\u2019s presence, it\u2019s the closest we can get to a communal live theatrical experience in these challenging times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more on Bahr, see <a href=\"http:\/\/jewishindependent.ca\/bahrs-many-personas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">jewishindependent.ca\/bahrs-many-personas<\/a>. For more about Chutzpah!, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/chutzpah.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">chutzpah.com<\/a> and read the next issue of the <em>JI<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iris Bahr pulls double duty at the 2020 Chutzpah! Festival, as host and performer. (photo from Chutzpah!) Comedien, writer, actor, director, producer and podcaster Iris Bahr will both host this year\u2019s Chutzpah! Festival, Nov. 21-28, and perform her stand-up live Nov. 26. 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