March 3, 2015 — To celebrate LDM's 9th birthday, Largo's stage was rife with award-winning talent, for a show that boasted the highest of highs, exceedingly high lows, and a down-to-the-wire finish. 


JUDGES: 


Literary Merit: Jason Reitman, award-winning writer/director of Up in the AirJuno and Labor Day


Performance: Mae Whitman, award-winning actress from The DuffParenthood and Arrested Development


Intangibles: Aisling Bea, award-winning actress & 2014 British Comedy Award for Best Female TV Comedian


Super-Intangibles: Rhys Darby, comedian and actor from Flight of the Conchords & Netflix's Short Poppies


READERS:  


Kseniya Melnik, author of the Dylan Thomas Prize and Frank O'Connor Award-nominated Snow in May


Carson Mell, writer for HBO's Silicon Valley and Eastbound & Down, author of Saguaro 


M.G. Lord, award-winning author of Astro TurfThe Accidental Feminist, and Forever Barbie 


Baratunde Thurston, co-host (About Race) and CEO (Cultivated Wit) and author of How to Be Black


Hosted by LDM creator Adrian Todd Zuniga


 


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