On Background: A Journalism-Improv Mashup Featuring Kara Swisher

The guest of our sixth On Background show — our first at The Keegan Theatre in Dupont Circle — is none other than the legendary Kara Swisher. Our format once again finds some of DC's most talented, versatile, and hilarious improvisational comedians turning the tables on Kara, interviewing her to discover more about a storied career that's taken her from Georgetown's School of Foreign Service to Washington City Paper to journalism legend to, er, our stage! Cast: Eva Lewis Meredith Garagiola Kathy Baird Jamal Newman Paul Detrick Chris Ulrich Shawn Westfall About Kara Swisher: Kara Swisher is the host of the podcast On with Kara Swisher and the cohost of the Pivot podcast with Scott Galloway, both distributed by New York magazine. She was also the cofounder and editor-at-large of Recode, host of the Recode Decode podcast, and coexecutive producer of the Code conference. She was a former contributing opinion writer for The New York Times and host of its Sway podcast and has also worked for The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post. Her most recent book, her third, is Burn Book. She also recently hosted a six-part documentary with CNN called "Kara Swisher Wants to Live Forever." About On Background: Produced by local DMV improv mainstay Shawn Westfall and local DMV journalist/writer Dan Kois, On Background pairs some of the DC area's most recognized and renowned journalists and media personalities with some of DC's most talented and versatile improvisational comedians for an unforgettable evening of learning and laughter.