This week, Washington Ensemble Theatre opens The Callers, a world-premiere musical by Ali el-Gasseir and Ella Dorband about telephone psychics and phone-sex workers. Andrew Russell, the young gun behind Intiman 2.0, is directing.
Slog is giving away two tickets to any performance (except opening night) with an essay contest: What’s the best, worst, strangest, most erotic, or most awkward encounter you’ve had with a telephone operator at a call center?
Send entries to callersticketcontest@thestranger.com by tomorrow at 5 pm. I’ll throw the best stories on Slog and announce the winner on Friday.

Well, there was this suicide prevention hotline guy, but he seemed like such a nice man.