Who: Jake Woodmansee is a Bend comedian and actor taking part in Hammered History at 8 p.m. Feb. 7 at The Capitol, 190 NW Oregon Ave., in Bend. Akin to Funny or Die’s Drunk History installments, Dionysus Presents’ version will be hosted by Anyssa Bohanan and feature storytellers/performers Woodmansee, Clinton K. Clark, Karen Sipes and Melinda Jahn consuming spirits and slurring their way through local lore. Advance tickets are $10 plus fees at bendticket.com.

Q: How did you get involved in Hammered History?

A: Clinton Clark actually graciously invited me. We’ve been friends for gosh — carry the two — probably a good 15 years (laughs). We just stayed in touch over the years, and it’s been great just to run into each other on creative projects here and there. He invited me on board, and I love that he’s doing it with local historical figures. The stories I get to cover are Alexander Drake and Robert Sawyer.

Q: How do you practice for something like this?

A: I love history, now that I’m not in school and don’t HAVE to study it. Really, you just have to research your assignment forward and backward. What I do is I’ve actually been talking about it with my friends at the bar since we’re having a couple of drinks. It helps me get a little more fluid, and I know I can do it buzzed.

Q: I guess you have to practice the drinking part of it too.

A: It’s a tough job, but somebody’s got to do it. … We are encouraging everybody to feel free to drink along with us, and Coiled Cabs will be there because we want people to safely party with us. So if you’re coming to the show and you want to have a good time with us, please don’t drive. It’s only fun if nobody gets hurt.

Q: Anything you can tell us about Alexander Drake or Robert Sawyer?

A: I don’t want to spoil it since this is Clinton’s baby, but obviously the names sound familiar because Robert Sawyer and Alexander Drake both have parks named after them. I can tell you that Alexander Drake was key in founding Bend itself as a city and had a hand in starting the mill industry, which is pretty much what made this town. … It is pretty fascinating what these guys did in this area. I can just give you a little taste. I don’t mean to be a tease. … To make it unique and not just a ripoff of Drunk History, everybody who’s doing a story has an improv background, so we’re all acting in each other’s stories. We’re pretty much making our own troupe on the spot with everybody. That makes it super fun and fast-paced. In addition to remembering your story, you still have to act out somebody else’s deal.

Q: Do you have any other projects going on?

A: I just started Broner Productions with Brandon Johns, and we are shooting our first comedic horror film. At my daytime job, my boss, Manuel Baptista, let us film at the tile shop I work at. I looked around the shop one day and was listening to some Sinatra, and I was like, “Oh my gosh, if you didn’t know what these tools were, it looks like we just hurt people here.” So we covered the workshop in some fake blood this weekend and we got some of our shots done. … We just had a lot of fun doing that. … We fully intend on submitting it to the Zombie Jesus Fest, which Jesse Locke hosts every Easter at Tin Pan Theater. And then of course it will be online for people to view as well.

Q: What’s the title?

A: The project is called “Strangers in the Night,” like the classic Sinatra song.

— David Jasper, The Bulletin