2015 United Solo Festival Guide
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GREETINGS FROM UNITED SOLO Dear Friends, Welcome to the world of theatre; where a diverse body of artists brings innovative interpretations of the shared currency of human life! Entering its sixth year, United Solo has come to represent a unique landmark on the New York City theatrical map by offering a selection of one hundred fifty productions from six continents, staged over the course of ten weeks. We unite renowned artists and emerging talents, curate collections of scripts at Indie Theater Now, present an international showcase overseas, fundraise for the Actors Fund, and feature companies returning by popular demand in our special Encore category. United Solo thrives as the world’s largest solo theatre festival thanks to the commitment of a global family of patrons, artists, business associates, and supporters. I am deeply grateful to them for making it possible again this year! This Festival guide is an open invitation to a world of exciting stories. Enjoy this world through United Solo. Stay united! Omar Sangare, Ph.D. Artistic Director UNITED SOLO unitedsolo.org THE WORLD’S LARGEST SOLO THEATRE FESTIVAL (3) 2015 FACTS & FIGURES UNITED SOLO TEAM the world’s largest solo theatre festival OMAR SANGARE MICHAEL MILLER Artistic Director Literary Advisor 150 productions from 6 continents [email protected] [email protected] September 17 – November 22, 2015 ILYA KHODOSH MARCIN LIPINSKI PERFORMANCES AT TICKETS THROUGH Associate Artistic Director General Manager [email protected] [email protected] JULIA KWINTO TERRY TAMM 410 WEST 42nd STREET www.telecharge.com Creative Director Dramaturg [email protected] NEW YORK CITY 212-239-6200 [email protected] SPECIAL THANKS TO ANDREA DUQUETTE DIANE R. HUBER Designer House Manager Christina Augello John Guare [email protected] [email protected] Jakub Biegaj Chasmin Hallyburton Krzysztof Haranczyk Bill Bowers THEATRE ROW STAFF LIST Christine Butler Cherry Jones Tomasz Kammel Katie Chai Erika Feldman Managing Director Tadeusz Kuncy Shawn Murphy Associate Managing Director Allan Corduner Wojciech Malajkat Keith Adams Technical Director Luke Crowe Geoffrey Bryant Assistant Technical Director Marsha Mason Scott DelaCruz Assistant Technical Director Martin Denton Sarah Paulson Keaton Grant Assistant Technical Director Rochelle Denton Agata Reed Andre Sguerra Assistant Technical Director Sarah Underwood Box Office Manager Michael Druker Bartek Remisko Drew Overcash Assistant Box Office Manger Olympia Dukakis Ryan Remstad Jerrod Bogard Box Office Staff Eric & Eliza Roberts Amanda Finch Box Office Staff David Engelman Nigel Harsch Box Office Staff Clyde William Engle, Jr. Fiona Shaw Margarita Javier Box Office Staff Keaton Simons Andrew Joy Box Office Staff Urszula Gacek Karon Karr Box Office Staff Kamila Slawinski Mark Gindick Jack Donoghue House Manager Teatr Syrena Scott Pegg Studio Manager Joanna & Jaroslaw Golaszewski Alicja Tunk Kimberly Golding Deborah Warner FESTIVAL PARTNERS Sarah Elizabeth Greer Williams College David Grossman William Zito Michael Growler Anatoliy Zymnin unitedsolo.org THE WORLD’S LARGEST SOLO THEATRE FESTIVAL (5) UNITED SOLO IN PICTURES 1 2 3 13 14 15 16 4 5 6 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 7 8 9 10 11 12 25 1. Estelle Parsons • 2. Fiona Shaw • 3. Michael Emerson • 4. Martin 13. John Guare • 14. Patti LuPone • 15. Eric Roberts • 16. Olympia Dukakis• 17. Daphnis Denton and Rochelle Denton • 5. Billy Crystal • 6. Cherry Jones Kokkinos • 18. Jorge Puerta Armenta• 19. Scott Takeda • 20. Danny Aiello • 21. Pablo Aran • 7. Addie Walsh• 8. Gordon Clapp • 9. Barbara Davis and Omar Gimeno • 22. Marlo Thomas • 23. David Engelman • 24. Allan Corduner • 25. United Solo Sangare • 10. Sarah Paulson • 11. Anthony Rapp • 12. Marsha Mason Closing Ceremony in 2014 (photo 15 by Andrew Cohen, photos 2 & 16 by Christine Butler) 2015 UNITED SOLO SPECIAL AWARD United Solo is proud to present the annual United Solo Special Award, which honors outstanding solo performers. These are artists who create captivating performances outside the Festival. They remind us of the immense power of a singular performer and the possibilities of solo storytelling. This year’s list of nominees for the United Solo Special Award includes: Tom Dugan, Cush Jumbo, James Lecesne, Benjamin Scheuer, and Wanda Sykes. Previous recipients include: Anna Deavere Smith, Patti LuPone, John Leguizamo, Fiona Shaw, and Billy Crystal. The winner of the 2015 United Solo Special Award will be announced at the Festival’s Closing Gala on November 22, 2015, held at Theatre Row in New York. More details about the nominees can be found at www.unitedsolo.org/us/uaward-2015. • Winners are selected by an independent panel of over seventy theatre professionals. • Nominees have been recommended by the United Solo Academy as well as independent theatregoers. Photo of Wanda Sykes by Nayyar Photography/Flickr, modified, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/ STAY IN TOUCH WWW.UNITEDSOLO.ORG FACEBOOK TWITTER YOUTUBE SUBMISSION UNITED SOLO EUROPE WITHOUT SUPPORTERS United Solo, a New York-based festival, brings its most intriguing shows to an overseas THERE IS NO THEATRE showcase at Teatr Syrena, a premier theatre in downtown Warsaw, Poland. United Solo Europe has featured a solo musical produced by Emmy winner Paul Miller and performed by five-time Grammy nominee LynnMarie Rink; a solo piece written by Pedro Almodóvar; a show directed by Austin Pendleton; and a performance created by Regina Advento, a member of Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch. In this international program, performers present their works on stage, and host a variety of workshops for theatre enthusiasts. In 2014, Fiona Shaw, the recipient of the Order of the British Empire and two-time Laurence Olivier Award winner, opened United Solo Europe with Support us at remarks on solo theatre and issued an invitation to the United Solo Festival in New York, unitedsolo.org/usupport which she called “the center mecca of solo shows in the world.” Today, we welcome you to the 6th annual United Solo Theatre Festival, an international event that connects people from around the globe. YOUR GENEROSITY WILL BE HIGHLY APPRECIATED unitedsolo.org THE WORLD’S LARGEST SOLO THEATRE FESTIVAL (15) Thu, Sept 17 Fri, Sept 18 Sat, Sept 19 Sun, Sept 20 7:30 Butoh Medea 6:00 An Evening with 2:00 It’s About Time 2:00 Jellybean Aunt Nona 9:00 THE WONDER 4:00 Daddy 4:00 YEAH, THAT… WEEK 1 7:30 Jazz and Cocktails 7:30 The Telegram 6:00 WHAT WILL 9:00 Oh My Goddess! 9:00 Behind the Random PEOPLE THINK? 2015 SCHEDULE Denominator 7:30 Mark Twain Turns 70 Mon, Sept 21 Tue, Sept 22 Wed, Sept 23 Thu, Sept 24 Fri, Sept 25 Sat, Sept 26 Sun, Sept 27 7:30 The Biscuiteater 9:00 The Particulars 3:30 I am Hope 7:30 In the Storm of 6:00 Becoming Harriet 2:00 Stuff 2:00 Angry Conversations… Pleasure Tubman 7:30 Broadway Confidential! 4:00 WALKING TOWARD… 4:00 A Resume For… WEEK 2 9:00 WALKING TOWARD… 7:30 All Aboard 9:00 3: Black Girl Blues 6:00 LOUISE IN… 6:00 TALES FROM… 7:30 Perch 7:30 WALKING TOWARD… 9:00 One Funny Mother Mon, Sept 28 Tue, Sept 29 Wed, Sept 30 Thu, Oct 1 Fri, Oct 2 Sat, Oct 3 Sun, Oct 4 6:00 Perch 7:30 2 Ruby Knockers, 3:30 oranges 6:00 She Gon’ Learn 6:00 The Presentation 2:00 Mud Blood Baby 2:00 Sanctuary WEEK 3 7:30 YEAH, THAT 1 Jaded Dick 7:30 Gravity: A Tragedy 7:30 WHAT WILL 7:30 Race Free 4:00 Marilyn-After 4:00 Fragmented HAPPENED. 9:00 I AM THE GENTRY 9:00 Angry Conversations… PEOPLE THINK? 6:00 A Revolution… 6:00 La Voix Perdue 9:00 Doris Day: What 9:00 WALKING TOWARD… 7:30 50 Shades of DAY! 7:30 Oh Sarah! Will Be Mon, Oct 5 Tue, Oct 6 Wed, Oct 7 Thu, Oct 8 Fri, Oct 9 Sat, Oct 10 Sun, Oct 11 7:30 YEAH, THAT 7:30 Do You Know Me? 3:30 Upstream Swimming 7:30 Sweatshop Boogie 6:00 I’mma Do Me 4:00 Heroine 2:00 The Heart of a Gypsy WEEK 4 HAPPENED. 7:30 It’s Magic Time! 9:00 Daddy 7:30 Man’s Dominion 7:30 Ways We Disappoint 4:00 YoungGiftedandFAT 9:00 Beyond Words 9:00 Rhonda Badonda Our Parents 6:00 Love in Action 9:00 Uncle Philip’s Coat 7:30 He Left in the Middle Mon, Oct 12 Tue, Oct 13 Wed, Oct 14 Thu, Oct 15 Fri, Oct 16 Sat, Oct 17 Sun, Oct 18 6:00 America’s Next Top 7:30 THE COCKWHISPERER 3:30 FOOD 7:30 Do You Know Me? 6:00 Upstream Swimming 2:00 Letters to Zoey 2:00 How to Draw… 7:30 Upstream Swimming 9:00 Funnel Cake Flowers 7:30 PANSY 9:00 Some of the Side Effects 7:30 Chasing Ballerinas 4:00 WALKING TOWARD… 4:00 Worst.Boyfriend.Ever. WEEK 5 6:00 Schachner Vs. Schachner & The Urban Chameleons 9:00 I AM ENOUGH 9:00 Smoker 6:00 Rite to Exist 7:30 Inheritance 7:30 Clipping In 9:00 Hank Leaves Home Mon, Oct 19 Tue, Oct 20 Wed, Oct 21 Thu, Oct 22 Fri, Oct 23 Sat, Oct 24 Sun, Oct 25 7:30 Move on the Cha-Cha’s 7:30 Recollection of 3:30 Work is the Curse of 7:30 Clipping In 6:00 #Adaire 2:00 Typhoon of Tenderness 2:00 That’s What She… WEEK 6 Innocence the Drinking Classes 9:00 BIG DUMMY 9:00 The Miracle of Long 4:00 Kaspar Hauser 4:00 Diary of a Madman 9:00 God Is in My 7:30 Jeremiah’s Tuesday Johns 7:30 The last call.