GREETINGS FROM UNITED SOLO

Dear Friends, Now in its fifth anniversary season, the United Solo Theatre Festival, the world’s largest solo theatre festival, celebrates a dynamic expansion. The inaugural United Solo in 2010 was a two-week event, but the festival will span over ten weeks in 2014. We will present over 130 productions, including shows by American artists from 25 states and international performances from six continents. During our five seasons, we shared almost 500 productions created by renowned artists and emerging talents. We presented selected performances in our overseas showcase, United Solo Europe, and recommended scripts for publication by the digital library Indie Theater Now. Our shows reached thousands of audience members, attracted media attention, helped us fundraise for the Actors Fund, and ultimately built a festival that unites people from around the globe. But these five years are just the beginning of our mission. The success of United Solo has been made possible thanks to so many people. I extend my gratitude to our patrons for their continued interest and appreciation, our artists for their inspiring work, our business partners for their commitment and support, United Solo Academy members for setting the highest standards for our organization, our festival team and volunteers for their dedication, and the Theatre Row staff for providing us with our home in New York. Each page of this program is an invitation for you to celebrate with us and enjoy as many shows as you like.

Happy Quinquennial!

Omar Sangare, Ph.D. Founder and Artistic Director UNITED SOLO unitedsolo.org THE WORLD’S LARGEST SOLO THEATRE FESTIVAL (3) 2014 FACTS & FIGURES UNITED SOLO TEAM

the world’s largest solo theatre festival OMAR SANGARE MICHAEL MILLER over 130 productions Artistic Director Literary Advisor 25 states • 23 countries • 6 continents [email protected] [email protected] September 18 – November 23, 2014 ILYA KHODOSH MARCIN LIPINSKI PERFORMANCES AT TICKETS THROUGH Associate Artistic Director Communications [email protected] Representative [email protected]

JULIA KWINTO KATIE CHAI 410 WEST 42nd STREET www.telecharge.com Creative Director Technical Director [email protected] NEW YORK CITY 212-239-6200 [email protected]

SPECIAL THANKS TO DIANE R. HUBER TERRY TAMM Development Specialist Dramaturg Christina Augello Matt Jewett [email protected] [email protected] Jakub Biegaj Cherry Jones ANDREA DUQUETTE MIRANDA SEHL Bill Bowers Tomasz Kammel Designer Designer Cheryl Brewer Tadeusz Kuncy [email protected] [email protected] Christine Butler Michael Madding Guedis Cardenas Wojciech Malajkat THEATRE ROW STAFF LIST Allan Corduner Joe Mallock Erika Feldman Managing Director Luke Crowe Marsha Mason Shawn Murphy Associate Managing Director Martin Denton Sarah Paulson Keith Adams Technical Director Geoffrey Bryant Assistant Technical Director Rochelle Denton Tatiana Perez Nicolas Gossett Assistant Technical Director Olympia Dukakis Agata Reed Scott Pegg Assistant Technical Director Sarah Underwood Box Office Manager David Engelman Ryan Remstad Amanda Finch Box Office Clyde William Engle, Jr. Eric & Eliza Roberts Karon Karr Box Office Drew Overcash Box Office Mark Gindick Seth Rogers Corianne Wilson Box Office Joanna & Jaroslaw Golaszewski Fiona Shaw Jack Donoghue House Manager Scott Pegg House Manager Sarah Elizabeth Greer Keaton Simons Thom Caska Studio Manager David Grossman Teatr Syrena Michael Growler Deborah Warner FESTIVAL PARTNERS John Guare Williams College Chasmin Hallyburton Anatoliy Zymnin

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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: Hannah Cabell in Grounded, Billy Crystal in 700 Sundays, Jim Dale in Just Jim Dale, Ruben Santiago-Hudson in How I Learned What I Learned, Kevin Spacey in Clarence Darrow, John Douglas Thompson in Satchmo at the Waldorf, and Michael Urie in Buyer and Cellar.

Last year, the United Solo Special Award went to Fiona Shaw, who accepted the recognition at the Festival’s Closing Ceremony. In her remarks, Ms. Shaw described the solo genre as “concertos” with the audience being “the orchestra, as much as anything else.” Previous recipients also include: Anna Deavere Smith, Patti LuPone, and John Leguizamo. The winner of the 2014 United Solo Special Award will be announced at the Festival’s Closing Gala on November 23, 2014, held at Theatre Row in New York. More details about the nominees can be found at www.unitedsolo.org/us/uaward-2014. • Winners are selected by an independent panel of nearly sixty theatre professionals. • Nominees have been recommended by the United Solo Academy as well as independent theatregoers.

Photo of Billy Crystal by David Shankbone. Photo of Kevin Spacey by Sarah Ackerman.

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From a worldwide selection of solo productions presented annually in New York, United Solo brings its most intriguing shows to its overseas showcase at Teatr Syrena, a premier theatre located in downtown Warsaw, Poland. United Solo Europe featured a solo musical performed by five-time Grammy nominee LynnMarie Rink and produced by Emmy winner Paul Miller, a solo piece written by Pedro Almodóvar, another show directed by Austin Pendleton, and a performance created by Regina Advento, a member of Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch.

Recipient of the Order of the British Empire and two-time Laurence Olivier Award winner Fiona Shaw opened 2014 United Solo Europe with her remarks on solo theatre along with an invitation to the United Solo Festival in New York, referred to by Ms. Shaw as “the center mecca of solo shows in the world.” unitedsolo.org THE WORLD’S LARGEST SOLO THEATRE FESTIVAL (13)

Thu, Sept 18 Fri, Sept 19 Sat, Sept 20 Sun, Sept 21 7:30 THAT’S ALL I GOT 6:00 Groundwork 2:00 FAGGY at 50 2:00 Stealing Sam WEEK 1 9:00 FAGGY at 50 7:30 When I Could Feel 4:00 Children are Forever 4:00 The Point and… 9:00 An Evening with 7:30 Transfixed by… 6:00 JEF+KEV//SIM 2014 SCHEDULE C. S. Lewis 9:00 BEYOND ME… 7:30 Inside the Whale

Mon, Sept 22 Tue, Sept 23 Wed, Sept 24 Thu, Sept 25 Fri, Sept 26 Sat, Sept 27 Sun, Sept 28 6:00 Doris Day: 7:30 Wordless Stories 3:30 I Wouldn’t Open 7:30 Groundwork 6:00 Prom Queen 2:00 Human Identity 2:00 Home Fires Burning WEEK 2 What Will Be 9:00 Seek and Ye Shall A Can Of Worms… 9:00 Spitting In The Face by Default 4:00 RHAPSODY IN BLACK 4:00 Moja droga B, 7:30 The Rime Find 7:30 Be Happy Be Mormon Of The Devil 7:30 Possession 7:30 Be Happy Be Mormon 6:00 A View from… 9:00 Good Enough 9:00 The Tall Boy 9:00 MANCHESTER GIRL 9:00 Expectation 7:30 When I Could Feel

Mon, Sept 29 Tue, Sept 30 Wed, Oct 1 Thu, Oct 2 Fri, Oct 3 Sat, Oct 4 Sun, Oct 5 5:30 MANCHESTER GIRL 7:30 When I Could Feel 3:30 THE THIEF COMETH 7:30 MAGDALEN 6:00 MAGDALEN 2:00 The Demise of… 2:00 MARISSA ALEXANDER WEEK 3 7:30 Doris Day: 9:00 BIG DUMMY 7:30 Baba 9:00 Seek and Ye Shall 7:30 Mental Furniture 4:00 BIG DUMMY 4:00 Gilding the Lily What Will Be 9:00 Untitled Find 9:00 Women On 7:30 ActYourAge! 6:00 TALES FROM… 9:00 Woody’s Order! Performance Piece The Verge 9:00 Journey Of… 7:30 Good Enough

Mon, Oct 6 Tue, Oct 7 Wed, Oct 8 Thu, Oct 9 Fri, Oct 10 Sat, Oct 11 Sun, Oct 12 6:00 MARISSA ALEXANDER 7:30 What Will People 3:30 Gilding the Lily 7:30 The Bark & The Tree 6:00 Doris Day: What Will Be 2:00 I Am Somebody…Else! 2:00 Random Acts WEEK 4 7:30 How I Learned Think? 9:00 Sex with Pete Searles 9:00 Journey Of 7:30 Spinning the Bottle 4:00 Gutless & Grateful… 4:00 Aftermath… to Stop Worrying… 9:00 Good Enough A Bombshell: The Ina Ray 9:00 My Life Is a Woody 7:30 L.A. Unified 7:30 BIG DUMMY 9:00 Women On The Verge Hutton Story Allen Film 9:00 One Thousand…

Mon, Oct 13 Tue, Oct 14 Wed, Oct 15 Thu, Oct 16 Fri, Oct 17 Sat, Oct 18 Sun, Oct 19 7:30 When I Could Feel 7:30 Health Insurance 3:30 St. Mark’s Gospel 7:30 A.D.A.M. 2.0 6:00 The Australia Cure 2:00 CUT! 2:00 The Spirit of WEEK 5 9:00 My Insane 9:00 Burnt at the Steak 7:30 In the Storm of… 9:00 Gilding the Lily 7:30 Inheritance 4:00 Is It Feasible? Vaudeville Shakespeare 9:00 Bette Davis On 9:00 Bombshells 7:30 Salve Regina… 4:00 SILENT WITNESSES The Edge 9:00 Hamster Graveyard 7:30 My Insane Shakespeare

Mon, Oct 20 Tue, Oct 21 Wed, Oct 22 Thu, Oct 23 Fri, Oct 24 Sat, Oct 25 Sun, Oct 26 9:00 The Beauty, 7:30 Stories of Love and 3:30 Black in the Box 7:30 Power Play 6:00 The Woman Who… 2:00 She Think She Grown 2:00 Something Something… WEEK 6 The Banshee & Me Passion 7:30 Lauren White… 9:00 Journey Of 7:30 Sleeping is for the dead 4:00 The Posthumous… 4:00 COMEBACK! 9:00 Eating Pasta off 9:00 Triangles are my A Bombshell: The Ina Ray 9:00 The Beauty, 7:30 Black in the Box 6:00 THE DEVI DIVA TRIAD the Floor favorite shape. Hutton Story The Banshee & Me 9:00 The Doctor Is Not In 7:30 Woody’s Order!

Mon, Oct 27 Tue, Oct 28 Wed, Oct 29 Thu, Oct 30 Fri, Oct 31 Sat, Nov 1 Sun, Nov 2 9:00 Voices from 7:30 Shrew 3:30 Dream Time Down 7:30 Butoh Medea 6:00 Sleep At Your Own Risk 2:00 Beneath My Fathers’ Sky 2:00 I AM WEEK 7 the Resistance 9:00 My Stubborn Tongue Under 9:00 Voices from Ellis 7:30 From Seven Layers 4:00 BIO-HAZARD… 6:00 My Farm 7:30 How I Lost My… Island to a Bikini Top… 7:30 Perception-ism 7:30 THE WONDER 9:00 THE WONDER 9:00 Some of the Side Effects 9:00 FAGGY at 50

Mon, Nov 3 Tue, Nov 4 Wed, Nov 5 Thu, Nov 6 Fri, Nov 7 Sat, Nov 8 Sun, Nov 9 9:00 For the BENEFIT 9:00 The Big Smoke 3:30 Oedipus 7:30 Clytemnestra 6:00 The Return of 2:00 Einstein: A Stage 2:00 Lost in Lvov WEEK 8 of Miss JENNIE 7:30 Made in Congo Iphigeneia Portrait GOURLAY 7:30 Noise: 4:00 Doodu Boy An Interruption 7:30 Ramble On

Mon, Nov 10 Tue, Nov 11 Wed, Nov 12 Thu, Nov 13 Fri, Nov 14 Sat, Nov 15 Sun, Nov 16 6:00 Lost in Lvov 7:30 Elizabeths 3:30 Tea with Vivien 7:30 Stand Back I’m 6:00 Story Jamboree 4:00 St. Mark’s Gospel 2:00 Green Eyes, Just like WEEK 9 7:30 ROBERTA! 7:30 Macbeth in Gonna Uke: An Evening 9:00 Green Eyes, Just like 7:30 in case we disappear You and Me 9:00 BIO-HAZARD: the Kitchen of Old-Timey Music You and Me a relative comedy

Mon, Nov 17 Tue, Nov 18 Wed, Nov 19 Thu, Nov 20 Fri, Nov 21 Sat, Nov 22 Sun, Nov 23 7:30 Undead Anonymous 7:30 You All Know Me, 3:30 The Magic of 9:00 Leading Men 7:30 Blue, Black and White 2:00 Hurt People 2:00 Beneath My Fathers’ Sky WEEK 10 I’m Jack Ruby! Rudyard Kipling… 9:00 Dancing with Crazies 7:30 NOTHING by Nic Balthazar

A.D.A.M. 2.0 The Australia Cure Thu., Oct. 16 at 7:30pm Fri., Oct. 17 at 6:00pm

Performed by Adam Weppler, North Carolina. Written and Performed by Julia Blauvelt, About: In the year 2030, there will only be one Massachusetts. About: It’s funny how bad timing name in modern technology: Rossum Robotics. Join can be. For Julia Blauvelt, that time was late 2012 Rossum representative Adam Weston for a thrilling and the location was Queensland, Australia. presentation that includes testimonies from beta During what should have been a peaceful retreat to testers and the debut of the company’s greatest the Sunburnt Country, a perfect storm of emotional product yet: A.D.A.M. 2.0, an assisted-living robot undercurrent finally erupts over Vegemite toast, that will revolutionize modern healthcare as we warm smiles, and grandma’s famous prawn know it. Playwright: Tyler Grimes. Producer: Less dinner. This dry, unflinchingly candid story of Than Rent Theatre. (60 min.) Drama, multimedia. a lost traveller will have everyone asking: was she Recommended for: all audiences. depressed, or just dehydrated? Producers: Isaac Byrne & Alex Taylor. (60 min.) Drama, comedy, ActYourAge! storytelling. Recommended for: teenagers, adults, Sat., Oct. 4 at 7:30pm theatre community. FACEBOOK.COM/UNITEDSOLO

Written and Performed by Beth Urech, Illinois. Baba About: This “sassy, supple, sexy 70+” (Chicago Wed., Oct. 1 at 7:30pm Examiner) survivor of broken bones and marriages shares her hilarious rollercoaster life. A “sophisticated” teenager becomes a Madison Avenue receptionist, an unhappy Hausfrau in Written and Performed by Alex Mahgoub, New the Swiss Alps, a globetrotting entrepreneur. York. About: Murder, drugs, bisexuality and NYC Now an intrepid sailor at the helm of her life, real estate all in one show? After his dad passes Beth inspires you to act your age, whatever age away, Alex struggles to become a “man” without his you are! (55 min.) Drama, comedy, storytelling, father’s presence. Alex tells the honest, vulnerable, performance art. Recommended for: all audiences. and funny story about how one boy rose from being a fat nerd with glasses to an elite real estate broker in NYC. (50 min.) Drama, comedy, tragedy, storytelling. Recommended for: teenagers, adults, elderly, theatre community, LGBTQ community, CHECK UNITEDSOLO.ORG Millenials/Generation Y. FOR SHOW DATES ADDED BY POPULAR DEMAND The Bark & The Tree Thu., Oct. 9 at 7:30pm

Aftermath: The Andrea Written and Performed by Vivian Nesbitt, New Mexico. About: Bending time and space Dworkin Theater Project to understand her legendary Irish ancestor’s Sun., Oct. 12 at 4:00pm legacy, Vivian portrays seven characters that lead her to a startling and unpredictable discovery. Performed by Maria Silverman,* New York. Epiphany and surrender together with the laugh- About: The feminist author of “Woman out-loud comedy of human nature, this is Vivian Hating,” “Pornography,” and “Intercourse” wrote Nesbitt’s award-winning play about connection an autobiographical essay so personal, she showed and transformation. Best Documentary and Best it to no one. In that text, discovered after her death, Lighting Design Awards at United Solo 2013. she tells of her drug rape in Paris at age 52. It is Director: Lee Kitts. Lighting Design: Karen fierce and irreverent, witty and emotionally raw— Perlow. Set and Costume Design: Karen Anselm. and it cries out to be heard. Text: Andrea Dworkin. Photo by Antonya Molleur. (55 min.) Drama, (90 min.) Drama, storytelling, autobiography. comedy, storytelling. Recommended for: Recommended for: adults, theatre community, teenagers, adults, theatre community, ethnic LGBTQ community, survivors and allies. community (Irish), recovery groups. unitedsolo.org THE WORLD’S LARGEST SOLO THEATRE FESTIVAL (23)

Be Happy Be Mormon Bette Davis On The Edge Wed., Sep. 24 at 7:30pm Wed., Oct. 15 at 9:00pm Sat., Sep. 27 at 7:30pm

Written and Performed by Kimball Allen, Performed by Christine St. John,* United Washington/Idaho. About: A voyeuristic look Kingdom. About: It’s half past four in the morning into the childhood of a Bambi-loving vegetarian, of October 31, 1962, and motion picture legend ballet slipper-wearing, Diet Coke-drinking gay Bette Davis is waiting anxiously for the reviews of Mormon Boy Scout. Born into a large conservative “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane.” If the picture Idaho family he doesn’t relate to, Kimball Allen is a success, it will hail the desperately needed chronicles his upbringing as a fabulous black sheep comeback for the star’s fading career. If not, it through colorful narration, private home movies, will provide a sad and embarrassing epitaph. As songs, dance and the occasional acrobatics in this she waits, she reflects on her entire career, from hysterically tragic performance. Director: Emma the “Talkies” to the present day. Her story is the Hassett. Producer: Scott Wells. Voice Talent: Keely entire history of the American Motion Picture Wolter. Photo by Erin Schiedler. (60 min.) industry. Director: Jane Drake Brody. (85 min.) Drama, comedy, tragedy, storytelling, multimedia. Drama, biography. Recommended for: all Recommended for: adults, theatre community, audiences. LGBTQ community. BEYOND ME: a Song Cycle TWITTER.COM/UNITEDSOLO in the Key of Survival Sat., Sep. 20 at 9:00pm

The Beauty, Written, Composed and Performed by Suzanne Tanner, Connecticut. About: The inspiring story The Banshee & Me of an extraordinary woman’s triumph of spirit Mon., Oct. 20 at 9:00pm despite immeasurable loss, including her family Fri., Oct. 24 at 9:00pm to the Holocaust and her son to AIDS. Told through Written and Performed by Cathy Lind Hayes,* personal testimony, original song, documentary California. About: Adopted at three months old by footage and contemporary art, this multimedia celebrated entertainers, Peter Lind Hayes and Mary musical is a progressive art/film performance Healy, Cathy reveals her insatiable desire to know monument to human resilience. (86 min.) Drama, the truth of where she came from. Forbidden by law tragedy, storytelling, multimedia, performance art, to access her original birth certificate, she goes on full movie musical. Recommended for: teenagers, a decades-long journey to finally meet the woman adults, elderly, theatre community, LGBTQ who gave her up. The adventures of a New York community, ethnic community (Jewish), women. City foundling finding home. Director: Michael Allen Angel. Photo by Alan Weissman. (88 min.) WWW.UNITEDSOLO.ORG Drama, comedy, storytelling. Recommended for: adults, theatre community, ethnic community (Irish), adoption community. BIG DUMMY Tue., Sep. 30 at 9:00pm Beneath My Fathers’ Sky Sat., Oct. 4 at 4:00pm Sat., Nov. 1 at 2:00pm Sun., Oct. 12 at 7:30pm Sun., Nov. 23 at 2:00pm Written and Performed by Mary Dimino, New York. About: Bright child. Simple father. Best Performed by Zara Phillips, United Kingdom. friends, until she outgrows him by age eleven. Only About: After her adoptive mother dies and leaves to realize dad’s brilliant. As is. Growing up smarter her to care for an adoptive father who was never than your father in a funny, factory-working there for her, Zara takes a dreamlike journey that family from Queens. Come, simplify yourself... brings her face-to-face with the biological father FringeNYC Outstanding Solo Show Award she’s always longed to know and the sister who Winner, Mary Dimino is described as “utterly was never born. Zara’s music moves the story along captivating” by NY Theatre, “riotously funny” in this poignant and funny piece. Best Direction by The Wall Street Journal. Director: Christine Award, United Solo 2013. Directors: Eliza Roberts Miller. (69 min.) Drama, comedy, storytelling. and Eric Roberts. (60 min.) Drama, comedy, Recommended for: teenagers, adults, theatre storytelling. Recommended for: all audiences. community, special needs community. unitedsolo.org THE WORLD’S LARGEST SOLO THEATRE FESTIVAL (27)

The Big Smoke Blue, Black and White Tue., Nov. 4 at 9:00pm Fri., Nov. 21 at 7:30pm

Co-written, Composed and Performed by Written and Performed by Donald Molosi, Amy Nostbakken, Canada. About: Natalie is Botswana. About: “Blue, Black and White” is offered the chance of a lifetime. But as she rises to an enchanting humanist story about Sir Seretse the heights of her potential, a descent into madness Khama. He married a white British woman in unfolds. Winner of an Argus Angel Award and 1949 and their interracial marriage saw them being nominated for a Dora Award, Latest 7 Award, and banned from many countries including Seretse’s Manchester Theatre Award, this show is a stunning own native Botswana. This piece is an exploration of experience that walks the fine line between sanity love and courage and how they were the cornerstone and psychosis. Co-Playwright and Director: Nir to Africa’s most enduring democracy, the Republic Paldi. Producer: Theatre Ad Infinitum. Photo by of Botswana. Best Performer, Dialogue ONE Ryan Garside. (70 min.) Drama, movement, Festival 2008. Best Short Solo, United Solo 2011. musical. Recommended for: adults, theatre (45 min.) Drama, storytelling. Recommended community, LGBTQ community, feminist for: children, teenagers, adults, elderly, theatre organizations, depression organizations. community (lovers of classical theatre), ethnic community (African, British). FACEBOOK.COM/UNITEDSOLO Bombshells Fri., Oct. 17 at 9:00pm BIO-HAZARD: a relative comedy Sat., Nov. 1 at 4:00pm Performed by Ali Harper, New Zealand. About: Mon., Nov. 10 at 9:00pm Savvy, sexy and exquisitely crafted, this one- Written and Performed by Sarah Elizabeth Greer, woman play humorously exposes five women Pennsylvania. About: Raised in a conservative balancing the demands of their inner and outer Mennonite community, Sarah Elizabeth Greer lives. In this funny and touching portrayal, Ali sees her world turned upside down when her Harper takes audiences on a journey through quirky, over-the-top Greek biological mother 5 shades of the modern woman - in life and crashes into her life, sending her on a hilarious, love. From a beleaguered mother, to a 64-year- moving, and occasionally pathologically extreme old widow who reawakens an appetite for journey to come to terms with the definitions of the unexpected, to an aging cabaret star. This her existence and overall purpose in the world. internationally successful play earned Ali Harper Best Multimedia Award, United Solo 2013. Best the New Zealand Actress of the Year award Comedy Award, United Solo 2012. Photo by in 2008. Playwright: Joanna Murray-Smith. Christine A. Butler. (105 min.) Drama, comedy, (90 min.) Drama, comedy, movement, music. storytelling, stand-up, multimedia, performance Recommended for: teenagers, adults, elderly, art. Recommended for: theatre community, theatre community, LGBTQ community. the adoption community. Burnt at the Steak Black in the Box Tue., Oct. 14 at 9:00pm Wed., Oct. 22 at 3:30pm Sat., Oct. 25 at 7:30pm Created and Performed by Carolann Valentino, Written and Performed by Charisse Brown,* New New York. About: 8-time award winning York. About: Through poignant and sometimes “musical-comedy tour de force, delivered with comical storytelling, Charisse Brown portrays sizzle” – 18 hilarious characters portrayed through several true to life characters, who highlight how song, dance, comedy and improv. Carolann’s our own families, communities and race can sizzling tales about managing a multimillion- perpetuate the internalization of a distorted self dollar steakhouse in NYC will leave you inspired image over many generations. Director: Willie and hungry for more! “Hysterical and Engaging!” Teacher. Lighting Design: Antionette Tynes. Stage – Broadway World Houston, “Example of Manager: Trish Pennix. (45 min.) Drama, how great a solo show can be!” – Denver Post storytelling. Recommended for: teenagers, adults, ***** – Edmonton Vue, ***** – Calgary Sun. elderly, theatre community, LGBTQ community. (75 min.) Musical. Recommended for: adults. unitedsolo.org THE WORLD’S LARGEST SOLO THEATRE FESTIVAL (31)

Butoh Medea COMEBACK! Thu., Oct. 30 at 7:30pm Sun., Oct. 26 at 4:00pm

Adapted, Choreographed and Performed by Written and Performed by Molly Parker Myers, Yokko, Japan. About: Using the Japanese dance of New York. About: Lillie St. Clair-Myasnikov— Butoh and an adapted text, Yokko tells the story of former child star of the 1980 Broadway flop Medea. This fusion of Western drama and Eastern Baby!Jane!—makes her triumphant return to the dance takes the audience into Medea’s spirit, seeing stage in an evening of popular songs in the public the world she is drawn into, where love, hate, despair domain, circa 1920-22! A tragicomic cabaret created and the struggle between her humanity and her and performed by Molly Parker Myers—with the inhumanity take hold. Co-Adapter: Sean Michael piano stylings of Joel Flowers. Accompanist: Joel Welch. Co-Choreographer: Jordan Rosin. Costume Flowers. Photo by Jen Kiaba. (60 min.) Comedy, Design: Deepsikah Chatterjee. Lighting puppetry, multimedia, performance art, cabaret. Design: Derek Van Heel. Stage Manager: Blair Recommended for: adults, theatre community, Hotchner. Associate Director: Brian Rhinehart. LGBTQ community. Photo by Vanessa Teran. (60 min.) Drama, tragedy, dance, movement, classic. Recommended for: adults, elderly, theatre community, ethnic CUT! community (Japanese). Sat., Oct. 18 at 2:00pm

Children are Forever (All Sales Are Final!) Performed by Ian Watt, United Kingdom. About: Sat., Sep. 20 at 4:00pm 1920s Hollywood—ridiculous decadence, big stars, bigger egos! Join the cast and crew on the cusp of cinema’s new age. Posterkrantz calls the last Performed by Julia Jackson, Wisconsin. About: shots of his greatest epic. Will this fictional king Julia’s never bought a baby. Okay, she’s adopting. of silent movie makers awaken from his delusional Did you know black babies are 50% off? WTF? megalomania or stay silent forever? Razor-sharp Five days after signing with an agency, a birth portrait of Hollywood’s Silent Age. “High-octane,” mother chooses Julia and her wife. But one slip “Funny, savage, engaging.” Playwright: Michael of the tongue puts the adoption and her marriage Almaz. Director: Tomek Borkowy. Photo by Alice at risk. Forget “one day at a time” – time’s up! What’s Boreas. (55 min.) Drama, comedy. Recommended a Sistah to do? Photo by David M. Allen. (90 min.) for: teenagers, adults, elderly, theatre community, Drama, comedy, performance art. Recommended LGBTQ community. for: teenagers, adults, theatre community, LGBTQ community, ethnic community (African American), adoption community. Dancing with Crazies Tue., Nov. 18 at 9:00pm Clytemnestra Thu., Nov. 6 at 7:30pm Written and Performed by Amy Milano, California. About: A wild tale about one woman’s Performed by Missy Maramara, Philippines. search for love and a place to call home. Raised About: A modern look at the classical depiction of by an unconventional family, often living in a van a woman scorned. A woman condemned by a jury and being passed from one relative to another, she of men, Clytemnestra faces the consequences of finds the one thing that grounds her… dance. redeeming her honor by killing the man she Dancing takes her halfway across the world, where loved. The juxtaposition of classic and modern she meets a colorful cast of characters that guide explores themes of redemption in betrayal, her journey. Sometimes our most painful stories courage in nightmares, and triumph in tragedy. are the funniest ones. Comedian and talk show Adapter and Director: Kiara Pipino. Translation host Amy Milano shares her heart and plays over from Aeschylus: Diane Rayor and Andrew 30 different characters, making everyone laugh Lund. Assistant Director: Jason Flannery. (40 min.) along the way. Director: Debra De Liso. (80 min.) Drama, tragedy, storytelling. Recommended for: Drama, comedy, dance. Recommended for: students of all ages, literary scholars, the elderly, teenagers, adults, elderly, theatre community, and feminist organizations. LGBTQ community. unitedsolo.org THE WORLD’S LARGEST SOLO THEATRE FESTIVAL (35) The Demise of the Domestic Doodu Boy Diva: Soul Searching in Suburbia Sat., Nov. 8 at 4:00pm Sat., Oct. 4 at 2:00pm

Written and Performed by Rose Andrez, New Written and Performed by Stefhen Bryan, York. About: This illuminating solo show is Jamaica. About: The hilarious and heartbreaking about a spiritually conscious woman who finds story of Stefhen Bryan’s struggles to find love in herself slowly suffocating from the tribal energy the face of an overzealous mother and an absent of the suburbs, and her challenge to stand up father. After multiple attempts on his own life, for truth. It is a dark comedy about reclaiming learning the shocking truth of his origins, and the voice that got lost along the way. Director: Jay a showdown with an NYPD armada as he tries to Stern. Stage Manager: Jordan Muller. Photo by connect with his father, Stefhen ultimately leaves Danusia Trevino. (90 min.) Storytelling, dark the West to begin a rebirth in Japan. Director comedy. Recommended for: adults, theatre and Dramaturg: Jared Scheib. (95 min.) Drama, community, women. comedy, tragedy, storytelling. Recommended for: all audiences. THE DEVI DIVA TRIAD Sun., Oct. 26 at 6:00pm FACEBOOK.COM/UNITEDSOLO TWITTER.COM/UNITEDSOLO

Written and Performed by Sunita Mukhi, Philippines. About: Sunita Mukhi inhabits Doris Day: What Will Be the personas of three quirky, irreverent and Mon., Sep. 22 at 6:00pm powerful fictive-mythic divas. The high priestess Mon., Sep. 29 at 7:30pm Vulvita Devi cajoles you to testify to the true Fri., Oct. 10 at 6:00pm relationship between Eve and the Serpent; Lady Liberty transforms from hedonistic bigamist to Written and Performed by Arielle Haller- savior after the 9/11 attacks; and Sita, the paragon Silverstone, New York. About: While filming of Hindu womanhood, complains about being put “Lover Come Back,” Doris Day rushes home through the test of fire! Photo by Shruti Parekh. to Beverly Hills to prepare a dinner party. With (60 min.) Drama, storytelling, poetry, multimedia, Rock Hudson to lend moral support, and legendary performance art. Recommended for: adults, guests en route, everything goes as planned until elderly, theatre community, ethnic community the plan unravels. Have a seat at the dinner table (South Asian, Asian American). and uncover the secrets and scandals behind America’s favorite bubbly, blue-eyed sweetheart. Producer: Gabrielle Berberich. Director: David Wells. Stage Manager: Will F. Young. Assistant Stage Manager: Sheree Abate. Photo by John Johnson. CHECK UNITEDSOLO.ORG (46 min.) Drama, comedy. Recommended for: FOR SHOW DATES teenagers, adults, elderly, theatre community, ADDED BY POPULAR DEMAND LGBTQ community. Dream Time Down Under Wed., Oct. 29 at 3:30pm The Doctor Is Not In Sat., Oct. 25 at 9:00pm Written and Performed by Roger James Kuhns, Connecticut. About: An exciting true adventure about finding life’s purpose on a journey across Written and Performed by Nancy Redman,* Australia’s outback. Kuhns unveils a funny and New York. About: A sci-fi comedy exploring poignant dreamtime realm. He meets people the hypocrisy of Hippocrates. Best Stand-up grappling with destiny in a world turned upside Award, United Solo 2012. Best Comedian Award, down by tribalism, colonialism and modern United Solo 2011. Director: Austin Pendleton. Best business, as he and his friend face their own Direction at United Solo 2010, 2011, and 2012. mortality. Photo by Rolf Olson. (80 min.) Drama, (90 min.) Drama, comedy, storytelling, stand-up, comedy, storytelling, music. Recommended for: improv. Recommended for: all audiences. all audiences. unitedsolo.org THE WORLD’S LARGEST SOLO THEATRE FESTIVAL (37) Eating Pasta off the Floor An Evening with Tue., Oct. 21 at 9:00pm C. S. Lewis Fri., Sep. 19 at 9:00pm

Written and Performed by Maria Grazia Written and Performed by David Payne, United Affinito,* California. About: Maria hopes a trip Kingdom. About: An enthralling, poignant, to her mom’s hometown will shed light on their laughter-filled evening as British actor David Payne volatile relationship. Maybe singing arias in invites you into the living room of the author the supermarket and offering to sell your daughter who penned the Narnia Chronicles and whose are just quaint Old World traditions? But even old spellbinding conversation was legendary. Hear friends in Italy are astonished when mom starts Lewis reflect on the events and people who flinging pasta and bad poetry. “Best of Fringe” – San shaped his life, and how he found unexpected Francisco Fringe Festival. “Patrons Pick” – Orlando romance with the American woman who turned Fringe. Director: David Ford. (75 min.) Drama, his life upside down! Producer: Marc Whitmore. comedy. Recommended for: teenagers, adults, (90 min.) Drama. Recommended for: teenagers, elderly, theatre community, ethnic community adults. (Italian, Mexican, Greek, Jewish). Expectation ADDITIONAL SHOW DATES Sat., Sep. 27 at 9:00pm LISTED ONLINE AT WWW.UNITEDSOLO.ORG Written and Performed by Alan Fox, North Carolina. About: A collection of unforgettable characters who were promised something by a world that rarely seems to deliver, this show mixes Einstein: A Stage Portrait comedy with social insight to paint a picture of Sat., Nov. 8 at 2:00pm what it’s like to be coming of age in America in 2014. Director: Kimberly Ryan. Photo by Laura Rose. (75 min.) Drama, comedy. Recommended for: teenagers, adults. Performed by Tom Schuch,* New Mexico. About: Its 1946, the Bomb was dropped, the world was changed forever, and Albert Einstein invites you to his home to finally set the record straight. FACEBOOK.COM/UNITEDSOLO Join Dr. Einstein for an evening of humor, TWITTER.COM/UNITEDSOLO introspection, and science. Find out why his theories are being proved correct to this day YOUTUBE.COM/UNITEDSOLO and how he solved some of the world’s greatest mysteries. Playwright: Willard Simms. Photo by John Maio. (90 min.) Drama, comedy, educational. Recommended for: all audiences. FAGGY at 50 Thu., Sep. 18 at 9:00pm Elizabeths Sat., Sep. 20 at 2:00pm Tue., Nov. 11 at 7:30pm Sat., Nov. 1 at 9:00pm Written and Performed by Joe Gulla, New York. About: In the tradition of legendary monologist Performed by Beth Miller, Ohio. About: Spalding Gray, Actor/Playwright Joe Gulla sits Elizabeth Taylor (circa 1961), in a pneumonia- alone at a table…notebook and bottle of water induced comatose fever dream, meets a present- at the ready! Wherever you go…there you are! That’s day unknown young actress, another Elizabeth. the nuts, essence and bolts of this sharp, touching, The two women discuss love, loss, and the meaning and hysterical show. Gulla’s latest picks up where of earned happiness in this short poetic piece. “The Bronx Queen” (United Solo Festival Winner: Director: Marissa Wolf. Stage Manager: Megan Best Comedic Script 2012, Most Popular Show Brown. (20 min.) Drama, poetry. Recommended 2013) left off. Director: Brian Rardin.* (75 min.) for: adults, theatre community, fans of Elizabeth Comedy, storytelling. Recommended for: adults, Taylor, poetry lovers. theatre community, LGBTQ community. unitedsolo.org THE WORLD’S LARGEST SOLO THEATRE FESTIVAL (39) For the BENEFIT of Good Enough Miss JENNIE GOURLAY Mon., Sep. 22 at 9:00pm Mon., Nov. 3 at 9:00pm Sun., Oct. 5 at 7:30pm Tue., Oct. 7 at 9:00pm Written and Performed by Billy Hipkins,* New Written and Performed by Matthew LaBanca,* York. About: President Lincoln has been shot! New York. About: This autobiographical solo And Jennie Gourlay’s shot at stardom is ruined. show circles around Matthew’s Broadway debut in Billy Hipkins strongly identifies with this fellow “Young Frankenstein.” Told through song, dance, theatrical also-ran. Is his current showbiz life and behind-the-scenes stories, this Broadway actor a karmic payback? Did he shoot Lincoln? And why articulates his struggle with the notion of success, does he love hoop skirts so much? He’ll tell you and exposes the anxiety that comes from living a life in his solo adventure through her story, his story, rooted in other people’s approval. Director: Kira and history. Best Educational Piece Award, United Simring.** (75 min.) Drama, comedy, storytelling, Solo 2012. Director: Perry Dell’Aquila. Stage dance, music. Recommended for: teenagers, Manager: Tim Elliott. Composer: Joe Kinosian.* adults, theatre community, LGBTQ community. Photo by Justin Patterson. (70 min.) Drama, comedy, storytelling. Recommended for: Green Eyes, teenagers, adults, elderly, theatre community, LGBTQ community. Just like You and Me Fri., Nov. 14 at 9:00pm WWW.UNITEDSOLO.ORG Sun., Nov. 16 at 2:00pm FOR ADDED SHOW DATES Written and Performed by Gary Walker, California. About: Grandpa was a murderer. Grandma was a lush. Meet the Walkers! A blue- From Seven Layers to a Bikini collar legacy of crazy. “Green Eyes, Just Like You Top in Less Than Five Hours and Me” is a stirring portrayal of one working- Fri., Oct. 31 at 7:30pm class family and their struggle to make right choices amongst difficult circumstances, revealing their darkest secrets to find humor in the absurd. Written and Performed by Andrea Schell, Follow the Walkers through ludicrous tales of Holy California. About: Seven eccentric characters Roller revivals, threats of demonic possessions and confront and grapple with the dual nature that a missing Cocker Spaniel as they try to make sense exists in most women: the need to be free and of why it’s sometimes so hard to do the right thing. the need to be perfect, like perfect!, in every way. Developed with: David Ford. Director: Scott Influenced by Arlo Guthrie, Wendy Wasserstein Plate. (75 min.) Drama, comedy, storytelling. and the self-help industry, this show incorporates Recommended for: adults, elderly, theatre monologue, poetry, movement, and song… community, LGBTQ community, parents, everything you want in a solo show and more! working class. Director: Wade Gasque. Photo by Linda Abbott. (53 min.) Comedy. Recommended for: teenagers, FACEBOOK.COM/UNITEDSOLO adults, theatre community, women. Gilding the Lily Groundwork Sun., Oct. 5 at 4:00pm Fri., Sep. 19 at 6:00pm Wed., Oct. 8 at 3:30pm Thu., Sep. 25 at 7:30pm Thu., Oct. 16 at 9:00pm Written and Performed by Susannah Melone,* Co-written and Performed by Mike Ostroski,* New York. About: A free re-imagining of the life, Ohio. About: “Grow a garden.” The idea hits Paul loves and art of the 19th-century British celebrity O’Malley like a meteor hitting the planet - and Lillie Langtry and her struggles to play Shakespeare’s he’s off! He reads the books, sows the seeds, and Rosalind, shedding light on the difficult art of letting before his first tomatoes ripen, departs on a crusade our hearts be our craft. Surrealism. Biography. to save the planet, one precious seedling at a time. Scandal. Heartbreak. An unprecedented, Saving himself, however, will prove a much indomitable woman. And hope. Director: James harder battle. Co-Playwright and Director: Derek McArdle. Costume Designer: Emily Rose Davidson.*/**/*** Sound Design: Matthew Parman. Stage Manager: Tierney Nolen. (75 min.) Nielson. Lighting Design: Erin Mizer. Stage Drama, comedy. Recommended for: teenagers, Manager: Carly Mungovan. Photo by David Zaugh. adults, elderly, theatre community, LGBTQ (65 min.) Drama, comedy. Recommended for: community, Shakespeare enthusiasts. theatre community, gardeners, environmentalists. unitedsolo.org THE WORLD’S LARGEST SOLO THEATRE FESTIVAL (41) Gutless & Grateful: Home Fires Burning A Musical Feast Sun., Sep. 28 at 2:00pm Sat., Oct. 11 at 4:00pm

Written and Performed by Amy Oestreicher, Written and Performed by Roxanne Fay,* Florida. Connecticut. About: After its sold-out, Broadway About: What is Home? Is it physical or emotional? World Award-nominated run in NYC, CT, and Is it memory? In this show, award-winning MA, Oestreicher’s near-death experience and actor/writer Roxanne Fay inhabits two unique unique personal story are once again woven into characters - one a child, the other ancient and a moving, entertaining, and inspiring evening disfigured. Funny, horrifying and heartbreaking, of music, humor, surprise, and triumph. At 18, their compelling stories speak of the need for, and Oestreicher fell into a coma after a blood clot willingness to give all for, that place called Home. abruptly caused her stomach to literally explode. (49 min.) Drama, storytelling. Recommended After 27 surgeries and three years without food or for: all audiences. drink, her passion and hunger for life stayed strong, proving that with hope, anything is possible. How I Learned to Stop Director: Jerold Goldstein.* (70 min.) Drama, Worrying and Love the Gardaí comedy, storytelling, musical, performance art. Mon., Oct. 6 at 7:30pm Recommended for: children, teenagers, adults, elderly, theatre community, LGBTQ community, anyone who has been through medical or other Written and Performed by Liliana Ashman, New obstacles. Mexico. About: Borders aren’t just political – they’re personal. This daring new play illuminates one Hamster Graveyard woman’s attempt to interrogate the bureaucratic Sat., Oct. 18 at 9:00pm horror of Immigration Policy, seeking humanity in a deeply dehumanizing process. Lili explores immigration – from her native New Mexico to Ireland – and why it’s the issue everyone’s Written and Performed by Joshua Blanchard, so damn worried about. Additional text: Malu Texas. About: In the summer of 1994, one Bremer. Director: Madeleine Rose M. Parsigian. fourteen-year-old boy navigates life in a suburban Photo by Sarah Ahern. (43 min.) Drama, comedy, ghetto. His mother’s denial of Lupus disease, his storytelling, dance, poetry. Recommended for: brother’s quick-thinking antics, and their houseful adults, elderly, theatre community, LGBTQ of hamsters merge into a summer of laughter community, ethnic community (Irish), immigrants. and chaos. This funny and moving play explores the events that shape our realities, challenging us to embrace our circumstances even as they propel ADDED SHOW DATES us towards uncertainty. Director: Christopher LISTED AT Alleman. Stage Manager and Sound WWW.UNITEDSOLO.ORG Design: Benjamin Whitmore. (80 min.) Drama, storytelling, narrative nonfiction.Recommended for: teenagers, adults, elderly, theatre community, LGBTQ community, terminally ill. How I Lost My Virginity at 29 & Other Embarrassing Tales FACEBOOK.COM/UNITEDSOLO Wed., Oct. 29 at 7:30pm

Health Insurance Written and Performed by Brian Schiller, New Tue., Oct. 14 at 7:30pm York. About: Schiller goes on a journey of self- discovery that takes him from his experience as a childhood victim of sexual abuse, to a man living with an anxiety disorder, to a patient in therapy, Performed by Daniel Piper Kublick, New York. to his re-emergence as a healthier adult. “There’s About: A man is forced onstage. The rest of his cast something unique about the voice, something does not join him. Faced with an audience looking beyond words like funny, smart, honest.” – Mark for a show, his initial stalling gives way to a comic Kenward, “Nantucket.” (60 min.) Comedy, downward spiral of identity crisis, loss, and human stand-up. Recommended for: ethnic community connection. Playwright and Director: Kris Kling. (Jewish), sexuality educators, advocates for mental (60 min.) Comedy. Recommended for: teenagers, health therapy, advocates for reporting abuse, adults. college students 17 & over. unitedsolo.org THE WORLD’S LARGEST SOLO THEATRE FESTIVAL (43) Human Identity I Am Somebody…Else! Sat., Sep. 27 at 2:00pm One woman’s coming of age story Sat., Oct. 11 at 2:00pm

Written and Performed by Christopher Vened, Written and Performed by Emma Crystal, Poland. About: This inventive, funny and eye- Tennessee. About: What do we do when we opening piece of monodrama is nothing less reach a crossroads in life? When one woman is than a quest to figure out the meaning of human faced with homelessness, she comically relives identity. Christopher Vened explores the essential events—the drama of baptism, a racist Southern human predicament of being alive without entirely teacher, physical and drug abuse, rejection in knowing who we are and how we were created. the performing arts world, a romp with a lushy He relentlessly pursues answers. What he cannot Latina—to find inspiration to carry her through. explain in words, he shows in mime. Producer Director: Jamie Mann. Sponsor: Ekundayo and Stage Manager: Rebecca Robertson-Szwaja. Bandele. Photo by Cedric Moore. (83 min.) Photo by Merie Weismiller Wallace. (90 min.) Drama, comedy, storytelling, dance, movement, Drama, comedy, performance art, mime and music, performance art. Recommended for: all words. Recommended for: adults, NOT for audiences. children. I Wouldn’t Open A Can Of Worms If I Were You You’ll Only Be Disappointed WWW.UNITEDSOLO.ORG Wed., Sep. 24 at 3:30pm

Written, Directed and Performed by Ron Hurt People Megason, Greece. About: The Man finds himself Sat., Nov. 22 at 2:00pm home… Athens, Greece. I thought I’d make the trip with someone… it’s just me. I arrive at the gate. The baby center Metre. I have to be brave. I walk the long corridor my adopted mother Written and Performed by Allison Scarlet Jaye, spoke of, the Gotenborg is where I laid. There has Pennsylvania. About: After Sara’s school becomes been a break, I have an uncle Nicolaos, he voted the target of a mass shooting, she is forced to stay in Patras – my mother’s name is Areti – in Greek, with her ex-military aunt. When national news it means virtue. I stay close, just in case – I pray. breaks, Sara challenges the status quo by doing I board a red jet boat across the sea to Hydra. I sit the unthinkable. Gritty, funny, unapologetic down feeling safe. I walk to the back – it’s open, and brave, this one-woman tour-de-force uses I see the deep blue sea - it hits me, salty, the jet multimedia, spoken word, and poetry to tell tosses me… I notice a tall lean boy laughing – a story that jogs the memory and breaks the heart. smoking, enjoying the ride. How will I speak to (70 min.) Drama, comedy, storytelling, poetry, him… we’re already speaking. I’ll ask him where to multimedia. Recommended for: teenagers, adults, dive. Photo by Brad Calcaterra. (60 min.) Drama, elderly, theatre community, LGBTQ community, comedy, tragedy. Recommended for: adults, military, parents, gun violence activists, high school theatre community, LGBTQ community. students and personnel. in case we disappear Sat., Nov. 15 at 7:30pm I AM Sun., Nov. 2 at 2:00pm

Created and Performed by Vanessa Smythe, Canada. About: “I used to tell my little brother Written and Performed by Jair Bula, Colombia. all my embarrassing kooky stories, in case we’d About: In a world full of trials and temptations, disappeared by morning.” Sold-out Canadian run one question reverberates in Yeshua’s mind: (Critic’s Pick, NNNNs), from accidental booty- “Who am I?” As Yeshua searches within his heart calls to begrudged hugs with older sisters; part and exhausts his body, mind, and spirit, will spoken-word, part stand-up, often sung and always he find the courage to face his destiny? Come true. A love letter, before we vanish. (60 min.) along for the journey and find out. Director and Drama, comedy, storytelling, movement, poetry, Stage Manager: Vanessa Elise. (27 min.) Drama, music. Recommended for: teenagers, adults, movement. Recommended for: teenagers, adults, elderly, theatre community, spoken word and elderly, theatre community, LGBTQ community. poetry enthusiasts. unitedsolo.org THE WORLD’S LARGEST SOLO THEATRE FESTIVAL (45) In the Storm of Pleasure Is It Feasible? Wed., Oct. 15 at 7:30pm Sat., Oct. 18 at 4:00pm

Performed by Daniel Benhamu, Florida. About: Translated, Adapted and Performed by A comedy about growing up isolated and learning Zlatomir Moldovanski, Bulgaria. About: 1965. how to be a man the hard way, after feeling controlled Communist Bulgaria. Top hats. White gloves. by a history of sexual disappointment. It is a self- Long black umbrellas. Aspirations. Bulgarians and deprecating, gritty bit about a not-so-innocent kid Americans aren’t that different. We, the starry-eyed processing and changing the way he turns out. This villagers, await Petar Petrovkov’s arrival. He holds discomforting coming-of-age story is told by a self- the ticket to the grandiose city life we have been examining tour guide who rediscovers his right working so hard to achieve. This tragic hero shares to dream, despite being nowhere near a miracle. the beauties and misconceptions with which our Director: Zishan Ugurlu. Stage Manager: Lindsay dreams were once filled. Director: Benjamin Griffin. (60 min.) Drama, comedy, storytelling, Williamson. Playwrights: Chudomir & Zlatomir stand-up. Recommended for: all audiences. Moldovanski. (60 min.) Comedy, tragedy, storytelling, improv. Recommended for: ethnic Inheritance community (Bulgarian). Fri., Oct. 17 at 7:30pm JEF+KEV//SIM Sun., Sep. 21 at 6:00pm Written and Performed by Amanda Doherty, United Kingdom. About: A fresh perspective on contemporary Northern Ireland; how today’s Written and Performed by Randal Barnett, generation carries the wounds of their parents, New York. About: This 3 character/1 actor play unable to escape. A dynamic, innovative piece of illuminates a little-known episode in Jeffrey work that bravely explores an untold perspective. Dahmer’s legacy: the time he let one of his victims The audience downloads the audio in advance safely go free. Through spectral hauntings, meth- and listens through individual earphones fueled rituals, aquarium maintenance seminars, to accompany the physical performance of and promiscuous webcam encounters, these Amanda Doherty. Sound Engineer: Dan characters interact and reexamine what it means to Acheson. Choreographer: Janie Doherty. carry queer cultural trauma. WARNING: contains Photo by Bigbad Llama. (30 min.) Drama, nudity. (45 min.) Drama, storytelling, magic, storytelling, movement, poetry, performance art. performance art. Recommended for: adults, Recommended for: adults, theatre community, theatre community, LGBTQ community, witches. ethnic community (Irish). Inside the Whale Journey Of A Bombshell: Sun., Sep. 21 at 7:30pm The Ina Ray Hutton Story Sat., Oct. 4 at 9:00pm Thu., Oct. 9 at 9:00pm Created and Performed by Aurora Lagattuta, Written and Performed by Melissa Ritz, New York. Spain. About: A bizarre and beautiful solo about About: Based on true events. Ina Ray Hutton was the fantastical journey of a woman swallowed the legendary bandleader of the Melodears, an all- by a whale. A bilingual tale told through dance, girl band in the 1930s. She was the first woman to underwater video, original collage art, poetry and conduct for male bands during the 1940s-50s, and song. The Huffington Post explained, “We were the first woman to host her own TV show. But her as struck by Aurora’s imaginative storyline as we success in the spotlight was threatened by a secret were by her warm spirit and pursuit of passion and she couldn’t afford to reveal. Director and Script empowerment. The project worked toward a cause Developer: Julie Kline. Choreographer: Tony dear to our hearts in a language we had never Coppola. Music Arranger: Barry Best. Costume heard before.” Spanish Translation and Spanish Design: Mariya Radevay-Nedyalkova. Video Voice: Angela Bustos. Underwater Film: Pipaluk Footage Courtesy of: Paramount Pictures. Supernova. (48 min.) Storytelling, dance, Photo by Alex White. (75 min.) Drama, musical, movement, poetry, multimedia, performance art, tap dancing. Recommended for: teenagers, adults, bilingual. Recommended for: ethnic community elderly, theatre community, LGBTQ community, (Spanish Speakers). ethnic community (African American). unitedsolo.org THE WORLD’S LARGEST SOLO THEATRE FESTIVAL (47) L.A. Unified Lost in Lvov Sat., Oct. 11 at 7:30pm Sun., Nov. 9 at 2:00pm Mon., Nov. 10 at 6:00pm

Written and Performed by David Newer,* Conceived and Performed by Sandy Simona, California. About: Substitute teaching becomes New York. About: A multimedia time capsule a war zone for an actor who, seeking an easy of memories, secrets and precious experiences of and quick financial fix, expects to just “babysit the three Belman sisters, who immigrate to America for six hours.” While simultaneously grappling from the U.S.S.R. before and after Perestroika. with his sick father and a failing marriage, he Intimate winks and glimpses of their past lives develops a stronger bond with his students, which wander, as they reinvent themselves in America. leads to greater meaning and purpose in his life. Directional and Dramaturgical Assistant: Marina Director: Erica Silberman. Stage Manager: Camille Mcclure. Composer and Dramaturg: Caitlyn Shandle. Photo by Lisa Silberman. (60 min.) Conlin & The Storytelling Band. Photo by Rasika Drama, comedy. Recommended for: all audiences. Ruwanpathirana. (60 min.) Drama, comedy, storytelling, dance, movement, poetry, music, Lauren White Wants multimedia. Recommended for: children, teenagers, adults, elderly, theatre community, You! LGBTQ community, ethnic community (Russian, Wed., Oct. 22 at 7:30pm Jewish).

Written and Performed by Lauren White, New Macbeth in the Kitchen York. About: Help Wanted: Audience comfortable Wed., Nov. 12 at 7:30pm with changing lives. Responsibilities include: willingness to dish out advice and decisions for other people (i.e. me) due to your immense brilliance, great empathy or experience from your Adapted and Performed by Simge Günsan, own messed up life. See the immediate impact Turkey. About: This play is indeed, to quote your decisions have on Lauren’s real life. References Shakespeare himself, “a tale told by an idiot.” not essential. Prior applicant feedback: “Very A self-proclaimed idiot, that is. The setting of this entertaining” — The Irish Times. “Absolutely play is really a kitchen! The characters are utensils hilarious” — Entertainment Magazine. (65 min.) and ingredients used in preparing the Turkish dish Storytelling, improv, multimedia, performance menemen, a traditional omelette. And it tastes as art. Recommended for: teenagers, adults, elderly, good as the play does. (50 min.) Comedy, tragedy, theatre community, LGBTQ community, ethnic puppetry. Recommended for: teenagers, adults, community (Irish). theatre community, ethnic community (Turkish).

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Leading Men Made in Congo Thu., Nov. 20 at 9:00pm Wed., Nov. 5 at 7:30pm

Written and Performed by Blake Walton,* New Written and Performed by Sabrina Moella, France/ Jersey. About: Blake Walton tells the sharp truth in Canada. About: Irresistibly funny, beautifully his poignant and funny evolution from gay youth moving and boldly colorful, this show tells to manhood as he finally understands his father the story of three generations of Congolese women when he becomes a father himself. “One cannot be from one family. In this tour-de-force performance, what one is naturally born to be, at the core, not. It Sabrina Moella uses old memories, dances and ain’t something that comes and goes, folks, that can songs from the Democratic Republic of Congo to be changed through belief, for instance, because celebrate Congolese women’s remarkable strength it is in the atoms of our being, it is something and resilience. An epic journey into the heart of essential.” Best Premiere Award, United Solo 2013 Africa. Director: Dian Marie Bridge. Photo by & 2012. Director: Ann Morrison.* Photo by Ann Fonna Seidu. (60 min.) Drama, storytelling. Morrison. (85 min.) Drama, comedy, storytelling. Recommended for: teenagers, adults, theatre Recommended for: adults, theatre community, community, ethnic community (African, African LGBTQ community. American), musical-goers, dance community. unitedsolo.org THE WORLD’S LARGEST SOLO THEATRE FESTIVAL (49) MAGDALEN MARISSA ALEXANDER Thu., Oct. 2 at 7:30pm Sun., Oct. 5 at 2:00pm Fri., Oct. 3 at 6:00pm Mon., Oct. 6 at 6:00pm

Written and Performed by Erin Layton, New Written and Performed by Sabrina Lamb, York. About: Long-silenced voices emerge to tell New York. About: A solo performance play the stories of the women and girls who were sent featuring the divergent perspectives in the trial to “wash away their sins” in commercial laundries of the State of Florida versus Marissa Alexander. run by nuns. This multi-character drama “creates A lower court rejects a defense of the ‘stand- images that breed anger, compassion, sorrow and your-ground’ law after a wife and mother fires mistrust” - Theatre Reviews Limited, “embodying warning shots near her estranged husband and two with ease all these many disparate characters stepchildren. A controversial legal firestorm ensues. and making them all flesh and blood people” – Director: Gretchen Cryer.* Stage Manager: Byron Huffington Post. Best Documentary Script Award, Saunders. (60 min.) Drama. Recommended for: United Solo 2013. Developer and Director: Julie adults, theatre community, ethnic community Kline. Sound Design: Janie Bullard. Set (African American), domestic violence survivors. Design: Cat Tate Starmer. Stage Manager: Rafaella Rossi. Photo by Arnold Bueso. (60 min.) Drama, tragedy, storytelling. Recommended for: ADDITIONAL SHOW DATES teenagers, adults, elderly, theatre community, LISTED ONLINE AT ethnic community (Irish), catholic, feminist, social justice organizations. WWW.UNITEDSOLO.ORG

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The Magic of Rudyard Written and Performed by Tyler B. Prinz, Illinois. Kipling: “Just So” About: This raw, hip and contemporary show dives Wed., Nov. 19 at 3:30pm into how past relationships transform from baggage to benchmarks in our personal journeys. It’s Performed by Jackson Gillman, Massachusetts. a poignant look into modern gay culture, the loves About: Rudyard Kipling – “a magician of words.” we encounter, and the losses we sustain. Sprinkled Jackson Gillman – “the Stand-Up Chameleon.” Put with humor and facetious commentary, it will leave them together and you’ll see why Kipling’s timeless you wondering about what it truly means to “take classics have been adored by many generations a seat.” NYC premiere! Director: Hope Hargrove. worldwide. Come learn “How the Whale Got His Photo by Whitney Hsieh. (50 min.) Drama, Throat,” “How the Camel Got His Hump,” and comedy, storytelling. Recommended for: adults, other delightful lessons in this sparkling adventure, theatre community, LGBTQ community, college O Best Beloved, for the young and young-at-heart. students, mature audiences. Director: Judith Black. (60 min.) Storytelling. Recommended for: all audiences. Moja droga B, MANCHESTER GIRL (My Dear B,) Sun., Sep. 28 at 4:00pm Fri., Sep. 26 at 9:00pm Mon., Sep. 29 at 5:30pm Performed by Malgorzata Bogdanska, Poland. About: Kids, husband, work, friends, cats and Written, Directed and Performed by Sue Turner- dogs, problems of the world. Joy, pain and Cray, United Kingdom. About: Be catapulted empathy. And in the middle, a woman holding around the world, from 1980s Northern England a red suitcase with her whole life inside. Life to the Tokyo fashion world. This Fringe First being lived at 100%. There is a whole universe winning play shows a Manchester girl’s heroic in everyday life. Performance in Polish. Director journey of self-discovery and truth. Photo by and Dramaturg: Marek Koterski. Text: Krystyna Breann Hollon. (90 min.) Drama, comedy, Janda. (75 min.) Drama. Recommended for: multimedia. Recommended for: teenagers, adults, teenagers, adults, elderly, theatre community, elderly, theatre community. ethnic community (Polish). unitedsolo.org THE WORLD’S LARGEST SOLO THEATRE FESTIVAL (51) My Farm My Stubborn Tongue Sun., Nov. 2 at 6:00pm Tue., Oct. 28 at 9:00pm

Written and Performed by Joanna Stanecka, Written and Performed by Anna Fishbeyn,*** Germany. About: On my farm, I have a diverse flock New York. About: A story about a girl who of animals, each with its own unique personality: refuses to be defined by her origins: Russian in an ox, a horse, a little goat, a lamb, a hen. I’m sure America, Jewish in Russia, poor little immigrant. if you look around your neighborhood, you’ll also The only way out is the English language – and so find “oxen,” “hens” or “lambs” of a similar kind. begins a journey into the wild antics of the letter And you may ask yourself, “What kind of creature “u,” the spit-firing enunciations of “th,” and am I?” This is a story about a lonely woman who the unforeseen hazards of not knowing idioms. has forgotten her dreams and her identity because Experience the Russian version of what it means of her duties on the farm. It is an allegory about how to be an American! Director: Scott Klavan.**/*** the difficulties of life in a big family become one (75 min.) Drama, comedy, storytelling. person’s inconspicuous poison. Director: Iwona Recommended for: all audiences. Jera. Translator: Judy Wee. Music: The Buggs. Text Correction: Peter Jansen. (60 min.) Drama. Recommended for: all audiences. VISIT My Insane Shakespeare WWW.UNITEDSOLO.ORG Mon., Oct. 13 at 9:00pm FOR MORE INFORMATION Sun., Oct. 19 at 7:30pm

Written, Directed and Performed by Arthur Noise: An Interruption Elbakyan, California. About: One performer, Fri., Nov. 7 at 7:30pm ten characters. After finding himself in a mental hospital against his will, an actor ponders upon his life, love and hatred, men and women, youth and age, “kings” and the rulers of the world, and Written and Performed by Vanessa Elise, Florida. freedom of speech. By drawing parallels between About: So many of us just skim the surface of our modern-day life and the days of Shakespeare, he lives. Without realizing it, we get overwhelmed by discovers that relationships and values haven’t the excess noise. Time is life. For photographer changed at all. Translator: Meri Elbakyan. Co- Amaya Lora, it’s all about capturing moments with Producers: Arthur Elbakyan and Meri Elbakyan. her lens. However, a lot gets missed when you’re (70 min.) Comedy, tragedy, improv, classic. just behind a camera. In a flash, everything can Recommended for: adults, elderly, theatre change. Are there really second chances? Director community, LGBTQ community. and Stage Manager: Jair Bula. (30 min.) Drama, comedy. Recommended for: teenagers, adults, elderly, theatre community, LGBTQ community, FACEBOOK.COM/UNITEDSOLO ethnic community (Latino), dreamers. NOTHING by Nic Balthazar My Life Wed., Nov. 19 at 7:30pm Is a Woody Allen Film Fri., Oct. 10 at 9:00pm Adapted and Performed by Jon Kovach, Ohio. About: Inspired by true events, this U.S. Written and Performed by Aja Nisenson, New Premiere is a multimedia production featuring Jersey. About: The story of a young woman Ben, a young wordsmith/technology enthusiast who’s been with more therapists than men. Join with autism. Using poetry, music, and video, Ben Aja Nisenson on the couch and Emmy Award- shares his story of meeting “Barbie” in a divine winning composer Gary Schreiner on the piano online connection, standing up to his high school in this riotous first-person exploration of self- bullies, and finding ways to fit into a “normal” improvement. Insurance accepted. Musical world. Playwright: Nic Balthazar. Photo by Kirk Director: Gary Schreiner. Director: Michael Aman. Sheppard. (55 min.) Drama, poetry, music, (90 min.) Drama, comedy, storytelling, stand-up, multimedia. Recommended for: anti-bullying, music, musical. Recommended for: all audiences. autism awareness, suicide prevention communities. unitedsolo.org THE WORLD’S LARGEST SOLO THEATRE FESTIVAL (53) Oedipus The Point and the Universe Wed., Nov. 5 at 3:30pm Точка и Вселенная Sun., Sep. 21 at 4:00pm

Performed by Emely Grisanty, Dominican Developed and Performed by Sarah Heywood, Republic. About: “Oedipus” is an original play Canada/Uzbekistan. About: A raw and profound inspired by Sophocles’ “Oedipus Rex,” written biographical exploration of one young woman’s and directed by award-winning playwright emotional, artistic, cultural, linguistic and Walter Ventosilla. Emely Grisanty, the featured romantic journey during three years of work, actress portrays eight roles in this minimalist study and performance at the Ilkhom Theatre of production. The first of its kind on a NY stage, Mark Weil in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Join Sarah/ the story is performed by a solo Hispanic female Sera in her struggle and discovery as she learns who effortlessly transitions into and out of the sensations that form the artist and the human seven male and one female roles. Director and being. Assistant Director: Andrew Tsao. Assistant Playwright: Walter Ventosilla. (60 min.) Drama, Choreographer: Tyler Polumsky. Photo by Lena classic. Recommended for: teenagers, adults, Garifulina. (65 min.) Drama, comedy, movement, elderly, theatre community, LGBTQ community. improv, poetry, music, classic. Recommended for: ethnic community (Russian, Uzbek). One Thousand Doorways: Journey Among the Kurds of Turkey WWW.UNITEDSOLO.ORG Sat., Oct. 11 at 9:00pm Possession Fri., Sep. 26 at 7:30pm Created and Performed by Diane Edgecomb, Massachusetts. About: A chance meeting with a young Kurdish refugee sets an American storyteller on a quest to discover and bring to Written and Performed by Susan-Jane Harrison,* the world the ancient legends of this oppressed United Kingdom. About: “American public toilets culture. This is the deeply moving, richly have something in common with the London humorous story of one woman’s journey through Underground…” During a woman’s transatlantic the remote mountainous regions of Turkey and journey, three characters strive to possess her of the extraordinary people who shared their body. Witness their antics in a delightfully bizarre lives and stories with her. Director: Richard love triangle particular to the female performer. McElvain. Sound and Lighting Design: Larry Showcasing a virtuosic ability to shape-shift, Buckley. Costume Design: Amanda Mujica. Harrison’s text reveals a liminal inner world with (80 min.) Drama, storytelling. Recommended original movement and music. Director: MaryBeth for: teenagers, adults, elderly, theatre community, Cavanaugh.** Choreographer: Christine Germain. ethnic community (Kurdish). Composer: Dan Cato. Photo by Oda Aase Johnsen. (25 min.) Drama, comedy, storytelling, movement, Perception-ism performance art. Recommended for: teenagers, Sat., Nov. 1 at 7:30pm adults, theatre community. The Posthumous Written and Performed by Sharla Smith, United Memoirs of Brás Cubas Kingdom. About: Through the mediums of Sat., Oct. 25 at 4:00pm spoken word, monologue and rap, “Perception- ism” is Sharla Smith’s one-woman show. It explores Created and Performed by Fernando Belo, three characters perception of life in Brixton and Brazil. About: My last attempt towards the public was inspired by the 2011 London riots. It also raises recognition I failed to achieve in life. I confess question to the perception we each may have about I want to appease my conscience that my class, race and gender. “Perception-ism” attempts existence was a meaningful one, so I created my to close the gap between these boxes of class, race “staged memoirs” from beyond the grave. Yes, and gender by having a conversation, smiling and I’m dead. I hope you like the show. But if you being kind to one another. If nothing else, these don’t, there’s not much I can do. Sincerely, Brás barriers are already broken by one woman playing Cubas. Adaptation: Fernando Belo and Amanda all three. Photo by Caroline Webster. (30 min.) Shank. Lighting Design: Anna Martin. (110 min.) Drama, movement, music. Recommended for: Drama, storytelling, movement. Recommended teenagers, adults, ethnic community (Caribbean). for: all audiences. unitedsolo.org THE WORLD’S LARGEST SOLO THEATRE FESTIVAL (55) Power Play Random Acts Thu., Oct. 23 at 7:30pm Sun., Oct. 12 at 2:00pm

Written and Performed by Madeline Sharton, Written and Performed by Renata Hinrichs,* Massachusetts. About: What are the powerful Iowa. About: What happens when a young girl is people among us getting away with? What invisible left to fend for herself on the streets of the South systems must we fight against? Whether we choose Side of Chicago in the late 60s? The story is told to examine the men who scarred the backs of slaves, from the perspective of a child trying to make sense the suits who stroll the White House corridors, of the violent, chaotic world around her. Can she or “The Most Popular Girl in School,” the truth trust her father’s view of the world? Can one act remains that nothing is more powerful than power. of kindness change the course of a life? Photo by Oh, except maybe chocolate. Co-Directors: Olivia Darryl Hell. (60 min.) Drama. Recommended Lloyd and Neal Kelley. (45 min.) Drama, comedy, for: all audiences. storytelling, poetry. Recommended for: teenagers, adults, theatre community. ADDITIONAL SHOW DATES LISTED AT WWW.UNITEDSOLO.ORG

Prom Queen by Default The Return of Iphigeneia Fri., Sep. 26 at 6:00pm Fri., Nov. 7 at 6:00pm

Written and Performed by Alex Madda, Performed by Tatou Dede, Greece. About: Michigan. About: Come follow the life and times Written in 1972, this text belongs to the “Fourth of Alex Madda – her kooky college and high Dimension,” an evocative work by Yannis Ritsos. school career, seen through the magic of song and The pianist, dancer, and actress Tatou Dede and beginners’ dance. Audiences will sit on the train of the director and actor Manolis Ionas highlight her prom dress as they venture into stories of dance the sensitivity and sharpness of Ritsos’s verse club woes, brunette insecurities, and the search in a performance that marries poetry, dance for the most convenient post-college entry-level and music in a sensitive and acidic approach. job. Co-Directors: Allison Brown and Neal Kelley. A penetration of multifaceted female entity Photo by Jerry Giles. (40 min.) Comedy, stand‑up, and a search for the folic, social and political music. Recommended for: teenagers, adults, dimension of existence. Director: Manolis theatre community. Ionas. Playwright: Yannis Ritsos. Lighting Design: Eliza Alexandropoulou. Graphic Design: Christina Sifianou. (50 min.) Drama, tragedy, movement, classic. Recommended for: FACEBOOK.COM/UNITEDSOLO theatre community, ethnic community (Greek). TWITTER.COM/UNITEDSOLO YOUTUBE.COM/UNITEDSOLO RHAPSODY IN BLACK Sat., Sep. 27 at 4:00pm Ramble On Sat., Nov. 8 at 7:30pm Performed by LeLand Gantt,* Pennsylvania. About: Relating stories at once harrowing, incredible, and often hilarious—brushes with crime, Written and Performed by Kim Morris, Illinois. drugs, and alcohol, as well as interactions with About: Twinkling glass. Bloody face. Intolerant racist and non-racist white and black people—this soul. You know how you learn how not to be a raging show tracks one man’s journey from realization to jackass? Get your face smashed in. This is the story acceptance to ultimate transcendence of the demon of a car crash, the slow march to recuperation, Racism. Incredibly raw, brutally honest, poignant and small kindnesses that teach profound lessons. and funny: I’m just trying to start a conversation. Director and Dramaturg: Cassy Sanders. Photo by Directorial Consultant: Estelle Parsons.*/*** Stage Tyler Core. (47 min.) Storytelling. Recommended Manager: Emily Ballou.* (90 min.) Drama, comedy, for: teenagers, adults, theatre community. storytelling. Recommended for: all audiences. unitedsolo.org THE WORLD’S LARGEST SOLO THEATRE FESTIVAL (57) The Rime Seek and Ye Shall Find Mon., Sep. 22 at 7:30pm Tue., Sep. 23 at 9:00pm Thu., Oct. 2 at 9:00pm

Performed by Gabriel Portuondo,* New York. Performed by Sentell Harper, New York. About: About: A sailor’s journey to hell and back! A show that asks: what does it mean to be different? A legendary adventure filled with spirits, zombies, To be black? To be gay? One performer shares sea-monsters, angels and earth-shattering storms. the untold stories of black, gay men by boldly Since its debut in 2010, Gabriel Portuondo’s exploring dozens of characters who are fiercely performance of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s epic funny, honest and surprising, whose complexity poem, “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” cannot be reduced behind stereotype. Photo by Tom has been bursting with mirth, joy, tears, fear, Mcgrath. (80 min.) Drama, comedy, storytelling. darkness, heartbreak, sorrow, desperation, elation Recommended for: adults, theatre community, and enlightenment. A stunning experience LGBTQ community, ethnic community (African of redemption. Associate Producer: Cara American). Jean McCarthy.* Sound Design: Martha Goode. Lighting Operator: Blair Mielnik. Sex with Pete Searles Photo by Martin Bensten. (65 min.) Drama. Wed., Oct. 8 at 9:00pm Recommended for: Shakespeare lovers.

Written and Performed by Peter Searles, United ADDITIONAL DATES Kingdom. About: After his much younger FOR SOLD-OUT SHOWS girlfriend leaves him for his better-looking, richer, ARE LISTED ONLINE more successful friend, Searles desperately resorts to a new-age self-help healing therapy – with hilarious, painful and revelatory results. One of the UK’s foremost stand-up storytellers, Pete has toured all over the world. UK sell-outs include ROBERTA! the National Theatre and numerous prestigious arts Mon., Nov. 10 at 7:30pm festivals. (70 min.) Drama, comedy, storytelling, stand-up. Recommended for: teenagers, adults, elderly, theatre community. Performed by Kelley Rae O’Donnell,* Pennsylvania. About: At the corner of hope and delusion, meet Roberta. Join her on her journey CHECK from reality to unreality to projected reality and WWW.UNITEDSOLO.ORG back again! There’s no end to Roberta’s fantasies and rants. Scary that there’s a little bit of Roberta in all of us! Playwright: Natalie Menna. Director: Padraic Lillis.**/*** (22 min.) Comedy. Recommended She Think She Grown for: all audiences. Sat., Oct. 25 at 2:00pm Salve Regina: A Coming Of GAY Story Sat., Oct. 18 at 7:30pm Written and Performed by Shannon Matesky,* California. About: This show explores the journey into womanhood. Through personal Written and Performed by Javier Rivera,* Puerto experiences and wakeup calls, Shannon realizes Rico. About: Born in Puerto Rico to an ultra- that she is not “grown” at all. This powerful religious mother and a domineering father is not one-woman show explores the importance of easy, especially when it’s likely you are a big Queen. growing up without getting ahead of yourself. There are not enough novenas to pray, or candles Director: Joshua Jeager. Musician: Ayinde to be lit. In this situation only a miracle will do, or Cartman. Choreographer: Erin Kilmurray. better yet… a holy intervention. Thank God for Dramaturg: Alexis Jade Links. Photo by Steven Madonna. Director: Jeremy Ohringer. (60 min.) Porter. (45 min.) Storytelling, poetry, performance Storytelling. Recommended for: teenagers, adults, art. Recommended for: teenagers, adults, elderly, theatre community, LGBTQ community, ethnic theatre community, LGBTQ community. community (Latino). unitedsolo.org THE WORLD’S LARGEST SOLO THEATRE FESTIVAL (59) Shrew Sleeping is for the dead Tue., Oct. 28 at 7:30pm Fri., Oct. 24 at 7:30pm

Written and Performed by Ami Jones, United Written and Performed by Minna Puolanto, Kingdom. About: Katharina–or Katharine, or Finland. About: A tragicomedy about a mom who Kate, or the Shrew, she isn’t sure which–is trapped. never sleeps. Her husband and three little children She drinks. She folds the laundry. She throws things. need her 24/7. This award-winning show includes She reminisces. A new piece of solo theatre about live music, dance, mime, multimedia, sports and what it means to be someone, what it means to be sex. It has been acclaimed by critics and audiences a woman, and what it means to be trapped in our all over the world. “Mommy loves you more than own underwhelming destinies. Photo by Stephanie anything!” Director: Anna Veijalainen. Musician Yt Chan. (50 min.) Drama. Recommended for: and Music Dramaturg: Timo Hirvonen. Light and teenagers, adults, elderly, theatre community, Set Design: Max Wikström. Sound Design: Juha LGBTQ community. Tuisku. Photo by Jyrki Valkama. (60 min.) Drama, comedy, tragedy, dance, movement, music, multimedia. Recommended for: teenagers, adults, SILENT WITNESSES elderly, theatre community. Sun., Oct. 19 at 4:00pm

FACEBOOK.COM/UNITEDSOLO Written and Performed by Stephanie Satie,* TWITTER.COM/UNITEDSOLO California. About: They were kids. They were hidden “on the outside,” satellites spinning in their own private orbit until decades later, they landed on a doorstep in Los Angeles to tell their stories Some of the Side Effects for the first time. Based on interviews with child Fri., Oct. 31 at 9:00pm survivors of the Holocaust. “A stunning new work… nothing short of spectacular” – Entertainment Live Stage, L.A. Director: Anita Khanzadian.*/** Photo by Rick Friesen. (82 min.) Drama, Written and Performed by Dave Shaw, New York. storytelling, performance art. Recommended About: This memory play and dark comedy is told for: teenagers, adults, elderly, theatre community, from a 30-year-old’s perspective on his 16-year-old LGBTQ community, ethnic community (Jewish, self — struggling to understand his depression, his Eastern European, Armenian), teachers, historians, parents’ divorce, and his time in a mental health psychologists, sociologists. facility. Director and Editor: Emily Lyon. (80 min.) Drama, comedy, storytelling. Recommended for: teenagers, adults, theatre community. ADDITIONAL SHOW DATES Something Something LISTED ONLINE AT WWW.UNITEDSOLO.ORG Uber Alles Sun., Oct. 26 at 2:00pm

Performed by Matthew David Glass, Florida. Sleep At Your Own Risk About: A dark comedy about a present-day Hitler Fri., Oct. 31 at 6:00pm lookalike who is abducted by two gay pastry chefs. Soon, they make him the idol of a Hitler- worshipping cult in a cathedral below the Queens- bound F Train. Playwright Assurbanipal Babilla was Performed by Brendan Wahlers, New York. About: forced to flee Iran because of his controversial writing. “Guy” struggles with sleepwalking while trying to In 2006, he was awarded a Hellman/Hammett hold onto the love of his life – and not walk out grant in recognition of his courage in the face of of his apartment naked. Playwright: Matthew political persecution. Playwright: Assurbanipal Ethan Davis. Director: Billy Mitchell. Stage Babilla. Director: Michael Yawney. Photo by Tibi Manager: George Seylaz. Photo by Kristin Eli Tibi Neuspiel. (80 min.) Drama, comedy, tragedy, Smith. (50 min.) Drama, comedy. Recommended storytelling. Recommended for: teenagers, adults, for: teenagers, adults, elderly, theatre community, elderly, theatre community, LGBTQ community, LGBTQ community. ethnic community (Iranian), religious. unitedsolo.org THE WORLD’S LARGEST SOLO THEATRE FESTIVAL (61) Spinning the Bottle St. Mark’s Gospel Fri., Oct. 10 at 7:30pm Wed., Oct. 15 at 3:30pm Sat., Nov. 15 at 4:00pm

Written and Performed by Krissi Reeves, Nevada. Performed by Tom Bair,* New York. About: About: A curious comedy about bed-wetting, This compelling and remarkable story, written mammal mating rituals and the bizarre myriad of down by St. Mark but attributed to St. Peter, human reactions to love. Exploring the turbulent tells of Jesus’s conflict with the religious and terrains of dating through the lenses of neurology, secular authorities of the time, his important biology, poetry, and wine, a self-proclaimed “cynical teachings, his somewhat stormy, often humorous romantic” attempts a deeper understanding relationships with his disciples, his miraculous of the delightful quandaries of love and sex. acts and, above all, his unique sense of mission. Director: Mike Henry. Visual Design: Dacia This complete rendition of the Gospel, spoken in Saenz. (45 min.) Comedy, storytelling, poetry, the simple and elegant English prose of the King multimedia. Recommended for: adults, elderly, James Bible, is a thrilling and beautiful theater theatre community, LGBTQ community, nerds. experience. Director: Kathleen Conry.*/*** Stage Manager: Erica Palmer. (120 min.) Storytelling. Recommended for: all audiences. The Spirit of Vaudeville Sun., Oct. 19 at 2:00pm CHECK WWW.UNITEDSOLO.ORG Written and Performed by Richard Stillman,* FOR ADDITIONAL SHOW DATES New Jersey. About: A celebration of musical vaudeville. The tale is told through banjo strumming, eccentric tap dancing, vaudeville stories and wacky Charleston dances. Mr. Stillman’s Stand Back I’m Gonna Uke: portrayal of Ukulele Ike in “Lady Be Good” was described as: “…sheer stage magic…” –Thomas An Evening of Old-Timey Music M. Disch, The Nation; “…executed with a deftly Thu., Nov. 13 at 7:30pm offhanded bravura…” –Stephen Holden, The New York Times. Accompanist: Paul Byrne. Photo by Created and Performed by Seth Reichgott,* Peter Jacobs. (70 min.) Comedy, storytelling, Pennsylvania. About: Love. Longing. Ukulele. music. Recommended for: children, adults, Join Slim Bob Slim on a heartfelt and hilarious elderly, theatre community, ethnic community storytelling journey through the great songs you (Irish, Jewish), jazz age & vaudeville aficionados. know and love. It’s a musical jaunt to your youth, or even to before you were born, with the songs that speak to our hearts and shine through our Spitting In The Face memories. Featuring “Come On Eileen,” “Walking Of The Devil On Sunshine,” and more. Photo by Meredith Thu., Sep. 25 at 9:00pm Methlie. (50 min.) Drama, storytelling, music, concert. Recommended for: all audiences. Written and Performed by Bob Brader,*** New York. About: In this daring, uplifting and Stealing Sam often comedic solo show, acclaimed monologist Sun., Sep. 21 at 2:00pm Bob Brader tells the gripping true story of discovering that his abusive and charismatic ex- Marine father is a pedophile. A powerful tale of personal survival and triumph, Winner of five Written and Performed by Steven Gallagher, Best of Fest Awards including Best Script, United Canada. About: Sam and Jimmy were best friends Solo Festival. Hailed by critics as “brilliant,” for over twenty-five years, and they promised each “masterful” and “unforgettable.” Developer other to face “gay middle age” together. When and Director: Suzanne Bachner.*** Lighting Sam dies, it’s up to Jimmy to plan their final Design: Cory Pattak. Video: Shar Adrias. Graphic picnic. Jimmy steals Sam’s cremated remains and Design: Michael Koch. Photo by Taylor Hooper. tries to give his friend the send-off he deserves. (80 min.) Drama, storytelling. Recommended Director: Darcy Evans. Photo by Darcy Evans. for: adults, elderly, theatre community, LGBTQ (60 min.) Drama, comedy. Recommended for: community. adults, theatre community, LGBTQ community. unitedsolo.org THE WORLD’S LARGEST SOLO THEATRE FESTIVAL (63) Stories of The Tall Boy Love and Passion Wed., Sep. 24 at 9:00pm Tue., Oct. 21 at 7:30pm

Written and Performed by Rosie Bitts, Canada. Performed by Tandy Cronyn,* New York. About: The talented Miss Rosie Bitts mixes About: A moving tale of displaced children in jazz and burlesque with raw seduction in these the aftermath of WWII. Swept up by US Army heartbreaking, hilarious and taboo tales of sex work, units and outfitted as G.I. mascots, three boys are unplanned pregnancy, loss of virginity and more. dumped at a displaced person camp after their With live accompaniment by Jeff Poynter, Rosie G.I. units are shipped back to the States. The boys creates a night of entertainment that is a luscious yearn to follow their units “home” to America, pleasure to the senses. Subtly subversive, perfectly but American racism confounds the hopes of frank and completely titillating. Accompanist: Jeff one boy with a G.I. sponsor – who happens to be Poynter. Director and Dramaturg: Suzanne black. Playwright: Simon Bent. Director: Bruch Bachner. Costume Design: Kerri Derksen. Reed.* Original text: Kay Boyle. Photo by Trix Photo by Jo Ann Way. (60 min.) Drama, Rosen. (74 min.) Drama. Recommended for: comedy, storytelling, music, burlesque, cabaret. teenagers, adults, elderly, theatre community, Recommended for: adults, theatre community, ethnic community (African American), WWII LGBTQ community, burlesque community. history buffs.

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Story Jamboree Fri., Nov. 14 at 6:00pm Performed by Alessandra Drapos, Rhode Island. About: Post mental breakdown, British actress/ bombshell Vivien Leigh is visited by a young, naïve American drama student. In this lovely teatime Written and Performed by Annie Worden,* New setting, eerie familiarities between the actress and York. About: Based on a hilarious and poignant the famous roles she played rise to the surface. collection of real-life interviews that were recorded As her struggle with imagination and reality in senior centers around Manhattan. The eclectic unravel before us, we question whether true art is characters and their perspectives on growing up, a euphoric escape or a damaging demise. (50 min.) growing old, war, love, heartache and humor are Drama. Recommended for: adults, elderly, theatre told through shadow puppetry and storytelling, community, LGBTQ community. celebrating the quirky, heartbreaking beauty of the human experience. Best One-Woman Comedy Award, United Solo 2011. Photo by Annie Worden. (50 min.) Drama, comedy, storytelling, music, ADDITIONAL SHOW DATES puppetry. Recommended for: teenagers, adults, ARE LISTED ONLINE AT elderly, theatre community, LGBTQ community. WWW.UNITEDSOLO.ORG

TALES FROM GERIASSIC PARK – On the Verge of Extinction THAT’S ALL I GOT Thu., Sep. 18 at 7:30pm Sun., Oct. 5 at 6:00pm

Written and Performed by Verna Gillis, New York. About: 70 is the new 70! Verna’s niche is Written and Performed by Addie Walsh, New aging – and so is she! She has been performing York. About: Addie Walsh takes us on her wacky “sit down comedy” for the last four years. Verna journey to start anew and be creative as a retired is the “imaginator” of “Kick Butt Ball.” She soap opera writer and divorced baby boomer published “I Just Want to Be Invited – I Promise with too much time on her hands, which brings Not to Come: Life as One Liners.” This funny unwelcome memories of her twilight-zoned- reflective show is about putting on and taking out, dysfunctional family. Director: Michole off her “retrospectacles.” Photo by Ilene Cutler. Biancosino. (28 min.) Comedy, storytelling, music, (40 min.) Stand-up. Recommended for: adults, puppetry, unicycling. Recommended for: adults, elderly, theatre community. elderly, theatre community, LGBTQ community. unitedsolo.org THE WORLD’S LARGEST SOLO THEATRE FESTIVAL (65) THE THIEF COMETH Undead Anonymous Wed., Oct. 1 at 3:30pm Mon., Nov. 17 at 7:30pm

Written and Performed by Daniella De Jesús, Performed by Theresa Buchheister, New York. New York. About: Less crime, safer parks, About: Welcome to Undead Anonymous, a place cleaner streets, and more condos. The hood has for those struggling to find life among the living. become a hot commodity and tensions are as Whether you are a vampire, ghost, zombie, high as the rent. Inspired by conversations with mummy or just cursed with eternal life, this is the residents of Bushwick and other gentrifying a supportive environment to vent your frustrations, neighborhoods, Daniella skillfully portrays find new connections and discover you are not thirteen characters as they experience loss, truly alone. At least, that’s Sarah’s dream – to opportunity, and discrimination while confronting create a group for people like her. But will it work? the transformation of their neighborhood. Playwright and Director: Gina Femia. Photo by Director: Stephen Chacon. Composer: Civil Justus. Freddy Padilla. (50 min.) Drama, storytelling, (65 min.) Drama, comedy. Recommended for: movement. Recommended for: adults, theatre ethnic community (Latino, African American). community.

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Transfixed by the Dahlia Untitled Performance Sat., Sep. 20 at 7:30pm Piece Wed., Oct. 1 at 9:00pm

Written and Performed by Emily Marsh, Written and Performed By Julian Goldhagen, Virginia. About: “Transfixed by the Dahlia” New York. About: The United Nations stipulates, flows effortlessly between interviews, movement, in the Conventions on the Rights of the Child, that song, and ritual poetic drama as Emily Marsh, all young people have the right to free expression, a 22-year-old girl from 2014, holds up her life open information, and an identity. How are we to Elizabeth Shorts’, a 22-year-old girl brutally succeeding in enabling youth to fulfill their rights, murdered in 1947. Unearthed is the timeless theme and how are we failing? Best Experimental Piece of women’s sexuality and strength even in the face Award, United Solo 2013. Best Improvisation of a patriarchal society. (60 min.) Drama, tragedy, Award, United Solo 2012. (65 min.) Storytelling, movement, poetry. Recommended for: teenagers, performance art. Recommended for: LGBTQ adults. community.

Triangles are A View from the Underside: my favorite shape. The Legacy of Dietrich Bonhoeffer Wed., Oct. 22 at 9:00pm Sun., Sep. 28 at 6:00pm

Written and Performed by Laura Jenkins, Performed by Al Staggs, Arkansas. About: Al Arkansas. About: In a dramatic triangle, a person brings to life one of the great heroes of the twentieth plays a persecutor, a victim, or a rescuer. If that’s century. Bonhoeffer awaits execution by the Third the way your family functions, you’ll be the perfect Reich and struggles with evil, injustice, and God. guest at a Jenkins family dinner! Brutally funny, Bonhoeffer expresses outrage against the Nazi and stabbing for the truth, Laura digs through her treatment of Jews and explains how this injustice family’s past, attempting to fix her—in all senses led him to become involved in the resistance of the word—nuclear family. Photo by Rachel movement, a commitment that would result in Pickett. (78 min.) Drama, comedy, storytelling, his execution on April 9, 1945. (60 min.) Drama, stand-up, improv, poetry. Recommended for: music, performance art. Recommended for: all teenagers, adults, elderly, theatre community. audiences. unitedsolo.org THE WORLD’S LARGEST SOLO THEATRE FESTIVAL (67) Voices from Ellis Island When I Could Feel Thu., Oct. 30 at 9:00pm Fri., Sep. 19 at 7:30pm Sun., Sep. 28 at 7:30pm Tue., Sep. 30 at 7:30pm Mon., Oct. 13 at 7:30pm Written and Performed by Pippa White,* Written and Performed by Vicky Kuperman, Nebraska. About: It was called “the golden door” Russia. About: A young New York woman’s and “the front door to freedom.” Sometimes it was riveting and hilarious one-hour stand-up show. “the Island of Hope.” Other times, “the Island of A ride through Russia, South America, dating Tears.” For millions of immigrants, it was their younger men, prescription drugs, crazy families first experience of life in America. Meet Fanny, and much more. David Brenner said, “Everyone Rifka, Luigi, Vera and others as they confront who loves to laugh at intelligent, original comedy Ellis Island. Their stories are true. (70 min.) has to see Russian-born Vicky Kuperman.” Actor Drama, multimedia. Recommended for: theatre Danny Aiello said she is “well on her way to community. comedy stardom.” Director: Brian Luna.* Photo by Lev Gorn. (55 min.) Stand-up. Recommended Voices from for: teenagers, adults, elderly, theatre community, LGBTQ community, ethnic community (Russian, the Resistance Jewish), dreamers, surfers, and people who like to Mon., Oct. 27 at 9:00pm laugh.

Written and Performed by Pippa White,* Nebraska. About: They were ordinary people: FACEBOOK.COM/UNITEDSOLO shopkeepers, factory workers, housewives, bakers, TWITTER.COM/UNITEDSOLO farmers, teachers, auto mechanics. They worked in France, Italy, Germany, Holland, Scandinavia – wherever the Nazis were, they were there, too – soldiers, but not in uniform. Together they were The Woman Who Was Me fighting an underground war against Hitler. They Fri., Oct. 24 at 6:00pm risked their lives to cripple the Third Reich. And they did. Their stories are harrowing, and true. (75 min.) Drama, multimedia. Recommended for: all audiences. Performed by Liz Stanton,* Colorado. About: “There is a kiss we want with our whole lives,” writes Rumi. Lanie is kissed by a stranger in a garden. This kiss arouses Lanie’s desire to confront who she is and what is most dear to her. ADDITIONAL SHOW DATES This magical play reveals what we are willing to sacrifice to live authentically, and how the choices ARE LISTED ONLINE AT we make transform us in unimaginable ways. WWW.UNITEDSOLO.ORG Playwright: Peter Grandbois. Director: Andy Arden Reese. Production Design: WT McRae. Lighting Design: Jeremy Williams. Prop Artisan: Jack Corbett. (45 min.) Drama, movement, performance art. Recommended for: adults, elderly, theatre community, poetry enthusiasts. What Will People Think? Tue., Oct. 7 at 7:30pm Women On The Verge Fri., Oct. 3 at 9:00pm Mon., Oct. 6 at 9:00pm Written and Performed by Anthoula Katsimatides,* New York. About: One woman’s Performed by Faith Collins,* California. About: journey to freedom while wrestling old-world views; Every woman comes to a crossroad where she a modern-day Greek tragedy! Growing up with must make a decision that will change her life the mantra “What will people think?” controlling forever. In this story, five unique women from her every move, Anthoula navigates through personal one family explore everything from identity to turmoil and loss to find happiness. A testament to unsatisfying relationships. Playwright: Kimba human spirit. Director: Petro Fourniotis. (60 min.) Henderson. Director: Keith Johnson. (80 min.) Drama, comedy, tragedy, storytelling, dance, Drama, comedy, storytelling. Recommended for: multimedia. Recommended for: all audiences. all audiences. unitedsolo.org THE WORLD’S LARGEST SOLO THEATRE FESTIVAL (69) THE WONDER Wordless Stories Wed., Oct. 29 at 9:00pm Tue., Sep. 23 at 7:30pm Sun., Nov. 2 at 7:30pm

Written and Performed by Susan Ferrara,* New Written and Performed by Stefan Ruxanda, York. About: “It was the week everyone called Romania. About: Stories told without words me Wonder Woman…” A beautiful September that anyone can understand. Comedy, dance, morning. A woman’s journey downtown and mime, improvisation, all seasoned with drops of the landscape of a city; changing. The small melancholy. The character seeks true emotions and large stories that transform a world. Co- that will bring tears to your eyes. His goal is Directors: Julie Ann Emery* and Kevin Earley.* to light your heart. Photo by Alex Gheorghiu. Photo by Mina Widmer. (70 min.) Drama, (60 min.) Comedy, storytelling, dance, mime. comedy, storytelling. Recommended for: adults. Recommended for: all audiences.

Woody’s Order! You All Know Me, Mon., Sep. 29 at 9:00pm I’m Jack Ruby! Sun., Oct. 26 at 7:30pm Tue., Nov. 18 at 7:30pm

Written and Performed by Ann Talman,*/*** Written and Performed by Clifford Barry, United New York. About: Woody conjured a sister Kingdom. About: Dallas, 11/24/1963. 11:21 AM. the only way a nonverbal boy with cerebral palsy Lee Harvey Oswald, the suspected assassin of could – by pointing to Mom’s tummy and Dad’s… President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, is gunned lap. Ann a.k.a. Woody’s Order! She dreamed of down in the Dallas Police Headquarters by a man Broadway. He dreamed she would always be there who shouldn’t be there: local nightclub owner Jacob for him. A loving team for life. Meet Woody, Rubenstein. Live on national television, creating Ann, Mom, Dad, Elizabeth Taylor and a cast of 20 million witnesses to murder. An underworld “special souls.” Join them on their unexpected hit by the Mafia’s man in Dallas. Really? Take rite of passage. Director: Kel Haney.* Stage a seat. Meet Jack Ruby. Director: Clive Holland. Manager: Meghan Fisher.* Originally Developed (60 min.) Drama. Recommended for: adults, with: Matt Hoverman.*/*** (70 min.) Drama, history enthusiasts. comedy, storytelling. Recommended for: all audiences.

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The United Solo Academy takes an influential part in building our theatre community and projects. Membership in the Academy is by invitation of United Solo and is limit- ed to those who have been awarded and/or are inspiring and supportive at the United Solo Theatre Festival. The Academy members are encouraged to discover new talents, recommend solo shows, suggest nominees and vote for winners each year. The list of United Solo Academy members includes: Hal Ackerman Joe Gulla Helyn Rain Eric Roberts Messenger Ana Asensio Sivan Hadari José Roldan Jr. Michael Miller Suzanne Bachner Maura Halloran Antonio Sacre Michael Bongar Sebastien Heins Paul Miller Mina Samuels Bill Bowers Billy Hipkins Steve Mize Omar Sangare Bob Brader Anita Hollander Donald Molosi Paloma Bravo Diane R. Huber Rory Lance Ann Morrison Schwartz David Bridel Frank Ingrasciotta Herb Newsome Fiona Shaw Coby Lee Kaplan Anthony Nikolchev Chasman-Beck John Paul Karliak Anna Deavere Marissa Elaine Smith Slash Coleman Sarah Kay Parkes Tim Collins Terry Tamm Trent Armand Austin Pendleton Allan Corduner Kendall Danusia Trevino Ilya Khodosh Eric-Dominique Rick Creese Pérez Rebecca VerNooy Grace Kiley Olympia Dukakis Zara Phillips Tina Volz-Bongar Andressa Furletti Wioleta Komar Marilyn Pittman Michael Thomas Suzanna Geraghty Julia Kwinto Nancy Redman Walker Mark Gindick Marcin Lipinski Jane Ridley Blake Walton Sarah Elizabeth Brian Luna Greer Marsha Mason LynnMarie Rink Glen Williamson Michael Growler Haley McGee Eliza Roberts Annie Worden

Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), founded in 1913, represents more than 45,000 actors and stage managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. The Equity emblem is our mark of excellence. www.actorsequity.org

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