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 unitedsolo.org THE WORLD’S LARGEST SOLO THEATRE FESTIVAL (5) UNITED SOLO IN PICTURES 1 2 3 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 4 5 6 20 21 22 23 7 8 9 10 11 12 24 1. Eric Roberts • 2. Fiona Shaw • 3. Olympia Dukakis • 4. Barbara Davis and Omar 13. John Guare • 14. Patti LuPone • 15. Gordon Clapp • 16. Taylor Negron • 17. Jorge Sangare • 5. Austin Pendleton • 6. Marsha Mason • 7. LynnMarie Rink and Paul Miller Puerta Armenta • 18. Cherry Jones • 19. Daphnis Kokkinos • 20. Pablo Aran Gimeno • 8. Deborah Warner • 9. Martin Denton and Rochelle Denton • 10. Sarah • 21. Regina Advento • 22. David Engelman • 23. Allan Corduner • 24. United Solo Closing Paulson • 11. Anthony Rapp • 12. Joanne Edelmann and Alice Saltzman Ceremony in 2013 (photo 1 by Andrew Cohen, photos 2 & 3 by Christine Butler) 2014 UNITED SOLO SPECIAL AWARD United Solo is proud to present the annual United Solo Special Award, which honors outstanding solo performers. These are artists who create captivating performances outside the Festival. They remind us of the immense power of a singular performer and the possibilities of solo storytelling. This year’s list of nominees for the United Solo Special Award includes: 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. STAY IN TOUCH WWW.UNITEDSOLO.ORG FACEBOOK TWITTER YOUTUBE SUBMISSION UNITED SOLO EUROPE 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.