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The Actors Repertory's 3rd Annual Solo Festival
THE ACTORS REPERTORYS
3RD ANNUAL SOLO FESTIVAL
FRIDAY JANUARY 15
THE BATTLE OF WOUNDED ME
Created and Performed By: Heather Le Roy
Heather Le Roy is a baptist preacher's-daughter's daughter-"The Battle of Wounded Me " is a hilarious autobiographical piece about growing up and escaping a family of mixed breed, Baptist preachin', moonshine drinkin', Alabama hillbillies. Heather takes us on a coming of age adventure all over the US in her attempt to run from her past. This story is about no matter how far you run your past will always find you.
NEXT EXIT: BEAUTIFUL LIFE
Created and Performed By: Taffy Wallace
Next Exit: Beautiful Life asks the question, have you ever had a mundane moment with a stranger become the answer you have been searching for your entire life? The play is a journey through the landscape of self acceptance- identity, class, racial schisms, and the memory of a long forgotten miracle.
SATURDAY JANUARY 16
OBLIGED: a one woman wedding show you're obliged to attend
Created and Performed By: Megan Grano
OBLIGED Weddings. Ugh. While the divorce rate escalates, weddings have taken on an absolutely unprecedented importance. In this one-woman show, Megan Grano exposes the state of weddings by following one brides story, starting with her engagement. We meet the self-centered bride, her parents, her sad but eager-to-please maid of honor, her florist, her wacky minister and a multitude of other characters all involved in making this the biggest, and (therefore) bestest day of her life!
SAVE SHELDON
Created and Performed By: Kristinia Haddad
Save Sheldon! follows the tumultuous and darkly humorous journey of environmental activist and performer Kristina Haddad as she attempts to save an ancient Sequoia tree named Sheldon from the hands of the "Shady Day" Development Company. In her solo show Kristina encounters roadblocks, friends, foes, and drops of inspiration and throughout shows the lengths one activist will go to in order to protect our planet and save the beauty and magic of one old, but very much alive, tree named Sheldon!
Save Sheldon! follows the tumultuous and darkly humorous journey of environmental activist and performer Kristina Haddad as she attempts to save an ancient Sequoia tree named Sheldon from the hands of the "Shady Day" Development Company. In her solo show Kristina encounters roadblocks, friends, foes, and drops of inspiration and throughout shows the lengths one activist will go to in order to protect our planet and save the beauty and magic of one old, but very much alive, tree named Sheldon!
SUNDAY JANUARY 17
MY LIFE AS A ROM COM
Created and Performed By: Robyn Von Arx
"My Life As A Rom Com" - a satire about dating, biological clocks, and Hollywood..
NOW THAT SHE'S GONE
Created and Performed By: Ellen Snortland
An ode to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, "Now That She's Gone" is a memoir about a Norwegian-American daughter and her mother, with Eleanor Roosevelt, sex, drugs and lutefisk thrown in for good measure.
FRIDAY JANUARY 22
THE VO5 EXPERIENCE
Created and Performed By: Karen Bankhead
She used to want to be Marcia Brady.
Now all she wants is for somebody to write her
a prescription for Prozac and not ask a lot of questions....
finally realizing there is:
A time to weep, and a time to laugh
A time to mourn, and a time to dance
A time to watch "I Love Lucy!
THE ORIGIN OF FEAR
Created and Performed By: Djakarta
A young woman plagued by fear explores her past in an attempt to dig out the root. Is fear just a part of life or a habit made to be broken?
SATURDAY JANUARY 23
"I THINK YOU WENT A LITTLE FAR WITH THE HERPES THING"
Created and Performed By: Kirsten Severson
"...I Think You Went a Little Far With the Herpes Thing..." A TRUE STORY, is a comedy about a drama.
In it, we follow TWEETY for one week in her life. After surreptitiously checking JR'S voicemail, TWEETY'S boyfriend of 5 years, she discovers an "I love you" message from another woman.
"...I Think You Went a Little Far With the Herpes Thing..." incorporates the use of music, lighting and snazzy choreography to tell the very universal story of heartbreak and betrayal in an unconventional and funny way.
T.O.T.A.L.L.Y
Created and Performed by: Kimleigh Smith
SUNDAY JANUARY 24
THE MOST MEDIOCRE STORY NEVER TOLD
Created and Performed By: Jay Sefton
Winner of the LA WEEKLY 'Best Solo Performance' 2008 award, this "MAGIC CARPET RIDE" comedy and deconstruction of solo shows, transports it's main character from the NCAA basketball championship to hanging on a cross in a diaper and ultimately the present moment all while locking horns with his foul mouthed, Stones loving Philadelphia Alter-ego
A WORLD BEYOND THE BRONX
Created and Performed By: Patricia Canale
FRIDAY JANUARY 29
PLEASE LOVE ME
Created and Performed by Henrietta
JUST LET ME SING
Created and Performed By: Sybil Harris
SATURDAY JANUARY 30
OUT WEST: WOMEN OF THE PLAINS
Created and Performed By: Shelli Boone
Seven scenes of women of color striving to survive and thrive during the movement West throughout the late 1800s and early 1900s. Through the use of monologues and contemporary music, the audience will experience their struggles with health, religion, love, family, finance and ambition, amidst a turbulent and viciously racist national climate.
I'M GONNA FLY BESSIE COLEMAN
Created and Performed By: Sonia Jackson
I'm Gonna Fly is based on the life of Bessie Coleman, Americas first licensed black aviatrix.
Bessie Coleman grew up at the turn of the last century, the twelfth of thirteen children. Her dream - to be a pilot. What made Bessie so extraordinary that regardless of her circumstances, she was fueled by her desire, her drive and her determination to live her dream.
SUNDAY JANUARY 31
JUST KEEP TALKING
written and performed by Eileen O'Connell
UNBUTTONED
Created and Performed by Andreas Beckett
One man's quest for the meaning of love -=- one lady at a time
BEST OF WEEKEND
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 5
I'M GONNA FLY BESSIE COLEMAN
Created and Performed By: Sonia Jackson
THE VO EXPERIENCE The end of "I love Lucy!"
Created and Performed By: Karen Bankhead
She used to want to be Marcia Brady.
Now all she wants is for somebody to write her
a prescription for Prozac and not ask a lot of questions....
finally realizing there is:
A time to weep, and a time to laugh
A time to mourn, and a time to dance
A time to watch "I Love Lucy!
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 6
OBLIGED: a one woman wedding show youre obliged to attend
Created and Performed By: Megan Grano
OBLIGED Weddings. Ugh. While the divorce rate escalates, weddings have taken on an absolutely unprecedented importance. In this one-woman show, Megan Grano exposes the state of weddings by following one brides story, starting with her engagement. We meet the self-centered bride, her parents, her sad but eager-to-please maid of honor, her florist, her wacky minister and a multitude of other characters all involved in making this the biggest, and (therefore) bestest day of her life!
NOW THAT SHES GONE
Created and Performed By: Ellen Snortland
An ode to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, "Now That She's Gone" is a memoir about a Norwegian-American daughter and her mother, with Eleanor Roosevelt, sex, drugs and lutefisk thrown in for good measure.
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 7
NEXT EXIT: BEAUITFUL LIFE
Created and Performed By: Taffy Wallace
Next Exit: Beautiful Life asks the question, have you ever had a mundane moment with a stranger become the answer you have been searching for your entire life? The play is a journey through the landscape of self acceptance- identity, class, racial schisms, and the memory of a long forgotten miracle.
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LocationThe Missing Piece Theatre
2811 W. Magnolia
Burbank, CA 91505
United States
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| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: No |
| Wheelchair Accessible: No |
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