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Event
FLYING SOLO 3: Do This One Thing for Me
Back by popular demand....The Secret Theatre presents its 3rd Flying Solo Festival! Multiple one-performer shows to whet your solitary appetite, see how captivating one person can be ...and then VOTE on it! Yes, we will be rating these singular gems, so pay attention to the details, the nuances, the subtleties....help us to find the king or queen to reign over all soloists!
DO THIS ONE THING FOR ME
Jane Elias: performer, writer
Tracy Bersley: director
70 min
The poignant story of a woman's self-discovery through her relationship with her father, a Greek Jew who survived Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen. Now he just wants to dance with his daughter at her wedding. Not too much to ask, right?
BIOGRAPHY
JANE ELIAS
Jane is a writer and actor based in Brooklyn, NY. Her solo play, "Do This One Thing for Me," which debuted in the 2013 EstroGenius Festival, ran for four weeks in spring 2015 at the TBG Theatre in Manhattan ("A soulful, contemporary triumph . . . the best solo show since 'The Lion.'"
www.theatrereviews.com). Other acting credits include "Immersion Therapy" and "Face Time" (both with Core Artist Ensemble), "Lobby Hero" (Hampton Theater Co.), "Three Days of Rain" (Flatiron Playhouse), and the short films "Bad Movie" and "The Confession."
Jane's plays and monologues have been developed with Naked Angels, Access Theater, Core Artist Ensemble, and Stony Brook Southampton; her poetry and fiction have appeared in journals including Washington Square, trans lit mag, and The Southampton Review. Her (very) short story "First of All" was a winner of Press 53's 53-Word Story Contest, and her play "Baby Steps" was a finalist for the 2015 City Theatre National Award for Short Playwriting and the 2015 Heideman Award at Actors Theatre of Louisville.
She received her BA in English from Duke University and her MFA in poetry from NYU.
Acting training: Michael Howard Studios and Larry Singer Studios.
LINKS
For more on Jane, click HERE
Read a review for this show HERE
OTHER SHOWS IN THE FLYING SOLO 3 FESTIVAL
If you would like to see any other shows in the festival, follow these links. We offer a Festival Pass for $75 that may be used to see ANY AND ALL shows linked below.
It Ain't Pretty
Wild Child in the City
The Funeral of Enerio Lopez
'This Gonna Be on the Test, Miss?'
The Bad German
Ripple of Hope
The Boy from Bantay
Ferdinand
I Am Hope
Screw Your Courage!
Do This One Thing for Me
The Real Coyote Ugly
GarbageMan
The Hungry Ghost
The Question of My Virginity
Browngirl. Bluegrass.
RANT!
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LocationThe Secret Theatre (View)
44-02 23rd Street (between 44th Road and 44th Avenue)
Long Island City, NY 11101
United States
Categories
| Minimum Age: 13 |
| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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Attendees
Name Withheld
New York City, NY United States
Oct 30, 2015 8:44 PM |
Jacqueline C.
New York, NY United States
Oct 30, 2015 1:45 PM |
Name Withheld
New York, NY United States
Oct 19, 2015 7:13 PM |
Laura K.
New York, NY United States
Oct 19, 2015 3:09 PM |
Name Withheld
Brooklyn, NY United States
Oct 05, 2015 10:40 PM |
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