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"BRIDEZILLA
STRIKES BACK!" *Winner: FringeNYC 2005 Best Solo Show Award! “An
irresistible cautionary tale!... hilarious!” “I
found it fascinating, and I’ll be surprised if it doesn’t
have a commercial run.” |
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“HOT CRIPPLE” FringeNYC 2008* “…a talented storyteller and mimic... **** (Four Stars) “She is as real and tasty as a garlic salad... The piece has tremendous impact...” “What’s hot is Hogan’s spunk and determination to have a voice, rather than another number sulking on a waiting room chair.” |
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“SACRED IS THE NEW PROFANE” |
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“MY SALVATION HAS A FIRST NAME: A WIENERMOBILE JOURNEY” FringeNYC 2008, Emerging Artists One Woman Standing Festival 2008 “…the consummate storyteller…” ****(Four Stars) "Gelfenbien is beyond endearing...” “Gelfenbien demonstrates the makings of a star… |
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“BABYCOW” FringeNYC 2008, Manhattan Rep One-Act Festival 2007 “…hysterical… a lovely and captivating performer. I was surprised to read in the program that this is her stage debut. She is relaxed and confident on stage, with a beautiful physical life and a delightful rubber-faced expressionism....this is a delightful show that I found to be a very enjoyable kick-off to my FringeNYC viewing." “…endearing… Miller has great energy and a gift for mimicry..." |
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“PICCOLA COSI” FringeNYC 2008 “As full of talent as she is of spaghetti, she recalls in vivid, sidesplitting detail her trip through Italy as a 21-year-old virgin who becomes a sought-after jazz singer… Nisenson is a natural storyteller, with an ear for impersonations and an eye for glamorous and gritty detail.” “I saw this show twice… After that first time, I cried—not immediately, but in the street. I cried over risk, over sexuality, over danger as success and safety as failure, over being a woman and an artist. Isn't that what theatre does at its best—cut you to the core?” **** (Four Stars) “The gorgeous Aja Nisenson demonstrates she can do it all in an |
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“MOTHER MAY I?” Midtown International Theatre Festival 2008* “We are treated to a glimpse of how Mormon theology is translated in a girl's imagination, as well as the terrifying psychology of a parent becoming, literally, simultaneous with an Almighty God… real comedic moments… A fragile, cheerful smile serves as a way in and out of characters, as well as a shield from the trauma being played out; it is a heartbreaking last remainder of the little girl trying always, desperately, to be good, to be what Mom wants.” |
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“FLAGBOY: Finding His Way” Midtown International Theatre Festival 2008* “…the likable and talented Cornelius Jones, Jr. delivers a wonderful and humbly honest solo performance in Flagboy… a strong and grounded performance.” “…a highly reflective, purposeful and raw oral history that is not simply his story, but that of countless queer people… 60-minutes of brilliantly witty personal stories… Flagboy is a testament to the power of triumph over the repercussions of one bad decision.” |
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“A PERFECT SPECIMEN OF FEMININITY” Midtown International Theatre Festival 2008, Groove Mama Ink “Wonder Women Week” 2007 “Dominique's writing is clever and humorous, especially when describing in detail the people in her life… she absolutely lights up when remembering fun pranks she played on boys with her friends or the process of creating the fake IDs needed to go to the happening night club in her neighborhood in Queens… Director Matt Hoverman does an excellent job at layering in the elements needed to bring Dominique's story to life.” |
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"SODOMY
AND PEDICURES”
Jessica Hedrick FringeNYC 2007 & Jimmy’s (in NYC) "Jessica Hedrick's one woman show, SODOMY & PEDICURES is funny, entertaining, and often surprising. I left with a smile on my face, feeling like I just spent an hour with a good friend telling me an entertaining and frequently hilarious tale of sex, love, and sexual politics." “Hedrick
is hysterical "Jessica Hedrick is a dirty thief. She broke into the collective female consciousness, stole a bunch of the hidden, unpublished note cards that detail our deepest, darkest secrets, and crafted a wicked, hilarious little tour de force out of them." |
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"IS DICK CHENEY EVIL?"
Brian Longwell Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2007 "NON-MOTIVATIONAL, NON-INSPIRATIONAL SPEAKER" *****(5 out of 5 stars! Rarely given!) |
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“DON’T
BREAK YOUR EGG”
Christine Fall Midtown Int’l Theatre Festival 2005, Estrogenius Festival 2005, Peoples Improv Theater “Her
script is replete with hilarious one-liners, her stories are endearing,
and her “laziness” becomes simply charming.” “Diagnosing
herself as a chronic procrastinator, Fall has us all believing that
the very play she's performing is unfinished, until—laughing
so hard—we realize the final joke is on us. Fall and her director,
Matt Hoverman, have indeed crafted a clever, seamless and complete
show about how incomplete her show is.” |
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“SHELF
LIFE”
Camille M. Brown (original cast member of THE LION KING) FringeNYC 2006, Peoples Improv Theatre, Where Eagles Dare Theater “Together,
Camille Brown and director Matt Hoverman have concocted an entertaining
piece that is both comedic and poignant… Brown is a gifted
physical comic with a witty sensibility.” Camille M. Brown (also an alum of Playwriting 101) was a semifinalist in the 2007 Strawberry One-Act Festival for her play “OSAMA LOVES WHITNEY” (Director Matt Hoverman was also nominated for the Best Director Award.) |
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“OUTROVERTED” (Susan Rankus has also performed “RENAISSANCE” at Stage Left Studio & Manhattan Rep One-Act Festival) "Susan Rankus' warm and funny RENAISSANCE… captures the absurdity of a fair... Rankus uses her malleable face to imbue her universally recognizable story with a sweetly hopeful spirit." "RENAISSANCE, performed by Susan Rankus, is funny and quite charming" "ME AND STEPIN' is very well acted by Richie McCall. McCall is without a doubt a fine actor, I truly enjoyed his performance." "HOLDING OUT is a grabber of a story, and Craig Durante's intensity holds us." |
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“CAT-HER-IN-E” "Watching Amy Staats in her solo show, CAT-HER- IN-E, is like watching an entire collection of home movies squeezed into one body. Staats has a knack for nailing personal quirks and expressions, and it comes through in her multiple roles." "An imaginative coming-of-age story... Shockingly funny. The transitions are so fluid there are moments that come as a complete surprise, and both we and the actor are lucky to experience them." |
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“THE
SUDDEN DEATH OF EVERYONE” Catherine Rogers Dixon Place, Emerging Artists Theater: One Woman Standing Festival 2006, The Shubin Theatre (Philadelphia) In 2008: Solo Show Worskhop alum Catherine Rogers was awarded a prestigious FULBRIGHT SCHOLARSHIP – to teach solo show writing in Greece! |
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TRUTH VALUES: One Girl's Romp Through MIT's Male Math Maze Six Figures Theatre Company’s Artists of Tomorrow Festival 2008, Emerging Artists One Woman Standing Festival 2008 |
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“THE POOP SHOW” ..in the same evening as… “HOLDING OUT” Manhattan Repertory Theatre Summer Festival 2008 |
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“THE CIRCLE FLYING DANCE” Emerging Artists One Woman Standing Festival 2008 |
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“BLOOD, SEX & TEARS” Emerging Artists One Man Talking Festival 2008, Stage Left Studio |
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“FROM SPARKLES TO ASH: AN EPIC TALE OF LOVE” “MINDSTUFF” “SKIPPING ROCKS” Were all performed in Groove Mama Ink’s "Wonder Women Week" 2007 |
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“RADIO LOVE SHACK” A One Act Play Written by (and featuring) Playwriting 101 Alum Claire Chantelle was produced at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater! www.clairechantelle.net |
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“PIE-OBSESSED
DRUNKEN FATTIES”
Julie Perkins & Marjorie Suvalle (both alumni of the Solo Show Workshop) Midtown International Theatre Festival 2006 “The
two writer-performers, Julie Perkins and Marjorie Suvalle, each
with a fair amount of solo work under her belt, are more than capable
of handling the stage on their own. The play is funny and the characters
never cease to be interesting and entertaining.” |
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“DAMAGED
DANCERS” Marjorie Suvalle Emerging Artists Theatre’s One Woman Standing Festival 2006, Manhattan Rep One-Act Festival 2006, The PIT |
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“SAFETY
IN NUMBERS” “SAFETY IN NUMBERS is written and performed by the dazzling
comedienne/actress Jan Rudd. Rudd's timing in her writing is as
sparkling as her performance, and there are some moments that
are quite moving in this comedic show. It is not often that a
reviewer encounters a towering talent like Ms. Rudd-- Lily Tomlin,
Whoopee Goldberg come to mind.” “Rudd
is a wonder. She has created a diverse group of characters that
are painfully similar to people I have known in real life. I laughed
until my sides hurt.” |
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“CO-OPS
& KRYPTONITE!”
Craig Bridger Mo
Pitkins’ House of Satisfaction, Lake George Rep, Peoples Improv
Theatre, NY Solo Play Lab |
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“FOUR
ON THE FLOOR”
An Evening of 4 Solo Shows (Also featuring the music of John Mercurio) Katie Atcheson, Edmund Friedman, Adelaide Mestre and Tommy Stephan (All 4 are alumni of the Solo Show Workshop) Where
Eagles Dare Theatre (SOLD OUT RUN) |
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“MY
BUDDY & ME” Emerging Artists Theatre’s One Woman Standing
Festival 2006
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“TREASURE
ME/JUNK YOU”
Natalie Picoe NY
Solo Play Lab, Peoples Improv Theater, Where Eagles Dare Theatre |
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“MR. MORNING MENDS HIS MIND”
Liz Parker Stage Left Studio |
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