“Since I took Matt’s class, doors have opened for me. I’m being produced all over the city!”

Christine Fall
“DON’T BREAK YOUR EGG”
NY Midtown Int’l Festival Official Selection

 

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SUCCESS STORIES
 

"BRIDEZILLA STRIKES BACK!"
Cynthia Silver

FringeNYC 2005, Ars Nova,
NY Solo Play Lab

*Winner: FringeNYC 2005 Best Solo Show Award!

“An irresistible cautionary tale!... hilarious!”
NY TIMES

“I found it fascinating, and I’ll be surprised if it doesn’t have a commercial run.”
WALL STREET JOURNAL


 

“HOT CRIPPLE”
By Hogan Gorman
One Woman's hilariously devastating journey into this country's broken healthcare and welfare systems.
www.HotCripple.com

FringeNYC 2008*
*Winner: FringeNYC 2008 Best Actress Award!

“…a talented storyteller and mimic...
Gorman brings wonderful levity to a very dark yet real story."
BACKSTAGE

**** (Four Stars)
"Hogan Gorman gives a top-notch performance...
This is a moving story, performed with humor, grit and grace.”
TIME OUT NEW YORK

“She is as real and tasty as a garlic salad... The piece has tremendous impact...”
CURTAINUP.COM

“What’s hot is Hogan’s spunk and determination to have a voice, rather than another number sulking on a waiting room chair.”
SHOWBUSINESS WEEKLY


“SACRED IS THE NEW PROFANE”
By Cheryl Harnest
A darkly comic journey from drama queen to dharma queen.
The truth might be about to set Cheryl free, but first it's going to really piss her off.

Midtown International Theatre Festival 2008*,
"Women at Work" Festival @ Stage Left Studios 2008
*Winner:  MITF “Outstanding Overall Production of a Solo Show” Award!
"Cheryl Harnest is wacky, athletic, bold, and often hilarious.
Her statements and questions go to the edge and beyond."
NYTHEATRE.COM


“MY SALVATION HAS A FIRST NAME: A WIENERMOBILE JOURNEY”
by Robin Gelfenbien
The true story* of an insecure goody-goody who finds redemption behind the windshield of the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile.  (*98% Facts.  2% Nitrates.)
www.wienermobileshow.com

FringeNYC 2008, Emerging Artists One Woman Standing Festival 2008

“…the consummate storyteller…”
EDGEBOSTON.COM

****(Four Stars)
 "…a painfully honest and hilariously self-deprecating tale
of getting one's first real job after college."
TIME OUT NEW YORK

"Gelfenbien is beyond endearing...”
NYTHEATRE.COM

“Gelfenbien demonstrates the makings of a star…
 one of the most talented and likeable comics in New York.”
HYREVIEWS.COM


 

“BABYCOW”
by Christine Renee Miller
Beset by unquenchable desires, a Korean/African American woman questions the path that led her to marry young. Watch babycow milk her teats for all they’re worth!
www.babycow.org

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."
NYTHEATRE.COM

“…endearing… Miller has great energy and a gift for mimicry..."
TIME OUT NEW YORK


 

“PICCOLA COSI”
by Aja Nisenson
A provocative, comical, musical ride through the underbelly of Bologna Italy's jazz scene.  (With a live jazz band onstage!)
www.ajanisenson.com

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.”
BACKSTAGE

“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?”
NYTHEATRE.COM

**** (Four Stars)
“…an engaging portrait of that special time of life when nascent adults go overseas to find themselves, and end up getting into cars with strangers.”
TIME OUT NEW YORK

“The gorgeous Aja Nisenson demonstrates she can do it all in an
autobiographical show about discovering herself in Italy, during which she
sings jazz (and a bit of opera), impersonates the colorful people she met
with wit and charm, and tells hilarious stories."
HYREVIEWS.COM


 

“MOTHER MAY I?”
by Joy Gabriel
A Mormon girl's journey to independence from the tag-team of Mom and Jesus.
www.joygabriel.com

Midtown International Theatre Festival 2008*
*Nominated: Best Solo Show & Best Solo Show Performance Awards!

“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.”
NYTHEATRE.COM


 

“FLAGBOY: Finding His Way”
by Cornelius Jones Jr.
A New Play About Living Life Out Loud written and performed by Cornelius Jones Jr. from Broadway's The Lion King
www.corneliusjonesjr.com

Midtown International Theatre Festival 2008*
*Nominated: Best Solo Show Performance Award!

“…the likable and talented Cornelius Jones, Jr. delivers a wonderful and humbly honest solo performance in Flagboy… a strong and grounded performance.”
NYTHEATRE.COM

“…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.”
ABOUT.COM


 

“A PERFECT SPECIMEN OF FEMININITY”
by Lisa Dominique
Things are not always as they seem in suburbia.

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.”
NYTHEATRE.COM


 
"SODOMY AND PEDICURES”
Jessica Hedrick

FringeNYC 2007 & Jimmy’s (in NYC)
Blue Theatre & play!Theatre Space (in Austin, TX)

"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."
NYTHEATRE.COM

“Hedrick is hysterical
from start to finish.”
THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE

"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."
THE AUSTINIST


 
"IS DICK CHENEY EVIL?"
Brian Longwell
Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2007

"NON-MOTIVATIONAL, NON-INSPIRATIONAL SPEAKER"
Brian Longwell
Comedy clubs and corporate events around the country

*****(5 out of 5 stars! Rarely given!)
"With a satirical humour based on anger and disbelief, fans of American politics will love this topical and witty presentation. Look out for this man - he deserves a bigger stage from which to share his opinions with the world."
THREEWEEKS/eDAILY


 
“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.”
OFF-OFF-ONLINE.COM

“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.”
NYTHEATRE.COM


 

 

 

 

 
“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.”
NYTHEATRE.COM

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.)

 

“OUTROVERTED”
An evening of solo shows featuring Craig Durante, Richie McCall and Susan Rankus Midtown International Theatre Festival 2007

(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."
THEATRE NEWS ONLINE

"RENAISSANCE, performed by Susan Rankus, is funny and quite charming"
NYTHEATRE.COM

"ME AND STEPIN' is very well acted by Richie McCall. McCall is without a doubt a fine actor, I truly enjoyed his performance."
NYTHEATRE.COM

"HOLDING OUT is a grabber of a story, and Craig Durante's intensity holds us."
THEATRE NEWS ONLINE


 

“CAT-HER-IN-E”
Amy Staats
Midtown International Fringe Festival 2007*, Ensemble Studio Theatre
*Nominated: Best Solo Show Award!

"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."
OFF-OFF-ONLINE.COM

"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."
NYTHEATRE.COM


 
“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!

 

TRUTH VALUES: One Girl's Romp Through MIT's Male Math Maze
By Gioia De Cari
A gifted young Berkeley chick takes on sexism while pursuing a math Ph.D. at MIT, where girls aren't supposed to be girls . . . especially girls with a penchant for fighting back with fashion!
www.unexpectedtheatre.org

 Six Figures Theatre Company’s Artists of Tomorrow Festival 2008, Emerging Artists One Woman Standing Festival 2008


 

“THE POOP SHOW”
by Marjorie Suvalle
One woman's quest to make it to the top, while coping with her bottom.

..in the same evening as…

“HOLDING OUT”
by Craig Durante
The coming of age story of one well-raised, maladjusted, college drop out, lead singer, stockbroker virgin!

Manhattan Repertory Theatre Summer Festival 2008

 

“THE CIRCLE FLYING DANCE”
By Myla Pitt
A woman's remembrances help her recapture the freedom and anarchy of her girlhood in the sixties.

Emerging Artists One Woman Standing Festival 2008

 

“BLOOD, SEX & TEARS”
by Glynn Borders
One man’s sexual journey from innocence to decadence to reverence.

Emerging Artists One Man Talking Festival 2008, Stage Left Studio







 

“FROM SPARKLES TO ASH: AN EPIC TALE OF LOVE”
By Nancy Noto

“MINDSTUFF”
by Deborah Ramirez

“SKIPPING ROCKS”
by Michelle Ciarrocca
Performed by Jessica Page

Were all performed in

Groove Mama Ink’s "Wonder Women Week" 2007

 
“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

   

In 2008:
Playwriting 101 alum Kaite Langen Aymes submitted the play she wrote in class – and got accepted into the NYU MFA Playwriting program – in Singapore!


 
“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.”
NYTHEATRE.COM


 
“DAMAGED DANCERS”
Marjorie Suvalle

Emerging Artists Theatre’s One Woman Standing Festival 2006, Manhattan Rep One-Act Festival 2006, The PIT

 

“SAFETY IN NUMBERS”
Jan Rudd

Midtown International Theatre Festival 2004 (NY), “I Have a Better Idea!” Solo Festival on Theatre Row (NY), The Arts Guild Theatre (Prince Edward Island)

“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.”
PERFORMING ARTS INSIDER

“Rudd is absolutely dynamite. She is a multitalented actress in possession of a show so human and touching that it surpasses most of the commercial productions on the Great White Way.”
OOBR.COM

“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.”
NYTHEATRE.COM


 
“CO-OPS & KRYPTONITE!”
Craig Bridger

Mo Pitkins’ House of Satisfaction, Lake George Rep, Peoples Improv Theatre, NY Solo Play Lab


   
“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)


 

“MY BUDDY & ME”
Maggie Jeary

Emerging Artists Theatre’s One Woman Standing Festival 2006


   
“TREASURE ME/JUNK YOU”
Natalie Picoe

NY Solo Play Lab, Peoples Improv Theater, Where Eagles Dare Theatre


 
“MR. MORNING MENDS HIS MIND”
Liz Parker

Stage Left Studio