THE LATEST!
Updated 7/6/2010
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ALUMNI NEWS:
It’s that time of year again! And this year, a record-breaking SIXTEEN solo show workshop alumni got into summer festivals all over NYC and the world! So do yourself a favor and check out all these amazing solo show debuts:
FringeNYC (The New York International Fringe Festival):
SCARED SKINNY: a one (hundred pound lighter)
woman show
Written & performed by Mary Dimino
FringeNYC: Aug 1- Aug 29
AND…
Estrogenius Sola Voce Festival: Friday, Oct 1st at 6pm
www.scared-skinny.com
Growing up fat, funny and afraid in an Italian family from Queensstarring 2010 MAC Award winner for Outstanding Female Comedian Mary Dimino!
FEED THE MONSTER
Written & performed by Stephanie Ehrlich
A musical tale of sex, jugs and rock-n-roll!
World Premiere at FringeNYC: August 13-29
www.feedthemonstershow.com
TWO GIRLS
Written & performed by Gabrielle Maisels
The granddaughter of Mandela's defense attorney brings you an intimate story of South Africa, then and now.
FringeNYC: August 19-25th
AND…
Estrogenius Sola Voce Festival: Friday, October 15th @ 6pm
www.gabriellemaisels.blogspot.com
OVER THERE
Written & performed by PJ Walsh
"Over There” illustrates the hardship and hilarity of PJ Walsh’s journey – from a screw-up kid convinced there’s no chance of war who enlists in 1990 all the way to the White House. It's his career in stand-up, though, that causes him to face his mortality in the belly of a C-130 flying over Afghanistan.
FringeNYC Aug 13-29
The Players Theater
115 MacDougal St.
http://www.pjwalsh.com/pjs-solo-show/
Midtown International Theatre Festival (MITF):
ASIAN BELLE
Written & performed by Michelle Glick
Midtown International Theatre Festival
The daughter of a Vietnamese war bride spends her youth aspiring to be a Southern belle....
July 15th - Aug 1st
www.michelleglick.com
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JOSH
Written & performed by Josh Rivedal
Midtown International Theatre Festival
A 30 character, 12 song, comedic tour de force of a one-man show about a boy with a big dream, and a dad with a bigger bible.
July 16th - Aug 1st
www.thegospelaccordingtojosh.com
Midtown International Theatre Festival (MITF):
Short Subject Series – 3 performances only!:
Tix/info for all MITF short subject series shows:
www.MidtownFestival.org
HOT MAMA MAHATMA
Written & performedby Karen Fitzgerald
Tuesday, July 20 at 6pm; Saturday, July 24 at 2:30pm; Sunday, July 25 at 7pm
I went to India to get Enlightened, but got Turned On Instead!
HOW I BECAME AN ASTRONAUT
Written & performedby Fara Greenbaum
Wednesday, July 14 at 6pm; Thursday, July 15 at 9pm; Sunday, July 18 at 1pm
It ain’t easy becoming the world's premiere metaphorical astronaut.
ONCE UPON A MAMA
Written & performed by Monifa Brown and Annie Guetti
Monday, July 19 at 7:30pm; Thursday, July 22 at 7:30pm; Saturday, July 24 at 8:30pm
Two comic and heartfelt solo shows:
First, an alcoholic mother must choose between her two greatest loves.
Then, four young women pee on a stick and pray.
EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL, Scotland
 YO GIRL!
Written & performed by Natalie Kim
Edinburgh Fringe: August 7-21st
*but see it first in NYC at:
59E59 Street Theatre: July 13th, 14th & 20th!
What happens when you meet the man of your dreams? For Natalie Kim, the answer is in her mothers. All three of them.
www.NatalieKim.com
WINNIPEG FRINGE FESTIVAL, Canada
LOVE IN THE TIME OF MOTHER
Written & performed by Harvey Weissman
Winnipeg Fringe Festival
July 14-25
Good, old-fashion perversion meets time-tested despair in this quirky tale of misguided sexuality and unlikely connection.
www.HarveyWeissman.com
HOT! FESTIVAL:
PENETRATING THE SPACE
Written & performed by Kim Katzberg
July 31st
Hot! Festival
A tragicomic send-up of a one-woman show about a strange bisexual performance artist and incest survivor.
www.kimkatzberg.com
FRESH FRUIT FESTIVAL:
CALL ME WILLIAM
Written & performed by Prudence Wright Holmes
Fresh Fruit Festival @ Cherry Lane Theatre
July 18th at 12pm and July 21st at 1pm
You know Willa Cather as the Pulitzer Prize winning author of My Antonia. What you might not know is that she dressed like a man and called herself William in Nebraska in 1895 and she had a worshipful secretary who called herself "Willa Cather's slave". Come and find out the rest of the story.
www.willacathershow.com
TWO OTHER ALUMNI SHOWS:
"I'm Fired!"
Written & performed by Margie Suvalle
Friday, August 6th at 7:30pm
Studio Anya
49 W. 24th Street, Floor 8
A night filled with music, comedy, wine and snacks... and tales of unemployment!
www.suvalle.com/margie
THE SUDDEN DEATH OF EVERYONE
Written & performed by Catherine Rogers
Estrogenius Sola Voce Festival
Saturday, October 16th at 6pm
www.theatresource.org
Note: Mary Dimino’s SCARED SKINNY and Gabrielle Maisels TWO GIRLS will also be in this year’s Sola Voce Festival!
UPCOMING CLASSES!
Brief Phone Interview Required for Registration
Tel: (646) 707-3463
- Level 1 Solo Show Class
meeting Mondays, 6-9pm
STARTS Monday, September 13th (for 4 weeks)!
Limit: 6 Students!
- Level 2 Solo Show Class
meeting Wednesdays, 6-9pm
STARTS Wednesday, September 15th (for 7 weeks)!
Limit: 5 Students!
(Pre-Requisite: Level 1 Solo Show Class)
Classes fill up fast, and most have a waiting list.
So register NOW to confirm your spot!
To register, or for more info on classes (cost, length... etc):
Go to our “Classes” page!
Want to see what kind of plays or solo shows get written in our classes?
Come see a class showing!
(They’re only $5 and a lot of fun!)
Next class showing:
- Monday, July 19th @ 7pm!
Level Two geniuses Stephanie Ehrlich, Sarah Ford, Fara Greenbaum, Natalie Kim & PJ Walsh will perform their brand new touching and funny 20-minute solo shows about 60’s rock divas, phantoms of Georgia O’Keefe, chronic overthinkers, semi-violent Korean adoptees and the world’s most dangerous stand-up gig ever.
Location:
- TheaterLab (Studio A)
137 West 14th Street
(bet 6th & 7th aves)
Just $5!
No Reservation Necessary
Photos of some recent Level 2 Solo Show Class Showings:
      
MATT IN NY TIMES!
Matt and his students were recently the subject of a Sunday New York Times Feature article on the burgeoning solo show community in NYC. To read the article, click on the photo above!
MATT’S LATEST E-BOOKS – NOW AVAILABLE!
TELL YOUR STORY: The Art of the Autobiographical Solo Show
BRAND NEW!
Too far away to take one of Matt’s classes? Or are you already a student and want all of Matt’s years of experience and insight at your fingertips? This 100+ page e-book contains:
- A fun, doable, step-by-step process to turn your raw life story into a hilarious, dramatic, focused theatrical storytelling-type solo show!
- All the biggest pitfalls that trip up beginner solo show artists and how to avoid them! (Plus: the Top 5 Most Common Solo Show Topics – and what you need to do to make your show unique and fresh!)
- Instructions on how to form your own “class” of solo show writer/performers – with tons of improv and writing exercises to generate and hone your own work together!
SELF-PRODUCE YOUR SOLO SHOW: NYC Festivals NOW UPDATED FOR 2010!
Get the inside scoop:
- How to successfully apply to festivals like the FringeNYC and the Midtown International Theatre Festival! (Includes tips on formatting your piece, how to write a killer cover letter and copyrighting your solo show!)
- How they did it! In-depth interviews with solo show workshop alumni who reveal the secrets of their success: how they applied to, got in, won rave reviews and sold-out crowds!
- How to handle being a producer AND an actor AND a writer
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