You are invited to a marvelous party celebrating the close of another exciting season of United Solo! Awards for outstanding productions will be presented, and our Special Award will be given to a renowned performer from outside the festival who has exemplified the art of solo performance. A wonderful way to mix and mingle with the community of Solo Artists.

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United Solo Closing Gala

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Written and performed by Lavanya Gopal. A comedy that presents a glimpse into the chaotic life of a South Asian/Indian couple. A matter-of-fact professor from Kerala (Southern India) can no longer handle the stress caused by a new YouTube channel created by his high-spirited wife, a native of Gujarat (Western India). The content is suitable for all ages and showcases a delectable fusion of two Indian cultures.

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Are you afraid of death? Andrea Parson is too! From a final bow in Germany to a conversation with God, this evening of dance and storytelling is sincere meditation on loss and grief that brings death fully to life. In "You Can’t Be Serious" Andrea crumbles, plummets, and unravels a story about finding light within the darkest of waters.

You Can't Be Serious

A slightly too autobiographical story taken to another level. When a young woman, who is twice a widow, suddenly finds herself in a coma, she is given the rare choice of life or death... However, after losing so many loved ones in the real world, will she make the choice to join them in another?

Dearly Departed

After her beloved father dies, everyone tells Adedana that he will always be with her. But she doesn’t feel her father, at all. In search of his presence, Adedana does the one thing she knows how to do: plan a grand adventure. And so begins the journey of a lifetime through the American Southwest, where she finds someone else entirely.

Grief Baby's First Roadtrip

Ever feel like the universe has it in for you? Join two-time Moth StorySlam Champion Smita Russell as she weaves a tale of unimaginable coincidence and loss. This poignant production examines why we turn to science for answers in our darkest times and how we persist when dealt a bad hand. Join us for a night where humor meets heartache, and discover why sometimes the most profound truths are the ones we can't quantify.

Odds Are

In this One Woman Show, Jill, a starving artist, succumbs to the vacillating industry and moves from the Big Apple back home to be with her family where she can finally become the main character in her own story on her own terms

Step And Repeat

Ten years after living in New York and working as a model, Girl returns to where she comes from - Slovenia, a small European country many people barely even heard of. But before she leaves this life behind, she puts on a show to share her experience and countless stories she gathered over the years. Come along on this homecoming journey with her.

Where Are You From, Girl?

"Spies In My Blood" examines the untold atrocities of WWII and the Cold War, providing a guiding principle for avoiding the doom of repeating history. This is the true story of two brothers raised in New York by WWII exiles and their journey to Poland. Each takes a different path to infiltrate the Communist secret police on a mission to uncover the truth about their family of soldiers, spies, and assassins. Which brother would go into the family business?

Spies In My Blood

PQA #49526 has been assigned to Realm 21 for yet another routine inspection, only this isn’t any inspection; this is his very first time in Realm 21. As he begins unwinding the threads between the present time and his own, PQA #49526 questions how the world took a sharp left turn and what role he has played through it all.

Terms of Service

When Stephanie’s perfectly curated life crumbles, she decides to sell her belongings, board a ship, and embark on a journey around the world. Is she making a huge mistake? Emotionally raw and positively clever, Wilson’s scripted drama delves into the moments that shape us, the bold choices we make when everything unravels, and the complexities behind forging a new path.

Forgive me Grandma, For I Have Sinned

A former runaway, groupie, and juvenile delinquent re-raises herself and gets a second chance at life by following and researching her eccentric, high-achieving college classmate. A coming-of-age love story, where there is no age but to get through the day, and there is no love but survival. This story takes the "s" out of stalker and the "group" out of groupie. A lone young woman finds her way.

Follower

United Solo is built on a dream - the idea of creating a haven for solo performers from all over the world. Every season solo artists bring their visions to life on-stage. Remembering My Dreams is our homage to the courage and creativity of solo performers. Through the Music of Michele Brourman and her collaborators United Solo Vice Artistic Director Wendy-Lane Bailey takes us into the world of dreamers illuminating our deepest desires, unpoken fears, and the faith to hold on when all seems lost. The show is a collaboration with Bailey, Brourman, and Festival founder & Artistic Director Omar Sangare, who also directs the show. Musical Director/Pianist - Beth Falcone Bass Ritt Henn.

United Solo Grand Opening Concert - Remembering My Dreams: The Michele Brourman Songbook

She was always taught that she must be loyal. And loyalty is the most important thing in this world. Men leave. Mean people leave. Never her! But what if being loyal kinda feels like shit?

Hell of a Year

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IMAGINE ! A fantastic show for the whole family without words ! A unique performance where imagination is at the heart of the spectactors ! An incredible show where boutros is swallowed by his vacuum and lives more extraordinary adventures than the other !

Imagine

Comedian Fielding Edlow's (Bojack Horseman) solo show about being gaslit for 13 years by her character actor husband. Fresh off a successful international tour at the Edinburgh Fringe and Leicester Festival, it was featured in the UK Times: “Their marriage was like the Exxon Valdez supertanker leaking gallons of oil in your home.”

Gaslighting is My Love Language

GIMME A SIGN! is an autobiographical comedy written and performed by Bailey Swilley, all about family, grief and all of the ghosts that follow. Come for the witchcraft and haunted tampons, stay for the surprising path to self-discovery and acceptance.

Gimme a Sign!

Join us to celebrate the winners and finalists of the 2024 Relentless Award. The evening will feature an exclusive first look at the winning play, MANAKIN, by Dave Harris, directed by Taylor Reynolds and featuring a cast of Relentless Theater Company actors and other special guests

The 2024 Relentless Award Celebration

Josephine Baker’s light shines bright in the history of jazz in Paris. Yet many Black women’s contributions remain in the shadows. In Amber in the City of Light: Act 1, Dr. Rashida K. Braggs weaves archival research, field notes and interviews into a solo multi-sensory performance to tell their stories.

Amber in the City of Light: Act 1

Before Taylor Swift, there was the original touring girl boss: Jenny Lind! When the opera singer came to America, to tour with P.T. Barnum, she witnessed a nation torn apart over slavery. Come see Jenny’s final operatic concert as she fact checks “The Greatest Showman”!

Jenny Lind Presents P.T. Barnum

After a whirlwind, one-day romance with a Belgian tourist in LA, aspiring performer/sexual being Cameron Murphy spends all his savings on a ticket to find her. Over the course of this wild and raw true story, secrets and half-truths unravel as Cameron must act his very best to escape shame, role play, and love.

Cameron Murphy's: Role Play (or The Hottest Day in Belgian History)

Gingold Theatrical Group will bring you the first New York City production in 16 years of this highly popular adventure/romance/comedy!


Shaw’s The Devil’s Disciple

First Comes Love. Then comes Marriage. Then comes…WTF!
Dive into the hilarious, chaotic world of a new Mom and Dad with THAT PARENTING MUSICAL! Laugh along as two sleep-deprived parents navigate their new reality, juggling a danger-prone toddler, an overlooked younger sibling, and the ever-present "official mom uniform"—yoga pants. This new musical explores the joys, challenges, and absurdities of parenthood, and so much more.

That Parenting Musical

It’s 1928, and Virginia Woolf sees a crumbling world. Corruption, pollution, an empire in decline – and yet somehow, shining through it all… there’s Orlando. A miraculous, singular being who defies description and has lived over three hundred years, Orlando captivates Virginia’s imagination and inspires her to write a fantastical, biographical adventure that one day will be called the “most charming love-letter in literature.” In this new musical retelling of a feminist classic, Orlando charts the rise and fall of queens, kings, and poets and sets to song the immortal love of two of the most brilliant women of the 20th century.

Orlando: A New Musical

Keen Teens is a unique educational program from the award-winning Off-Broadway theater, Keen Company. This free program for teens provides invaluable mentorship opportunities: working alongside professional writers, directors, and designers to rehearse and premiere new plays. By commissioning one-acts specifically designed for the high school stage, Keen Teens creates work that speaks to teens on their level, presenting a perspective which is as complex and multilayered as the students themselves. The 12 week program culminates in the Off-Broadway premiere of each new piece during the Keen Teens Festival of New Work at Theatre Row, and the subsequent publishing and licensing by Concord Theatricals.

Keen Teens Festival of New Work 2024

Keen Company, in a new collaboration with the Drama League, will bring DirectorFest to the Off-Broadway stage. Featuring Drama League Directing Fellows, DirectorFest showcases rising talent in the industry through an evening of classic theater. See each director’s unique creativity and perspective, and experience a first look at the future of the field.

Directorfest 2024

Keen Company and Working Theater are proud to co-produce the world premiere of Fish by Kia Corthron. Through the interconnected stories of one vibrant high school senior and her extraordinary educator, Fish thoughtfully explores the challenges facing the New York City school system and celebrates the powerful bond between teacher and student.

Fish

“I’ll kick yer ole door down! Lemme out! Lemme out!”

SUMP’N LIKE WINGS is the story of Wille Baker, a 16-year-old girl too proud and too wild for the life she’s stuck with. Her mother runs the dining room in the hotel her uncle owns. Willie works with her, squirming under her thumb, while her sympathetic uncle issues a warning:


“You cain't keep her in a place that's got a lid on it.
She's got sump'n inside of her like wings,
and she'll beat off the cover, and she’ll go away…”

Sump’n Like Wings

White Rose: The Musical is based upon a true story of a small group of university students who secretly met to write, print, and distribute leaflets exposing Hitler's lies and Nazi deception.

White Rose: A New Musical

While presenting the keynote at a high-profile conference, Me, a successful geologist in her field, asks her peers: what is our creation story? The Inheritance of a Long-Term Fault takes an explosive look at the generational impact of societal structures created by colonialism, and how these original sins continue to shape our world today; physically, linguistically, spatially, and spiritually. Interrelated scenes over space and time reveal the friction between what Me wants and what she’s inherited. Only a tectonic shift will allow her to hear the echoes from a mythological past, and explore new possibilities of what comes next.

The Inheritance of a Long-term Fault

You’re invited to Clara-Marie’s holiday party! Join Clara-Marie and the Prince as they travel to a magical kingdom filled with delicious treats, dancing flowers, and a pesky mouse king in this interactive holiday classic reimagined for your youngest theatergoers!

My First Nutcracker

Ruth Stage is back! Fresh off their critically acclaimed Off Broadway premiere productions of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, the maverick theatre group returns with a captivating adaptation of the dark comedy, Lone Star, by James McLure.


Lone Star by James Mclure

As Mary's life-altering decision sends shockwaves through her loving-but-turbulent family, they must confront their past, reconcile the present, and pick up the missing pieces in the process.

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