The Solo Performance Festival continures tonight and all the way through April. Tonight, March 16, 2010, it’s Best in Shorts which includes “Little Boy in Flames” about growing up gay in a straight world, there is also a performance by The Stranger’s David Schmedar and even “A One Man Miss Saigon” that everyone is talking about.
Tonight’s SPF #4 at Theatre Off Jackson includes:
De: Colores: Flying with Color by Ben Gonio
A boy, his father and a family’s arrival to a new land. A timeless and familiar story that re-plays countless times in a young Filipino immigrant’s journey. Mack Ati recounts the wondrous expectations of his childhood as he recounts his embarkment to the United States in the late 1970s. A story brimming with universal themes.
Blue’s Not Black by David Schmader
Blue’s Not Black is David Schmader’s solo play about the women in his life. The second half of this work will be a solo play with another performer in it. This is from the first half.
Little Boy In Flames by Guiseppe Ribaudo
Growing up gay in a straight world. Guiseppe tackles Nature vs. Nurture with songs and stories.
No Game by Noah Benezra
“Dudely” comedy about hip hop, getting arrested and losing virginity in the Bush Era.
A One Man Miss Saigon by Manuel R. Cawaling
In these difficult economic times, why produce a major Broadway musical with a cast of 30 or more when it can be performed with just one person? And with our shrinking attention spans, why produce a three hour musical when a story can be told in under 10 minutes? Manuel Cawaling returns to the Theatre Off Jackson stage with his hilarious parody of Miss Saigon. Through”movement,” karaoke, lip-synch, a helicopter and the use of a very large fan, Cawaling tells the tragic story of war torn lovers like its never been told before.
The Riverboat Runs Aground: Based on a True Story by Wesley K. Andrews.
Wesley K. Andrews performs an excerpt from his original work, The Riverboat Runs Aground: Based on a True Story. Tonight’s performance will be Chapter III: The Fairbanks High School Constitutional Crisis, a story of careless endangerment and rebellion in the context of a post-Columbine school system.
My Little Loves by Rebecca M. Davis
Internationally known opera star Bitsy Malouf shares stories and song of her multi-decade career, life and loves.
What You Are Unaware of is This by Tina Kunz Rowley
Sounds like a lot of fun. The show starts at 7:30pm.
Tickets to Best in Shorts are available at BrownPaperTickets.
