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Solo Fest is back with a series of brand-new performances from June 7-9, 2024! Presented by Glendale Arts in partnership with Lifechild, all performances will be at Antaeus Theatre.
Solo Fest offers an exhilarating and distinctive theatrical journey. True to its name, this form features a solo performer who skillfully embodies multiple characters to narrate a captivating story with artistic and innovative finesse.
Solo Fest aims to spark your creativity, stimulate thought, and engage you at every turn. Each performance is followed by an insightful talkback with the artist.
This event is made possible by the generous support of the Espinoza Family.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”5540,5541,5410,5560″ image_grid_loading=”default” layout=”4″ item_spacing=”default” gallery_style=”1″ load_in_animation=”none”][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Lise Porter
All This Talk of Love
June 7, 2024 @ 8pm[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line”][nectar_btn size=”small” open_new_tab=”true” button_style=”regular” button_color_2=”Accent-Color” icon_family=”none” text=”purchase tickets” url=”https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/GIFFPrivateLabel/7335/event/1380712″][vc_column_text]Picture if you will….a woman comes to her senses by getting knocked in the head by a whiff of Kirkland detergent. You’ve been there right? In a delirious state she Carly Simons her way through her personal demons. Faced with the challenge of breaking patterns that *&^k up our chances at love and happiness, she wrestles her empowerment away from weird books, wine glasses, and womanizers. Our heroine takes us on a journey toward the ultimate words everyone’s wanted to say…. “Dad, will you just shut up?!!!![/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”Full Width Line” line_thickness=”2″ divider_color=”default”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Sonja Marie
FREE BRICKS!
June 8, 2024 @ 3pm[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line”][nectar_btn size=”small” open_new_tab=”true” button_style=”regular” button_color_2=”Accent-Color” icon_family=”none” text=”purchase tickets” url=”https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/GIFFPrivateLabel/7335/event/1380713″][vc_column_text]A ONE WOMAN SHOW OF LIBERATION!
This brutally honest “sketch” highlights the tale of our main character “Bricks.” An emotionally exhausted and burdened individual on a quest for self acknowledgement and purpose on the planet.
As she unravels her own personal hurdles, she decides to join the rest of the population of the Black women who are disappearing … through the guidance of her beloved grandmother.
This introductory piece will continue to be explored in future shows as Sonja Marie metaphorically (or maybe not too metaphorically), attempts to answer a massively important question: How would the world operate without the presence of Black women?
Opening performance featuring poetry from V. Kali and Sequoia Olivia Mercier.
Opening performances featuring poetry from V. Kali and Sequoia Olivia Mercier.[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”Full Width Line” line_thickness=”2″ divider_color=”default”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Ernie Silva
108 Stitches
June 8, 2024 @ 8pm[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line”][nectar_btn size=”small” open_new_tab=”true” button_style=”regular” button_color_2=”Accent-Color” icon_family=”none” margin_right=”0″ text=”purchase tickets” url=”https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/GIFFPrivateLabel/7335/event/1380715″][vc_column_text]108 Stitches is a mystical story about a man as he’s visited by the demons that determined his failed journey in the game of baseball. We watch as our hero struggles with hilarious and heartbreaking moments. He’s faced with a massive question: will he allow his son to also walk the dangerous path that is the game of all games?
Directed by Mary Joan Negro
[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”Full Width Line” line_thickness=”2″ divider_color=”default”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Pamela L. Paek
Abalones – Abs = alone
June 9, 2024 @ 3pm[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line”][nectar_btn size=”small” open_new_tab=”true” button_style=”regular” button_color_2=”Accent-Color” icon_family=”none” text=”purchase tickets” url=”https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/GIFFPrivateLabel/7335/event/1380714″][vc_column_text]If calling a show “alone” didn’t signal total despair, that’d be the show’s title. But, it’s a comedy. Dark though. Stories about abalone, abs, and what it means to be alone. A deep dive at the ways we unconsciously subscribe to social norms and the inadvertent unhappiness, harm, and self-denial we cause. That sounds so heavy. It is but like heavy whipped cream. Delicious for all, even if you’re lactose intolerant, vegan, diabetic, and/or live in the LA area.
Be prepared to learn, laugh, and get your heart wrenched through marine biology, anatomy, social psychology, and Korean philosophy via PowerPoint, real photos (no AI), and Bitmojis.[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”Full Width Line” line_thickness=”2″ divider_color=”default”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][nectar_btn size=”small” open_new_tab=”true” button_style=”regular” button_color_2=”Accent-Color” icon_family=”none” text=”Series Tickets & Info” url=”https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/GIFFPrivateLabel/7335″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
