Solo Fest

Lise Porter
All This Talk of Love
June 7, 2024 @ 8pm

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?!!!!

Sonja Marie
FREE BRICKS!
June 8, 2024 @ 3pm

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.

Ernie Silva
108 Stitches
June 8, 2024 @ 8pm

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

Pamela L. Paek
Abalones – Abs = alone
June 9, 2024 @ 3pm

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.