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The Flying Solo Festival 2
More riveting than ever....The Secret Theatre presents its 2nd Flying Solo Festival! Multiple one-performer shows to whet your solitary appetite, see how captivating one person can be ...and then VOTE on it! Yes, we will be rating these singular gems, so pay attention to the details, the nuances, the subtleties....help us to find the king or queen to reign over all soloists!
Wed. 5/27- 8pm
Geoffrey Craig's "Take Two Aspirin and Call Me in the Morning" (40 min)
Logline: A playwright switches frantically between calls from her director and her ex-husband- and then she breaks her leg.
Prudence Wright Holmes's "Agatha Christie is Missing" (50 min)
Logline: In 1926, the famous mystery writer, Agatha Christie, staged her own disappearance for 11 days after her husband asked her for a divorce, and a national search ensued. In this very funny murder mystery, Prudence will engage the audience in solving her mysterious disappearance.
Thurs. 5/28- 8pm
Keith Freer's "Violent Violins" (25 min)
Logline: The story of a man who seeks change and wants to be simply listened to. "Get to know your violin well, it may be your only friend."
Will Nolan's "Lady Land!" (60 min)
Logline: Lady Land! is the coming out, "reality cabaret" of Leola: a Jesus-loving, redneck, senior citizen exploring her new found sexual identity and, well, her lady land.
Fri. 5/29- 8pm
Will Nolan's "Lady Land!" (60 min)
Logline: Lady Land! is the coming out, "reality cabaret" of Leola: a Jesus-loving, redneck, senior citizen exploring her new found sexual identity and, well, her lady land.
Kaela Garvin's "Audrey On Audrey" (45 min)
Logline: On (probably) her last day on earth, 104 year-old artist's model-turned-gossip columnist-turned-murder suspect-turned-psychiatric ward tenant Audrey Munson aurally writes her own obituary to anyone who will listen.
Sat. 5/30- 8pm
Matthew Bayer's "Sleepwalk" (15 min)
Logline: A man who lost everything on Earth volunteers for a one way mission to Mars. Life was awful on Earth, so he figured he might as well get away. Though on his journey space sickness and disassociation kicks in and he starts to struggle. His memory is foggy, reality is shaken and his advance spaceship treats him more like a pesky pet rather than a pilot.
Liz Sipes's "Bug Bite" (50 min)
Logline: The true story of one woman's adventure turned upside down
when she discovers a bug bite on her breast is actually stage 4 cancer.
Armed with uncertainty, she finds that healing is an endlessly surprising
struggle to save her family, to grow personally and to accept that everything
is exactly as it should be.
Sun. 5/31- 7pm
Jason Blanche's "Everybody Dies" (35 min)
Logline: Writer/Comedian Jason Blanche discusses his parents deteriorating health, his overwhelming fear of becoming the primary care taker of his overwhelming Mother, Death, and other hilarious things.
Alexandra Cremer's "Rant!" (40 min)
Logline: One woman's trials and tribulations of dating in NYC, from online to in person, under the scrutiny of her married friends.
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LocationThe Secret Theatre--BIG (View)
44-02 23rd Street (between 44th Road and 44th Avenue)
Long Island City, NY 11101
United States
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| Minimum Age: 10 |
| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
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