THE MAGIC OF RUDYARD KIPLING: JUST SO Set for United Solo Today

In advance of the 150th anniversary of Kipling's birth, Stand-up Chameleon Jackson Gillman will be performing The Magic of Rudyard Kipling: "Just So" today, November 19, 2014 at 3:30 pm.The United Solo Theatre Festival will be hosting the show at Theatre Row Studio Theater, 410 W. 42nd Street, NYC. http://unitedsolo.org/us/2014-themagic/ has information and advance tickets.

Rudyard Kipling - "a magician of words." Jackson Gillman - "the Stand-up Chameleon." Put them together and it is apparent why Kipling's "Just So Stories" have been adored by many generations worldwide. These timeless classics will be brought to life through Jackson's own theatrical magic and physical animations. Follow the Elephant's Child as he journeys to the great grey-green, greasy Limpopo River. Come learn "How the Whale Got His Throat," "How the Camel Got His Hump," and other delightful lessons in this sparkling adventure, O Best Beloved, for the young and young-at-heart.

Jackson has been performing the "Just So Stories" for 36 years, and annually portrays Rudyard-in-Residence at Kipling's historic Brattleboro, Vermont home. He has been featured at the National Storytelling Festival four times, and has thrice been Teller-in-Residence at the International Storytelling Center. He has found that Kipling's stories are ideal for an intergenerational audience, with adults enjoying the sophisticated humor and imagery, and all ages captivated by the characterizations and word play.

The Kipling Society held its Symposium in the United States for the first time in 2013 and opined that "...the physical theatre of Jackson's telling was just first rate." The Camden Shakespeare Company said of this show: "Jackson Gillman is an extraordinarily talented storyteller and showman. He had all of us, especially the adults, right in his hands!"

2014 United Solo, the world's largest solo theatre festival, celebrates its 5th anniversary season and its dynamic expansion in scope and popularity. Over 130 shows from six continents are staged at Theatre Row: 410 West 42nd Street, New York City. TICKETS, with a price of $19.25 (including a $1.25 theatre restoration charge) are available at Theatre Row box office, 410 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036, as well as over the phone at 212.239.6200 and online at telecharge.com. More details can be found at www.unitedsolo.org