Son of Semele Slates 2017 Solo Creation Festival

Award-winning Son of Semele announces the 2017 Solo Creation Festival, running July 13-30. The annual festival provides an opportunity for bold, diverse solo artists to present works of all kinds - including monologue and movement- or design-focused pieces.

Performances run July 13 - 30, 2017, playing Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays @ 8pm, Sundays @ 5pm. Tickets: $15. Advance online purchases at sonofsemele.org. The Son of Semele box office is open on performance days only, 30 minutes prior to curtain.

Son of Semele Theater is located at 3301 Beverly Blvd. (@ Hoover), Los Angeles CA 90004. There is free street parking in the surrounding neighborhood. Son of Semele offers a complimentary beverage with taxi, Uber or Lyft receipt/proof of ride.

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PROGRAM 1 (July 13-16)

The Animal Monologues | Amy Raasch
Forest confessionals, filmic fables and originals songs explore the animalist behavior of humans in love in an urban jungle where the wild and the (allegedly) civilized live side by side.

Tuesday Confidential: a Memnoir | Michelle Philippe
Detective Tuesday helps people find missing time. She might find you an extra hour. Or she may stop time completely, allowing you to live in the present.

Shamamonica | Jeremy Kehoe (performed by Edward Alvarado)
His soul torn from his chest by Satan's confederate (a Santa Monica bureaucrat) our narrator must cross the pit of hell (Santa Monica) with no ride and Charles Bukowski's "Hot Water Music" as his lone companion.

PROGRAM 2 (July 20-23)

Angels Are Intersex | Sarah G
What is it to be born both male and female; to not conform to society's rules of what is "normal"? If Angels are intersex and are messengers from God, what is God trying to tell us about sex & sexuality?

The City Underneath | Evan Lorenzetti
Wander the alleyways of time and history as your homeless tour guide excavates the stories surrounding Downtown's infamous Cecil Hotel, now an anchor of gentrification as Stay on Main.

American Brutus | Tim Venable
Take a dive into the heart and soul of our country's most notorious actor/assassin, John Wilkes Booth, through his letters, his diaries and the Shakespearean monologues he brought to life.

PROGRAM 3 (July 27-30)

BROWNER QUEERER LOUDER PROUDER | Monica Palacios
Witness a queer brown woman's survival when America goes from somewhat normal to completely insane using her wit, words, wisdom - and mighty maracas.

Crime and Punishment: The Musical! | Dan Berkowitz
A bound-for-Broadway librettist - in his mind, at least - invites you to a sneak preview of latest work: an adaptation of the Dostoyevsky classic. (Oh, and there's a chance he miiiight need some medical help.)

The Duat | Roger Q. Mason (performed by Darien Battle)
Cornelius, an FBI informant during the Black Power Movement, faces a spiritual reckoning in the Egyptian afterlife. This fusion of text and movement offers an alternative take on notions of black history, masculinity, and memory.

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Son of Semele Ensemble is a Los Angeles-based ensemble theatre company comprised of 30+ actors, directors, designers, dramaturgs and producers. In its 15-year history Son of Semele Ensemble productions have been honored with two LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards (nine nominations), five LA Weekly Theatre Awards (eleven nominations), four Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards, two SAGE Awards, and an NAACP Theatre Award (four nominations). The company is also nominated in six categories at the inaugural Stage Raw Awards, to be handed out April 25, 2016.

SON OF SEMELE ENSEMBLE MISSION: We believe the impact of a theatrical experience should resonate beyond the theater door. As an ensemble of artists, we integrate complex design and performance, producing theatre that embraces the friction between emotion and intellect. Through a process of discovery, collaboration and creative risk-taking, we illuminate and amplify universal questions. To that end, we make an earnest commitment to the artistic sustainability of the greater community.

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