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Winner of Son of Semele Theatre Company's Solo Creation Festival in Los Angeles 2017, media installation artist Amy Raasch debuts two new, NYC-inspired monologues in a special NYC Edition of her multimedia show, "The Animal Monologues," at United Solo Theatre Festival Tuesday, September 25.

Professor-turned storyteller and performing artist Ada Cheng will bring her heartbreaking solo performance, Breaking Rules, Broken Hearts: Loving across Borders, to United Solo Theatre Festival in New York. Her performance will take place on Saturday 10/13 at 6pm at The Studio Theatre at Theatre Row (410 West 42nd Street, New York City). For ticketing information, please go to: http://unitedsolo.org/us/breakingrules-2018/.

Fifty years after the Tet Offensive, O'Brien's book, The Things They Carried, remains a lyrical testimony to what the war in Vietnam was like day to day for the men who fought it. It captures a sense of time and place in a voice that is beautiful and courageous. In Jim Stowell's engaging personification of Tim O'Brien's witness to the reality of combat it's all there: memory, imagination, love, loss and the redemptive power of storytelling.

Written and performed by Jane Watt, Gate 64 is making its way to New York after highly successful seasons at Sydney Comedy Festival and Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

A solo play about faith, hope and catharsis direct from the heart of Mormondom, Matthew Greene's GOOD STANDING brings Utah's Plan-B Theatre Company to United Solo for the third time, following a run in Salt Lake City.

Actor, Monette McLin, has written a one-woman show 'Phoenix Payne' as a way to explore her admiration of the infamous Doris Marie Payne. Monologues delivered by fictional characters, and some from Payne herself, allow the audience to choose whether Doris should be vindicated, or continue to be vilified for her actions.

Unconventionally Intimate, usually performed in living rooms, will receive a new staging for the United Solo Festival on Saturday,

In this raw and rousing solo autobiographical show, Theresa Puskar pulls eight delightful characters from all over the world out of her repertoire, and takes you with her on a hilarious and heartfelt journey of self-discovery. She travels to India in a desperate search to find inner peace. Much to her surprise, four fairytale princesses appear in her meditations and share the truestories of self-love and empowerment. In doing so, they provide a unique and hilarious brand of tough love that whips her into a deep introspective journey from self-loathing to self-love. You will undoubtedly laugh and cry your way to opening your own heart, as you see yourself mirrored in her brutally honest, authentic and unabashed performance.  

When Foster Lawrence was eighteen years old he fell form a fifth floor window in Manhattan; and does not know how. This incident served as his coming out as gay/queer. Ten years later, he attempts to "connect the dots" in finding out what happened that night.

The United Solo Festival presents MADMAN, written and performed by Jake Austin Robertson, on September 23 at 7:30pm, October 14 at 4pm and October 17 at 9pm, The Studio Theater at Theatre Row, 410 W. 42nd Street, NYC, 10036. The one-man play is directed by Sara Morgulis. Already a Festival Bestseller, MADMAN has sold out its first two shows and now has a third performance on October 17!

This award winning show is a vulnerable, provocative, and hilarious look at living with a vagina in a world that shames all things vagina. The show chronicles Sarah's journey from the confusion of puberty, to healing painful sex issues, to finding purpose, pleasure and a source of vulnerable, feminine power. Along the way Sarah encounters a 400 pound Goddess, a gang of feral pussy cats, and a talking vagina who has a lot to say and also loves telling jokes.

Joe shared a name with his father (and grandfather, and great-grandfather) but he didn't share his father's love of the small Pennsylvania town in which they had both grown up. When he left to pursue his vague dreams of show business in NYC, Joe knew he'd never live in that small town again…and then he did live in that small town again…and what happened when he returned would challenge him and change him forever.

Solo performers from six continents will once again unite in the heart of New York's theatre district. Over 130 productions will be presented at this year's United Solo, the largest festival of its kind in the world, now in its 9th year. With up to five performances every day until November 18 at Theatre Row, this year's robust selection of one-person shows will attract thousands of theatregoers. Over 25 performances have sold out in advance, with more expected to follow. The festival will grant additional performance dates to its most popular productions. This year, United Solo also offers Master Classes with world-famous theatre creators and recognized experts, including Oscar-winning actress Olympia Dukakis, who will give her Master Class hosted by Omar Sangare, founder and artistic director of United Solo, on September 16, and Juilliard School professor Janis Brenner, whose Master Class is scheduled for September 17.

Joe shared a name with his father (and grandfather, and great-grandfather) but he didn't share his father's love of the small Pennsylvania town in which they had both grown up. When he left to pursue his vague dreams of show business in NYC, Joe knew he'd never live in that small town again…and then he did live in that small town again…and what happened when he returned would challenge him and change him forever.

Acclaimed multidisciplinary artist Janis Brenner will appear in the world premiere of the full-length dance/voice/theatre solo work, Inheritance: A Litany presented by the acclaimed United Solo Theatre Festival, October 4 & 11, 2018 at 7:30pm Off-Broadway at Theater Row, Off- NYC, at 410 W. 42nd St. Tickets are $45 in advance or at the door, and are available at 212-239-6200, at the theater, or at www.unitedsolo.org/us/inheritance-2018.

Step back in time with vocal powerhouse Big Mama Thornton, the blues singer, songwriter and entertainer known for her top Billboard hits. This musical comedy shows her experience with racial and sexual tensions in the music industry. Join us on her fearless journey of musical strife and success. What you know as HIStory is truly HERstory. Explicit language.

Due to popular demand, United Solo brings back Olympia Dukakis to teach in the Master Class Series on September 16, 2018 at Theatre Row in New York City. The class, "The Importance of Craft," will teach students to identify and develop what is important to them as performers. Ms. Dukakis will explain how to approach the craft of acting as a personal connection to the thoughts, actions, circumstances, and character, as expressed and defined by the text. "My most important tools when I teach are my own sensibility, my personal perceptions, my knowledge of the craft, and the excitement and satisfaction I always feel with students," said Ms. Dukakis.

Greek contemporary comic tragedy, THE PROSTITUTE UPSTAIRS, makes its English language debut in New York, at the 2018 United Solo Theatre Festival.

2018 winner of the NAACP Theatre Awards for Best One Person Show - 2014 United Solo Festival winner for Best Dramatic Script.

Cynthia Shaw enjoyed her Colorado childhood of piano lessons and music-making. But as time went on she developed bigger dreams: moving to New York to attend the esteemed Manhattan School of Music. However, this goal was a bit more difficult than she expected. As she struggles with her self-sabotaging demons, shaky memorization and insufficient technique, she masters a falling piano, a sweltering practice room, a music-hating neighbor, a condescending teacher and other obstacles that confront an innocent, young classical pianist who has decided to tackle the Big Apple! And the big question is, does she get in?