Carey Matthews was an actor in Los Angeles, achieving some success, but work as a performer is not the most stable of occupations. He takes on different jobs. He dates women, but the relationships don't last. Something's wrong, and he tries to deal with his pain with substance abuse. This gets him into occasional trouble with the law.
The show will be performed for live audiences at the Broadwater Black Box and also livestreamed at every performance, offering audiences an option on how to experience this event.
Catherine is a professional musician. One day, she goes to see a medical specialist to address a physical issue that affects her performance. Instead of comforting treatment, she experiences sexual harassment. What to do now? Turn him in to the authorities? Shrug it off?
Sonia Jackson's one-woman show is a hilarious play on familiar refrains like “I don't care who started it!” “Because I said so!” and “Not while you're living under my roof!” Tackling topics like parenting and the exasperations of motherhood, Jackson's relatable characters range from wacky to wise.
This week (June 21-28) in live streaming: Kate Reinders, Amanda Kloots and Jennifer Nettles visit Backstage Live, Fredi Walker-Browne shares Ten Minute Tidbits, a Kerry Butler masterclass, Tovah Feldshuh in Becoming Dr. Ruth, and so much more!
Versatile has been selected previously for the 2020 Black Voices Theatre Festival, the Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival's Hot Off the Press event (2020), the Whitefire Theatre's SoloFest 2021 (the largest solo performance festival on the West Coast), and was designated a Spotlight Production at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival.
Catherine Barnes intended to write a show about being a musician in San Diego until an awkward and uncomfortable appointment with a neurologist who said some strange and harassing things during the exam led her to a new theme: consent. That was going to be a challenge for Catherine based on her history…and that's why she did it!
The Whitefire Theatre's Solofest Best of Fest continues with streamed encore presentations of six award-winning shows airing June 6 through June 27. Grab some tickets and help support live theatre!
Catherine Barnes intended to write a show about being a musician in San Diego until an awkward and uncomfortable appointment with a neurologist who said some strange and harassing things during the exam led her to a new theme: consent. That was going to be a challenge for Catherine based on her history…and that's why she did it!
Developed with and directed by Jessica Lynn Johnson and Soaring Solo Studios The onset of the pandemic forces a successful 76-year-old businessman to examine his choices in life, what he thinks he has achieved, and what he feels he has lost.
Today (May 19) in live streaming: more chances to watch Miscast, Lilli and Chuck Cooper visit Backstage Live, a Pageant reunion on Stars in the House, and more!
The Whitefire Theatre will present the Best of Fest and Highlights from SOLOFEST 2021 A Celebration of the Solo Journey.
Broadway might be dark, but that doesn't mean that theatre isn't happening everywhere! Below, check out where you can get your daily fix of Broadway this weekend, May 15-16, 2021.
Today (May 14) in live streaming: The Next on Stage College Top 15, 'Stand Up' for Asian Americans, and more!
Sarah Hunter's profound and clever comedy, Dogs Are Better Than People, developed & directed by Jessica Lynn Johnson receives a BEST of FEST encore LIVESTREAM performance at Los Angeles's Whitefire Theatre Solofest 2021.
Since Heather Dowling debuted her show Fertile in 2019, it has earned several awards, played to sold-out houses and participated in various festivals, including this year's virtual SoloFest, the largest solo theatre performance collection on the West Coast. Even a pandemic couldn't slow down the show's momentum, as it just earned a Best of Fest Encore from the producers of SoloFest, giving audiences around the world a chance to see the show in a special livestream performance on May 20 from the Whitefire Theatre.
Told through the bold perspective of a vivacious drag queen named Tanvi, Naturally Tan follows Tanya Thomas' desperation to fit in as a minority in Singapore and her search for acceptance in America.
Jessica Lynn Johnson will offer a free workshop for performers, The Art of Creating the One-Woman Show, on Saturday, March 27, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. PDT.
THE BOOK THAT WON’T CLOSE- Confessions of A Love Addict follows a bi-culturally fluid Deaf woman through a series of bad relationships, until she meets a fluid Transgender Orgasmic meditation coach who walks her through a self-contained rehab for Love Addiction to confront her unhealed shame around the parts of her that are both hearing and deaf.
I recently spoke with writer/performer Mitch Feinstein on this autobiographical journey in FOR LOVE OR MONEY that invites all of us to consider: Can we learn lessons and make changes, or is it too late? Set at the onset of the pandemic, a successful 76-year-old businessman is forced to examine his choices in life, what he thinks he has achieved, and what he feels he has lost. Why did he so fervently quest for money and security at the expense of his own happiness and the trampling of his artistic soul?
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