HOLY O Set for San Diego International Fringe Festival
Holy O is a multi-award-winning solo dramedy performance where the audience becomes part of the play directly from their seats.
Houston playwright and actress Lauren Hance brings an honest, vulnerable look at women, sex, and spirituality with Holy O, a multi-award-winning solo dramedy performance where the audience becomes part of the play directly from their seats.
"The show is for audiences who are up for something playful, heartwarming, and experimental," says director and developer Amelia Peterson.
Main character Vera wants to be a nun, but can't let go of her past or vibrators. Her situation is complicated by the onset of rapturous prayers, leading the audience to step into the role of advice-giving "saints."
As Vera's story unfolds, it intertwines with choose-your-own-adventure stories that explore the connection of body, spirit, and sexuality. Along the way, the audience helps Vera make some of the biggest decisions of her life, starting with what shirt to wear.
Lavender Magazine says, "Hance is an amazing storyteller.... She has a great sense for balance: drama balances comedy, sacred balances profane. I loved seeing our audience surprise her as much as she surprised us."
Hance wrote the show after reckoning with growing up in purity culture and the societal pressures women face with body image and sexuality. "I wrote the show I needed. I wanted to have authentic conversations about deeper aspects of life. Thankfully, audiences have said me too!" Audiences describe Hance's performance as "spellbinding," and Holy O as "very inviting, winningly awkward, and all human."
Co-director Cathy Lam emphasizes that, "Holy O offers a safe space to listen to the stories of women, and a chance to reimagine a world of honesty, intimacy, and hope."
PERFORMANCE DETAILS
Marie Hitchcock Puppet Theater
2130 Pan American Plaza
San Diego, CA 92101
Thursday 5.15 @ 7:30p
Saturday 5.17 @ 9:00p
Sunday 5.18 @ 1:00p
Thursday 5.22 @ 7:30p
Friday 5.23 @ 10:30p
TICKETS: $13, with festival tag. On Sale Now at www.SDFringe.org/events/holyo
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