YoloSolo Fest

1/3/2014

Audacity is proud to be hosting, along with media sponsor TheaterJones.com and curator Elaine Liner, the 2014 YoloSolo Festival, a collection of one-person shows based on the phrase "You Only Live Once." Playing January 21-26, the festival will coincide with the second week of performances of THE LAST CASTRATO.

At the Margo Jones Theatre,
1121 First Avenue in Fair Park, Dallas TX 75210
[map and info here]

Tickets are $15 at the door (cash or credit card accepted). Reservations can be made by calling (214) 888-6650. More ticket info is available HERE.

The performance schedule is as follows and brief show descriptions are below:

Tues., Jan. 21:
7 p.m. OSTINATO by Natalie Gaupp & THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM by Bruce R. Coleman
8 p.m. THE LAST CASTRATO by Andy Eninger

Wed., Jan. 22:
7 p.m. SHE ALWAYS PICKED ME by Kate Lowry & TYLER'S MOM by Ben Schroth
8 p.m. THE LAST CASTRATO by Andy Eninger

Thurs., Jan. 23:
7 p.m. I BROUGHT HOME A CHUPACABRA by Brad McEntire & MELVA TOSTI ATTENDS CAREER DAY by Andi Allen
8 p.m. THE LAST CASTRATO by Andy Eninger

Fri., Jan. 24:
7 p.m. ALLERGIC ME by Kennedy Waterman & I BROUGHT HOME A CHUPACABRA by Brad McEntire
8 p.m. THE LAST CASTRATO by Andy Eninger
9 p.m. BOUNCING UGLY by Danny O'Connor

Sat., Jan. 25:
7 p.m. MELVA TOSTI ATTENDS CAREER DAY by Andi Allen & TYLER'S MOM by Ben Schroth
8 p.m. THE LAST CASTRATO by Andy Eninger
9 p.m. BOUNCING UGLY by Danny O'Connor

Sun., Jan. 26:
2 p.m. ALLERGIC ME by Kennedy Waterman & OSTINATO by Natalie Gaupp
3 p.m. THE LAST CASTRATO by Andy Eninger
4 p.m. SHE ALWAYS PICKED ME by Kate Lowry & THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM by Bruce R. Coleman

Show Descriptions:
ALLERGIC ME -- written and performed by Kennedy Waterman; directed by Jeff Swearingen. For 13-year-old Waterman, a peanut is a huge deal. Her monologue, accompanied by a short film, chronicles her challenges and her ongoing battle to beat severe peanut allergy.

BOUNCING UGLY -- written and performed by Danny O'Connor. A series of stories about the hopes and struggles of an actor working a night job as a bouncer at NYC's rough-and-tumble Coyote Ugly bar.

THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM -- written and directed by Bruce R. Coleman; performed by LisaAnne Haram. The vice principal of a middle school, at the end of her tether, confronts the mother of one particularly nasty student, giving her a reality check.

I BROUGHT HOME A CHUPACABRA -- written by Brad McEntire; directed by Ruth Engel-McEntire; performed by Lauren Moore. A young woman finds a semi-mysthical beast on a hike and brings it home. During the next few days she is forced to figure out why she connects better with animals than people.

MELVA TOSTI ATTENDS CAREER DAY -- written and performed by Andi Allen. Aging opera diva Melva Tosti is invited to speak at Mario Lanza High School Career Day. Answering questions off cards, Madame Tosti shares stories of her life as the "Diva Formaggio."

OSTINATO -- written and directed by Natalie Gaupp; performed by Katie Weekley. With the Yeats poem "He Who Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven" as background, a meaningless but obsessively consuming act -- making mac and cheese -- becomes a metaphor for a life devoured by banality.

SHE ALWAYS PICKED ME -- Written and directed by Kate Lowry; performed by Dillon Sherrod. A look at love and what happened between friends.

TYLER'S MOM -- written by Benjamin Schroth; directed by Greg Phillips. Tyler's mom is having a rough morning. She sits down at the kitchen table and unloads on topics of life, death and pets.