The United Solo Festival, the world’s largest solo theatre festival, presents a selection of local and international productions including storytelling, puppetry, dance, multimedia, improv, stand-up, magic, musical and drama. Since its inaugural year in 2010, United Solo has featured more than 1,600 productions from all over the world. The 18th annual festival explores a wide range of themes through diverse voices and perspectives, including celebrity culture, personal identity, human values, feminism, global traditions and the challenges posed by entitlement, abuse and political unrest.
Highlights include:
South Korea’s Jiyoung Choi presents Cordelia: Sword of the Wind, a retelling of King Lear through the eyes of Cordelia, blending Shakespearean drama with dance.
Nepal’s Rajkumar Pudasaini explores the poetry of Bihupi Serchan in Galat Lagccha Malai Mero Desh Ko Itihas.
Persian actress Shadi Yazdani performs Yocasta, written by Mohammad Reza Ghodsev, offering a fresh perspective on the Oedipus myth through a female lens.
San Francisco native Sheherazaad, whose work has been featured in Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, The New York Times and Vogue, presents The Adat, a musical exploration of diaspora and alienation within the Bay Area’s Sikh community.
Foreign policy expert Bill Hartung, dubbed the "Rodney Dangerfield of Foreign Policy," humorously examines his double life in I Get No Respect: My Life as a Failed Foreign Policy Pundit.
Jacquline Goldfinger’s Backwards, Forwards, Back, performed by actor and veteran L. James, explores the emotional and psychological impact of PTSD.
Thomas Ellenson’s Well, Life Sucks is a deeply personal reflection on navigating life and pursuing an acting career while living with cerebral palsy.
