United Solo is back at Theatre Row in New York City!
October 4th through November 20th, 2022
Theatre Row
410 West 42nd Street
New York, NY 1003
One performer + One Story + One audience = United Solo
In the culmination of a seven-week run that featured over seventy one-person theatre productions from across the globe, the world’s largest solo theatre festival concluded its thirteenth season at Theatre Row on 42nd Street in New York on November 20, with this year’s awards gala. On behalf of the United Solo Academy, Dr. Omar Sangare, artistic director of the festival, presented the United Solo Special Award to Dael Orlandersmith for her performance in “Until the Flood.” In her acceptance speech Ms. Orlandersmith said, “I’m more than honored, and very humbled — because I’m looking at the other nominees, and to be in this company I’m in…oh yes! And I’m glad also that you acknowledge this genre of theatre, as many people don’t recognize how hard solo theatre is. Thank you so very much for the work you do!” Dael Orlandersmith will join illustrious honorees of the United Solo Special Award including Anna Deavere Smith (2010), Patti LuPone (2011), John Leguizamo (2012), Fiona Shaw (2013), Billy Crystal (2014), James Lecesne (2015), Staceyann Chin in collaboration with Cynthia Nixon (2016), Michael Moore (2017), Renée Taylor (2018), Aasif Mandvi (2019), Ian McKellen (2020), and Lee Roy Reams (2021).
The full list of award winners at the 2022 United Solo Festival includes:
United Solo Special Award: Dael Orlandersmith in “Until the Flood”
Best Production: “The Shot” performed by Sharon Lawrence
Best One-Man Show: “Love/Love” by Josh Raff
Best One-Woman Show: “La Divina: The Last Interview of Maria Callas” by Shelley Cooper
The United Solo Audience Choice Award: “The Shot” performed by Sharon Lawrence
Best International Show: “The Child Behind the Eyes” performed by Manca Ogorevc
Best Actress: Sharon Lawrence in “The Shot”
Best Actor: Raoul Bhaneja in “Hamlet (solo)”
Best Storyteller: Michael Irvin Pollard in “By The Light”
Best Direction: Gretchen Cryer, “Escape from Daddyland” & “Fingernails in the Side of the Cliff”
Best Encore: “DISORDERED…” performed by Bella Florence
Best Drama: “RAG HEAD: An American Story” performed by Sundeep Morrison
Best Musical: “Doing Time With Lavinia” performed by Susan Campanaro
Best Comedy: “FURY!” performed by Lauren Bone Noble
Best Physical Theatre: “HOMO AMERICANUS” performed by Paul Cimpoieru
Best Storytelling Show: “Hold On Tight: A Love Story” performed by Meg Flather
Best Autobiographical Show: “Un-M-Othered…” by Liz DeBetta
Best New York Premiere: “Norwid’s Return” performed by Marek Probosz
Best Emerging Actor: Leeth Singhage AKA Shoodie in “GROWTHesque”
Best Emerging Actress: Tami Evans in “Off The Rails”
Best Festival Debut: Kathryn Taylor Smith in “A Mile In My Shoes”
Best Concert: “Fingernails in the Side of the Cliff” performed by Tina deVaron
Best Composer: Lynn Portas, “Doing Time With Lavinia”
Best Song: “She Has Wings” by Michele Brourman & Adryan Russ
Best Lighting Design: Vicky Scott, “The Shot”
All About Solo Critics’ Award: “Too young to be a widow” by Susana Hornos
*The winner of the 2022 All About Solo Critics’ Award was chosen by the staff writers of www.allaboutsolo.com
**The winner of the Audience Award was chosen in an online poll at United Solo
***Winners are selected by an independent panel of over eighty theatre professionals, including The United Solo Academy Members

Jewbana
Starring Susie K. Taylor

I Babysat Jesus
Starring Mary Elizabeth Barrett

HOLDING COURT
Starring Courtney Scheuerman

ESCAPE FROM DADDYLAND
Starring Steve Wruble

Good Medicine
Starring Richard Grunn

Odd Man Out
Starring Peter Tate

BIPOLAR & THE ENGLISH CHANNEL
Starring Julie Ridge

La Divina: The Last Interview of Maria Callas
Starring Shelley Cooper

Hold On Tight: A Love Story
Starring MEG FLATHER

Life Encounters 2
Starring Michelle Felice Hartley

Sabra – Mother and Daughter Facing a New Land
Starring Netta Yashchin

AN EVENING OF CARL SANDBURG
Starring Jonathan Gillard Daly

Fantastic Mr. S
Starring Edu Diaz

Cheese Fries & Froot Loops
Starring Chris Fuller

Fingernails in the Side of the Cliff
Starring Tina deVaron

(IM)PERFEKT
Starring Jannica Olin

By The Light
Starring Michael IrVin Pollard

DISSOLVE
Starring Emmelia gordon

Love/Love
Starring Josh Raff

Something Great! My Life in the Belfast Circus
Starring Jennifer Dempsey

Love/Love
Starring Josh Raff

DISORDERED: a one-white-non-binary-bella show about anorexia, food addiction, & other bullshit, i mean, disorder
Starring Bella Florence

Too Big For Her Britches
Starring Lisa Pezik

DISORDERED: a one-white-non-binary-bella show about anorexia, food addiction, & other bullshit, i mean, disorder
Starring Bella Florence

Meatballs and Music
Starring Tom Sweitzer

A Mile in My Shoes
Starring Kathryn Taylor Smith

Doing Time with Lavinia
Starring Susan Campanaro
October 21, 7:00 PM | Buy Tickets
November 11, 8:30 PM | Buy Tickets
November 16, 4:00 PM | Buy Tickets

Confusion
Starring Hank Curry

By The Light
Starring Michael IrVin Pollard

Becoming a Woman
Starring Rachel Frost
October 22, 8:30 PM | Buy Tickets
November 13, 2:00 PM | Buy Tickets

PLAY
Starring Boutros El Amari

My Shiksa Boyfriend
Starring Arielle Beth Klein

Polar Bears
Starring David Templeton

Fingernails in the Side of the Cliff
Starring Tina deVaron

Lies, Anger and Forgiveness
Starring barbara saba

The Azure Sky in Oz
Starring Amanda Ladd
October 26, 8:30 PM | Buy Tickets
November 11, 2:00 PM | Buy Tickets

Fantastic Mr. S
Starring Edu Diaz

The Shot
Starring Sharon Lawrence

RAG HEAD: An American Story
Starring Sundeep Morrison

BOY VEY
Starring Rachel Kaftan

One Woman Hamlet: Shake(speare) the Stigma Surrounding Mental Health
Starring Kate Marie Smith

Representation and How To Get It
Starring Elaine Vaan Hogue

Thank You For Trying to Make Me A Better Person
Starring Mary Niederkorn

Muse90401
Starring Fadik Atasoy

BOY VEY
Starring Rachel Kaftan

The Shot
Starring Sharon Lawrence

The Shot
Starring Sharon Lawrence

Schmaltzy & Princie: Diary of a Not-So-Great Daddy’s Girl
Starring MaryLee HerRmann

The Lion, the Witch & the Walk-In Closet
Starring Kristy Beauvais

Hamlet (Solo)
Starring Raoul Bhaneja

self-made martyr
Starring Hannah Burke

Cats, Criminals and Comedians
Starring Christine Ferrera

Lady
Starring Teagle Walker

GROWTHesque
Starring Leeth Singhage

A Time Traveler’s Guide to the Present
Starring Doug Harvey

Thank You For Trying to Make Me A Better Person
Starring Mary Niederkorn

Mercedes and Zaruhi
Starring nora armani

Fingernails in the Side of the Cliff
Starring Tina deVaron
November 8, 8:30 PM | Buy Tickets
November 19, 4:30 PM | Buy Tickets

BIPOLAR & THE ENGLISH CHANNEL
Starring Julie Ridge

Have You Seen This Woman?
Starring Jessie-Anne Kohlman
November 9, 7:00 PM | Buy Tickets
November 13, 7:00 PM | Buy Tickets

Too Big For Her Britches
Starring Lisa Pezik

TRAGIC MAGIC A STORY of RECOVERY
Starring Sigute Miller
November 10, 7:00 PM | Buy Tickets

ESCAPE FROM DADDYLAND
Starring Steve Wruble
November 10, 8:30 PM | Buy Tickets

The Azure Sky in Oz
Starring Amanda Ladd
November 11, 2:00 PM | Buy Tickets

HOMO AMERICANUS
Starring Paul Cosma-Cimpoieru
November 11, 7:00 PM | Buy Tickets

Doing Time with Lavinia
Starring Susan Campanaro
November 11, 8:30 PM | Buy Tickets
November 16, 4:00 PM | Buy Tickets

The Child Behind the Eyes
Starring Manca Ogorevc
November 12, 2:00 PM | Buy Tickets

Chocoholic
Starring Lilly Dennis
November 12, 8:30 PM | Buy Tickets

FURY!
Starring Lauren Bone Noble
November 12, 7:00 PM | Buy Tickets
November 13, 5:30 PM | Buy Tickets

Becoming a Woman
Starring Rachel Frost
November 13, 2:00 PM | Buy Tickets

Norwid’s Return
Starring MAREK PROBOSZ
November 13, 3:30 PM | Buy Tickets

FURY!
Starring Lauren Bone Noble
November 13, 5:30 PM | Buy Tickets

Have You Seen This Woman?
Starring Jessie-Anne Kohlman
November 13, 7:00 PM | Buy Tickets

QUEEN OF FISHTOWN
Starring Katierose Enriquez
November 15, 8:30 PM | Buy Tickets
November 19, 7:00 PM | Buy Tickets

This Is It
Starring Tamara Hickey
November 15, 7:00 PM | Buy Tickets
November 16, 2:00 PM | Buy Tickets

This Is It
Starring Tamara Hickey
November 16, 2:00 PM | Buy Tickets

Doing Time with Lavinia
Starring Susan Campanaro
November 16, 4:00 PM | Buy Tickets

Good Jew
Starring Frank Blocker
November 16, 7:00 PM | Buy Tickets

This is the Plays
Starring Ryan Simmons
November 16, 8:30 PM | Buy Tickets

Too Young to be a Widow
Starring Susana Hornos
November 17, 7:00 PM | Buy Tickets

Jewbana
Starring Susie K. Taylor
November 17, 8:30 PM | Buy Tickets

Un-M-Othered: A Story of Adoption and Patriarchy
Starring Liz DeBetta
November 18, 7:00 PM | Buy Tickets

The Jackie of All Trades
Starring Sandrell Ross
November 18, 8:30 PM | Buy Tickets

Dried Apricots
Starring Eleonora Saravalle
November 19, 2:00 PM | Buy Tickets

Fingernails in the Side of the Cliff
Starring Tina deVaron
November 19, 4:30 PM | Buy Tickets

QUEEN OF FISHTOWN
Starring Katierose Enriquez
November 19, 7:00 PM | Buy Tickets

Off the Rails
Starring Tami Evans
November 18, 1:00 PM | Buy Tickets
November 19, 8:30 PM | Buy Tickets

Out to Pasture
Starring Alison Gilbreath
November 20, 2:00 PM | Buy Tickets

United Solo Festival Closing Gala
November 20, 7:00 PM | Buy Tickets