Local audiences are invited to experience the intimacy of the one-person show during the College of the Canyons theatre department’s 2016 ‘Solopalooza’ being held June 1 and 2 on the Valencia campus.
Featuring two nights of original solo performances by COC theatre students, the event is sure to delight audiences with a combination of gut-wrenching honesty, startling insights and surprising humor.
“The COC theatre department is proud to once again offer students an opportunity to have a voice and a vehicle to tell their story,” said Susan Hinshaw, COC theatre department chair. “The pieces that our students have written, and will now perform, are thoughtful, often profound and extremely well done.”
Over the last semester, students from the college’s Theatre 195: Solo Performance course have worked with Hinshaw to create a series of original performance pieces that are both socially provocative and highly entertaining.
“This has been a wonderful class and promises to be our best Solopalooza ever,” Hinshaw said. “We have bullying stories, coming out stories, stories about true love, crazy families, God, and finding your place in the world. Of special significance is a beautiful and heartfelt tribute to a student’s best friend, who was killed in a car accident earlier this semester.”
COC student and ‘Solopalooza’ alumnus Erin Cholakian is co-directing this year’s production with Hinshaw.
Performances will take place at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 1 and Thursday, June 2, in the college’s Studio Theater, located in Student Center, Room 130, adjacent to the COC bookstore.
Some performances may contain mature language and adult subject matter. Admission to this event is $5 at the door.
For more information about the COC theatre department’s ‘Solopalooza’ events please contact Susan Hinshaw at (661) 362-3991 or visit www.facebook.com/solopalooza.
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