1st Stage- The 3rd Annual Logan Festival of Solo Performance

THE 3rd ANNUAL LOGAN FESTIVAL OF SOLO PERFORMANCE featuring 3 extraordinary plays. View the festival schedule here.

The Things They Carried written by Tim O’Brien, dramatized by Jim Stowell. Based on the literary classic, The Things They Carried explores the lines between truth and reality as fact and fiction blur in this unforgettable soldier’s journey ranging from rural Minnesota to the jungles of Vietnam. Hailed by The Observer as “masterful, fearless,” The Things They Carried comes to 1^st Stage from Florida Studio Theatre in Sarasota, Florida. Adapter, Jim Stowell has been a professional actor, director, playwright and storyteller in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area for more than 40 years. Of writer Tim O’Brien, the San Francisco Examiner has said, “[He] is the best American writer of his generation.”

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The Happiest Place on Earth written by Philip Dawkins. In his humorous and thoughtful solo show, Dawkins ponders Disneyland and family tragedy. He retraces and illustrates the true story of the women in his family, exploring their history and asking if there really is a place where the dream that we wish for can come true. The Happiest Place on Earth comes to 1st Stage from Aurora Fox Arts Center in Denver, Colorado. Dawkins is a 3x Joseph Jefferson Award- winner for playwriting and performance. Tia Shearer’s performance “bring[s] the life-force and soul of the playwright’s words to life” (The Connection).

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Joy Rebel written and performed by Khanisha Foster. As a small child Foster learned that her cherished grandmother loved her but condemned her parents’ interracial relationship. Joy Rebel is a candid look at what it means to find joy in the struggle to be recognized for all of who we are. A “poetic stage memoir” (Star Tribune), Joy Rebel comes to 1^st Stage from Penumbra Theatre in St. Paul, Minnesota. Writer performer Khanisha Foster is a Theatre Communications Group ‘Rising Leader of Color’ and an adjunct lecturer at the USC School of Dramatic Arts. Additionally, she hosts the podcast How I Wrote That, which focuses on women who write for TV and film.

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