Solo Productions
For years we had been contemplating making a special commitment to solo performance artists. Beginning in 2015, that commitment came to fruition with a season of six solo plays written and performed by female artists. Subsequent seasons have continued to include solo pieces alongside mainstage productions. Writer/performer devised solo plays occupy an important space in the canon of plays suitable for Silk Road Rising, and for reasons that align conspicuously well with our mission of harnessing one’s own representation. Many writers and performers, particularly women, and particularly women of Asian and Middle Eastern backgrounds, are afforded greater artistic freedom and more robust opportunities in the arena of solo performance than in traditional theatre. Solo performance levels the playing field by enabling artists to tell their stories as they wish to tell them, creating a more intimate personal bond between artist and audience.
