dedicated to developing the Bay Area's most socially , politically conscious, personally challenging, genre bending and damn hilarious solo performance.
SPW is a kick your ass into high gear, climb the mountain, tame the lion, eat the dragon, "personal best" kinda deal. It inspires people to be BIG. Most of the work created in SPW is auto- biographical, but it's goes beyond pouring your guts out. Most of the work coming out of SPW is full of comedy, but it's more than telling a funny story. SPW is about creating A SHOW. A show that brings life to
Operating as usual
29/04/2013
Thursday morning class FULL!
1 spot left on Saturday...
http://spwsummer2013.brownpapertickets.com/
SOLO PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP An 8-session course designed to support the development of a 15 minute professional-level theatrical solo performance.
28/03/2013
Thursday night TV does not hold a candle to this! (Besides, you know you can tivo it.) Get up, Get out! SEE THIS SHOW. You will not regret it!
MOMAZING with Vanessa Lee Segale Khaleel Directed by Martha Rynberg
28/03/2013
Like a street hotdog covered in kraut and onions, last night's show will stay with me for a long time. Gonna love smelling it on my coat for a while. Nice job you 6! Mai Brehaut, Maria Niles, Julia Jackson, Susan Fleming, Heykyoung Shin, Andrew George Peck.
28/03/2013
Well, well... Another season of SPW has closed. Damn, was it ever delicious! Stellar work by Julie Gieseke, Julia Price, Lisa Kotecki, Allene Hebert - and 2 performances by Anissa Matthews. I have the best best best job ever! Thanks, y'all!
Giant shout out to the peeps that make the show go ON: Amy Kilgard, Terri Sapparo, Maria Niles, Anissa Matthews and Dee McCullough! SPW is better with you in it!
Showtime! Tomorrow, Monday 3/25 and Tuesday, 3/26, Martha's current SPW students will be ONSTAGE at Stage Werx performing their Solo Pieces developed over 8 weeks! Come out and support new solo work!
Monday, 3/25
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/342601
Tuesday, 3/26
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/342614
11/02/2013
Coming on The Huffington Post Live NOW - W. Kamau Bell http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment/kamau-bell-totally-biased/510c12e102a7603387000588
W. Kamau Bell On Making Politics & Race Funny - HuffPost Live Comedian W. Kamau Bell joins us to talk about how to turn serious matters like politics and race into humor, as well as his FX Show, "Totally Biased."
10/01/2013
Only one more spot left for the afternoon SPW workshop starting Sunday, 1/13. Come tell your story!
http://spwjan13.brownpapertickets.com/
Warm holidays to all from SPW!
30/11/2012
The next SPW session starts January 13th!
You KNOW you have a story to tell.
You KNOW people love your stories.
Martha can help you more than you could ever imagine...
Join our family! You'll wonder why you waited so long!
http://spwjan13.brownpapertickets.com/
19/11/2012
THESE peeps are phenoms!
This is the week between class #6 and class #7. The obscure emails are coming in. The phone is ringing but no one is leaving vms. SPWers are staying up late watching tv, feeling guilty they aren't working on their shows. Their stomachs hurt. They are starting to have "the dreams." They are questioning their pieces - they are questioning why they signed up for this damn class - they are questioning the role of humanity. They are looking on craigslist for cheap rents in Vancouver. (British Columbia is nice and green and lush this time of year, right? Right?!)
Procrastination is part of the process. And, YOU my friends, are deep in the process.
Wow! New York's Third Annual United Solo Theatre Festival is going on now, with 100 solo shows over 6 weeks on Theatre Row. Here's a review of one of them.
http://insidenewyork.com/2012/10/23/going-solo-united-solo-theater-festival/ -17600
Going Solo: United Solo Theater Festival » Inside New York I spent the weekend going solo, as I made my way over to theTheatre Rowto check out the United Solo Theater Festival. The festival features over 100 one-person shows that run daily for the next month. The shows vary from drama and puppetry to stand-up, dance, and everything in between. I decided to ...
The Marsh has FREE tickets to Lynne Kaufman’s ACID TEST: THE MANY INCARNATIONS OF RAM DASS featuring Warren David Keith at The Marsh Berkeley.
Tickets are available for the performances on Thur, 10/18 at 8pm, and Fri, 10/19 at 8pm
Email [email protected] with your full name, preferred date, and number of people in your party. Please put “Simply Solo” in the subject line. Limited supplies. Enjoy!
2 more episodes left of Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell. If you want to see more then go tell FX Networks that you want !
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Solo Performance Workshop, with Martha Rynberg, starts it's new fall sessions this coming Sunday, 9/9.
Great spot to start new material from seed, or rework something that's been driving you nuts. Still a couple slots left in the afternoon... com'on, what are you REALLY waiting for?
09/08/2012
yup. It's here. Thursday, 11pm. FX
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09/08/2012
This week SPW announced it's fall sessions.
As of today the AM class is FULL! Hot diggity! (how do you spell diggity?) http://www.soloperformanceworkshop.org/index.html
SOLO PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP solo performance classes
Boy is this desk dusty! (What can I say, I have been out THERE, creating!) But I am tossing out old coffee cups and stale pastries... what's this cryptic post-it?... and oh, god, emails that have been patiently waiting. Pushing up my sleeves, cracking knuckles - breaking out a fresh sharpie. Mama's home!
Dear SF Theater Fest - We will see you on Sunday. Please make sure there are boxes of tissues at the end of each isle. Our audiences laugh so hard they often weep. A few pieces will offer a brew of emotions folks have not yet encountered - this can result in tears as well. We find tissues are comforting in either case.
Thank you,
SPW
ps - We will need extra chairs, too.
pps - We prefer tissues without lotion.