Sixth Annual One-Person Play Festival
September 2
September 3
September 4
September 5
September 6
September 7
*At the Wheeler Opera House
All Other Performances at the Hurst Theatre
Beginning in 2022, Rachel and Rick Klausner have committed to funding a grant program, given to two Festival participants, in support of a future production of that work. Grants will be for $10,000 each. The two projects worthy of advancement will be chosen by a panel of industry leaders.
PETER MARKS | Former Chief Theater Critic, Washington Post
RICK MIRAMONTEZ | President, DKC/O&M
THOMAS SCHUMACHER | Chief Creative Officer, Disney Theatrical Group
–
2025 Project Advancement Grant winners:
The Goldsmith by Sharone Sayegh and The Vampire by Alec Silberblatt
2024 Project Advancement Grant winners:
From Kabul With Love by Sammi Cannold and Safi Rauf and Touch by Kenny Finkle
2023 Prize winners:
Exhibit by Regina Taylor and The Exhibitionist by James Hindman
2022 Prize winners
Avaaz by Michael Shayan and Sally: Solo Play by Sandra Seaton
Interested in underwriting Solo Flights? Contact Jess Elkins at jelkins@TheatreAspen.org.
Solo Flights is an annual week-long developmental festival of one-person shows presented in the beginning stages of their making. In addition to the performances, Solo Flights features signature events including talkbacks, creative discussions & panels, and special receptions. The sixth annual Solo Flights Festival will be held September 2-7, 2025 at Theatre Aspen’s Hurst Theatre*. This year we’re thrilled to bring six carefully curated new works to Aspen!
*This year Mark Twain Shouldn’t Say Such Things will be performed at the Wheeler Opera House
Want to join us for multiple departures? Our Frequent Flyer passes give you access to the entire festival at a fraction of the price. With no restriction on where and how to use them, passes are the best way to experience all that Solo Flights has to offer.
12 Pack – $235
6 Pack – $185
Standard: $35 | Premium $50
(Browse the plays below and click “Tickets” to purchase).
We are also happy to offer “Pay What You Can” Matinees again this year! “Pay What You Can” tickets have a minimum of $10 and must be purchased in person at the box office (day of, or in advance). They cannot be purchased online or by phone.
Please Note: Performances at the Wheeler Opera House are only General Admission/Standard. There is no “Premium” seating at the Wheeler Opera House.
Written by and starring Sharone Sayegh
Directed by Zachary Prince
Sound Composer and Music Arranger Avi Amon
September 2 at 4 PM | September 4 at 7 PM
Stemming from Broadway Actress Sharone Sayegh’s true family’s journey, The Goldsmith is a treasury of stories woven through the golden jewelry passed down through her family, across borders, cultures, and generations. Each piece of jewelry takes us further along her family’s journey from Iraq to Israel, and then to America, where Sharone grapples for love as a first- generation Iraqi, Israeli, American Jew. As she wrestles with identity, belonging, multiplicity of self, and acceptance, this solo play moves, surprises, and inspires the audience to investigate the stories and legacies with which we adorn ourselves throughout our lives.
Written by Gordon Greenberg
Directed by Stephen Brackett
Starring Adam Kantor
September 2 at 7 PM | September 4 at 4 PM
In Ghost Tour, a sardonic out-of-work actor returns to his Florida hometown to host a haunted theatre tour—only to be haunted by his own past. As fact blurs with fiction, the tour becomes a hilarious, heart-wrenching deep dive into love, loss, queerness, and the ghosts we carry. Set against the kitschy backdrop of Orlando’s supernatural subculture, this sharply funny solo play is part stand-up, part séance, and wholly unforgettable. Because sometimes, the scariest stories are the ones we tell ourselves.
Words & Music and Performed by Ryan Langer
Co-directed by Gregg Wiggans and Jack Cummings III
September 3 at 7 PM | September 6 at 4 PM
Mourning Songs is a dark comedy that explores: When grief goes viral, how far do you go to turn heartbreak into a breakthrough? Aspiring musical theatre composer, Ryan Langer, is on the verge of giving up—until an unexpected tragedy triggers a creative spark he never saw coming. On an impulse, Ryan starts a social media project to cope with his grief… and it explodes. As likes turn into shares and re-posts, an unexpected career opportunity emerges, and Ryan must confront the cost of turning personal pain into public art.
Written by and starring Alec Silberblatt
Directed by Paul Edwards
September 3 at 4 PM | September 6 at 7 PM
A lonely and lost young man, seduced by wealth, purpose, and friendship finds himself in the company of a vampire. After inviting the monster into his life, he must choose whether to embrace the violence and chaos it brings or vanquish the foe and protect those he loves most.
Note: This performance contains adult language.
Performed at the Wheeler Opera House
Written by Dick Scanlan and Marc Kudisch
Directed by Dick Scanlan
Starring Marc Kudisch
September 5 at 7 PM | September 7 at 4 PM
While on a lecture tour to promote the publication of his new novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain—America’s first stand-up comic—is faced with a crisis when touring partner and friend, southern writer and unexpected progressive George Washington Cable leaves the tour without warning. Forced to use his famous wit and charisma to turn the two-hander into a solo act, Twain must confront his own views on friendship and race… and his ways of expressing those views. If you think you know the Icon, get ready to meet the Man.
Written by and starring Margaret Cho
Directed by Seonjae Kim
Additional Material by Leah Nanako Winkler
September 5 at 4PM | September 7 at 7 PM
In this genre-defying solo show, trailblazing artist Margaret Cho takes on the persona she embodied in her comedy so many times: her own mother. As “Mommy” takes the audience through a hilarious romp of the Korean-American immigrant experience, inconvenient secrets of family and survival emerge. Delivered with Cho’s signature wit, Mommy: A One Woman Cho is a fearless invitation to see the truth in our own stories.
ZACHARY PRINCE is honored to join Sharone Sayegh in bringing her beautiful and deeply personal story to the stage. He last Directed and co-developed actor/comedian Stephen Brower’s 
ADAM KANTOR won an Emmy and a Grammy for his performance in the Tony-winning production of THE BAND’S VISIT on Broadway, as well as an Outer Critics Circle honor for his performance in DARLING GRENADINE at the Roundabout. He was nominated for an LA Drama Critics Circle Award for THE INHERITANCE at The 
STEPHEN BRACKETT Broadway: 
RYAN LANGER is an LA-based composer/lyricist whose work leans toward the darker side of musical comedy. As a composer/lyricist for the stage, 
JACK CUMMINGS III is the Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Transport Group Theatre Company. Select Transport Group credits: William Inge’s 
ALEC SILBERBLATT is a playwright and actor 
PAUL EDWARDS is a New York-based director and theatre maker from Southeast Missouri. This work spans from Off-Broadway at New World Stages, where he served as Associate Director of 
DICK SCANLAN directed Noah Racey’s 
MARGARET CHO Comedian. Actor. Musician. Advocate. Entrepreneur. Five-time Grammy and Emmy nominee. When hasn’t Margaret Cho’s strong voice been part of our consciousness? It feels like she has always been here, like a friend you can always count on, lighting the path for other women, other members of underrepresented groups, other performers, to follow. 
SEONJAE KIM (sun in the sky + letter j) is a NYC-based director from Seoul, South Korea. Her credits include 
LEAH NANAKO WINKLER is a playwright and screenwriter from Kamakura, Japan and Lexington, Kentucky. Her plays include God Said This, Two Mile Hollow, Kentucky, Hot Asian Doctor Husband, Thirty-Six and The Brightest Thing in the World as