Glendale Arts

General Admission tickets include unreserved seats in rows C, D, and E.

General Admission

General Admission / Reserved Section tickets include unreserved seats in reserved Rows A & B.

Reserved Section/General Admission

VIP Reserved Section includes seats in front row center and SWAG bag.

Reserved Seating

Your "Enlighten" ticket will be given to a deserving person (age 17+) who would otherwise not be able to attend this performance.

Enlighten

The festival kicks off with a preview performance on Friday, April 21st at 8:00pm (at ace/121 Gallery in Glendale).  For a taste of what’s to come, excerpts from all five shows will be performed by the cast of LA-based artists - Ernie Silva, Ruthy Otero, Eternal Mind,  MrFood4Thought, Shelby Bond, Kelsey Siepser, and Sonja Marie - at a reduced price of $15.

PREVIEW NIGHT ONLY - April 21st

This ticket is available for purchase in person only to TeenTix members (ages 13-19) or Students (between the ages of 20-25) with Valid ID. Admission is subject to availability.

TeenTix / Student Day of Show

This ticket is available to purchase in person only for a Friday night performance. Teen must be able to confirm their TeenTix membership. Once confirmed, the second person is only $5. General Admission seating. Admission is subject to availability.

Friday night - 2 for $10 (TeenTix + Companion)

<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Roboto;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Following a sold-out inaugural run, Solo Fest is back by popular demand with an expanded lineup featuring more performers and more dates. Glendale Arts, in partnership with Lifechild, presents encore performances from Ernie Silva, Ruthy Otero, and Eternal Mind, alongside new shows from Oshea MrFood4Thought Luja and <span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0.25px;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:pre-wrap;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline !important">Lydia Nicole. <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Roboto;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">The festival runs <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Roboto;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">April 21 through May 7 and is a <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Roboto;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">series of dynamic one-person theatrical performances amplifying the unique voice of each featured artist. The festival delivers thought-provoking storytelling through a variety of genres such as poetry, comedy, and hip-hop theatre: Friday, April 21st (ace/121 Gallery) - Preview - The festival kicks off with a preview performance. For a taste of what's to come, all five artists will perform a short excerpt from their show. $15 per ticket. Thursday, April 27 @ 8pm - “Nobody Knows my Name” written/performed by Eternal Mind - A juvenile detention facility, words, and the discovery of self. Nobody Knows My Name poetically reveals the pull and push of existing in this world when you think your voice doesn't matter. Through hard hitting imagery, rhythm, rhyme, metaphors, and wordplay, Eternal Mind takes us on a journey of revelation.  Friday, April 28 @ 8pm - "Dungeons & Shakespeare" written/performed by Shelby Bond - Welcome to the world where you can see the greatest characters from Shakespeare possibly killed by horrific monsters from Dungeons & Dragons. Inspired by the Bard, determined by dice, brought to life on stage. Join in an epic adventure that is different every time as the audience's choices and the roll of the giant dice decides if the heroes live or die. All the world's a game ...Come be a player! Saturday, April 29 @ 8pm - "Heavy Like the Weight of a Flame" written/performed by Ernie Silva. A Brooklyn kid from the projects ventures into the life written about in books like Jack Kerouac’s On the Road. Based on the hip-hop theatre genre, Heavy Like the Weight of a Flame is the story of a slim-built Puerto Rican man with an afro who plays everything from classical guitar to 17 different characters as he hops on a freight train to travel across the country in search of his voice. This award-winning one-man show is raw, intelligent, hard hitting, emotionally stirring, socially piercing, and compels the audience to think, cry, and laugh out loud. Friday, May 5 @ 8pm - <span style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(65, 65, 65);font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0.25px;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">“Dancing with my Demons” written/performed Ruthy Otero.   A 60-minute comedy that wrestles with the most loathsome F word: FEAR.   Through storytelling, physical comedy and disco music, this show holds up a mirror to the painfully funny ways we either move through fear, or let it keep us stuck.  Saturday May 6 @ 8pm -  "Purple People who Dance Barefoot" written by Oshea Luja / performed by <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Roboto;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">MrFood4Thought. <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Roboto;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Purple People who Dance Barefoot<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Roboto;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit"> takes audiences on a journey through the gritty streets, alleyways, and back porches of Watts, California in the 1970s. Set against the backdrop of a vibrant, loving, dangerous neighborhood and its residents, the one-man play explores themes of identity, community, trauma, mental health, and the resilience of the human spirit through personal anecdotes and multiple characters embodied by MrFood4Thought. <span style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(65, 65, 65);font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0.25px;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Sunday, May 7 @ 6pm <span style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(65, 65, 65);font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0.25px;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">- "Heavy Like the Weight of a Flame" written/performed by Ernie Silva. A Brooklyn kid from the projects ventures into the life written about in books like Jack Kerouac’s On the Road. Based on the hip-hop theatre genre, Heavy Like the Weight of a Flame is the story of a slim-built Puerto Rican man with an afro who plays everything from classical guitar to 17 different characters as he hops on a freight train to travel across the country in search of his voice. This award-winning one-man show is raw, intelligent, hard hitting, emotionally stirring, socially piercing, and compels the audience to think, cry, and laugh out loud. Tickets start at $25 for General Admission and donations are also gratefully accepted to assist in bringing underserved youth and patrons to the shows.

Hello <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip " style="background-color:rgb(248, 248, 255);border:1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255);border-radius:4px;color:rgb(42, 42, 196);display:inline-block;margin:0px;padding:1px 8px;font-size:11px;line-height:16px;overflow-wrap:anywhere;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit">First name <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{lastname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip " style="background-color:rgb(248, 248, 255);border:1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255);border-radius:4px;color:rgb(42, 42, 196);display:inline-block;margin:0px;padding:1px 8px;font-size:11px;line-height:16px;overflow-wrap:anywhere;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit">Last name, Thank you for the purchase of your ticket(s) to Solo Fest, produced and presented by Glendale Arts and Lifechild. Here is a receipt for your purchase. The PREVIEW on April 21st will take place at ace/121 Gallery which is located at 121 N. Kenwood, Glendale, CA 91206. Parking is available on surrounding streets and in Exchange Parking Structure (115 N. Artsakh Ave.). Entrance to gallery via the YMCA parking lot on Louise or the paseo south of Wilson on Kenwood (between LOOK Theater and the Marriott hotel). All other performances will take place at The Antaeus Theatre which is located at📭   at 110 E Broadway, Glendale, CA 91205, USA There are numerous convenient parking options located within walking distance of the theater. including Exchange Parking Structure (115 N. Ave.) and Marketplace Parking Structure (120 Artsakh Ave.)  We do not validate for these lots. Please bring your ticket as well as a ID with you to assist with the check in process.  If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out at <a href="mailto:info@glendalearts.org">info@glendalearts.org</a> Kind regards. Nina Croweinfo@glendalearts.org818-243-2611

Following a sold-out inaugural run, Solo Fest is back by popular demand with an expanded lineup featuring more performers and more dates. Glendale Arts, in partnership with Lifechild, presents encore performances from Ernie Silva, Ruthy Otero, and Eternal Mind, alongside new shows from Oshea MrFood4Thought Luja and Lydia Nicole. The festival runs April 21 through May 7 and is a series of dynamic one-person theatrical performances amplifying the unique voice of each featured artist. The festival delivers thought-provoking storytelling through a variety of genres such as poetry, comedy, and hip-hop theatre: Friday, April 21st (ace/121 Gallery) - Preview - The festival kicks off with a preview performance. For a taste of what's to come, all five artists will perform a short excerpt from their show. $15 per ticket. Thursday, April 27 @ 8pm - “Nobody Knows my Name” written/performed by Eternal Mind - A juvenile detention facility, words, and the discovery of self. Nobody Knows My Name poetically reveals the pull and push of existing in this world when you think your voice doesn't matter. Through hard hitting imagery, rhythm, rhyme, metaphors, and wordplay, Eternal Mind takes us on a journey of revelation.  Friday, April 28 @ 8pm - "Dungeons &amp; Shakespeare" written/performed by Shelby Bond - Welcome to the world where you can see the greatest characters from Shakespeare possibly killed by horrific monsters from Dungeons &amp; Dragons. Inspired by the Bard, determined by dice, brought to life on stage. Join in an epic adventure that is different every time as the audience's choices and the roll of the giant dice decides if the heroes live or die. All the world's a game ...Come be a player! Saturday, April 29 @ 8pm - "Heavy Like the Weight of a Flame" written/performed by Ernie Silva. A Brooklyn kid from the projects ventures into the life written about in books like Jack Kerouac’s On the Road. Based on the hip-hop theatre genre, Heavy Like the Weight of a Flame is the story of a slim-built Puerto Rican man with an afro who plays everything from classical guitar to 17 different characters as he hops on a freight train to travel across the country in search of his voice. This award-winning one-man show is raw, intelligent, hard hitting, emotionally stirring, socially piercing, and compels the audience to think, cry, and laugh out loud. Friday, May 5 @ 8pm - “Dancing with my Demons” written/performed Ruthy Otero.   A 60-minute comedy that wrestles with the most loathsome F word: FEAR.   Through storytelling, physical comedy and disco music, this show holds up a mirror to the painfully funny ways we either move through fear, or let it keep us stuck.  Saturday May 6 @ 8pm -  "Purple People who Dance Barefoot" written by Oshea Luja / performed by MrFood4Thought. Purple People who Dance Barefoot takes audiences on a journey through the gritty streets, alleyways, and back porches of Watts, California in the 1970s. Set against the backdrop of a vibrant, loving, dangerous neighborhood and its residents, the one-man play explores themes of identity, community, trauma, mental health, and the resilience of the human spirit through personal anecdotes and multiple characters embodied by MrFood4Thought. Sunday, May 7 @ 6pm - "Heavy Like the Weight of a Flame" written/performed by Ernie Silva. A Brooklyn kid from the projects ventures into the life written about in books like Jack Kerouac’s On the Road. Based on the hip-hop theatre genre, Heavy Like the Weight of a Flame is the story of a slim-built Puerto Rican man with an afro who plays everything from classical guitar to 17 different characters as he hops on a freight train to travel across the country in search of his voice. This award-winning one-man show is raw, intelligent, hard hitting, emotionally stirring, socially piercing, and compels the audience to think, cry, and laugh out loud. Tickets start at $25 for General Admission and donations are also gratefully accepted to assist in bringing underserved youth and patrons to the shows.

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