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Unleash your voice: a complete guide to solo performance creation.

Solo

The Everything Guide to Writing, Performing, and Producing Your One-Person Show

$105.01

  • Paperback

    304 pages

  • Release Date

    15 December 2025

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Summary

A Comprehensive Guide for Anyone Interested in Creating Solo Performances

The art of solo performance has exploded in the last twenty years as an immediate and accessible art form. The number of solo festivals grows every year, and artists are hungry for the opportunity to center their own voices and experiences. Solo is designed to feed that hunger.

Seasoned theater educators and performers Arlene Malinowski and Julie Ganey have compiled an invaluable guide for stu…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780810149717
ISBN-10:0810149710
Author:Arlene Malinowski, Julie Ganey
Publisher:Northwestern University Press
Imprint:Northwestern University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:304
Release Date:15 December 2025
Weight:481g
Dimensions:28mm x 152mm x 229mm
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Solo by Arlene Malinowski - ISBN: 9780810149717
152 × 229 mm
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What They're Saying

Critics Review

“Solo is spearheaded by two of the greatest to ever do it. An exceptional how to guide, it is friendly, funny, and bursting with craft. Malinowski and Ganey give a full scope of the history of solo theater and a path towards becoming the future of it. They don’t miss a beat. Get writing!” —Khanisha Foster, writer, actor, and director

About The Author

Arlene Malinowski

Arlene Malinowski serves as education director and resident playwright at Chicago Dramatists and has taught solo writing and performing for over twenty-five years.

Julie Ganey has taught storytelling and performance at The Theatre School at DePaul, the Goodman Theatre, and 2nd Story, where she is a longtime company member.

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