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The Secret Theatre presents:
The Flying Solo Festival 3: Ripple of Hope
One Teacher's Journey to Make an Impact
Thursday, October 29, 2015 at 6:00PM

The Secret Theatre
44-02 23rd Street (between 44 Ave and 44th Rd)
(through green mesh gate then toward large windows)
Long Island City, NY 11101
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Back by popular demand....The Secret Theatre presents its 3rd Flying Solo Festival! Multiple one-performer shows to whet your solitary appetite, see how captivating one person can be ...and then VOTE on it! Yes, we will be rating these singular gems, so pay attention to the details, the nuances, the subtleties....help us to find the king or queen to reign over all soloists!

Ripple of Hope
Karen Sklaire: performer, writer
Padraic Lillis: director
60 min

An idealistic drama teacher discovers the obstacle is not the inner city students she must conquer but a troubled NYC school system. Can she overcome "test prep" to engage and inspire?

BIOGRAPHY
KAREN SKLAIRE
Karen is an actress, singer, and comedienne who has toured the country with Theatreworks/USA and has been featured Off-Broadway at The Promenade Theatre, Town Hall, The Soho Playhouse, and The Film Forum. She has performed stand-up comedy in clubs throughout NYC and hosted such comedians as Judah Freidlander("30 Rock") and Colin Quinn, as well as touring with comedian Rob Bartlett and the Bartletts. She has appeared on "Saturday Night Live," "In the Mix," and on "The Imus in the Morning."

Karen wrote and performed her first one-woman show, "Bangin'" in 2003 at The People's Improv Theater. Another prominent work of hers is "Drama at the Point," originally conceived with Peter Michael Marino, and it has been presented at The New Emerging Artist Festival, Woman at Work Festival, The One Festival, as well as been featured in Selected Shorts at Stage Left Studio, all through the direction of Cheryl King.

In July, "Ripple of Hope" was named one of Best of Fringe*, and Best Performance* at The Capital Fringe Festival in Washington, DC(*DC Metro). In August, it premiered in a sold-out run at The New York International Fringe Festival, where it was named Best of Fringe*(*Broadway Blog).

She is a theater curriculum writer for the RFK human rights organization "Speak Truth to Power" and is currently starring as a drama teacher at PS2 in Manhattan.

LINKS
Ripple of Hope WEBSITE
Twitter @ripplehopeshow @KarenSklaire
Ripple of Hope FACEBOOK
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​ OTHER SHOWS IN THE FLYING SOLO 3 FESTIVAL
​ If you would like to see any other shows in the festival, follow these links. We offer a Festival Pass for $75 that may be used to see ANY AND ALL shows linked below.​
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​ It Ain't Pretty
​ Wild Child ​i​n ​the City
​ The Funeral of Enerio Lopez
​ 'This Gonna Be on the Test, Miss?'
​ The Bad German
​ Ripple of Hope
​ The Boy from B​a​ntay
​ Ferdinand
​ I Am Hope
​ Screw Your Courage!
​ Do This One Thing ​for Me
​ The Real Coyote Ugly
​ GarbageMan
​ The Hungry Ghost
​ The Question of My Virgin​i​t​y​
​ Browngirl. Bluegrass.
​ RANT!