Going Solo: Creating Your Own Dynamic One-Person Show - Paperback

by Aaron Braxton (Author)

Are you ready to take your acting career to the next level?

Going Solo is the industry's most comprehensive guide to creating and performing a powerful one-person show. Whether you're a newcomer or a seasoned pro, this book will equip you with the critical tools you need to not only survive, but succeed in the competitive entertainment world.

With Going Solo, you'll learn how to:

• Craft authentic narratives, engaging plots, and three-dimensional characters
• Write comedy and drama, perform multiple characters, and raise funds
• Negotiate contracts and market your show
• Unleash your creativity, revitalize your career, and showcase your true artistic greatness

Going Solo is your ticket to creating a powerful one-person show that showcases your unique talents, captivates audiences and propels you to success.

Order your copy today and start turning your dreams into reality!

Author Biography

Aaron Braxton's multi-faceted career spans the genres of theatre, television, film, and education. As a writer and performer, his critically acclaimed one-person show, DID YOU DO YOUR HOMEWORK? (One teacher's journey through the bureaucracy of an urban classroom) garnered several national and international awards including a NAACP Theatre Award and Romanian International Gala Star from Bacau, Romania. Hailing from Roxbury, MA, and growing up in Santa Rosa, California, he currently makes his residence in Los Angeles, CA. A highly sought-after teaching artist and former educator with the Los Angeles Unified School District, he received a BA in Speech Communications from San Diego State University and a MA in Curriculum Writing and Teaching from the University of Southern California. A true renaissance man, he has also authored several books including: DID YOU DO YOUR HOMEWORK? IS NOT ENOUGH! (Seven Motivating Principles for the Comprehensive Success of Parents and Their Children), THE HOMEBOY'S GUIDE TO SOUTHERN COOKIN', and JESSE AND THE CATERPILLAR WHO GO ITS WINGS. In addition, Aaron wrote and directed BELAFONTE UNAUTHORIZED, a one-person show about artist/activist Harry Belafonte as well as several historical plays for young adults, articles, essays, webisodes, and screenplays. He has directed numerous one-person shows written by and starring other artist. A talented actor, Aaron has also starred, guest starred or co-starred in many popular television and film projects and has graced the stage in several professional theatre productions. Current projects include THE SUB, a half-hour television adaptation of his one-person show, BROKEN; a dramatic stage play about a damaged woman who accidentally kills her 17-year-old son, and A CONDITION OF FAITH, a screenplay about a pastor so jaded with life, family, and circumstances that he burns down his church.