Angela Kariotis' One-Woman Show STRETCH MARKS at United Solo Theatre Fest 2010

You do not have to have stretch marks to find meaning in Angela Kariotis' latest theatrical adventure - you just have to have been born. Described as "a one-woman artistic showcase in her trailblazing storytelling" by the Los Angeles Reader, Kariotis wrote and performs Stretch Marks, directed by Florinda Bryant and playing as part of the United Solo Theater Festival on Saturday, November 20 at 3:30 p.m. at The Studio Theatre at Theatre ROW (410 W. 42nd St.) in New York.

+=!? Stretch Marks focuses on infinite possibilities and the decision to ultimately choose ONE. Stretch Marks is about having a baby, being born, what we are born into, the circumstances of our birth, and the legacies we inherit. Forget about the meaning of life, what does it mean to be alive? For the Women at Work Festival run time is 60 minutes.

"This performance has potential to resonate with a variety of demographics," says Kariotis. "After all, we were all born once. We all have parents to varying degrees. Some of us will have children. Everything happens by people. So, if we can treat children better and consider our origins it will make a lasting impact. If we want to save people we have to help mothers."

Stretch Marks is a National Performance Network Creation Fund Project co-commissioned by The John L. Warfield Center for African and African American Studies at The University of Texas at Austin, in partnership Legion Arts in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and the National Performance
Network.

"A lithe and vital writer-performer, Kariotis possesses the raw energy to light up a small city," says The Chicago Reader. "But it's her sly and engaging use of language that makes her work memorable in a dynamic performance that is both serious and seriously funny."

About the Artist:

Angela Kariotis' first solo show, Reminiscence of the Ghetto & Other Things That Raized Me, was described as "Inspiring, enlightening, funny, heart-breaking and boundry-breaking" by NYTheatre.com. Angela has taken her unique performance style across America, playing in venues such as The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA-Live), Contact Theater in Manchester, UK, Hellenic Museum & Cultural Center in Chicago, and New York City with the Hip Hop Theater Festival. She is winner of a Puffin Foundation grant, New Jersey State Council on the Arts Playwriting Fellowship, and Tennessee Williams Theatre Fellowship. She lives in New Jersey.