SNOW: [black man. whiteout conditions.]
Steve’s new solo show.
Premiered 2025 at PlayGround’s 8th Annual Solo Performance Festival
During a mid-pandemic drive from Reno to L.A. Steve is just trying to make it home (from his husband's house in Nevada) when a freak snowstorm turns the trip into a near-death experience. The journey is harrowing, absurd, thought-provoking and funny, touching on issues of race, loss, grief, death, and loneliness. Snow: Black man. White Out Conditions reveals sharp truths about modern life, mortality, faith and what it means to survive. / Performed as part of PlayGround's 8th Annual Solo Fest / February 2nd, 2025.
What people are saying:
“SNOW is a piece whose depth sneaks up on you. It begins as a relatable story about getting caught driving in a snow storm, and suddenly you find yourself in the midst of a highly personal examination of the meaning and purpose of life. It’s moving, thought-provoking and funny; I could listen to Steve tell stories all day long!” – Laura Ekstrand, Artistic Director, Vivid Stage
“… it’s a thrilling story.” – Jon Gentry, 2024 Soaring Solo Social Impact Award winner at the Hollywood Fringe Festival for his one-person show BLACK BASTARD
“I was DEEPLY MOVED. [The] performance was deeply HONEST…moving and MEMORABLE.” – Molly Pearson, consultant, theater and film producer
“Bravo! Memorable play loved [the] performance.” – Larry Kay, best-selling author and filmmaker
“…nuanced, beautiful, and definitely made me look at my own mortality in a way to not be as afraid of it.” – Amir Levi, performer, singer, activist
“Loved it so much. Very thought-provoking, relatable, and forthright, and felt so true…and so visceral.”– Elise Robertson, actor, storyteller, filmmaker
“…[a] thoughtful & moving one-man show.” – Michael T. Rose, singer / improvisor
“EXTREMELY WELL EXECUTED all around!” – Rick Borutta, creator and star of NOBODY’S BITCH
SPECIAL THANKS: Kelley Macmillan, Cezar Williams, The Group that came to the Living Room, Jim Kleinmann and everyone at PlayGround, Mia Tagano, Laura Ekstrand, Vivid Stage (where the first public reading of SNOW was produced in their Vivid Summer Solo series), Molly Pearson, Teresa Hegji, Cynthia Robinson-Williams, Charles Thomas, Eric Miranda, The Willie Agee Playhouse, all the rehearsal-helpers, every acting teacher I’ve ever had.
OUR AMAZING DONORS:
Diana Buckhantz • Glenn Gordon • Michael Bonahan • Dave Klaus • Sandra Luckow • Rodney Hobbs • Anonymous • Phyllis Toben Bancroft •
Jan Oxenberg • Dave and Julie Bushnell • Preston Kevin Lewis • Anonymous • Shawn Rene Graham • Doug Allen • Anonymous • Mia Tagano •
Toni Pentecouteau • Larry Kay • Kelley Macmillan • Dennis Herzig • Anonymous • Laura Ekstrand • Anthony Cistaro • Maria Elena Rodriguez •
Max Freund • Steve Harper • Mark Talgo • Sam Ladion • Mike Thomas-Faria • Jim White • Mia Tagano • Adam Howard • Jan Oxenberg •
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Eric Buter • Pamela Fairbanks • Larry Kay • Tim Carter • Robert Axelrod • Rick Borutta • Stephan Scoggins • Teresa Huang • Nichole Crawford •
Gin Hammond • Lynn Whoerle • Tamera Fields • Howard Kohos • Jeremy Redleaf • Charles Thomas • Stephon Litwinczuk • Xander Shapiro •
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