SOLOCOM NYC’25: AQUILES/TATALIAS/DERMANSKY/SWILLEY

The Buttons Don’t Work Here – MELISSA AQUILES

“In sociology, anomie is a social condition that occurs when a society’s values, norms, and standards break down.

It’s been proven elevator “Close Door” buttons don’t work. John Mulaney has named the crosswalk button, the “Stupid Button”. Automated customer service representatives drive us insane.

This is a solo character show about that very American feeling of anomie and what it’s like to operate in a world that isn’t designed to work for us. And it’s completely metaphorized in the buttons that surround us.

The Buttons Don’t Work Here!!! But we can’t stop pressing them!!!”

Ideas I Think Are Pretty Good – JIM TATALIAS

Join Jim as he lays out some ideas he thinks are really, pretty good: things he thinks you can use to improve your life, some of his ideas for new movies, and off-the-wall stuff that will leave you wondering “where did that even come from?” Not excellent ideas. Pretty. Good. Ideas.

The Husband Who Says No (how to wind up in couples counseling) – MICHAEL DERMANSKY

The pressure to please your wife during the bidding wars in the red hot Westchester real- estate market proved to be too much for this middle aged man. What happens when the husband who is supposed to provide a better life for his wife just wants to roll up like a baby and hide? His wife will either kill him or insist on couples therapy, or both.

A Baby For Me? No Thank You, Please! – BAILEY SWILLEY

When everyone in her life pressured Bailey to have a baby, she spent a lot of time questioning, researching, and agonizing over what was wrong with her—until she found the answer… inside her guts—at the gyno’s office. Ooh! Fun!

SOLOCOM NYC has launched over 400 new solo comedies that have gone on to longer runs, tours and festivals around the world (including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.) SOLOCOM NYC is a festival of new solo work. All shows presented are 75%- 100% new material, and are created specifically for the festival. SOLOCOMs goal is to push artists to create a show that is meaningful, personal and to follow the fear.