My One-Man Show
‘What Could Go Wrong? the musings of an eccentric raconteur who happened to be at the right places at the right times’ (WCGW?), is my solo performance piece, written in late 2019. It is a play, partly scripted and with some improvisation, based on each night’s audience, with a flexible running time of 60 – 90 minutes, and within that time frame smaller segments, each with its own story, which can run from 10-25 minutes. It is a very flexible show, and suitable for small theatres, nightclubs and many other interesting venues - private parties, conferences, adult cruise lines, pop-up entertainment experiences ...
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WCGW? Has played six Fringe Festivals, a variety of theatres and clubs in the USA, UK and Australia, and has received outstanding reviews, social media coverage and interviews. The play was booking well until CoVid hit in mid-2020. Most entertainment venues closed, and my show became homeless for two+ years.
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Now, with my new #1 Amazon Bestseller book, LIAR, ALLEGED trending hot and with fantastic reviews, new life has resurfaced for my solo play! It is an adult only experience with coarse language and some material considered shocking, cringeworthy, unWoke and much too ‘brutally honest’ – a laugh-out-loud funny mash-up of the things I experienced during the first half of my life. The tagline is, “you’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll demand a refund!” Not for the faint of heart, I pull no punches and talk about sexual experiences, addictions, an abusive young life, helping break gay stereotypes, prison, robbing my mother in drag, show business, strippers, the mafia and so much more. I consider myself a Monologist – a different, entertaining approach to telling truths than a storyteller or an actor. Monologism is, like burlesque, a dying art that is seeing a resurrection. Part of its appeal is the flexibility of dialogue and narrative based on audience reactions. Each performance is somewhat different, somewhat unique, within the framework of its core. A funny, shocking, ‘I can’t believe he said that’, sometimes cautionary tale of things that went wrong.
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WCGW? Also includes celebrity profiles from my time working as a technical director and a hand-holder for many legends – Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, Golden Globe, Olivier and Tony award winners. My show is unfiltered and the shocking truth, but the show biz section is especially honest and revealing. And it touches on my time as a money mule for the mafia, because in those days, show business and the mob were very much mixed together, primarily for money laundering. I’m too old to worry about a ‘horse’s head in my bed’, so I spill it all.
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A highlight of my most unusual life is performing this show. I am reasonably priced, require minimal tech and space requirements and can create bespoke versions depending on the venue and the audience. If you are an agent, promoter, booker, entertainment director for adult cruise lines or an event planner, I’m happy to send you a full packet explaining the details of this unique evening of shocking, moving and funny theatre. Going to www.davidvassbook.com will give you an overview of some of the material I cover, although a few segments are so ‘hot’, I wasn’t able to include them in my bestseller – lawyers have no sense of adventure…
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Let me help you bring full houses, revenue and serious press to your venue or event.
Contact me! davidvasstheplay@gmail.com