Solo Fest 2024 Spotlight: Hector Zavala
The PlayGround Solo Performance Festival is PlayGround’s annual celebration of the best in California solo performance. Now going on its seventh year, this year’s Solo Fest runs January 26-February 11, 2024, with nine double-bill performances over three weeks.
Today’s spotlight: Hector Zavala in Seeking The Last Gay Man, 1/26 & 1/28 at 7pm
Seeking The Last Gay Man is a comedy narrated in a single voice speech with melodramatic, cabaret and clown overtones. Inspired by the experiences of the interpreter and his adventures as an openly homosexual man in cultures such as Mexico and the United States. The work focuses on the word and presence of the actor, using only transfigured scenographic elements that suggest different spaces, times and places. It takes pop art as references in its aesthetics, as well as resources of the LGBT culture, in order to promote and spread understanding, diversity and rights for gender equality and equity. The work has original music inspired by Mexican folklore in conjunction with electronic music, as well as artificial lighting and objects that enhance the scenic game.
HECTOR ZAVALA, he/they, is considered a chameleon in a thousand ways. He mixes his studies in Performative Art, Acting, Dance, Multimedia, Costumes, Set Design and his love for theater to instill his own style of culturalism, carrying with him the weight of the universal struggle to defend one’s own. He has participated in international festivals such as FITLA, (International Latin Theater Festival of Los Angeles.), the Edinburgh Theater Festival and the Ibero-American Art Festival. He has collaborated with greats from the “Chicano” community and is a member of Latinx Mafia and PlayGround.
PlayGround SoloFest 2024 features Amy Bouchard, Steve Budd, Geoffrey Grier, Bethany Mitchell, Miyoko Sakatani, Sonia Sawkar, Nicole Soul, Jill Young, and Hector Zavala, performed live at Potrero Stage and simulcast online. Online registrants can view the on-demand recording for up to one week following the live performance. Admission is free (donations gratefully accepted) and advance reservations are required. NOTE: For in-person attendance, masks are voluntary (PlayGround will provide masks for those who don’t have them). Online viewing is available through https://tickets.playground-sf.org (after reserving ticket, log in, go to main menu at “home”, select “tickets for upcoming performances”, find your show, and click “watch”). For box office questions, including streaming/on-demand access, email boxoffice@playground-sf.org.