- Solo Performance
- The Story of a Nice White Lady
- (Nice is a four letter word)
- Houston will debut The Story of a Nice White Lady in 2019. In this confessional scolding of the nice white lady, Houston parallels her personal story and a storybook one to highlight the clueless racism and homophobia of nice white ladies. She will preview the show as follows: Monday Night Marsh @ The Marsh, San Francisco. 7:30 on April 8 and 22, 2019. 1062 Valencia, San Francisco and Tell it On Tuesday @ The Marsh, Berkeley. 7:30 on May 28, 2019. 2120 Allston Way, Berkeley.
- Audience Comments for Nice White Lady:
- Sassy, amusing, and smart. Houston bursts the bubble of good intentions. Even her own.
- Charming, irreverent, and overall fun show.
- A great evening of amusing insights.
Bourbon, Dating, and Clowning Around
Sassy, sexy and absolutely charming--captivating and wickedly funny. Her story of personal liberation is a must see for younger women. Robertson is the real story. Winnipeg Free Press. Four Stars.
Link to Snippets of Victory for the Recycled Virgin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgWXMUO2j0k&t=59s
This bittersweet, refreshingly honest, and wickedly funny sixty minute one-woman show has captivated audiences across the U.S. and Canada including a run of shows at The Marsh Berkeley.
Recent Shows
. Carquinez Village organization, Oakland Peace Center, Tell It On Tuesday, The Marsh Berkeley, Solo Sundays, StageWerx, SF, seven shows at the Edmonton Fringe Theatre Festival.
This piece is a passionately performed autobiography by the talented Houston Robertson. Victory for the Recycled Virgin is a funny and inspiring tale of a woman going through a midlife adolescence and discovering new passions. Robertson portrays each character in her story brilliantly. Cody Boyd, Edmonton VUE, 4 stars
Become a producer in the greater San Francisco Bay Area. Make The Nice White Lady a party for family, friends, colleagues, the book club or your happy hour crew! No technical support required. Provide a space (your living room? The neighborhood pub? The library meeting room? ???). Discuss your budget with Houston. I'll bet you can work something out. To get started, contact Houston at houston@houstonrobertson.com.
REVIEWS
Houston is a gutsy 82 year old storyteller who must have been the inspiration for the saying "put your big girl pants on and deal with it." Her one hour play wouldn't have been nearly as entertaining if she had kept them on. Heather Emberly Community News Commons
I saw the best play I've seen all year performed by the effervescent and audacious Houston. She takes life lightly but seriously. For the past two years Houston's been honing her now flawless Solo Show “Victory for the Recycled Virgin” by performing at Fringe Festivals all over the place with great success. Last evening she made her debut at the prestigious Marsh Theatre. Houston goes beyond emotional limits I didn’t know she possessed. She’s frank, jaw droppingly frank, and so honest in the story she shares with us. Her director has shaped the piece into a theme park adventure. One moment you’re roaring with glee, the next shocked and saddened as Houston relates salient points in her journey to age 79. I hope the show will soon get the long run it deserves. Walt Anthony, Spellbinder Entertainment.
"The Buddha got his insights getting bird crapped on while sitting under a Bodhi Tree. Houston arrives at the same realizations following a much more enticing path of bourbon, dating and clowning around." San Diego Theatre Arts Review.
"One of the bravest performances I have seen in this year's Fringe." EdgeMediaNetwork San Diego
“Houston’s insanely expressive and inspiring spirit brings smiles and tears.” Keith Boudreau, The Mysterium
Houston Robertson brings to her newest creative venture, Solo Performance, her experience as a writer, storyteller and motivational speaker and her love of theater. She meshes these skills with a commanding stage presence in her first solo work for the stage titled Victory for the Recycled Virgin, which can be performed as twenty to sixty minute segments. Houston claims her life as Ribbons the Clown on the streets of San Francisco in the mid 1980's as her first solo performance.
Houston is writing a new solo show which will comically and confessionally scold the nice white lady because sometimes good intentions are not good enough.
Houston is fortunate to live the San Francisco Bay Area, home of a significant solo performance community where she receives generous nurturing in this demanding performance form. Her performance is developed with and directed by Mark Kenward (www.markkenward.com). Kenward is a remarkable performer and an insightful and motivating director.
Victory for the Recycled Virgin: The delayed adolescence of a 1950's virgin bride and the blossoming of a sexy, independent woman. In this solo work, Houston exposes her roots as a 1950's virgin bride and the culture bred lies that she and her husband have been living. When a sudden revelation on the cusp of their 21st anniversary launches the painful collapse of the marriage, Houston catapults into a delayed adolescence that triggers a better-late-than-never blossoming into a sexy, independent woman. Or am I a take charge bitch, she wonders. Houston generously offers tips to the audience for parenting their own mothers through a delayed adolescence. For example: “Don’t expect your mother to tell you about the drugs. She won’t. I didn’t.”
Audience Comments
Fearless and funny
Chilling, thrilling, witty and wild
Radiant. You touched my heart.
Houston is kick-ass funny
Best onstage orgasm ever!
Hilarious and a bit scandalous
Houston is a force to be enjoyed. Her commanding stage presence makes it easy to feel part of her mid-life escapades whether poignant, funny, or heartbreaking. She translates the integrity of her personal experience into a highly credible universal voice.
Contact Houston to comment on the show, book a performance, or suggest a performance venue. Email at houston@houstonrobertson.com.
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