The Thousandth Night

The Thousandth Night by Carol Wolf
Set in occupied France in 1943, an actor is arrested for propagating subversive material and is being deported. When his train is sabotaged by members of the French resistance, he escapes from the platform and seeks refuge in the train station. His one chance for freedom before the train starts moving again is to win the support of a group of French gendarmes (the audience) by entertaining them with “amusements” that are not subversive. Playing 38 characters from The Arabian Nights , the actor becomes a male Scheherazade, spinning out stories in a chance to win his freedom. A funny yet scathing examination of complicity and self-preservation.

The Thousandth Night opened at the Hollywood International Fringe Festival in June and then traveled to the Boulder International Fringe Festival in Boulder Colorado where it was awarded “Most Innovative Production” and “Best Of Fringe”, before playing to packed houses on the main stage at the San Francisco Fringe held at The Exit Theatre.

“HEARTFELT, EARNEST AND ENTERTAINING…A TOUR DE FORCE…BRILLIANT…ONE OF THE BEST SOLO PERFORMANCES I’VE EVER SEEN… SEAN YAEL-COX HOLD HIS AUDIENCE SPELLBOUND” Hollywood Fringe Reviews

“GREAT SCRIPT, GREAT PERFORMANCE…SERIOUS MATERIAL SPIKED WITH HUMOR, IT LEFT ME WITH CHILLS…A MUST SEE” Boulder International Fringe Reviews

“STANDING OVATION! BRAVO!…INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE AND GREAT STORYTELLING! IT’S THE BEST SHOW AT THE FRINGE…AMAZING…NOT TO BE MISSED…RICH WITH COMIC DELIGHTS AND TRAGIC TRUTHS…AMAZING PIECE…TWO INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCES IN ONE - A POWERFUL DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE AND A SIDE-SPLITTING COMEDIC PERFORMANCE” San Francisco Fringe Festival Reviews