The Buzz Intro Interview

Celeste Walker/Solo performer/Playwright

According to United Solo Festival website, “artists are capable of connecting with global audiences and focusing on the uniqueness of human beings.” One of the goals of solo performance is ”to present solo pieces, both local and international; discover original scripts; bring creators together; exchange perspectives; and inspire creativity related to solo performance.” Those goals reflect my own goals as a solo performer.
GHOSTED, is about a woman looking back on her life, coming to terms with a poor decision regarding a love affair decades earlier, the repercussions of that decision, and how she recovered and grew as a result.
Themes in GHOSTED include love, shame, loss, guilt, change, making choices, growing up, and facing our ghosts of the past.
The story is both unique and universal, comical and tragic, and highly relatable, featuring one actor and 10 characters guiding the woman on her 38 year journey to her authentic self.

Festivals are all about bringing people together to enjoy a plethora of experiences in one location, over a given period of time.
What a wonderful way to celebrate creativity, original ideas, experimental genres and communities of diversity, inclusion and entertainment.
On a personal level, I have never been to Atlanta and this is my chance to enjoy the arts, the people and the culture of this excellent city, while sharing my own theatrical experience.

I was attending workshops lead by my solo performance coach. The workshops began with a meditation exercise, followed by a guided journey, a writing portion and time to share fresh writing or prepared pieces with the other participants. I was working on a something that I thought would become a new solo show. However, every writing prompt lead me to explore something completely different, a mostly true, autobiographical story that had to be told.