Solo Shows

Michelle has written, performed, and produced two solo shows. Her third solo show is currently being workshopped on stage and you can check out performance dates here!

Her first show, Bean, was awarded Best of Hollywood Fringe and named a Top Ten Pick of the Australia Fringe World Festival. See below for reviews and more information about her upcoming third solo show, Bean vs. The Robots.

Reviews

For Bean at the Hollywood Fringe Festival:

“Michelle Lema’s one woman show Bean is a very up close and personal experience; an experiment in intimacy and disclosure of those moments in life that make you who you are, or who you think you are.” - LA Theatre Review

“These kinds of shows depend almost entirely on the performer's personality and wit, and Lema has plenty enough to get her through.” - LAist

For Bean at Fringe World Festival Perth:

“Armed with little more than a cooking spatula and a kindy-class chair, the diminutive writer-actor is a lively, likable and witty performer.” - The West Australian

“Lema gives some wonderfully detailed accounts of the intimacy, intensity and inventiveness of childhood experiences.” - The West Australian

“A solo theatre show that brings you closer to the funny and touching journey of a girl in a big world, who is not quite ready to grow up.” - The Sunday Times

“Top 10 treasury shows not to miss.” – The Sunday Times

Shows

Bean

Named Best of Hollywood Fringe and a Top Ten Pick of Fringe World Festival in Perth, Australia, this funny and weird solo show tells the story of a young adult named Bean as she searches to reconnect with the fearlessness she had as a child.

(2nd) Bean

In this solo show sequel to Bean, which debuted at the Los Angeles Solo Festival, an unfortunate dating curse has been placed on Bean. If she can’t figure out how to break it, she will be doomed to go on awkward and terrible dates—forever!

Bean vs. the Robots

A brand new solo show sci-fi musical written and performed by Midge Lema. Including 11 new songs with music and lyrics by Lema, the story follows Bean as she goes on a journey through space and time to take back the memories an evil entity called the Authority stole from her. Bean vs. The Robots is Lema’s third solo show, but her very first musical.