For the second year in a row, two prominent arts organizations on the South End are partnering to host the Whidbey Repertory Festival.

The theater collaboration between the Whidbey Island Center for the Arts and Island Shakespeare Festival runs March 7-17. Featuring three rotating live performances, a book reading and a screening, the festival focuses on telling stories that focus on a single person.

ISF Executive Artistic Director Olena Hodges said it can often be tricky to program a solo performance into a regular theater season. The Whidbey Repertory Festival provides an opportunity for solo performers to take center stage.

“Having the ability in one weekend to see multiple unique performances is the heart of what that’s about,” she said of the style of repertory, which ISF has perfected over the years with its summer weekends of rotating outdoor classical theater shows.

As far as WICA Executive Artistic Director Deana Duncan knows, the Whidbey Repertory Festival is the first of its kind in the region.

“This idea that sharing space, money, vision, artists and audiences can help both organizations as well as the communities they serve is groundbreaking,” Duncan said.

Each piece of the festival delves into the human condition in some way. Hodges said there’s something for everyone, and the audience can expect to grapple with some questions in a delightful way.

The festival kicks off with “After the War, Comes the Dishes,” starring Jennifer Rawlings, an LA-based actor. Running March 7-10, the performance chronicles battles of midlife, and what comes next. Rawlings has performed entertaining troops in over 350 military shows in dozens of countries including Iraq, Afghanistan, Haiti and Bosnia.

On March 9, Langley resident and photojournalist Richard Frishman plans to present his new book, “Ghosts of Segregation.” He will share the 35,000-mile journey he took across the U.S. to document the racism he witnessed.

“Gender Play, or What You Will” is a mystical celebration of self-discovery, tarot, and laughter through Shakespeare’s canon with a genderqueer lens. Directed by Erin Murray and starring trans/non-binary actor Will Wilhelm, the show runs March 14-17.

Attendees can expect some big laughs during “Fleabag,” a National Theatre Live screening on March 16. Phoebe Waller-Bridge is the writer and performer of this hilarious one-woman play that inspired a TV series.

Last but not least, catch lady clown Sierra Camille in “The Miss American Dream Show” on March 16 and 17. Join fictional TV host Blanca Fiberton on a comedic political thrill ride.

This potpourri of performances is bound to inspire conversations and a deepening of human empathy.

“I’m so excited to see all of them, and I think they’re so unique and really each production is something that our community hasn’t seen,” Hodges said. “It’s really exciting to bring that all together for two weeks of immersion.”

To purchase tickets in advance, visit wicaonline.org/wrf. Pay-what-you-will tickets are available at the door for each performance. Bottomless popcorn will be offered by donation throughout the Whidbey Repertory Festival.