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Ishmaeal, a modern interpretation of one of America's most-loved novels is coming to the fringe festival. Directed by Benny Lumpkins of the Poor Man's Theatre Company, Lumpkins promises to entice audiences all over the world to think twice about Whale Oil as an alternative fuel source.

Ever wondered how to take your show to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe? World Fringe and Dr. Batchelder (16 year veteran manager and producer at the Fringe and a scholar and researcher of the Fringe phenomenon) present a workshop on taking your show to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

What happened in Joe’s past that he’s blocked it so completely out? When you open the door to someone’s horrific past, you sometimes have to step through it in order to help.

The cast of Ishmaeal will perform a scene from its ground-breaking new script, and will introduce you to some of the other talents this talented cast possess. Come see this exciting scene and share with the Ishmaeal cast some other fun and exciting talents.

An Evening Of Meryl Streep Monologues -Performed by an All-Male Cast, is a group of seven actors recreating scenes from the most unforgettable movies of one of the greatest actresses of all-time Meryl Streep.

The Angler...he will wrestle fish into the boat, tell some salty jokes, play tag with a Coast Guard cutter, and have an unanticipated cathartic experience. This is not an actor sitting on a stool. This is a solo show in which shit happens. Grab your life vest and come along.

From the brilliant minds at Fierce Backbone comes a collection of three hilarious short pieces all about when it's time to tell the harsh truths. BANANA INTERVENTION by Jeremy Kehoe, THE END OF THE LINE by Mona Deutsch Miller, and CLOUDS REST by Nancy Beverly.

HAIR, the top-selling Rock Musical ever, is back! “Let the Sun Shine In” to the “Age of Aquarius” with unforgettable songs, loving characters, & energetic dance numbers! 8pm Thur/Fri/Sat; 6pm Sun. June 1-3: Plays411.net/HAIR, 323-960-4418, June 7-24: HollywoodFringe.com/projects/895, 323-455-4585

Multi-award-winning, nationally touring 4 Clowns is a physical, musical & emotional journey into what it is to be human. Follow 4 clowns - sad, mischievous, angry & nervous - as they tell their tales of woe & elation from childhood to adulthood we discover that they are all the same...and so are we.

Nocturne is a series of vignettes traversing the experience of one couple's rises and falls, shown through the eyes of both their past and present selves. Through dance, movement and the music of Chopin we see the story of this couple’s time together unfold. Pay what you can preview.

Written in the vein of "Pulp Fiction" College friends struggle with growing up in a world where social status and the "normal" life is expected of them. With the pressure of marriage and idea of what love is meant to be, becomes too much. Love? Is it something worth fighting for? Worth dying for?

Multiple award-winning trio S&F present the parody mash-up of 'Doctor Faustus,' and every Western film ever made. "5 Stars! Comic genius! All the panache and clever wit of the best British comedy writers of the 20th century!" - Edinburgh Evening News. "4 Stars!" - ChortleUK/Scotsman/TheListUK.

"Once upon a time the world forgot to laugh..." That Beautiful Laugh conceived by Orlando Pabotoy joins 2011 Hollywood Fringe Top of the Fringe winners, 4 Clowns and Porter’s Macbeth director, Turner Munch for a show about the pursuit of laughter and what makes it so beautiful.

Poe and Mathews are an unlikely duo. Once shipwrecked on a deserted island they realize the only thing they have in common is getting on each other’s nerves. Will they survive or kill each other trying? Find out in this absurd clown show! “Laurel and Hardy waiting for Godot” - King Rivers Life Mag.

A funny, yet intense, disturbing psychological 2-hander set in an atmospheric Victorian England. Holmes (John Mawson) and Watson (Mario Vernazza) are themselves under the famous magnifying glass. Amir Korangy is an experienced teacher and director. All are classically trained British actors.