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Tonya Meek’s bittersweet comedy, “Flying Standby”, reveals how the determination to escape her alcoholic mother carried her through a turbulent ride of addiction, lost love, and a final desperate flight toward reconciliation. Please extinguish all smoking materials and prepare for take off.

This one-man comedy tells the autobiographical story of Majd Murad as he comes to terms with his homosexuality and finds the courage to come out to his Catholic Iraqi family, despite the fear of being killed for his "choice." Voted Best of the Hollywood Fringe 2011.

"A bishop. A priest. A woman. A boy." Snatched from today's headlines, "Altarcations" examines lust, absolution, accepting apologies, and whether any place is safe. "Altarcations" is a project of the Pasadena Arts Council's EMERGE Fiscal Sponsorship Program.

What would it take to effect real change, even if it meant the destruction of our world as we know it. Combining multi-media projections with physical theater, live action painting, original music, and text, we invite you to come with us to the brink of destruction, and the birth of a new beginning.

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.

A young Rocker and quirky science combine to save America in the 21st century. Come see the premier reading of the full-cast musical "Genetic Eddy".

Mutineer Theatre Company returns with a world premiere comedy adventure, "The Pirate Laureate of Port Town." As the bloodthirsty crew of the Chartreuse heads to port, ship’s poet Finn must choose between joining the lawless raid or warning the town to save childhood sweetheart Sandy.

Take a little SNL, mix in a dose of The Daily Show & Colbert Report and sprinkle it all with classic sketch comedy shows like The Carol Burnett Show and SCTV. Put that all together and you get Hollywood's best sketch comedy show, Second City This Week.

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 comedic historical monologue about Ulysses S. Grant. The show seeks to paint a vivid and layered picture of Grant while dispelling old myths that have led many to think of him as little more than a drunken Civil War hero with a failed presidency.

"This Vicious Minute" is the raw, autobiographical account of one man's battle with self-injury. It is a story about love, addiction and finding the strength to live the only moment we have - this present, this precious, this vicious minute.

Burnt's roommate, Randy, an uptight Born Again, has just found his stash and is calling the cops. What's a just-trying-to-make-tuition drug dealer to do? When Randy's little sister Gwen arrives, Burnt is forced to either bury the truth or bury himself in this bittersweet rush of almost-romance.

In this powerful solo show, writer/performer Nikki Brown takes you on an emotional and compelling journey into the heart, soul and mind of a young woman as she finds her hidden truth through channeling the assistance of her comical inner voices.

No Boundarys is about life, death and camping. Mostly life, some death, and a lot of camping. After a long day canoeing in the Boundary Waters, there's nothing better than sitting by a fire under the stars, drinking scotch and telling stories of bears and loons, gamblers, drinkers, and dreamers.

Kaleidoscope is a comedy show composed of sketches that find humor in the random and sometimes awkward experiences of everyday life.