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SPRING AWAKENING
theatre · lonesome no more! · Ages 16+ · includes nudity · United States
This painfully funny and brutally authentic view of youth illuminates a world of sexual shame, moral order, and too much trig homework. Caught between supposed to and want to, adults and children alike are at once unbearably innocent, unbearably corrupt, and completely without answers.
This painfully funny and brutally authentic view of youth illuminates a world of sexual shame, moral order, and too much trig homework. Caught between supposed to and want to, adults and children alike are at once unbearably innocent, unbearably corrupt, and completely without answers.
OF PEOPLE AND NOT THINGS
theatre · distance over time theatre · Ages 13+ · United States
This is the way the world ends: with an intimate apocalypse. Two people struggle to unearth meaning in the events that brought them to this room. Part mystery, part love story, their subjective accounts ask the audience to determine where truth lies. "Beautiful and evocative" - Cincinnati City Beat
This is the way the world ends: with an intimate apocalypse. Two people struggle to unearth meaning in the events that brought them to this room. Part mystery, part love story, their subjective accounts ask the audience to determine where truth lies. "Beautiful and evocative" - Cincinnati City Beat
PASSING PROPER
theatre · j mass entertainment · Ages 18+ · world premiere · United States
Two outlaws stow away in an empty boxcar on a westbound freight train. While planning what to do next, they discuss difficult questions. What do I want? Where do I fit? Will they help each other find a place in our inundated America, or will they smother the very ambition they crave?
Two outlaws stow away in an empty boxcar on a westbound freight train. While planning what to do next, they discuss difficult questions. What do I want? Where do I fit? Will they help each other find a place in our inundated America, or will they smother the very ambition they crave?
ON & OFF THE WALL
visual art · stacy mckee & joan rater · world premiere · United States
Creepy. Sweet. Happy. Sad...Something for everyone. Paintings by Stacy McKee and a one-woman show by Joan Rater. Artwork "ripped from a children's book with a dark twist." A performance that’s "heartwarming, brutally honest & hilarious." Stacy and Joan are writers on the ABC drama Grey's Anatomy.
Creepy. Sweet. Happy. Sad...Something for everyone. Paintings by Stacy McKee and a one-woman show by Joan Rater. Artwork "ripped from a children's book with a dark twist." A performance that’s "heartwarming, brutally honest & hilarious." Stacy and Joan are writers on the ABC drama Grey's Anatomy.
"THE LAST OF THE KNOTTS"
theatre · spoken word festival · Ages 15+ · world premiere · one person show · United States
A carefree hipster unwraps the gift of love and finds a time-bomb of revenge. Tallahassee patriarch Judge Knott wanted his only son, Doug, to give him a grandson. Doug, having taken enough shit from the redneck Judge says, "No way. I am the last of the Knotts." This is Knott a comedy.
A carefree hipster unwraps the gift of love and finds a time-bomb of revenge. Tallahassee patriarch Judge Knott wanted his only son, Doug, to give him a grandson. Doug, having taken enough shit from the redneck Judge says, "No way. I am the last of the Knotts." This is Knott a comedy.
SALES ON HOLLYWOOD BLVD.
theatre · cosmic kat productions · Ages 16+ · world premiere · United States
Sales on Hollywood Blvd. Written by Kathryn Fielding explores the eye opening experience of a young woman, arriving in Los Angeles and entering the office temporary workforce for the first time with all it's comedic complexity, to come up against the office diva affectionately known as Saleszilla.
Sales on Hollywood Blvd. Written by Kathryn Fielding explores the eye opening experience of a young woman, arriving in Los Angeles and entering the office temporary workforce for the first time with all it's comedic complexity, to come up against the office diva affectionately known as Saleszilla.
BARKING PIG
theatre · orgasmico theatre company · Ages 18+ · includes nudity · world premiere · United States
The infamous Victor is coming to the Barking Pig tavern to kill one of seven outrageous drunken nincompoops. Who will it be? Pandemonium unfolds in Thearico Orgasmico's THE BARKING PIG, sure to be one of the most bawdy, dastardly, and certifiably hilarious productions at this year's Fringe.
The infamous Victor is coming to the Barking Pig tavern to kill one of seven outrageous drunken nincompoops. Who will it be? Pandemonium unfolds in Thearico Orgasmico's THE BARKING PIG, sure to be one of the most bawdy, dastardly, and certifiably hilarious productions at this year's Fringe.
GLINT, ADAPTED FROM OBLIVION BY DAVID FOSTER WALLACE
theatre · needtheater · Ages 18+ · world premiere · one person show · United States
Glint is an adaptation of the David Foster Wallace story, "Good Old Neon" in the Oblivion collection. During the play, a man explains to an audience why he committed suicide and what happens after you die. Stark and powerful, the text carries with it the weight of its author's own suicide in 2008.
Glint is an adaptation of the David Foster Wallace story, "Good Old Neon" in the Oblivion collection. During the play, a man explains to an audience why he committed suicide and what happens after you die. Stark and powerful, the text carries with it the weight of its author's own suicide in 2008.
FACT & FICTION
theatre · sixth avenue · Ages 18+ · world premiere · United States
William recollects his year in Brazil as a high school exchange student – the worst exchange student ever. Adam confesses to being stalked by a vengeful film student. Both dudes bring to life hilariously unreliable stories that will, quite truthfully, blow your mind.
William recollects his year in Brazil as a high school exchange student – the worst exchange student ever. Adam confesses to being stalked by a vengeful film student. Both dudes bring to life hilariously unreliable stories that will, quite truthfully, blow your mind.
PULP SHAKESPEARE
theatre · her majesty's secret players · Ages 16+ · United States
Her Majesty's Secret Players presents a play by Ben Tallen, Aaron Greer, and Brian Watson-Jones. "Pulp Shakespeare" (or "A Slurry Tale") directed by Jordan Monsell.
Her Majesty's Secret Players presents a play by Ben Tallen, Aaron Greer, and Brian Watson-Jones. "Pulp Shakespeare" (or "A Slurry Tale") directed by Jordan Monsell.
RECLAMATION
theatre · walking theatre group · Ages 12+ · world premiere · United States
There are stories and poems inside of us--Joys and sorrows, memories and dreams--They contain experience and energy and when reclaimed can be paths to greater aliveness and transformation. The Group performs their highly original "transpersonal" pieces for the Fringe.
There are stories and poems inside of us--Joys and sorrows, memories and dreams--They contain experience and energy and when reclaimed can be paths to greater aliveness and transformation. The Group performs their highly original "transpersonal" pieces for the Fringe.
ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL
comedy · geronimo entertainment · Ages 13+ · family friendly · world premiere · one person show · United States
Carl Kozlowski was a fast-rising reporter and comic who suddenly became narcoleptic.
"Asleep at the Wheel" is the tale of his decade-long fight against narcolepsy and the array of utterly insane, embarrassing and dangerous experiences he had before he finally managed to stay awake again.
Carl Kozlowski was a fast-rising reporter and comic who suddenly became narcoleptic.
"Asleep at the Wheel" is the tale of his decade-long fight against narcolepsy and the array of utterly insane, embarrassing and dangerous experiences he had before he finally managed to stay awake again.
OUR LADY OF 121ST STREET
theatre · skinny black girl productions · Ages 17+ · United States
In this insightful and hilarious piece the characters inevitably square off on each other under rather dark circumstances. They unite motivated by rage, pain, and a scary desire to come clean for the sake of thier dearly beloved, recently deceased Sister Rose... wherever she might be.
In this insightful and hilarious piece the characters inevitably square off on each other under rather dark circumstances. They unite motivated by rage, pain, and a scary desire to come clean for the sake of thier dearly beloved, recently deceased Sister Rose... wherever she might be.
DANNY AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA
theatre · pretty in detroit · Ages 18+ · United States
Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, John Patrick Shanley's second play, is a fairy tale for the damned set in a Bronx bar with two battered, bruised, and violent, lonely souls yearning for a connection.
Written by : John Patrick Shanley
Starring: Alison Quinn & Tyler Brooks
Directed By: Kevin Quinn
Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, John Patrick Shanley's second play, is a fairy tale for the damned set in a Bronx bar with two battered, bruised, and violent, lonely souls yearning for a connection.
Written by : John Patrick Shanley
Starring: Alison Quinn & Tyler Brooks
Directed By: Kevin Quinn
ROCK IN HER POCKET
theatre · not man apart · Ages 13+ · one person show · United States
Miss V invites you to her surreal world of talking printing presses, romantic pet rocks, and ‘accidental’ jaunts into the river. A one woman show splashing through the last days of Virginia Woolf, this dark comedy is quirky, delirious, and unhinged. - Actual tea and cookies will be served.
Miss V invites you to her surreal world of talking printing presses, romantic pet rocks, and ‘accidental’ jaunts into the river. A one woman show splashing through the last days of Virginia Woolf, this dark comedy is quirky, delirious, and unhinged. - Actual tea and cookies will be served.
