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A story of twin sisters fighting to live their dream as the world attempts to tear them apart. MY SISTER by Janet Schlapkohl features twins Emily & Elizabeth Hinkler. Exposing issues of human and disability rights and freedom of expression, the masterful play will win hearts and minds of audiences.

Join Laura on a booze-soaked journey into hilarity, death and dementia. In 2009, she leaves LA and goes to Atlanta to take care of her aging father. A rollicking road trip gets derailed by ghosts of the past, late night Food Network binges and pill fueled hallucinations as she finds her way home.

A hilarious and heart-breaking true coming-of-age tale about living as a university student in China in 1988-1989 and working for CNN during the Tiananmen Square Uprising.

SOMETIMES YOUR HEART HAS TO STOP FOR YOUR LIFE TO START. A one-woman dramedy about a pagan actress who dies on the operating table, awakens in "Heavens Waiting Room," and is led back thru her earthly life by the spirit of Sir Laurence Olivier. Will she give up on her dreams, or...?

Based on the book “40 Crazy Years of Friendship” by Richard Hulse, this story is of one man's journey in dealing with the unexpected death of his best friend. They are reunited in the best friend's burnt condo to take a walk down the path of remembrance and reconciliation to the demons within.

"Naked inside a stranger body who owns a free soul" The story of a transgender boy and relationship with his parents and the sex.

When it rains, it pours. And bad things always come in threes. Or elevens. Or in a relentless deluge of hatefulness for two years straight. This is a show about the ways we pull ourselves out of rough times with humor, the strangers we never expect will help us the most, and love letters.

Being adopted & searching to feel whole is especially hard when you're battling an inner “Self Hate” coach. This is self-help turnt up! Performed by acclaimed comedian and TV writer Laura House. Once you see it, you'll never be sad again.

"All of my positive parenting skills have abandoned me." Megan Dolan is having a hard day. She seeks solace in her Vitamix, tracing the roots of her smoothie addiction back to one pivotal year when her mom joined a cult, her dad joined the dating pool and her world fell apart.

A tale of courage in the face of a disapproving world, SKANKY ME FROM KANKAKEE is an original coming-of-age rock musical about one boy’s journey to self-love and acceptance. Marc strives to escape his narrow-minded dead end town so that he can be free to be his true self! (skankyme.com) #skankyme

The VirginMotherWhore Project Presents... War for H.I.S.: An Evening of 3 One-Woman-Shows The War for Humanity:"A Place Called Home" by Satya Vanii The War for Innocence:"Full Glitz" by Heidi Lux The War for Our Souls:"Be:Jesus+Drugs=Beauty" by Lesley Asistio

A young innocent Southern Belle falls for a mysterious "foreign" stranger and falls in love. Follow Donna as her whirlwind marriage turns from a fairy tale to discovering her "perfect" husband was a drug trafficker for the Cartel.

Mary of the Avenue is a traditional musical-comedy play. It is set in New York City in the dead of winter. The story highlights the plight of the homeless there while touching on some of the realities and cultural realities, all in a light-hearted but poignant presentation.

**FINAL PERFORMANCES CANCELLED** A husband and wife sit down for a nice picnic, but slowly, she starts to realize that all is not as it seems, and she might not be able to leave.

Extended! Thursday, July 9th, 7:30pm— The Bootleg Theater! Come take a breather from the 'darkness' for a good 37 minutes with Abby and U and Me and My Best Friend P! (The other 13 minutes cannot be accounted for, but your inner tyke will thank u for it!)