contemporary

Say what you mean and mean what you say… Neil LaBute's "Reasons to Be Pretty" uses everyday language to illuminate our core values and deepest insecurities. Four characters explore the meaning of the word "pretty" and how it can seem to mean both everything and nothing all at the same time.

What if the mean girls from high school were still mean girls ten years later? Throw together the night before a wedding, plenty of booze and drugs, old wounds and resentment and you have a wickedly cruel comedy about female friendship and growing up in an age of excess.

Like many millennials, Charlie is at a crossroads in his life. He dreams of having a successful podcast, but is unable to connect with the people on his show. However, a certain guest may just change the game for him.

Family Tradition: Cockroaches, vodka, and redemption. A father and a daughter stay up all night reliving their past in a trailer on the Plains. Best of My Love: Old flames meet again at a funeral in the desert of West Texas.

The Cure for La La Land.

EXTENDED - Recipient of the Encore Producer's Award Best friends: We love them, we'd do anything for them, but sometimes, they can be an actual pain in the ass. Three comedic shorts explore the ups, downs and all arounds of best friendships through mischief, love, and the perfect tattoo.

Two worlds collide in this lyric night of chill, poetry by Shakespeare is set to a soundtrack of Blood Orange, Chet Faker and others navigating love and more from the producers that brought “Theatre and Chill?” to last year’s fringe. Come for more maximum chilling and cocktails.

"Only the Beginning" follows a young man on the brink of adulthood as he navigates through his parents’ divorce. After his father walks out on their family, Bobby, a soon-to-be college graduate, finds himself putting his dreams on hold to take care of his mother as she seemingly falls apart.

Having grown up in America, Jenny has to figure out how to live with grandma and her rules and traditions from the Philippines. This is a story about what happened to the second wave of Filipinos that migrated to the US after WWII. Starring Anjanette Abayari & Tita Pambid.

RSVP for a tongue-twisting, pill-popping, foot-stomping romp through the psyche. Come for the tour! Stay for the Meltdown!

SORRY, Andy fans. Due to severe cast conflicts, Andy can't appear at this year's feat. Maybe next year again!

Three short plays in thirty minutes or less. You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll inexplicably leave craving pierogies. Daddy Issues, Walk of Shame and SLUT examine femininity from that awkward position where you hold your purse while trying to wash your hands in a public restroom.

A hilarious new play about celebrity culture and how fantasy, imagination, and Instagram can take over the lives of teenagers. This world premiere with an all-female cast follows Dakota on her quest for achievable perfection and fantasy fulfilled in a world that tells her that this is possible.

An hour-long workshop with the artistic director of Althea Theatre, Lilac Yosiphon, exploring writing, ensemble work and cross-cultural collaborations

Hamlet: ¿Estás o no estás? makes a unique approach to Shakespeare’s classic setting it on modern times emphasizing the satirical side of this work. Multimedia, clown, and surrealism take part of this performance making it energetic, uncommon, and colorful.