Death

It’s 1543. A Portuguese ship sets sail with goods from Japan. Kira, a Japanese girl, is isolated on the ship and discovered by the naive Portuguese, Maria. A complicated historial feud is distilled through the two young girls. Can we find a sense of home within the people we’re trained to oppose?

When Amireh, the matriarch of a British-Iranian family goes missing, her husband and adult children are thrust into an off-beat spiritual journey that forces them to contend with secrets, infidelity, new age death ceremonies, a police investigation and the psychedelic drug DMT.

Pulling the curtain back on one of America's greatest tragedies, discover the untold stories of those backstage during the Lincoln assassination. In the hours following Booth's escape, actors and crew behind the scenes are left to wonder: who knew, who lied, and who took the truth to their graves?

3 Short Plays Concerning LOVE & DEATH

James, a young artist succumbs to vices enmeshing the sudden loss of his father, Lanair, with the loss of an abusive relationship with his former partner, Scarlet. Will James be able to find a way out of mental purgatory and develop tools to co-exist with his losses or become over-shadowed by grief?

Follow Marlena McHenry's drag persona, Mercutia Falstaff, in an exploration of loneliness, guilt, fear, and love. Through the characters he plays, watch Mercutia be forced to grapple with his own reality in the face of grief. Expect four characters, two hours, and one fabulous mustache.

A TRAGICOMEDY: My mom just moved into Memory Care. She’s 58. I don’t use the word Alzheimer’s, I say “dementia.” Less scary, right?

Australia's #1 Grief Expert, Dr. Adelaide Graves, has come to America to present her newest product! GRIEF BOX is a comedy-packed combo of TED Talk wisdom and QVC flair, diving into our obsession with life hacks and the allure of capitalism. Because why to go therapy, when you can buy closure?

A young woman is grappling with a major loss. Seeking solace and a path forward, she immerses herself in her beloved dance space. Unbeknownst to her, she is not alone.

Chris Grace (Superstore) returns after his 2023 sellout show "Scarlett Johansson". His new show explores the most important questions of our time: Can we enjoy life if we know how it ends? Does making art actually help? And if Rihanna's song is called "Don't Stop the Music", why does the music stop?

After comedian/filmmaker Heather Fink’s dad suffers a paralyzing stroke, she struggles to pull herself up from sinking. From caregiving to death and the midlife crisis, QUICKSAND is a storytelling and clown exploration of the realest sh*t we face.

A family waits for the matriarch to pass while attending to the mundane bureaucracy of dying—a real drag as they say, until it isn't. What ensues is a meta-comedy exploring life, death, family, and the creative process with cheeky irreverence and unapologetic sincerity.

Mary tells the story of legally adopting Michael, a 35 yr old adult who first came to her home as an Airbnb guest, how he died just two years later, and what happened to their bond of love from the other side of death. Mary also openly shares her process of intense grief and her acceptance of fate.

A ship navigated by children in purgatory, a sanctuary for parents who lost their children due to murder; "Sunken" is a whimsical original play that travels between these two worlds and investigates and honors death, grief, anger, all the ugliness within every beautiful human.

The No Fronts Actors Workshop Solo Performance students will be presenting their culminating solo performance project as a workshop presentation at the Hollywood Fringe Festival