Storytelling

These three original pieces were written, directed and performed by the recent graduates of the Art of Acting Studio Conservatory. Developed during the 2017 Professional Conservatory Class solo show project, each is an artistic exploration of the life of a notable personality throughout history.

Marcus J Freed performs a hilarious Biblical Comedy that takes you on a funny & fast-paced rollercoaster ride through the life of King Solomon. We meet Solomon as he tries to open the Temple, publish great books of wisdom, keep the peace, experience every delicacy on earth and satisfy 700 wives.

Somewhere in the desert borderlands, the bone woman wanders collecting wolf bones and fragments of long-forgotten histories. Every bone tells a story. Tales of courage, sacrifice and renewal, from women whose voices reach beyond the veil.

An empowering collection of women's monologues meant to inspire and make you laugh.

This is an audience-participation, interactive play where YOU can affect the narrative. Each performance is different. A collection of objects at a charity sale reminisce about their glory days while hoping to find new purpose with new owners--you, the audience.

Sophisticated fun, mind expanding miracles, intelligent comedy magic. A 55 minute show that demonstrates and encourages people to think and laugh at the same time. This is a real contrast in entertainment and a paradigm shifter.

Orlando could've stayed stuck in Flatbush... but he made it to Yale. He could've stayed stuck in Richfield, Utah... but he chased his dream to LA. He could've stayed stuck at his personal bottom... but he didn't. Now, he's helping others get their lives together... on track... unstuck. 

Do you want to write a musical for next year's Fringe Festival? Or Broadway? Come to a free workshop on writing and marketing musicals, and the famed Musical Theatre Writers' Workshop sponsored by New Musicals Inc. Sunday June 18, 6:30pm, Sacred Fools, 6322 Santa Monica. Free admission.

When Kate decides to leave Paris to care for her sick father, she also decides it's time to share her authentic self with the world. Enter Sophie. What follows is an identity adventure filled with philosophie de la vie, humor, and heartache. Will the world embrace Sophie? Can she embrace herself?

The worlds unsolved murders.... What if they were at the hands of one man.... An immortal man. A man driven by his own madness. Or was it the woman who loved him? The innocence he could not escape. She tells her story... Her life of being, Jack the Rippers mistress

In this hands-on workshop, we will discuss personal strategies for getting to your authentic self and creating life balance. Sofie brings her own unique perspective from growing up bi in Chicago with a Mexican/Pakistani family, traveling the world and surviving domestic violence. Materials provided.

A dark retelling of Hans Christian Anderson's "The Little Mermaid" done with movement and dance set to the music of Evanescence

He boxed with Hemingway, struck out the Babe, threw hard as Dizzy Dean and drank even harder. Van Lingle Mungo cut a colorful swath through bars, boudoirs and baseball in the 1930s. A world-class character and semi-great pitcher. Van would remove “semi.” But he always did stretch the truth a little.

A comedy about family, taking risks, and embracing change, a journey from Toronto to Edinburgh. Honest, entertaining and personable, Michelle connects with audiences with her open mind, and ability to cope with life's curve balls. She turned getting laid off into a new career, let's laugh together!

Two young brothers live in a small house just at the edge of their city. Next to them is a forest, out of place but regarded with normalcy. When tension rises at home, the boys hide in their room, spinning wild stories together. In the forest, they find that stories may have a life of their own.