Acting

What drives the man of words to the edge of silence? A 19th-century historical drama, inspired by the life of a revolutionary Romantic poet, Lord Byron. This piece is an ultimate exploration of the relationship between a parent and a child.

Thiyagi Thileepan was a Tamil Tiger revolutionary from Sri Lanka. Ahash Francis is a young actor in California. Witness him bring Thileepan's story to life in this one-man performance about sacrifice, the differences between the east and the west, and an exploration of our cultures intertwined!

Fresh off her 1961 Academy Awards win and a recent brush with death, Elizabeth Taylor is struggling with her hardest role yet: herself. An intimate look at the movie star’s early life, career, and loves as she grapples with the culture of celebrity and her place as Hollywood’s brightest star.

This fierce one-person retelling of BEOWULF modernizes the wit, vigor, and meaty language of the original epic. John Heimbuch performs Charlie Bethel's tour-de-force adaptation of this classic Old English poem about a warrior king and some famous monsters in this Minnesota Fringe Festival favorite.

Indian-Thai actress and writer Almanya Narula makes her LA stage debut as Noor Inayat Khan: Indian princess, British spy, & Gestapo enemy #1. In this thrilling imagining of the last 30 minutes of her life, Noor's decisions will forever change the tide of a war we thought we knew everything about.

A follow up to the smash hit Scarlett Fever at HFF19. Creator John Wuchte explores the lives of 7 characters through gesture, dance, song, text, aprons and heels. A whimsical, quirky, physical-musical with kinetic choreography accompanied by live percussion, 7 original songs and a talking shirt.