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NIGHT OF THE ROOTBEER
comedy · zero effort productions · Ages 21+ · world premiere · United States of America
What is rootbeer? What does it mean? Is rootbeer a mere product for consumption or is it something more? When 20 best friends meet up at a pizza parlor some serious drama unfolds...or doesn't..? WHO WOULDN'T WANT TO SEE THIS SHOW??
SEñORITA MONTHLY JUICE
comedy · las callejeras · Ages 12+ · world premiere · United States of America
Senorita Monthly Juice is an absurd comedy that follows plant worker, Adelina, as she negotiates between her roles as a faithful “blood-worker” at a beauty startup and a mother concerned with the convoluted messages her very own company is televising out into the world.
SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS AT THE COMPLEX!
events & workshops · mutant collective · Ages 12+ · family friendly · United States of America
Join us on Saturday mornings of Fringe for cartoons, cereal, donuts, and other treats from a simpler time. All PWYC! Send cartoon suggestions/requests via Twitter to @MutantOnes and then come and go as you please!
NICKEL DICKERS: A HOLLYWOOD ORIGINS STORY
comedy · dennerino productions · Ages 14+ · world premiere · United States of America
Flint Springs & Dick Metro are Two Old Hollywood Era producers making a killing in b pictures, but it takes more than just a pretty face and snappy dialogue to get a picture made. Watch as these two affable assholes navigate stars’ egos, temperamental directors, their own shortcomings, & monkeys.
MUTANT OLIVE
solo performance · theatre planners tours · Ages 18+ · one person show · United States of America
Called "CRACKED" & "FEARLESS" by LA TIMES! In the course of an audition for a new play, Mutant Olive surveys the panoramic sweep of one actor's colorful past..Soul-sucking childhood, substance abuse, rampant sex, car crashes, an out-of-body experience, and the timeless functionality of a black cape.
THE LAST ONE-MAN SHOW (LITERALLY)
solo performance · ape x · Ages 13+ · world premiere · one person show · United States of America
From the writer of award-winning "Letterz 2 2pac" and "Too Many Hitlers", "The Last One-Man Show (LITERALLY)" is the story of an underground comedian (LITERALLY), the lone survivor of WWIII. He still has his dreams, but when you’re the last one left, killing is only suicide. Hilarious!
DON WATERSKI GOES UP NORT'
comedy · jake kornely · Ages 14+ · flashing lights · one person show · United States of America
Join Don Waterski (pronounced: wah-TER-ski) on an interactive comedy adventure through the Northwoods of Wisconsin. Experience the trees, animals, and monsters that lurk in the forests. Will you get lost? You betcha! Will it be fun? You'll laugh so hard you'll fall on your dupa, hey!
JANE AUSTEN'S EMMA FRANKENSTEIN
comedy · sacred fools theater company · Ages 13+ · world premiere · United States of America
Monsters, music, and proper Regency manners! Looking to capitalize on the success of such mash-ups as "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies," Jane Austen brings us the story of the Woodhouse sisters and their search for love with the Frankenstein Family.
I CAN HEAR YOU NOW
One More Chance · dean winkleson presents · Ages 18+ · world premiere · one person show · United States of America
Famous spokesperson, Cell Phone Phil, goes on a search to find out the real story of his childhood hero...the reclusive Mikey from Life cereal.
MY MOM DIED WHEN I WAS 14 (A COMEDY)
goodnight orchard films · Ages 18+ · world premiere · one person show · United States of America
An one man show from Matthew Gudernatch, who touches on what it was like to lose his mother at a tender age.
There are stories, songs, jokes, and other attempts to turn all of the unending pain he's endured into a fun performance with maybe just a pinch of male nudity. (It's a comedy)
MOVIN' ON UP
comedy · self · Ages 18+ · United States of America
It’s funny-or-die-in-the-graveyard time when Jeremy Kehoe’s absurdist, existential comedy, “Movin’ On Up”, makes its West Coast premiere at the 2018 Hollywood Fringe Festival at The Complex Hollywood (Ruby Theater, 6476 Santa Monica Blvd.) June 1 - 21.
BUZZ'D OUT LIVE!
buzz'd out · Ages 10+ · family friendly · world premiere · United States of America
Love HQ, Double Dare, Jeopardy, and Ellen's Game of Games, this show is for you! Buzz'd Out! Live! is the zany trivia game show that combines mind-bending trivia with crazy challenges to form a show unlike any other. The questions: easy; buzzers: crazy; and the prizes...mediocre! Will you win?
DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE
hyde · Ages 10+ · family friendly · flashing lights · world premiere · United States of America
Dr. Jekyll develops a serum designed to eradicate evil from the human psyche. However, during this moral investigation, things take a wicked turn! Based on Robert Louis Stevenson's novella, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, this two-person comedy will have you questioning your own sanity!
SHILO KLOKO
dance & physical theatre · shilo kloko · Ages 18+ · United States of America
Combining butoh with experimental animation and puppetry, Shilo Kloko uses stark, striking visuals to portray a fluid relationship between puppet and puppeteer, reflecting our unstable, fluctuating social and emotional status as humans. Created by Nao Kobayashi.
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