World Premiere

The long running late night smash hit Serial Killers brings the top 8 shows of season 12 into the fringe to crown a champion. Let the thunderdome of theater commence! 8 shows enter. 1 show leaves.

The story of a king that flows to the beats of a Korean drum anchored by dialogue, song and movement. Spoken in English with a peppering of Korean, this historical dramedy crosses culture to speak about a fundamental human tool with whimsy.

A folk rock musical about robots and the human people who hate them

ENCORE WINNER! Even If It’s Wrong is a funny and heartfelt story of how a middle-aged man finds himself back in Nebraska helping his Dad cope with his Mom’s Alzheimer’s. Selling a junkyard, saying good-bye to the house and getting Dad to move on are the tasks at hand…even if it’s wrong.

Caddie Bicycle-Steve allows the audience to tag-along as he attempts to survive another day without getting fired. With a testing of boundaries, Bicycle uses every round as his stage to improv material while calling-out poor etiquette, practicing hygiene, and acting as tour guide to score tips.

A deliciously dark comedy about an unlikely friendship between a socially inept young boy & a morbidly obese novelist. They both seek refuge from a dismal reality in the worlds of their respective imaginations, exploring the dangers of living solely in the space where imagination & memory converge.

Quantum Entanglement : The most romantic theory in physics. A love story on the smallest scale imaginable. Particles. Light. A portrait of a nuclear family awakened by a fractured past, and an experiment to connect them all. (Also there's a cat.) No science brain needed!

1944, San Francisco. A mysterious woman's plea. Murder! Espionage!! (((Nazis!!!))) Detective Frank Liston is in over his head as he races against the clock to solve this rich pulp novel/noir style, multi-media, mystery that just happens to have only one actor.

"Debauchers" is a sensory-somatic theatrical exploration of art aroused by sexuality; an inspiring and uninhibited exhibition of portraits of real and fictional risk-taking-individuals who kindled by their lust for life, have defied personal and socially imposed limitations.

2017 PICK OF THE FRINGE! Deep inside each human a Beast waits to be born—in claws, teeth and violence. Society represses it. Rebels embrace it. One woman will be transformed by it. A Horror Musical Written/Directed by Erik Blair. Music/Lyrics by Daniel Sugimoto (creator of HFF 2016's Broadway Noir)!

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.

An experimental exploration of the "pre-show" experience. There is no performance per se, other than what the audience does. When the lights go down, the show is over.

With religion in her veins, and generations of Rabbinical forefathers, Noam Friedlander never felt the pull of the pulpit herself. Visiting concentration camps as a toddler, and being babysat by Playboy Bunnies at the Playboy Mansion, gave her a warped view of the world...

What may seem crazy may not be, and what may seem sane most likely is not… Do you trust all that you have been told, hear, see, and/or believe… Meet Stanley….and take a deep breath…

If life is what you make it, can't death be? A dark comedy.