Ensemble

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An hour-long workshop with the artistic director of Althea Theatre, Lilac Yosiphon, exploring writing, ensemble work and cross-cultural collaborations

Like many millennials, Charlie is at a crossroads in his life. He dreams of having a successful podcast, but is unable to connect with the people on his show. However, a certain guest may just change the game for him.

As their relationships crumble, four friends are forced to confront a seas of deceit, infidelity, and betrayed trust in their journey to answer that oh-so-American question: How much is pretty worth? Follow their journey with Neil LaBute's Off-Broadway hit. *Explicit Language*

Narcissus & Echo is a dark comedy exploring the water shortage through music, movement, and Greek mythology.

"Only the Beginning" follows a young man on the brink of adulthood as he navigates through his parents’ divorce. After his father walks out on their family, Bobby, a soon-to-be college graduate, finds himself putting his dreams on hold to take care of his mother as she seemingly falls apart.

‪This EPIC narrative is the UNTOLD STORY of a MULTICULTURAL group of women, adopting a young HOLLYWOOD starlet, and negotiating with ALIENS. Not really. We are Broke and Ugly. This is a longform improv show. We need YOU to help figure out what we're going to do. So many surprises! (for all of us.)‬

BEST ENSEMBLE nominated Ripley tells stories of young women coming of age against a dystopian backdrop. Like the heroines of Hunger Games and Divergent, the women of DYSTOPIA fight oppressive powers. Ripley improvises one hour original plays based on your suggestions. No script, no planning, no net.

A warm, funny, touching, old-fashioned musical about sexual obsession. John uses sex to seek love and connection. Marty uses alcohol to escape his pain. They try to build a life as their demons and guardian angels battle: lust, booze and despair vs. recovery and hope. Can they find a happy ending?

Inside Arbor Psychiatric Institute there is a very fine line that divides the patients from the nurses. One tragedy, one accident, is all fate needs to push the ones who administer the care onto the side that needs the administering. Truth in the mind, is the only reality.

Fair is an ensemble developed play that tells the true story of the murderess, Laura D. Fair, who shot and killed her lover in broad day light in 1871. Will she be judged for the crime she committed or for her unwillingness to accept what it means to be female in the Victorian West?

THANKSGIVING (a dysfunctional family comedy) 

 Chloe Patterson has invited her perfect fiancé to what she will make sure is the perfect Thanksgiving, despite her very imperfect family. She's provided for every possible contingency... except the unexpected guest: a Las Vegas stripper. 



A rowdy farce, complete with a delusional sea captain, a gruesome shark attack, and a manipulative sea witch, entitled: Titus Sharkdronicus (a Willchum Sharkspeare production).

An eccentric evening of non-sequitur theater: short comedic plays, monologues, and random bits and pieces throughout, performed by an ensemble of perfectly under-medicated comedic actors and special guests in an unconventional space. Smart, absurd, unpredictable, and possibly even legal.

Winner HFF16 Best in Dance & Physical Theatre, Office Beat returns with live music and new dances! Tap Overload presents a light-hearted, toe-tapping, family friendly comedy in this genre-busting production. “You’ll smile all the way through this delightful show!”-Musicals in LA. officebeatshow.com