COMEDY
HOLLYWOOD FRINGE 2013
THE ROAD TO HIGH STREET
comedy · andrew potter productions · Ages 12+ · one person show · 1hr
Based on 15 years as a street performer,Andrew Potter presents a series of stories, songs and video about this unusual career.Stories include “Living in a Beer Tank”,his bizarre home, and “The 3rd Egg”,his first routine. Against this backdrop is the notion of pursuing a non-traditional career.
CONFESSIONS OF THE HAPPY BRIDE
comedy · boo boo productions · Ages 18+ · one person show · 50 mins
Confessions of the Happy Bride is the story of a girl desperate to realize her mother’s dreams of love, happiness, and a huge wedding...despite the bumpy aisle and the frumpy groom.
THE HARRY AND SAM DIALOGUES
comedy · redsoil theater company · Ages 10+ · flashing lights · 1hr
Harry and Sam are best friends who like to pass the time posing outlandish questions. These questions, shrouded in indifference, allow each man to question the other without asserting his fears. Eventually, time passes and the indifference melts into destruction--changing their friendship forever.
THE SEARCH FOR RON MIMS
comedy · mack black productions · Ages 18+ · flashing lights · 55 mins
A "one-man" theatrical show, with sprinklings of stand-up, storytelling, and candor. Characters cover the spectrum from your basic Vietnam vet turned "schizo" to Nikola Tesla; with winding tales of mistaken drug deals gone bad, and the experience of being the token white guy.
THAT'S FUNNY. YOU DIDN'T SOUND BLACK ON THE PHONE.
comedy · big guns big tobacco · Ages 16+ · one person show · 50 mins
Still funny. Still not sounding black. Szathmari returns with politically incorrect tales of self-discovery taking her from extreme rural Maryland to boarding school via The Preppy Handbook to Budapest and black again. Dark, comedy from a dark comedian.
SEVEN DREAMS OF FALLING
comedy · minotaur productions · Ages 16+ · world premiere · 90 mins
Icarus has been falling from the sky forever.
Today, he’s thinking about trying something new.
ONE MAN SHOW: A DUET
comedy · oxymoron masterpiece theatre · Ages 18+ · world premiere · 1hr
This two man one man show chronicles the trials and tribulations of a lonely loser named Tim, as told by the Left and Right sides of his brain. It just might change your life! Maybe.
TAKE ME TO THE POORHOUSE
comedy · take me to the poorhouse · Ages 13+ · world premiere · 1hr
A sparkling new comedy about a middle-class Nigerian 3rd grader who dreams of becoming poor to win the heart of her popular classmate. Audiences are offered a fresh glimpse of African life as they meet a girl eager to reject herself in to order to feel like she belongs. www.takemetothepoorhouse.com
I AM GOOGLE
comedy · kingswell productions / combined artform · Ages 8+ · family friendly · one person show · 1hr
Hey, it's me, Google! Get search results from me, IN PERSON! Try Google Translate, Maps and Voice Search. Meet my ex girlfriend, Twitter, her new boyfriend, Facebook, and my brother, Yahoo! Bing is not invited. You must accept cookies! www.i-am-google.com
THE GOD OF CARNAGE
comedy · umwelt theatre collective · Ages 15+ · 50 mins
What happens when two sets of parents meet up to deal with the unruly behavior of their children? A calm and rational debate between grown-ups about the need to teach kids how to behave properly in a civilized manner? Don't make me sick...
NOT ANOTHER TEEN SOLO SHOW
comedy · full disclosure productions · Ages 16+ · one person show · 55 mins
After a less than ideal youth-hood, a spunky Indian girl in Indiana turns to the popular teen movies of the time (She's All That, Cruel Intentions, Bring It On, etc.) for guidance on how to master high school. Because real life is totally just like the movies… right?
YOUR AUTHENTIC SELF
comedy · mixtape theatre · Ages 18+ · world premiere · 90 mins
Georgia has literally lost her ability to laugh. Kyle is worried that whatever took his wife’s sense of humor is also erasing her personality. Enter Dr. Magdalena Popescu, a neurophysinarcissist with the solution - radical measures to recover their authentic selves.
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BOBBYWOOD: THE LONGEST DEATH SCENE
BOBBYWOOD: THE LONGEST DEATH SCENE by well-known Hollywood voice actor Bill Ratner - Every Thursday, Friday & Saturday night in June - 7:30PM: Complex Theaters/Ruby Room 6477 Santa Monica Bl.
The Harry and Sam Dialogues
RedSoil Theater Company Presents the comical yet vulnerable and brooding story of friendship and forgiveness: The Harry and Sam Dialogues by Karen Ellison. Use the discount code "Toilet Paper" and get $2.00 off instantly!
Rodeo Town
Somewhere in the desert, three frustrated cowboys and one hapless yuppie find that isolation breeds savagery in this world premier psychological drama.
