Compelling

HFF DIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP WINNER 2024. When Amireh, the matriarch of a British-Iranian family goes missing, her husband and children are thrust into an off-beat spiritual journey that forces them to contend with secrets, infidelity, death ceremonies, an investigation and the psychedelic drug DMT.

***2 Time WINNER*** "BEST OF FEST" Whitefire Annual Solofest How do you explain the unexplainable? Would it concern you or consume you? An award-winning dramady about love & strength, fear & magic, angels, spirits, embracing life and living boldly!

Bella Ventricle (Ann Noble) has always had very strong opinions, she has never done anything about them. Until now. But, being arrested is a bit more than she can handle.

The Gallery follows the absurdist journey of a being experiencing self-awakening and the rediscovery of life. It takes a deep dive into how and why we get stuck and the power of art in order to open us back up to the world around us. It highlights the relationship between artist, art, and audience.

Mixed Asian American (predominantly Japanese American, and part Cuban American) artist, Orchid Cameron's is sick of being hyper-sexualized in the media, and no matter how much she tries to look innocent, is treated like a sex object regardless of the straight A's and church girl insides.

A PRESENT-DAY WAITING FOR GODOT... HIGH ABOVE MANHATTAN, NEW YORK.

A one-act comedy play. Tom and Alex, seasoned Goo Checkers, stop at Jean-Paul’s restaurant for a routine Goo Check. What is Goo? We pray you never find out.

**Best Of SF & Boulder Fringes** A woman's unique story unfolds in this surreal, comedic spin on documentary theatre. What happens in Theatre Show is very real and probably true. // “Sly, wryly whimsical” –SF Chronicle "Brilliant" –ALOC Media

Jess returns home from her third tour in Afghanistan with severe burns and emotional scars. In her Virtual Reality therapy world where pain meets hope, she finds a way forward, and learns how to bring love and acceptance back into her new civilian life. Trigger warning: wounds and war themes.

A fiery post Civil War Appalachian preacher driven by religious passion is challenged by the consequences of an unbending will. “A spell-binding, tour de force performance” with characters and melodies that audiences find “inspiring and uplifting, fascinating and frightening, hilarious and healing.”

How would you like to be remembered? Enter the heart of Hollywood Forever Cemetery where award-winning dance artist Christina Evans intertwines timeless epitaphs with dance, evoking a profound experience that honors life, legacy and love.

Why are some people “expats” while others are “immigrants”? An LA lawyer finds herself in vibrant Hong Kong, while a Hong Kong lawyer faces the reality of a new life in LA. In a single act, this new play challenges you to reconsider your perceptions of what it means to be an immigrant.