Dark Comedy

When a couple of ducks take a break out at sea from their long migration, they begin discussing important matters like the meaning of life, the best kind of worms to eat, and why they do the things they do, like flying in a V formation. This is a puppet show that is both funny and deep.

ONE NIGHT ONLY! In this PULP FICTION STAR WARS, an army deserter and his partner—the alien super-intelligence inhabiting his spaceship—set course for darkly-comic, scifi adventure in a multimedia, audience participation, staged reading extravaganza! Sex! Violence! Sarcasm! It's everything you love!

We're hosting a special assembly to welcome an alumnus to share his children's book: THE GOOD LITTLE LISTENER. Since becoming an uncle, he has re-examined the books he read as a child and realized that he may have been taught some bad lessons. In this solo comedy, see if you learned them too!

Pers and Tri find themselves in a room with no way out and no memory of who they are or how they got there. What comes next? That's entirely up to them. Omnia Motus is a darkly comedic play developed in response to the overwhelming urge to numb when faced with the nation-wide mental health crisis.

The Altruists by Nicky Silver is a biting dark comedy that follows a group of young radicals in New York City who are as dedicated to their many causes as they are dysfunctional. When self-obsessed soap opera star Sydney commits a crime of passion, the group's morality is put to the ultimate test.

Hedda is a very desperate housewife, frantically searching for the key to a door she cannot find, and she might just burn the house down looking. Written by Ibsen in 1891, this translation by Brian Friel breathes modern life to the original. Adapted for the Fringe with a fiery 90 min runtime.

In this absurdist dark comedy, a woman and her significant other return to her ancestral home where her eccentric sister has planned a night of fun and games that soon turns sinister when a time-honored family tradition is revealed.

After a whirlwind 24-hour romance with a Belgian tourist, aspiring actor/sexual being Cameron Murphy travels the world to find her in this wild, raw, and poignant solo show. Through a series of shamefully shameless “role plays,” Cameron learns how to act — and quits acting. His mom is not invited.

It's mostly jokes... mostly. Growing up with a bipolar father and a schizophrenic older brother left Aaron Foster with a comb of survivor's guilt, depression and anxiety that has invalidated his every accomplishment, destroyed his every relationship and invaded his every waking thought. A comedy!

Bob and Helen, a user-friendly midwestern couple, welcome you into their natural disaster preparedness seminar as their marriage unravels. **This performance includes inoperable prop guns.**

After a dream come true of performing at the Edinburgh Fringe, Cindy ponders the question: What Now? Grieving the loss of her beloved cats, Cindy searches for a new identity, one that embraces aging, resolves the past, creates the possibility of love...with a human. Or...just adopt more cats!

A partially scripted, partially audience interaction based satire on the relentless culture of self-improvement that surrounds us. Better U is the self-improvement U-ducation sensation that's sweeping the nation. You will be the best version of yourself. Whether you like it or not.

SUNDANCE INSTITUTE KNIGHT FELLOWS PROJECT 2024 FRINGE SCHOLARSHIP WINNER An American bridesmaid clashes with her Nigerian relatives at a family wedding. But her life changes forever when she traces her deteriorating health to an ancient, mermaid goddess -- and a mysterious drowning ceremony.

When a revered international figure is embroiled in a scandal, his mostly inept PR team must rapidly respond before the internet makes their own truth. This satirical and subversive dark comedy is a world premiere presented by award-winning Fringe Veterans.

Let’s Make America *America* Again! 3 self-designated 'Super-Duper Patriots' explore what really makes us American in this hour-long political satire show. Starring Keisha Zollar (Netflix's Astronomy Club), Andrew Kimler (Comedy Central) & Megan Sass (Reductress, College Humor).