Hope & Fear. Life & Death. Love & War. Rich & Poor. All of these will affect our lives, but their effects will seldom be the same, so will you listen or lecture? Condone or condemn? Help or hinder? Because for better or worse, when it comes to the human condition, there's - No Ex'p Required...

Jane Austen's first novel relates the comical tale of imaginative Catherine's first venture into the big city. In this adaptation, the city is L.A., and Catherine must find her way through fickle friendships, unwanted lovers, grisly suspicions, and false rumors. Love is tested; integrity prevails.

A modern tale of gang warfare & romantic intrigue by Los Angeles author James Domine. Imaginative and colorful language creates a mysterious & strange reality. The narrative unfolds as continuously evolving waves of rhyme in rap poetry weave their way through this contemporary urban drama.

Porch (or The Further Education of Molly Jensen) tells the tale of a tragic love triangle in the American South. What began life as a play in Seattle's 14/48 Theater Festival has now grown into a fairy tale told through the lenses of class, gender, identity, and the American Civil War.

THE BLACKS: A CLOWN SHOW, is a lyrical, ritualistic farce. In our play within a play an all-black troupe experiences the plight of the individual vs. group mentality.Do you see someone as they truly are or how you've depicted them to be based on an idea?

A blind young man moves out on his own for the first time against his protective Iranian-American mother's judgment. When she barges in unannounced- before their agreed 2 month separation period- and finds his new love interest, a kooky, sexy, somewhat flaky young actress, maternal mayhem follows.

Whose loss is it anyway? That's the bone of contention between a gay man and a straight woman who meet to straighten up loose ends after the death of the man they both loved. This is a study of how the universal situation of losing a loved one took on unique new qualities in the context of AIDS.

A modern English translation of Jean Anouilh's "Antigone" translated by Barbara Bray, set in an interstitial, near future world. This production, with its stark set and minimal costuming, brings into focus the profound and prescient words of the 20th century playwright. Guerrilla, punk rock theater.

Two tourists fall desperately in love at a Jamaican Hedonism resort and in haste hire a Voodoo priestess to marry them. 7 years later when their bedroom relationship sours, they discover that the priestess has attached a succubus named BLOOD to their union- she "must be fed" or they will die.

Loft Ensemble presents Catalyst: a story of six young women who embark on a journey to consume their addiction before it consumes them. Recovery may not be easy, but it's always worth it. Written and Directed by April Morrow.

Isolated behind plexiglass, peep show star Sunshine talks dirty to her customers, but longs for a deeper connection. One rainy night she jumps from her husband’s van, seeking refuge behind disillusioned paramedic Nelson’s window. Two lost souls bare their wounds in the search for dangerous intimacy.

A look inside the mind of Joan of Arc, one of the most beloved "Hero" Saints. Burned at the stake for cross-dressing, "D'arc Voices" examines the human struggles of gender identity that tormented the Maiden from Lorraine.

Fuck you Jason! or Medea by Euripides" begins with the ancient Greek tale audiences have grown to love for thousands of years. Performed by the Poor-Man Theatre Company in a play meets graphic novel style, Fuck You Jason or Medea by Euripides is sure to entertain the Fringe Audience.

In 1985, Orson Welles, Hollywood legend, & Scatman Crothers, best known for taking an axe to the chest in 'The Shining', did voice work on the animated film "Transformers: The Movie". It was the last job for each. "A Hollywood Ending" tells the story of their meeting at the film's auditions.

When the studio's next picture is an adaption of Peter Pan, four aspiring "somebodys" get their chance at fame in Los Angeles.