Solo Show

Em O'Loughlin was a BIG FATTY BOOMBAH. Then she lost 187 pounds, so now she's just a Boombah. Australian National Raw Comedy Winner (2001) Em O’Loughlin chats about how she made her ass look smaller simply by pulling her head out of it.

This one-man show tells the autobiographical story of Majd Murad as he comes out to his Catholic Iraqi family. Funny and bittersweet, this show is sure to educate and inspire its audience. Tickets $15.00

Awkwardly brave and oddly joyful, My Mobster is the heartbreakingly true story of the unlikely romance that blossoms between a sheltered young woman and a criminal from France. Also featuring: a hyper-religious, mildly racist mother; a love-hate relationship with an intact virginity; and voodoo.

Talking To Yourself is a poignant and funny collection of verbal renderings and riffs delivered in an always engaging fashion by speaker and humorist Jan Solomita. With likely drop-in guests brought to you by several of his alter egos who together share his stories and his vision. Check it out!

When Mike brings his boyfriend Les home to visit his Caucasian , Right Wing Republican Family for the Christmas Holidays , he realizes that he forgot to tell them one very important thing , that Les is African American. Oops ! This show puts the fun is dysfunctional .

Honor & Fidelity" is a multi-character solo show with music about a woman's journey to find her cultural identity by unraveling the history of her family's past. A Puerto Rican tale filled with humor & pathos, all set at JFK boarding gate & mixed with live music & recorded boleros by Gelin Colon.

Hutchins Foster's comedic sixty minute show is about a gay man's harrowing journey into motherhood. Based on his award winning blog of the same name, Mommy with a Penis delves into marriage, adoption, interracial kids, and the dreaded potty time.

When an eccentric inventor moves out of his home of 50 years, he and his family deal with resulting chaos. Using recorded interviews, poetry, video and live music, this piece is fuses radio documentary and experimental music theater. For fans of This American Life, Robert Ashley, and Laurie Anderson

Glint is an adaptation of the David Foster Wallace story, "Good Old Neon" in the Oblivion collection. During the play, a man explains to an audience why he committed suicide and what happens after you die. Stark and powerful, the text carries with it the weight of its author's own suicide in 2008.

Join Jennifer on American and Palestinian soil on auditions, bad dates and across military checkpoints as she navigates the thorny terrain around Palestinian identity. Exploring how she becomes Palestinian-ized, politicized and eventually radicalized in a fresh, often funny, searingly honest way.

When Carla volunteered at a convent, the sisters assumed she wanted to become a nun. She did not correct them. In fact, she lied. "Sister Mary Liar" is a solo-play about a woman trying to overcome a mountain of misunderstandings between herself and God. Written and performed by Carla Snowden.

'IF ONLY I LIKED STRIPPERS,' 'The PeniFesto,' and the rollicking 'TRANNY IN A TREE.' With original songs and monologues such as these, Sex and the Modern Man is at a crisis point. What is to be done? Sing original, bluesy pop songs, and share a few warped stories from the trenches of Guyville.

Critically acclaimed/Ovation&NAACP nominated/3 tantalizing tales/15 characters/Compelling,hilarious disturbing peek into mysteries that lurk beneath the facade.“A rollercoaster ride;all the uneasy queasy feelings,yet with total exhilaration. ASTOUNDING,AWE INSPIRING" Love/Dramedy/Song/Spokenword

Lucky's out of luck. This burlesque chick is drunk, pregnant & fell deep in a hole! But don't despair - Filipina Mamas to the rescue! Mommy "Cher", Mommy "Marilyn Monroe" & Mommy "Tura Satana" intervene with Lucky's misfortune through jazz, poetry, comedy & dance. Trapeze Freaky Flip as opening act.

Former "looper" John Druska takes the audience on a tour of his ten year career as a private golf club caddie, from his greatest paydays to his most dastardly clients. A true story of growing up too fast that spans millennia. 6/11,5P;6/22,9:30P $7 @Fringe Central Mainstage