Authentic

A Special Variety Show! The Fringe Hit: AN EXCUSE TO BEHAVE BADLY returns! A night of great stand up, sketches, candy, raffles and prizes. And the finale (Fringe Fest Revival) AN EXCUSE TO BEHAVE BADLY!

Join Vanessa’s inner creatures on the flight of her life! Uprooted eight times for her father’s career, Vanessa faces an eating disorder that withers away her roots. Full of adventure, triumph and heartbreak; Uprooted is Vanessa’s resilient journey to find home.

To begin her first novel, a cynical writer must resist the temptation to fill the void left by the nonsensical death of her admired brother. However, her only writing apparatus is her indentured humanoid—a Personal Robot stocked with Netflix, porn, and existential angst.

People of different races have been asking a Black Woman named Shanara, all kinds of questions on the streets of L.A. for the past 2 years, on her “Ask A Black Woman” YouTube series. This is a theatrical & poetic response with provocative accounts of living Black in America.

Imagine you only had minutes to decide what to take before your house burns down. What would you grab? Michael David Ker took his family photos, his surfboard, and sense of humor…The fire was just the grand finale of a year full of loss. A deeply personal show is full of humor, heartbreak, and hope.

‘What I Never Told You’ is an adult dramedy with a gut punching ending reminding us all to live life to the fullest and let those we love know how much they mean to us.

CLEMENTINE explores the pressures and the promises of motherhood, balancing tender moments with hilarious anecdotes. Wish celebrates the connection between generations and the exhilaration of parenthood. It is a love letter to her daughter, Clementine, as well as to the little girl she used to be.

A behind the scenes look at the creator of the LA Music Critic Awards and Indie Voice Blog, following his growth from southern boy to patron of the indie arts.

In the circle that is Widows Anonymous, five characters come together to share stories, secrets and the brutal humor that is being a widow in modern times. As they discover, there is no short cut, no alternate route, and the only way out is through. Welcome to the front lines.

The Circle Table explores several vignettes threading characters and relationships via FaceTime/phone calls and asks: How does digital communication hamper or enhance analog components of life like love, family, depression, self-exploration and fulfillment?

Mara lived as male most of her life. Mimi was raised in a traditional Catholic family. They fell in love, got married, and everything changed. As Mara struggles with her gender identity, Mimi struggles with letting go of long-held beliefs enough to acknowledge that she could love someone like Mara.

A fairytale serio-comedy of one damsel’s journey to a different kind of Happily Ever After. Follow an unorthodox fairy godmother as she travels down the rabbit hole of intimate partner abuse and trauma bonding. (Triggering sexual content, usage of prop gun).

A Conversation About the Expectation of Procreation: Jenny is running out of time to get pregnant. She takes action to fix "the problem," but runs into a whirlwind of opinions from friends, doctors, a beloved neighbor - even God. Ultimately, Jenny must look within to define FERTILE.

Comedy Hoe is a one woman show written and performed by comedian Jil Chrissie featuring comic Angelica Mackey. This bold performance weaves fictional storytelling with standup comedy and comedic spoken word to address the adversity and hyper-sexualization that women face in America daily.

From Communist Czechoslovakia to Harlem, from exorcisms to orgasms, the daughter of a New Age Holocaust survivor is compelled to "cha-cha" away the wounds of her ancestors. Through the celebratory delight of her loose underwear, she finds freedom. And yes... it's funny.