Dark Comedy

Urban Theatre Movement presents Urban Unrest: a series of original one act plays ranging from the absurd to the surreal, creatively tied together by fusing elements of spoken word, movement, and music. Urban Unrest features some of the founding voices of Urban Theatre Movement.

A guy walks into a bar...and might not walk back out.

While four friends are dealing with the loss of a loved one, their world gets turned upside down once again as a huge secret is revealed. Can this gang find it within themselves to pull together and handle the never ending changes that Life constantly brings them?

A young man who has taken an oath of celibacy is forced to spend an evening with a girl from a sex chat room. With his fiancé returning in the morning he realizes he has a life-changing decision to make. Penetration is a cheeky comedy about truth, friendship - and glow-in-the-dark condoms.

2017 PICK OF THE FRINGE! Deep inside each human a Beast waits to be born—in claws, teeth and violence. Society represses it. Rebels embrace it. One woman will be transformed by it. A Horror Musical Written/Directed by Erik Blair. Music/Lyrics by Daniel Sugimoto (creator of HFF 2016's Broadway Noir)!

A folk rock musical about robots and the human people who hate them

THANKSGIVING (a dysfunctional family comedy) 

 Chloe Patterson has invited her perfect fiancé to what she will make sure is the perfect Thanksgiving, despite her very imperfect family. She's provided for every possible contingency... except the unexpected guest: a Las Vegas stripper. 



A hilarious new play about celebrity culture and how fantasy, imagination, and Instagram can take over the lives of teenagers. This world premiere with an all-female cast follows Dakota on her quest for achievable perfection and fantasy fulfilled in a world that tells her that this is possible.

1944, San Francisco. A mysterious woman's plea. Murder! Espionage!! (((Nazis!!!))) Detective Frank Liston is in over his head as he races against the clock to solve this rich pulp novel/noir style, multi-media, mystery that just happens to have only one actor.

IF YOU SEEK AMY: or the true confessions of a tragic sex addict as told through the music of Amy Winehouse is the chronicle of the misadventures of Cooper Howell told in song and spoken word, of his journey from Mormon Missionary to a Sex Crazed Megalomaniac to finding the power of self acceptance.

2 women with dreams to ruin the world, a not so special tween, a motivational speaker on the edge, a killer beautician and a gossip columnist that becomes a cautionary headline are just a few of the whacky characters you will meet in this colorful sketch show written and directed by Nina Childs .

It's 2033. You are about to have your funniest nightmare! The murder rate is the highest ever and The Gold House (formerly White) boasts, Number ONE again! In the midst of all this chaos, a revolutionary group called The Rising is killing politicians. The Rising is happening now.

International comic and “love maniac” opens up about the shocking and traumatic lengths she went to with her obsession with love in a raw, racy and hysterical one-woman show.

Alex is very depressed and his girlfriend left him last night. He gets drinks with his best friend/roommate Frankie to take his mind off it. But when he meets their waitress, he thinks she's attractive—so he imagines their entire relationship together before he actually meets her.

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