Dark Comedy

The Backliners are an up-and-coming improv team! They envision a world where improv has become a widely accepted and sought after form of entertainment. The team has sold out shows in venues such as Room 41, Secret Rose Theater and Flappers Comedy Club. Let's have a laugh!

Dark Sexy Dramedy: In these #MeToo times, people are speaking out about sexual abuse, but some people happily/consciously use sex to get ahead. Would you sleep with someone to get a job? Would you let your partner sleep with someone if it would boost your careers? Monogamy or $1M for one night?

You learn to survive quick when you’re being dragged behind a team of sled dogs. A comedy about a girl and her dogsled team navigating the rocky terrain of growing up and her quest to become the alpha of her own pack.

"A comedy as dark as this town's secrets..." The forced civility at a small town Mayor's debate shows cracks as the shallow and petty candidates dig deep on property taxes, parking meters and cupcake flavors, cracks that begin to reveal a secret horror that has paralyzed the town.

Walking On Eggshells In Stilettos written/performed by Ann-Marie Lariccia & directed/developed by Jessica Lynn Johnson, is one woman’s dark comedy about the effects of child abuse and bipolar disorder. We journey with Ann Marie as she steps out of negative patterns and into some sexy stilettos!

Sometimes the things we fear are not always the creatures that go bump in the night. The Monsters of Man: A Supernatural Anthology combines an element of the everyday with a splash of the supernatural.

On the morning of his 13th birthday, fledgling trainer Soot Snag'em sets off on a heartwarming and wickedly funny journey to achieve Pocketmon mastery.

WINNER — The Encore! Producers’ Award (2019) WINNER — Best of The Broadwater (2019) WINNER — Soaring Solo Artist Award (2019) WINNER – The Outdoor Voices Festival “Conversation Creation” Award (2019) NOMINEE — 2Cents Theatre Distinctive Voices Award (2019) Written and performed by Callie Ott.

A man searching for a phantom armadillo. A priest breaking from her faith. Former multiple award-winning Hollywood Fringe vets team up to present two original short plays: ‘The Holy Name of Apostasy’ by Ryan Lisman, and ‘Man vs. Armadillo’ by Benjamin Schwartz.

A white lady and a Latino man cross paths in the woods of Connecticut. Chaos ensues. Hilarity abounds. There may be hugging. From Hollywood Fringe & Edinburgh Fringe award winning writer-director. Discount code HUG for $10 tickets.

'Prospective' Ben, CEO of disIncorporated, delivers a persuasive PowerPoint presentation concerning his latest product offering: Mail-Order Seed Potato Death Clock. As an experimental economic maneuver, disInc. encourages you to pay what you can to attend (cost of parts & labor: $6.66 per customer).

A hack director and a snooty actress stumble 300 years into the future, where an evil government has taken over the United States. As the only artists alive they must train political prisoners to put on a theatre production, or face execution.

A woman awakens from hypnotherapy and remembers all of her past lives. And that her therapist has been the love of her life in every lifetime. Transference tells the story of a woman hoping to get it right, and that this life won't end in one of their premature deaths.

On a ranch in Nevada, Grant Wilson rules a made-up nation through empty shows of power and ridiculous propaganda, with his family as his only subjects. When his son takes the mission too far and his daughter questions everything, Grant fights for control in the face of family, country, and reality.

In 1961 Baltimore, two of the most notorious home wreckers of all time, the Duchess of Windsor, Wallis Simpson, and the Queen of Burlesque, Blaze Starr, meet in a strip club. More than skin is laid bare.