Dark Comedy

ENCORE WINNER! The Masher is a disturbing and often hysterically funny #MeToo allegory. Three women of wildly different backgrounds find themselves linked together in a minimum wage factory job where their button pushing has horrifying results.

Wigfield - the can-do town that just may not! - is shadowed by the Bulkwaller Dam, a structure the government wants to tear down. The "residents" (squatters) of Wigfield must prove they are a town worth saving and maybe, even recognizing.

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.

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.

A modern Freud makes an irreverent analysis of 'The Gay’(deconstructing four archetypes, tribalism, & internalized homophobia) while prescribing the need to label others as a way of self-identity–until his experiment spins wildly out of control! Playful, thought-provoking and unapologetically sassy!

Willy Loman crashes into King Lear’s home in Purgatory, where they examine the harsh realities of their lives. Lear has frequent upsetting delusions of his life & Loman watches the damage he caused his family in life & after death. 2Cents Theatre's selection for the 2019 Best of INK Fest @Fringe!

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 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.

LA’s premier bouffon troupe is a motley crew of miscreants who have crawled out of the gutter to make you question reality. This timeless satire features improvised feats of physical and existential comedy that defy explanation and provoke unfettered, eery glee. Come see what's behind the curtain...

*WINNER of THE PRODUCER'S ENCORE AWARD!* Morality isn't necessarily logical. Watch Caleb and Claire, fiancès wildly in love with a bit of a hooker problem. A (dark) comedy with (a wounded) heart.

'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).

In this world premiere dark comedy, hit reality show "Invitation to Love" is an unlikely cross between The Bachelor & American Idol: male & female "Love Guests" participate in talent competitions to stay to win a proposal from the bisexual "Love Host". Suddenly, it's targeted by a serial killer…

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?

Imagination or reality? Elegant stagecraft or just, well… Complications?

A madcap multi-media solo show about Wayne, an optimistic serial killer who, in order to avoid capture by a local sheriff, must feed his victims to a pit of goblins in the woods.