Storytelling

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.

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.

Saurabh Kikani was the most awkward teen in the world. In 1996, he was accepted into a summer program at Oxford for high school honors students where he happened to see the movie Mission:Impossible and...his life changed forever. This is a solo show with jokes...and espionage.

Celebrating Jewish Identity, girlhood & community mourning. Trying to meet the moment but showing up fashionably late (with snacks) instead.

Known by many as the hit 1989 film starring Pauline Collins and Tom Conti. Our heroine is an ordinary English housewife. As she prepares chips and egg for dinner, she ruminates on her life and an invitation from a girlfriend to join her on holiday in Greece to search for romance and adventure.

A story about a 38 year old Nigerian Woman from Schenectady New York who is still a Virgin. Her story begins with her Journey to finding True Love. However, her plan is to Lose her Virginity before she turns 40. Selected as an Honorable Mention for HFF2019.

Set against the backdrops of the Vietnam War, World War II and the Korean War, Beyond Glory tells the stirring, emotional, and heroic true stories of eight recipients of America’s highest military award, the Medal of Honor.

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.

Her whole life, comedian STACY DYMALSKI has had trouble balancing who she is with who she's expected to be. Join Stacy as she takes you on a hilarious, personal journey in which she seeks an answer the eternal question, "When do bold, outspoken women go from being fun and exciting to A BIT MUCH?"

What if that which you identify with suddenly disappeared? Who would you be then? Jannica lost all her hair to Alopecia within 6 months. Just like that. But her worst nightmare turned out to be a blessing. Sometimes you need to literally lose a part of yourself in order to find who you truly are.

Anna is trapped in an anesthesia-related coma. Her only way out is to sink deeper into fantasy - a dark fairytale where people weave dreams into tourist destinations. When reality isn't worth it, is fantasy the next best thing?

Lisa Verlo's solo show HOLLYWOODN'T is a personal journey across Hollywood's unsettling sexual landscape and casting couches of LA. Directed by and developed with Jessica Lynn Johnson, it is a musical memoir told with candor and insight into the life of an actress before women dared to speak up.

For the hood by the hood.

Exposition Review presents a hybrid reading & writing workshop focused on crafting short plays. After a staged reading of published dramatic work and a brief discussion with writers and directors, we'll turn the tables on our audience who will get the chance to write their own short play.

It's Personal is a collection of original solo pieces. Come see our performers get real about what Los Angeles means to them. From the heartfelt to the hilarious, this show will give the audience an opportunity to feel connected to our performers through their storytelling.