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STRAIGHT WHITE MEN TRYING TO WOKE
comedy · chris valenti · Ages 16+ · world premiere · United States of America
Five short comedies exploring the middle age white male struggle to fit in during these confusing times.
FANDOM - navigating politics,
POLITE RACISM - analyzing ethnicity,
SUICIDE PACT - tolerating millennials,
BRITTLE TROMBONE - contemplating economics,
FANTASY FOOTBALL - grasping identity
Five short comedies exploring the middle age white male struggle to fit in during these confusing times.
FANDOM - navigating politics,
POLITE RACISM - analyzing ethnicity,
SUICIDE PACT - tolerating millennials,
BRITTLE TROMBONE - contemplating economics,
FANTASY FOOTBALL - grasping identity
SAVING CAIN
ensemble theatre · winner entertainment · Ages 13+ · world premiere · United States of America
A far-right, Pentecostal helicopter-mom struggles to keep her hell-raising son on the path of righteousness as he enters his first public school. When a powerful addiction takes over her son's life, she must accept that you can't save everyone, and that not every miracle can be left up to God.
A far-right, Pentecostal helicopter-mom struggles to keep her hell-raising son on the path of righteousness as he enters his first public school. When a powerful addiction takes over her son's life, she must accept that you can't save everyone, and that not every miracle can be left up to God.
ASK A BLACK WOMAN
Solo Show · mouthpeace entertainment · Ages 18+ · world premiere · one person show · United States of America
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.
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.
ORANGUTAN
solo performance · orangutan · Ages 15+ · one person show · United States of America
ORANGUTAN is a haunting and absurd one-woman show about the mother of a brutish (slightly orange) would-be dictator, and the tribalism that’s tearing our country apart.
FOR MEDIA/PRESS REVIEW TICKETS CONTACT THE PUBLICIST:
KUKER & LEE PR at: [email protected]
ORANGUTAN is a haunting and absurd one-woman show about the mother of a brutish (slightly orange) would-be dictator, and the tribalism that’s tearing our country apart.
FOR MEDIA/PRESS REVIEW TICKETS CONTACT THE PUBLICIST:
KUKER & LEE PR at: [email protected]
LINCOLN 2020
ensemble theatre · spacewhale theatre company · Ages 13+ · United States of America
Like a lot of people today, jaded campaign manager Tess Baker (think Jessica Jones meets Josh Lyman) is sick of politics. She’s just about ready to throw in the towel when somebody wakes up a candidate she can work with - Abraham Lincoln.
Like a lot of people today, jaded campaign manager Tess Baker (think Jessica Jones meets Josh Lyman) is sick of politics. She’s just about ready to throw in the towel when somebody wakes up a candidate she can work with - Abraham Lincoln.
THE MAYOR'S DEBATE OF TRANQUILITY, NEBRASKA
rah productions · Ages 15+ · world premiere · United States of America
"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.
"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.
TREASON
ensemble theatre · bear elegance productions · Ages 13+ · world premiere · United States of America
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.
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.
GREENWOOD 1964
ensemble theatre · tubeman productions · Ages 8+ · United States of America
A powerful show which takes us into an actual trip made by Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte to the racially charged segregated deep south of Mississippi. This brilliantly crafted fictional debate eloquently explores the individual approaches on how to achieve liberation for people of color.
A powerful show which takes us into an actual trip made by Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte to the racially charged segregated deep south of Mississippi. This brilliantly crafted fictional debate eloquently explores the individual approaches on how to achieve liberation for people of color.
THE MASHER
loud karma productions · Ages 16+ · world premiere · United States of America
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.
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.
NO JOKE
comedy · nojoke · Ages 12+ · world premiere · United States of America
No Joke is a political satire about the immigration crisis in the United States. A Mexican and an Italian share their immigration stories to a clueless American who carelessly spins them into an Instagram post for likes. Join the show with your thoughts and prayers ready at your fingertips!
No Joke is a political satire about the immigration crisis in the United States. A Mexican and an Italian share their immigration stories to a clueless American who carelessly spins them into an Instagram post for likes. Join the show with your thoughts and prayers ready at your fingertips!
PAPER TRAILS
ensemble theatre · off the page productions · Ages 13+ · world premiere · United States of America
WINNER - THE ENCORE! PRODUCERS' AWARD |
Hard as we try to bury the truth… sometimes it emerges in unexpected ways. Three funny and poignant short plays explore the records we keep and the stories they tell.
WINNER - THE ENCORE! PRODUCERS' AWARD |
Hard as we try to bury the truth… sometimes it emerges in unexpected ways. Three funny and poignant short plays explore the records we keep and the stories they tell.
THE 2ND ANNUAL TRUMP FAMILY SPECIAL
cabaret & variety · theatre planners tours · Ages 15+ · United States of America
What if the First Family put on a live musical TV special - just like the Brady Bunch - starring Ice Princess Ivanka, her numbnut brothers, a still-not-caring Melania, and a host of ex’s and deplorables. “The event quickly devolves into hilarious insanity.” (The Advocate) trumpfamilyspecial.com
What if the First Family put on a live musical TV special - just like the Brady Bunch - starring Ice Princess Ivanka, her numbnut brothers, a still-not-caring Melania, and a host of ex’s and deplorables. “The event quickly devolves into hilarious insanity.” (The Advocate) trumpfamilyspecial.com
SON OF A BITCH
ensemble theatre · beastly prozorovs · Ages 13+ · world premiere · United States of America
*PICK OF THE FRINGE*
*BEST OF THE BROADWATER*
In 1980, Lee Atwater was a scrappy Southern strategist. By 1990, he'd changed American politics forever. A new play about the legacy of the Bad Boy of the GOP, from the creators of HFF18 hits "Keeping Up With the Prozorovs" and "A Beast/A Burden".
*PICK OF THE FRINGE*
*BEST OF THE BROADWATER*
In 1980, Lee Atwater was a scrappy Southern strategist. By 1990, he'd changed American politics forever. A new play about the legacy of the Bad Boy of the GOP, from the creators of HFF18 hits "Keeping Up With the Prozorovs" and "A Beast/A Burden".
FIFTY SHADES OF MELANIA
comedy · liana mesaikou · Ages 17+ · world premiere · one person show · United States of America
Victim or accomplice? Trapped or willing agent? Melania Trump is an enigma. This comedy show aims to explore the various faces of FLOTUS, who really doesn’t care. Or does she? Do u? What are some of the stereotypes women exploit or fight to reverse? What is our complicity as the audience?
Victim or accomplice? Trapped or willing agent? Melania Trump is an enigma. This comedy show aims to explore the various faces of FLOTUS, who really doesn’t care. Or does she? Do u? What are some of the stereotypes women exploit or fight to reverse? What is our complicity as the audience?
GHOST TOWN
constance ejuma · Ages 15+ · world premiere · one person show · United States of America
'Ghost Town' is a solo play about the Anglophone Crisis in the central African nation of Cameroon. Written, produced and performed by Constance Ejuma and directed by Jude Yong, the show explores the conflicting political ideologies which are leading the country towards a civil war.
'Ghost Town' is a solo play about the Anglophone Crisis in the central African nation of Cameroon. Written, produced and performed by Constance Ejuma and directed by Jude Yong, the show explores the conflicting political ideologies which are leading the country towards a civil war.
