Poignant

An intimate look at the final moments of the life of the truly unique British comedian, Tommy Cooper. Reliving his past performances and looking back on his troubled life and relationships before his final, fatal performance Live on TV and before the Royal Family in 1984's Live at Her Majesty's.

Why are you here? Mother Nature will take you on a journey to the ends of the earth and the depths of your very soul to find the answer. This funny, creepy, and dare I say sweet(?) solo show brings together the artforms of bouffon, puppetry, and immersive theater into a roiling existential marvel.

FRESH FROM A SOLD OUT WORLD PREMIERE RUN! A one-person musical about finding and embracing one’s true identity...Camp Ginger touches on issues such as bullying, sexual abuse, faith, and sexuality. This heartfelt show deals with those issues head on with a comedic (and musical) approach. Kumbaya!

Gen-Z drag queen Aura Sublime unravels her neuroses until she's bare, then reconstructs her image, in this shameless, irreverent, and cutting 30-minute solo play.

Described as a “beautiful piece of solo artistry,” Too Big for Her Britches, is a one-woman musical dramedy with 7 live, original songs and 25 characters. It's a “must-see rollercoaster of emotions." A battle between her Inner Shame and Inner Warrioress to break generational trauma and love.

The world is so chaotic that time itself has broken. Two families from 1971 and 2021 live in the same house simultaneously. The families must learn from each other in order to bring wisdom, compassion and empathy back to their own time period to help them heal their respective family dysfunction.

Cantankerous Chicago columnist Mike Royko just may be the toughest man in Chicago as he takes on corporate greed, mobsters, celebrities, racism, and the Mayor of Chicago, in this multi-media solo show tour de force by Hollywood Fringe veteran Mitchell Bisschop. Tickets: hff22.co/7567

****OFFICIAL WINNER OF THE HOLLYWOOD ENCORE PRODUCERS’ AWARD **** On a journey to find his lost homeland, an immortal bard encounters a youth who longs for art and music, who joins him on his mission. But as they get closer to their destination, it becomes clear that the bard isn’t who he seems.

Raven recounts her difficult reproductive “choices” and contends with her primal baby making instincts. Should she surrender to the role of weird aunty OR start a GoFundMe to freeze her geriatric eggs? A timely dark comedy with deep heart. Come for the laughs stay for the sex education.

LOVE CHICKEN is a queer comedy about friendship, long-kept secrets and the making of well-meaning chaos. Nonbinary best friends Lolo and Yan's weekend of bonding and board games is crashed by unexpected visitors and a host of unresolved feelings. Shows: 6/5, 6/10, 6/18 @ McCadden Masks Required.

*HFF22 BEST MUSICAL* WINNER – BEST OF BROADWATER– HFF22 WINNER- BEST OF THE FRINGE - TVO AWARDS WINNER – PICK OF THE FRINGE – HFF22 NOMINEE – TOP OF THE FRINGE – HFF22 NOMINEE – BEST WORLD PREMIERE – HFF22 NOMINEE – INTERNATIONAL FRINGE ENCORE SERIES– HFF

The first in her family born in the U.S., Meg Lin shares a raw personal account of growing up Chinese American that is both heart-warming and heart-wrenching. Defying cultural norms to "save face," Meg bares it all and shares her darkest pain and deepest desires in this one woman show.

Erotic massages, professional cuddling, and seeing your own genitalia on a big screen TV? Get ready for a wild ride to find sexual satisfaction despite sexual dysfunction. In “Tight”, writer/performer Becky Feldman pulls back the covers on her private ordeals with chronic pelvic pain.

This Pulitzer Prize finalist play is an existential comedy...or maybe it’s not...about the beautiful mysteries of the human experience and what may happen when one holds on to them, never being able to make total sense of them, buries them — and then suddenly needs to talk about it all.

An unexpected through line disrupts a college student’s grief, leaving her to wonder if she’ll ever get back up on her feet.