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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.

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.

Shiva for Anne Frank celebrates girlhood, Jewish identity, the life of an extraordinary young woman and begs the question whether or not one Jewish comedian can and should relate herself to Anne Frank . $1 from each ticket sold will be donated to www.rescue.org. Arrive early to nosh.

Celebrated dancers Tomas and Gimena “tango their way into your hearts” (BroadwayWorld). Lead by the words of Argentine philosopher Atahualpa Yupanqui, experience a love story and spiritual journey told entirely through the language of tango!

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.

LOST VOICES - Three Women, Aarthi. Helena. Simone. Today their stories may determine the fate of 7.6 Billion people and they don't even know it. DEATH UNIT - Texas Prison. Two Men. A dead body. Elevator not working. Doors locked. Lights flicker off and on. What else could go wrong?

GROWING THROUGH IT each real story starts and stops as they intersect, interact & intertwine. performers come into and act out each other's stories.

Tobin Mitnick dives into the grotesque and hilarious world of online grifters and con men with sketch and stand-up in order to show us that the game may have changed, but the players are all still here. But the show grows darker as Mitnick answers a lingering question: can you con yourself?

A musical comedic ode to our favorite pets, and a loving parody of musicals, DOGS is about a pack of stray pit bulls that get separated and adopted. Although they fight their new domestic lives, they learn to stop worrying and love humans.

Join Vanessa’s inner creatures on the flight of her life! Uprooted eight times for her father’s career, Vanessa faces an eating disorder that withers away her roots. Full of adventure, triumph and heartbreak; Uprooted is Vanessa’s resilient journey to find home.

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.

A metamorphosis of one woman who decides to stop treading in the water's of the past and finally learns to fly in a loving relationship with herself in the present. Told in original spoken word and song, we journey from a nymph in the water to a dragon in sky.

*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".

To begin her first novel, a cynical writer must resist the temptation to fill the void left by the nonsensical death of her admired brother. However, her only writing apparatus is her indentured humanoid—a Personal Robot stocked with Netflix, porn, and existential angst.

You have been chosen as a candidate for deep-space travel. Your destination: the nearest known habitable planet, trillions of miles from Earth. The trip will be long, and the spacecraft's life support systems can only accommodate one human being. But you will not be alone.