Poignant

In the circle that is Widows Anonymous, five characters come together to share stories, secrets and the brutal humor that is being a widow in modern times. As they discover, there is no short cut, no alternate route, and the only way out is through. Welcome to the front lines.

"Cave Girl The Musical will have you riveted from the moment [Glennis] bursts on the stage singing her heart out front and center.” - Carole D'andrea, original "Velma" West Side Story Broadway and Motion Picture casts

When an Asian girl tells her parents she doesn’t want to be a doctor anymore, she wishes on a shooting star for supportive white parents. 30 min comedy musical. Book and lyrics by Joy Regullano. Directed by Frank Caeti. Music by The Sam & Tony Show.

She lives by a code: if something scares her, she has to do it. Join this LA-born, NYC-based, Oxford-educated, hyphen-addicted raconteur for a raucous hour of comedy, music, and bathroom stall graffiti art to find out why.

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!

CATHARSIS is a solo show created to process one’s personal journey towards self-recognition amidst the (de)stabilizing effects of adoption. Megh invites audiences to occupy her [head]space as she uses poetry, movement, and sound to remember her histories and explore her futures.

*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".

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.

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.

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.

NOMINEE — Fringe Award for Comedy (2019) It's a weird, scary, stupid time to be alive and this show celebrates that. By Emily Bolcik.

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.

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.

Best of Broadwater 2019, this musical features award winning singer/songwriter Brian Joseph. Through songs, words and photos, he presents a funny, moving portrait of a cancer caregiver, enraged by soup and ghosts. "Joseph is an actor, singer and songwriter of the first order.” - Oakland Tribune

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.