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

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.

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.

A dark comedy about death and friendship, Funeral Potatoes examines what makes it all worth it when you’ve spent your entire life planning for a future you won’t have.

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!

A Musical Theatre Nerd forced by her family to give up her dreams gets a real job in the real world... as a toy store elf. An uplifting coming of age comedy about finding where one's talents, or lack thereof, fit in the world. Based on Christi Pedigo's web series “Hire Me!” and “Bunny the Elf”.

A story about the major events in George Lucas's career that led to the creation of Star Wars.

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.

What happens when you find yourself trapped- alone, in a room with the last person you ever wanted to see again?

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?

David Hamilton decides to write a musical comedy with his wife after he is diagnosed with cancer. Set in the 50’s, it is the story of Olive and Blake, who are smitten after their first date but a friend meddles in their romance and shenanigans ensue. Writing the musical was the perfect remedy.

I Am Not A Man is the story of a Father and the Son he never had. Find out what happens when a little girl stops trying to be a tough guy and finally owns her womanhood. If you have ever wanted to ask your Father "WHY?!?!?!" this is the show for you.

"The Flower Society" by Maryanne Householder, is a one act play that depicts the lives of four homeless women and their survival methods combatted with their personal struggles on the streets.

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.

*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".