Dark Humor

Lymphomaniac is a tory about a 22 year old actress who finds out she has Lymphoma and is faced with 6 months of chemo. Despite the misfortune of her diagnosis, she defeats her cancer and recounts some of the funniest moments and important lessons that came about during her treatment.

Worst First Kiss is proud to announce the second staging of our inaugural production, Bert V. Royal's DOG SEES GOD. The play consists of an entirely teenage cast, and tackles issues of LGBTQ tolerance and bullying through dark humor and some of your favorite childhood characters!

Brenda Frank is so desperate to be turned into a vampire that she actually finds one, but some vampires desire more than blood.

There's no telling whose paths will cross at a dingy doughnut shop in Los Angeles.

A performance of a satirical whodunnit the actors have never read. When they flub a line, they take a drink. An occult ritual performed by the Mystery Society in defiance of the Industry. Free spellbook included with every ticket.

Richard Levinson, co-creator of last year's Fringe smash "Thanks A Lot - My Gratitusical!," performs a bunch of his boozy songs about dives, taverns, saloons, clip joints, strip joints, honky-tonks, French cafés and Roman pubs, and the denizens hiding out inside.

Chicago cops, Joey and Denny, find their friendship put on the line when a domestic disturbance call takes a wrong turn. A harrowing journey into moral gray areas where trust and loyalty struggle for survival against a sobering backdrop of pimps, prostitutes and criminal lowlifes.

Hungry explores the psyche of a young woman struggling with anorexia. Through a series of character monologues, the audience will learn the various sides of the disease, ranging from addiction to neuroses.

Klaus Kinski is one of the most celebrated and controversial actors in the history of world cinema. The reckless abandon with which he approached both life and art left him tortured, demonized and worshiped. He now resurrects to shake your souls with one last command performance.

A one man show with three people (go figure) about the joys and horrors of getting older in Hollywood where the young would eat the old if they weren't afraid of gaining weight. There's laughs, music, turkey sex and scattered teardrops.

Three short plays in thirty minutes or less. You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll inexplicably leave craving pierogies. Daddy Issues, Walk of Shame and SLUT examine femininity from that awkward position where you hold your purse while trying to wash your hands in a public restroom.

This coming-of-age story follows Lu and Lynn, two women who find themselves alone in a bar with seemingly only a bottle of scotch in common. As they search to understand their relationship to time and space they realize their connection to each other is more than coincidence.

What if the mean girls from high school were still mean girls ten years later? Throw together the night before a wedding, plenty of booze and drugs, old wounds and resentment and you have a wickedly cruel comedy about female friendship and growing up in an age of excess.

Family Tradition: Cockroaches, vodka, and redemption. A father and a daughter stay up all night reliving their past in a trailer on the Plains. Best of My Love: Old flames meet again at a funeral in the desert of West Texas.

A 'road rage' confrontation stirs up painful memories for a woman in her late 30's.