True Stories

By Katherine Cortez. An apocalyptic event in an LGBT Nightclub changes everything; love becomes hate, hate becomes love. Special event 6/11 celebrating PRIDE and remembering Pulse; proceeds to LGBT Center.

A comedy about family, taking risks, and embracing change, a journey from Toronto to Edinburgh. Honest, entertaining and personable, Michelle connects with audiences with her open mind, and ability to cope with life's curve balls. She turned getting laid off into a new career, let's laugh together!

"Mary's Medicine" tells the true story of Jamaican nurse Mary Seacole. A woman who practices unconventional medicine during a controversial time. Despite being a decorated hero of the Crimean War history forgot her amazing life and legacy. Now her incredible story will finally be told.

These heartfelt, and often funny, performances offer a window into the journey to find self-love. From the struggle of coming out to self reflections in the psych ward. From growing up fast in a one-parent family to talking to your uncooperative genitalia. There is a little something for everyone.

Her online dating pain is your musical parody pleasure. Based on actual events, this multimedia musical parody follows AC as she navigates her way through the world of online dating, unleashing hilariously disastrous results. Swipe right for showtunes and terrible dates!

In this hands-on workshop, we will discuss personal strategies for getting to your authentic self and creating life balance. Sofie brings her own unique perspective from growing up bi in Chicago with a Mexican/Pakistani family, traveling the world and surviving domestic violence. Materials provided.

A jaded idealist sets on a quest all the way to Istanbul to get a ring & sound the alarm about Earth's destruction due to climate change only to tumble into a budding civil war and then lose her man and find another. Maybe.

A force of nature. - Theatremania. Upstairs is the true story of the Up Stairs Lounge fire, a 1973 gay bar arson that took 32 lives in New Orleans. As three survivors attempt to move on from unspeakable trauma, they uncover difficult and inspiring truths about themselves and their capacity to heal.

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.

It's a madcap, captivating romp when Willy Shakespeare and his leading ladies teach a 20th Century girl how to skip the prince and be a Queen!

These three original pieces were written, directed and performed by the recent graduates of the Art of Acting Studio Conservatory. Developed during the 2017 Professional Conservatory Class solo show project, each is an artistic exploration of the life of a notable personality throughout history.

A journey from WW1 to present day, through the musings, songs, poetry & prose of the soldiers in the trenches & the women left behind. A beautifully poignant look at the futility of war, this original piece of theater highlights love, loss & human nature through equal parts humor & powerful sorrow.

The booze and resentment-soaked real life friendship of Ernest Hemingway and Orson Welles is conjured in three scenes spanning three decades with the besotted wordsmiths played by different actors in each stage of their lives. Claim your ringside seat as these fists of genius at last come to blows.

2 solo shows in 1 hour. L.A. HOMEBODY: The true story of a woman in her house. Written and performed by Shauna McGarry. Runtime: 30 minutes. THE ANXIETY CURE: The true story of a woman on the campaign trail. Written and performed by Lizzie Prestel. Runtime: 30 minutes.

Before there was a church, there was The Tomb. The true story of a young Egyptian who imprisoned himself in a tomb to learn the truth about the Resurrection.