Theatre

ASAP FABLES is back with more instant and original tales! Join us as teams of theatre artists solve merciless production challenges and oddball instructions on the grounds of the legendary Hollywood United Methodist Church. This FREE event is FUNTASTIC for audiences of ALL AGES! WWW.MOVINGARTS.ORG

Four eclectic evenings of visual art, theatre, dance, music, and short films created by NYU - Gallatin Alumni. Sponsored by Gallatin:LA, a regional alumni group of New York University. After show drinks for all performances. Pre-show reception on the 15th. Food and Drinks 23rd and 29th.

Black Swan Youth Theatre's cast of Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" brilliantly portrays each character in this classic and witty Oscar Wilde play. Audiences are sure to love this madcap farce that never goes out of style.

Rue Murphy has five maxed out credit cards and an ex-child star daughter who is now “knitting with one needle.” In this grey world of realityTV, chemical cocktails and financial anorexia, Jennifer Aniston glimmers, a beacon of beauty and hope, the emblem of that most glorious creature, The Celebrity

Marcus is getting married. He wants an old-fashioned wedding, at the inner-city Black church where he was raised. But there's one problem... Marcus is marrying another man. In a time of boycotts and culture wars, at the intersection between civil rights and gay rights, which road will you follow?

Ever wondered how to take your show to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe? World Fringe and Dr. Batchelder (16 year veteran manager and producer at the Fringe and a scholar and researcher of the Fringe phenomenon) present a workshop on taking your show to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

The cast of Ishmaeal will perform a scene from its ground-breaking new script, and will introduce you to some of the other talents this talented cast possess. Come see this exciting scene and share with the Ishmaeal cast some other fun and exciting talents.

A mysterious tale about a lowly debt collector, who, under the management of a tyrannical overseer, undergoes a radical transformation in the process of collecting debts. Performed with puppets, toy theatre, and stop motion animation. Sound by Margaret Noble. Funded by the Jim Henson Foundation.

A performance of mixed up proportions and mind bending contortions. With Ember, a button-addict cowboy-boot wearing contortionist; and her quirky-counterpart, Poki, master of balance and object illusion. Button Wagon is sure to tickle your soul, wiggle your toes, and entangle your mind with wonder.

A funny, yet intense, disturbing psychological 2-hander set in an atmospheric Victorian England. Holmes (John Mawson) and Watson (Mario Vernazza) are themselves under the famous magnifying glass. Amir Korangy is an experienced teacher and director. All are classically trained British actors.

Jim Loucks’ live-wire solo show takes you back to the Deep South with preachers shoutin’ from the mountaintops, mamas pickin’ switches, and Hellfire just a heartbeat away. Witty storytelling, quirky characters, down-home Gospel music. Director: Carol Rusoff. “Critic’s Pick”-Cincinnati Citybeat

In our closets hang a thousand costumes and faces; we love to throw them on in the name of Love. This is an attempt to rediscover Love and its lexicon. A thematic series of snapshots, with original music and the mad joy of dress-up, dozens of characters are trying to remember what Love looks like.

FIVE courageous dancers went through a deep energy healing process, embodying transformation in their body and dance. The intimate project tells their touching story. Unusual, powerful and inspiring!

Get a taste of the madness that is 25 Plays Per Hour at Fringe Cabaret!

Ten years after their high-school graduation, Jon and Vince find themselves in a Michigan motel room coming face to face with past transgressions. TAPE asks the question: who decides your truth? Featuring: Jason Karasev, Donald Rizzo, and Juliana Long Tyson. Directed by: Elissa Weinzimmer.