Great Acting

From David Mamet, one of the defining playwrights of American Theatre, comes five rarely seen one-acts plays. Each piece explores the difficult nature of human communication. Words, silences, gestures, memories, what do they all mean? When one person tells a story, can anyone truly understand?

*HFF22 BEST MUSICAL* WINNER – BEST OF BROADWATER– HFF22 WINNER- BEST OF THE FRINGE - TVO AWARDS WINNER – PICK OF THE FRINGE – HFF22 NOMINEE – TOP OF THE FRINGE – HFF22 NOMINEE – BEST WORLD PREMIERE – HFF22 NOMINEE – INTERNATIONAL FRINGE ENCORE SERIES– HFF

🏆 Winner of the Hollywood Fringe Scholarship 2022 🏆 Ali Can, a Turkish immigrant, is forced to end his 12-year-long journey in the US. Ali is left with only one choice: to marry his very straight best friend Joseph, and nothing goes right...

45 minutes. 2 words. 1 performer. A physical comedy spectacle. 🏆 WINNER: Best Comedy, 2022 Hollywood Fringe Best of Broadwater, 2022 Hollywood Fringe Hollywood Fringe Scholarship, 2022 Hollywood Fringe Craziest Solo Show, 2019 Crazy Woke Asians Solo Performance Festival www.aterribleshow.com

A daring, corporeal tragedy in which the animals are dying, and ‘Bearers’ have been tasked with carrying endangered fetuses to term. A ‘Bearer’ finds new purpose in her pregnancy, but at what cost?

Indian-Thai actress and writer Almanya Narula makes her LA stage debut as Noor Inayat Khan: Indian princess, British spy, & Gestapo enemy #1. In this thrilling imagining of the last 30 minutes of her life, Noor's decisions will forever change the tide of a war we thought we knew everything about.

It’s not fate. It’s falling into the narrative that others have already written for you. Royal Flush is a drama that explores themes of family, revenge, and the oppressive systems that push individuals to fall prey to the pygmalion trap society has set in place.

Jo has been called a lot of things during her life - but which ones are true? And who gets to decide that?! In this comedy (with a few heart wrenching turns), we follow her from ages 5 to 50, as she tries to figure it all out. Nominated for Best Solo Play, Performer, and Director by Broadway World!

One actor, over a dozen characters, and 20-sided dice combine to bring two different stories of finding belonging and carving your niche. "Lvl One Gygax" and "Of Branch, Of Beast, of Beatnik" is for audiences ages 13+.

An intimate look at the final moments of the life of the truly unique British comedian, Tommy Cooper. Reliving his past performances and looking back on his troubled life and relationships before his final, fatal performance Live on TV and before the Royal Family in 1984's Live at Her Majesty's.

The world is so chaotic that time itself has broken. Two families from 1971 and 2021 live in the same house simultaneously. The families must learn from each other in order to bring wisdom, compassion and empathy back to their own time period to help them heal their respective family dysfunction.

A Christmas Carol and Hamlet blend together to create a festive favorite with a twist - add a generous splash of monologuing, sprinkle with skulls, and enjoy!

This fierce one-person retelling of BEOWULF modernizes the wit, vigor, and meaty language of the original epic. John Heimbuch performs Charlie Bethel's tour-de-force adaptation of this classic Old English poem about a warrior king and some famous monsters in this Minnesota Fringe Festival favorite.