Comedy

Part of Fringe Central's nightly free programming includes Fringe Cabaret, a changing variety act that includes snippets of different Fringe productions.

Romeo and Juliet, dead, wake up to find themselves stuck in their Personal Hell - forced to listen to WEST SIDE STORY music for eternity. To escape, they must suffer through a production of their life story performed by the other inhabitants of Hell - Shakespeare’s dead characters!

When Janey takes an ominous internet quiz predicting the date of her death, she must plan the hottest funeral Hollywood has ever seen! Will she get famous before she dies or die trying? One woman. One guitarist. One brand new face melting rock musical.

You're in Heaven. You hate it. Now what? A black comedy of devils, angels, whiskey and 665 Mardi Gras'. Now a part of the Fringe Producers Awards Encore Extensions! Two dates added in July. 11th and 25th at 8:30pm www.dustybums.wix.com/angels-and-whiskey

In Gwyneth & Beyoncé: A Tale of 2 Virgins, a story breaks alleging that Gwyneth and Beyoncé are adult virgins, and the BFFs are forced to defend their honor and their hymens. Hot Butt is a sketch show that combines the fun laughs of The Notebook and the hard hitting realism of Cars 2.

2013 Freak Award Nominee: Best Ensemble T.U. has assembled 25 of their best super-short plays into one incredible hour of lightning-quick entertainment. 25PPH fuses comedy, drama and everything in between, taking you on a unique and wild theatrical roller-coaster. So sit down, strap in and hold on!

From the director of 'Pulp Shakespeare' (Best of Fringe 2011), comes Ministers of Grace, which imagines what the movie Ghostbuters would be like if written by William Shakespeare. This will be a staged reading, with a full scale production to come.

A touching and heart-warming true story of one man's journey of self-discovery and renewal while teaching drama to school children in Zimbabwe. This life-changing journey leads to a spiritual transformation whose effects continue to inform his life today. A Must See and Stirring Performance.

Two Poetry Lectures... Two Lovers... One Public Sex Act... Action! Theatre Company presents the West Coast premiere of Mickle Maher's comedy, directed by Tiger Reel and featuring Christina Keefe, Jack Young & Ted Heyck.

Born with 10 toes on your face? GIMPLECAPPED. Lost a leg to a rabid sloth? GIMPLECAPPED. Gimpy, crippled, or handicapped by life? GIMPLECAPPED! Join a crew of abby-normals for vignettes that explore what it is to be different. You’ll laugh, or cry. You might even be inspired. (Or…not.)

From the God who brought you the world’s biggest religions comes this high-energy, irreverent multimedia experience. Combining sketch comedy, puppets, and ‘70s self-help, critics are calling it the “don't miss” sacrilege of the year! Come see what the 4,000 years of religious strife is all about!

"What are we teaching our children about food?"Jamie Oliver. In Food Empire share the real-life answer of inhabitants from the Inland Empire to this question.

The life story of a girl that finds herself caught in a tangled web of expectations, but overcomes & finds beauty despite her past misdirection. Ma Voix is proof that often the most beautiful gifts we have to offer one another lie in our vulnerability & willingness to share our unique stories.

Dramatis Personæ is an audaciously powerful one-man show in which an actor takes us on a surprising journey, tackling multiple roles from works spanning the centuries of theatre history, and revealing a deeply personal emotional conviction in a performance that can exist only in the live theatre.

3 SHORT PLAYS ABOUT SEX: How do men connect with each other in a society where sex is a driving force? In its Los Angeles stage debut, 3 SHORT PLAYS ABOUT SEX explores the ways men push and provoke each other, leading them to unexpected places.