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TOTAL NOVICE

solo performance · jadelake productions · Ages 18+ · United States
A raw tale of two lost souls willing to do anything for a human connection as they plow through a sleepless night where drug-addled delusions transform a potential fantasy into an absolute nightmare. "Delightful...strange, beguiling and finally moving." - SF Chronicle
A raw tale of two lost souls willing to do anything for a human connection as they plow through a sleepless night where drug-addled delusions transform a potential fantasy into an absolute nightmare. "Delightful...strange, beguiling and finally moving." - SF Chronicle

HOW TO CLOWN

events & workshops · alex suha · Ages 17+ · United States
Everything's Funny. Including you. “...but, how do I get started?” With practice and laughter. Whole worlds are gonna sprout. After three afternoons, you're going to have clown characters in motion, scenes in development, and the momentum to take them forward. 3 classes, $110 total.
Everything's Funny. Including you. “...but, how do I get started?” With practice and laughter. Whole worlds are gonna sprout. After three afternoons, you're going to have clown characters in motion, scenes in development, and the momentum to take them forward. 3 classes, $110 total.

THE GIRL WHO LOVED THE BEATLES

ensemble theatre · off the beaten track · Australia
Australian production coming to LA. A comedy satire set in NYC in 1972.
Australian production coming to LA. A comedy satire set in NYC in 1972.

THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC

cabaret & variety · big guns big tobacco · Ages 16+ · United States
Five Chinese rings, one dancing Harriet Tubman. TOBM is the story of The Amazing Daisy and Sweet Bojanski Brown, two performers with more dreams than talent, and their struggle to get booked at the Moulin Rouge, Las Vegas’ first integrated casino. Set in 1955. TOBM is a work in progress.
Five Chinese rings, one dancing Harriet Tubman. TOBM is the story of The Amazing Daisy and Sweet Bojanski Brown, two performers with more dreams than talent, and their struggle to get booked at the Moulin Rouge, Las Vegas’ first integrated casino. Set in 1955. TOBM is a work in progress.

RAPTURE

musicals and operas · the diviners · Ages 13+ · United States
A new musical comedy about a junior pastor who defies his mentor and hijacks Sunday service to expose the secrets of his church.
A new musical comedy about a junior pastor who defies his mentor and hijacks Sunday service to expose the secrets of his church.

NO HOMO

ensemble theatre · be flat productions · Ages 18+ · United States of America
A new play about the delicate balance between friendship, love, intimacy, sexuality, identity, and bromance.
A new play about the delicate balance between friendship, love, intimacy, sexuality, identity, and bromance.

THE BEST OF 25 PLAYS PER HOUR

theatre unleashed · Ages 13+ · United States of America
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!
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!

SURVIVOR'S GUILT

comedy · gi gaga · Ages 13+ · United States
Franklin is a struggling young writer who can't seem to get his novel published - so he tries submitting it as a memoir instead. When the head of a major publishing company wants to meet the author, Franklin’s forced to hire an actor to play his alter ego… an 89-year-old survivor of The Holocaust.
Franklin is a struggling young writer who can't seem to get his novel published - so he tries submitting it as a memoir instead. When the head of a major publishing company wants to meet the author, Franklin’s forced to hire an actor to play his alter ego… an 89-year-old survivor of The Holocaust.

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

solo performance · vespertine productions · Ages 14+ · United States
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.
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.

AFTERLOVES: LOVE LIVES IN THE AFTERLIFE

comedy · br guest productions · Ages 17+ · United States
In the dating pool of the afterlife, there are a LOT of choices. Witness 8 couples of public figures across time and space attempt new love & continued love with each other in this 2 person show. Straddling the worlds of sketch comedy & theater, this show offers a lot of laughter & heart.
In the dating pool of the afterlife, there are a LOT of choices. Witness 8 couples of public figures across time and space attempt new love & continued love with each other in this 2 person show. Straddling the worlds of sketch comedy & theater, this show offers a lot of laughter & heart.

DARLENE: FOUR FEET FROM CRAZY

comedy · greg abbott · United States
Darlene tells it like it is. Some people say she's a gossip, but she only gossips about people who deserve it. And most everyone in the little town of Viola deserves it. When Darlene's cat gets lost and runs up a tree, she goes out on a limb to get him down.
Darlene tells it like it is. Some people say she's a gossip, but she only gossips about people who deserve it. And most everyone in the little town of Viola deserves it. When Darlene's cat gets lost and runs up a tree, she goes out on a limb to get him down.

THE TRANSLUCENT FROGS OF QUUUP

musicals and operas · no excuses · Ages 16+ · United Kingdom
Picture it... London, 1922. Anthony Marigold-Bentley (Bank Clerk Third-class) meets Edith, a very modern woman- with ideas. Swept up into a world of romantic ideals, they throw caution to the wind and decide to take a trip up the Amazon River with the help of a witty narrator, a pianist and a canoe.
Picture it... London, 1922. Anthony Marigold-Bentley (Bank Clerk Third-class) meets Edith, a very modern woman- with ideas. Swept up into a world of romantic ideals, they throw caution to the wind and decide to take a trip up the Amazon River with the help of a witty narrator, a pianist and a canoe.

THE CREEPS

solo performance · schapf · Ages 16+ · New Zealand
The Creeps is a devised Solo work. The audience enters a dark and mysterious world where 4 characters, all extremely different in their physical traits, exist. The audience will not be a passive one, as these characters are Bouffon's, and they love to talk.
The Creeps is a devised Solo work. The audience enters a dark and mysterious world where 4 characters, all extremely different in their physical traits, exist. The audience will not be a passive one, as these characters are Bouffon's, and they love to talk.

SCAR FACE: THE MUSICAL (AN UNAUTHORIZED WORKSHOP BY THE RSC)

comedy · orbital jigsaw productions · Ages 18+ · United States
SCAR FACE: THE MUSICAL is a ridiculous idea. The fact it's being staged by Britain's Royal Shakespeare Corporation is even more insane. So thinks lauded theatre director Felicity Bigelow, given the task of turning "shit into gold".
SCAR FACE: THE MUSICAL is a ridiculous idea. The fact it's being staged by Britain's Royal Shakespeare Corporation is even more insane. So thinks lauded theatre director Felicity Bigelow, given the task of turning "shit into gold".

DOUBLE PLAY

comedy · double play players · Ages 14+ · United States
Two loners in their late 20s meet outside Yankee Stadium and forge what could be the first romantic relationship of their lives.
Two loners in their late 20s meet outside Yankee Stadium and forge what could be the first romantic relationship of their lives.