Comedy

*** FRINGE 2015 BEST COMEDY WINNER *** LIVE FROM BURBANK, IT'S EDGAR ALLAN POE! Tear up the planks at Edgar Allan Poe's very own late-night variety show with enough guests and spooky surprises to drive you INSANE!

When it rains, it pours. And bad things always come in threes. Or elevens. Or in a relentless deluge of hatefulness for two years straight. This is a show about the ways we pull ourselves out of rough times with humor, the strangers we never expect will help us the most, and love letters.

YOU'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS! Spiderpocalypse: A Low-Budget Horror Film for the Stage tells what happens when spiders grow tired of being squashed by humans! Can humanity survive the arachnid insanity? Get ready to scream…with laughter! Spiderpocalypse. Get caught in its web!

What is love? Do we have soulmates? Is a woman more likely to be killed in a terrorist attack than marry after 40?! Why is Cupid such an asshole? Award-winning writer Kathy Fischer explores love from all angles in this hilarious multimedia comedy that will change the way you think about love.

Forget Broadway, and bring in the broads, it’s Master Thenardier’s turn! Welcome to Thenardier’s Inn, a re-telling of the Victor Hugo Les Miserable tale put on by the man himself.

The greatest love story of ever told ruined by a couple of jerks. Written by "William Shakespeare" Adapted and Performed by Alison Elliott & Peggy Sinnott Directed by Carly D. Weckstein Stage Managed by Mercedes Aponte

Kings, Queens, knights, maidens, magic and music! Is it Camelot? No... it's the nearby but far less perfect kingdom of CAMENOT, where everyone grows up on the wrong side of the trail. Join the cast of this broadway-style medieval musical on their hilarious quest for that coveted fairy tale ending!

Drums take center stage as these 5 short plays explore the reasons behind the rhythms. There will be RePercussions! Featuring Brighid Fleming & Michael McColl. With Michael Weissman on drums.

A lonely criminal forensics enthusiast stumbles across a serial killer in his own neighborhood. With the help of his dog, they set out to study the man, but get a little too close. It's kind of a cross between Rear Window and The Dog Whisperer.

"I need help to transfer $100 million from Bank of Nigeria!" We've all gotten the e-mail, but actor Dean Cameron wrote back! This hit show ("Screamingly funny; like Larry David on happy dust"–Los Angeles Times), documents his hilarious 11 month correspondence with one bewildered Nigerian.

Mambo, carnival, revolution, Miami, hotdogs, discos, the circus, Hollywood, music and dance highlight Cenal's bilingual experience of being yanked from her native Cuba as a child and yearning to return. The strong presence of her father guides her through the American cultural landscape.

Experience this new, three-man physical theatre piece performed by Jakob Berger, Adam Dlugolecki, & Kent Jenkins. There may or may not be cookies. 
All ages welcome.
 Don't be late. Bring 3 coins.

Kris Noteboom, in his bathrobe and pajamas, tells the funny, picaresque tale about finding his "thing" in life, which takes him from early onset nightmares to sex dreams to performance art and finally, maybe, to that elusive something resembling happiness.

Extended! Thursday, July 9th, 7:30pm— The Bootleg Theater! Come take a breather from the 'darkness' for a good 37 minutes with Abby and U and Me and My Best Friend P! (The other 13 minutes cannot be accounted for, but your inner tyke will thank u for it!)

Stories and songs about love, death, ashtrays, Joan Van Ark and much more. Critically acclaimed recording artist, Cynthia Carle teams with Second City Alum, Wendy Hopkins for a warm, witty, delightfully fun evening. Guaranteed laughs or a shitty sweater is yours!