Comedy

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!

So honored to receive the ENCORE PRODUCERS EXTENSION AWARD! Which means we have one more show this FRIDAY 8pm at the Complex! "***** 5 Stars!!" "An anarchic rock chick with intense focus, wild eyes and a wide emotional range!-Edinburgh Three Weeks in Review

Haunted by a mysterious song, one ordinary young man tries to escape an extraordinary day in his life... By any means necessary...

In Hollywood, it's who you are on the outside that matters! If an actress wants a big role, she’d better be prepared to get small. Or so you’d think. Sometimes you quite literally can’t win for losing.

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.

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.

A Hollywood supernova - imploding. Also - a ferret.

It's Christmas 1970, and The King is on the run from his family. With Mercury in retrograde, he concocts a scheme offering his services to solve America’s drug problem in exchange for a Federal Agent Badge. Will Dick Nixon say yes? It was the last time anyone was allowed to cold call the President.

"Naked inside a stranger body who owns a free soul" The story of a transgender boy and relationship with his parents and the sex.

Two hitmen have captured a man who has just been released from prison. But neither the man or his captors have any idea why they're all there. Answers will come...when The Boss arrives. Like a Tarantino farce on crack, with plenty of blood and laughter. One, pure, uncut, hour of tension.

"One man show" written and directed by Torella, who tells us the real meaning of terms such as PIL, public debt and interest rate if only we dare to look at our society from a different point of view. It's the attempt of an artist to give answers to everything about the realities of finance.

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

"TOP 3 SHOWS OF 2014!" ~ Chicago Tribune Every relationship fails until one doesn't. The trick is finding out which one that is. "Dating" showcases eight eclectic couples as they discover if they have the right chemistry to make a match that lasts.

Being adopted & searching to feel whole is especially hard when you're battling an inner “Self Hate” coach. This is self-help turnt up! Performed by acclaimed comedian and TV writer Laura House. Once you see it, you'll never be sad again.

Neo Ensemble Theatre presents a variety of professional actors doing a variety of short, primarily original, monologues. What's better than variety? Come play with us!