Comedy

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.

"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.

Charlotte Baxter spent her whole life following a checklist that she made for herself as a child. At 24, she realizes that she's unhappy, so she leaves her husband and starts over without a plan.

A Fantastical New Musical IMAGINE: four friends playing a D&D type game. WHEN SUDDENLY: a magical portal sucks them into Faerie Land for real! MEANWHILE: evil Sorcerer Ralph plans to turn humans into action figures! Can nerds save the world? There’s singing, cosplay, epic geekery and unicorn sex!

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!)

A depressed hitman, an addict double agent, a sex worker recruiter, and the prince of the Russian mafia all walk into a Santa Monica apartment thinking their lives are over. What happens when they aren't?

The story of a woman who tried on 30 jobs, in 30 years before finally doing what everyone said she couldn't. She has surrendered to her passion for performing. But now she has dirt to dish about the odd-jobs and odd-balls she's encountered along the way. Come see her now. Unemployed. Finally.

Boss: The Untold Tony Danza Story is a play loosely (and we mean LOOSELY) based on the life and career of America's favorite son and national treesure, Tony Danza! This comedy won the 2014 Encore Producers Award! New cast, new script, new director and a "brand new life"!

It’s 1985. Madonna needs one more song for her album, and our band of musical misfits are all chasing that prized cover… when they’re not too busy chasing each other. Filled with fun, nostalgia and an original 80s style score, "POP!" is a love letter to one of music's most remarkable decades.

It's one show of five 10-minute plays about miscommunication and the longing for connection. Subjects range from sporty nerds, sub-dom relationships and aliens to surrealistic challenges and panic attacks! We're the 5 SIRENS, five female playwrights, and we will captivate you with our songs.

A one-woman show completely based off past and present Voicemails. As each character soliloquies through a beautiful 60 min. 1 woman show assisted with music, dance, song and soul rolled up the most blunt way possible.

"This show is phenomenal." "Wow. By the end of act I, I had laughed out loud dozens of times and even wept twice. By the end of the show, I was standing clapping until my hands hurt." "Beautiful music, great talent, and unexpectedly touching.

PICK OF THE FRINGE! "Riotously written and maniacally directed” Is There Sex After Marriage? is insightful social and psychological commentary on American relationships. Three different couples – the lovers, the fighters and the let’s-get-alongers “vividly and hysterically answer the question.”

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!