Comedy

Full-length musicals too filling? Operettas leave you bloated? Juke-box song cycles too saccharine? We’ve got just the thing! A FEAST OF SNACKS! That’s right, four bite-sized musicals guaranteed to please your palate, created by Michael Gordon Shapiro! Whet your appetite and join us for the show!

Like children's theatre gone horribly wrong, "Fairy Tales Against Humanity" is a new half-scripted/half-improvised show mangling stories you fondly remember from your youth into hilarious, horrifying abominations. All based on suggestions from some truly special guests and—most importantly—YOU!

When Tupac Shakur went to prison, Tony Danza saw a stranger in need of a friend and wrote him a letter. Tupac wrote back, beginning a correspondence for the ages. Presenting this intimate tete-a-tete between two giants of the 20th Century is Mr. Danza himself. ...presented by Steven Benaquist.

The true life story of his mother’s heartbreaking journey into dementia, confronting the inevitable truth of aging, and coming to terms with his own mortality. A beautifully moving story peppered with moments of absolute joy and humor. "★★★★!" - CBC "Masterful storyteller" - WFP

A woman is on the verge of her 60th birthday and she's not handling it well! As the clock ticks, she tries to come to terms with aging, culture, sexuality, and ultimately mortality. Will she wise up or break down?

After a series of heartbreaks, comedian and storyteller Christopher Piehler finds his own way of recovering from getting dumped: going on horseback riding trips around the world. From Ireland to Scotland to Hungary to Malibu to Australia, he falls off horses, into bogs, and back into love.

Dark comic exploration of sexuality (and lack thereof) through the lens of a confused girl growing up in religiously conservative Mexico, where her chief romantic outlet is a giant stuffed teddy bear. Vanessa Lua hilariously illustrates that virginity can, in fact, survive marriage.

Welcome to NILBOG! (That's GOBLIN spelled backwards.) Troll 2, the BEST worst movie ever, is now a live interactive musical! With a killer original soundtrack including You Can't Piss on Hospitality and Damn You Stonehenge, this wild new Best Worst Musical will have you screaming, OH MY GOOOOOOOOD!

Multi-media bio-show about John Belushi's 10 year overnight sensation.

With humor and heart, THE STORYTELLER blends two cultures and four unbelievable stories into one compelling narrative about what it means to be paid to lie for a living, and how it feels to be only the 10th best storyteller in his family. Two-time Best-in-Fringe at NYC Fringe and Hollywood Fringe

Meet The Virgin: she’s a 30-year-old Christian feminist—and she’s gonna set her sexual record straight. A hilarious and candid journey through twelve sexual close calls, How to Be A Virgin explores the rules of “the game” for both sexes. Find out who - or what - she is really waiting for.

Voices is a hilarious one woman comedy about a voice-over actress discovering her own voice! Carla Delaney can mimic any voice. But it's not until she meets the surprising voices of her head, her heart, her snotty respiratory system, and over 30 more, that she realizes the value of her own voice.

A tragicomic one-man show that invites you to experience life, death, and all the scary stuff in between through the eyes of 12 people on the Metro Expo Line train. Come for the laughs. Stay for the tears. Leave with an annoying song stuck in your head.

Mr. Mark Twain returns to the Fringe with his patented* one man show. There's gonna be stories and jokes and lots of opportunities for the audience to get, shall we say, "involved." If you like nonsense, this is your show. *Patent under review.

From making decisions such as straightening or curling our natural hair to coping with issues such as depression in the Black community, complex[ion] woman explores the intricacies of the everyday experiences of the contemporary woman of color in 2016.