Comedy

After versions of Showgirls, Jurassic Park, Top Gun, Ghostbusters, Teen Witch, Home Alone, and Roadhouse, 30 MINUTE MUSICALS does it again with summer blockbuster, INDEPENDENCE DAY. Evil aliens invade the earth and get a lesson in good ole American ass-kicking in musical theatre fashion.

3-time Hollywood Fringe Physical Theatre Award winners, Four Clowns is back with a wild two-man show. Former millionaire & convicted tax evader TR Hamer has his world re-collapse as he sad-eats a pile of marshmallows, crawls into a bag, and falls in love many times while doing an IRS-mandated show.

Starring actress-writer Chris Farah, Fancy! A Southern Gothic Camp Parable is the timeless story of a poor country girl turned infamous prostitute while overcoming the discrimination of religious ring-wing conservatives. Based on the Bobbie Gentry song “Fancy” and made famous by Reba MacEntire.

After a less than ideal youth-hood, a spunky Indian girl in Indiana turns to the popular teen movies of the time (She's All That, Cruel Intentions, Bring It On, etc.) for guidance on how to master high school. Because real life is totally just like the movies… right?

Evan and Allie have made it to their 3rd date. A momentous occasion fraught with great expectations. Prepare for none of them to be met as their imagination takes over revealing each other's ex...and they have a lot to say. A hilariously awkward one-act by Deborah Gross. Directed by Doug Hannah.

A man experiencing a crisis of faith becomes obsessed with an enigmatic rock band. Solo performer Alex Knox takes us on a highly personal journey of self-discovery with stops at untamed beaches on Kauai, sweaty recording studios in L.A., and a tiny town in Israel that hides an earthshaking relic.

Keaton Talmadge (great granddaughter of Buster Keaton) drops the spotlight on a "straight" young woman who unexpectedly falls for- a woman. Preconceived notions, unpredictable love and a killer cat named Sneaky Creeps. Define: different examines what happens when you remove gender from love.

“The Show” Written and Directed by: Max Oken Is a new radio theatre comedy focused around the absurdity of social media in everyday life. This "Goon Show" stylized play uses stream of consciousness and satire to explore what it means to be an American in the form of a 40's radio mystery.

A liquor-swillin', trailer-dwellin', hillbilly sex romp. A white trash bride plots to marry the dimwitted, alcoholic nephew of a septic tank millionaire and kill both. Drinkin', swearin',fightin & fornicatin' are what's in store for these Illinois rednecks.

The Purpose of Theater Criticism in the Twenty First Century will be an irreverent yet substantive discussion, tapping the best minds in LA Theater. It will be entertaining, lively and enlightening with audience Q&A to follow.

In this one-woman show, Marie Lively shares the true story of how a naive Christian temp became a corporate smut queen for one of the largest pornographers in town.

Comedy Festival and returning Top 10 Show of Hollywood Fringe Festival 2012. David and Leeman return to fascinate, fool, and whip you into a flummoxed frenzy. Theirs is magic at its finest and funniest. LA's Filthy Liars will have your arms flailing in delight.

It takes a lot more than platform shoes to take it to the top. 1970's hollywood themed improv. Directed by Miles Stroth. Presented by Mahoobla Productions in association with Jack Zullo.

2012 Backstage Critics' Pick! TU presents 25 NEW original short plays featuring a handful of the company’s top actors playing over 50 characters in just one hour. Fusing comedy, drama and everything in between, it's a complete theatrical journey in 60 minutes! Speed theatre at its best!

Muggsy is a macaw and a reincarnation of - well, never mind. You'll spend an hour laughing and maybe thinking - wait a minute - why am I laughing?