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Inspired by the Van Morrison song of the same name, writer/performer Colin Mitchell revives his critically-acclaimed, award-winning, one-man play "Linden Arden Stole the Highlights" for a limited engagement at the 2014 Hollywood Fringe Festival. Don't miss it.

LA WEEKLY: "RECOMMENDED-1 OF TOP 7 SHOWS at the Hollywood Fringe!" TED Talks-style "Influencers" will attempt to destroy your precious Cherished Beliefs by making life-changing presentations as they compete for Money, Glory & PowerPoint immortality. Fun times! (Dark Comedy, 55 min)

Self help author, Bonnie Hill's, meticulously planned engagement party backfires when one of her guests goes missing. Starring Sascha Alexander, Kristen Rozanski, Sarah Greyson, Emily Jordan. Written and directed by Meghan Gambling. Produced by Jeanne Petrone Arzubiaga. www.bonniesfuturesisters.com

Franklin is a struggling young writer who can't seem to get his novel published - so he tries submitting it as a memoir instead. When the head of a major publishing company wants to meet the author, Franklin’s forced to hire an actor to play his alter ego… an 89-year-old survivor of The Holocaust.

2013 Freak Award Nominee: Best Ensemble T.U. has assembled 25 of their best super-short plays into one incredible hour of lightning-quick entertainment. 25PPH fuses comedy, drama and everything in between, taking you on a unique and wild theatrical roller-coaster. So sit down, strap in and hold on!

This is a comedy, loosely (and we mean loosely) based on the early life, and career of America's favorite son and national treasure, Tony Danza. The play explores the nature of the entertainment business and how far some some people are willing to go to achieve success in it.

Amy Granados shares how Saved By The Bell and slow dancing ruined everything

An archetypal play, in classic Greek style, that explores the nature of the ego. Former lovers, now married to different people, come together at a crossroads in their lives. Three men & three women, representing the egos of the main two characters, make up the dynamic of the storytelling.

ENCORE PRODUCERS PICK! Life's a run on a treadmill. Shelley and Trent take the plunge and move to London for work, where they are challenged to find the right pace to discover if their love can go the distance.

A new musical comedy about a junior pastor who defies his mentor and hijacks Sunday service to expose the secrets of his church.

Two Poetry Lectures... Two Lovers... One Public Sex Act... Action! Theatre Company presents the West Coast premiere of Mickle Maher's comedy, directed by Tiger Reel and featuring Christina Keefe, Jack Young & Ted Heyck.

From the God who brought you the world’s biggest religions comes this high-energy, irreverent multimedia experience. Combining sketch comedy, puppets, and ‘70s self-help, critics are calling it the “don't miss” sacrilege of the year! Come see what the 4,000 years of religious strife is all about!

Born with 10 toes on your face? GIMPLECAPPED. Lost a leg to a rabid sloth? GIMPLECAPPED. Gimpy, crippled, or handicapped by life? GIMPLECAPPED! Join a crew of abby-normals for vignettes that explore what it is to be different. You’ll laugh, or cry. You might even be inspired. (Or…not.)

Part cautionary tale, part irreverent skewering of Showbiz, Richard Tanner's uproarious, multi-media chronicle of the highs & lows, ups & downs, and the gap between ambition & the reality of being of an "unsteadily working actor," is told with wit, compassion, and a dollop of audience participation.

From the twisted minds of award winning playwright Nate Rufus Edelman and new playwright Ron Zwang, comes an hour of short plays. Soul mates on a desolate road. A first date. A vegan lost in the desert. Two dudes in a bar (x2). Warning: There may be puppets...