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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.

A powerful, unsettling and ultimately devastating account of the Vietnam War, written by men who were there.

How does a boy survive in a Midwestern farm culture ruled by guns and football when chess is his favorite sport? A humorous look at a childhood philosophy carried into a legal career and the consequences of that to one's love life, livelihood, and liver.

What is love? Do we have soulmates? Is a woman more likely to be killed in a terrorist attack than marry after 40?! Why is Cupid such an asshole? Award-winning writer Kathy Fischer explores love from all angles in this hilarious multimedia comedy that will change the way you think about love.

Part irreverent comedy, part raucous theatrical event! WTF? 26 super-short plays brought to life by brave, fearless and quite possibly deranged Fierce Backbone actors. Audience commentary required. WTF? Come party with the Boners!

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

Dark Mark The Goth Comedian, the 9 time LA Times comedy pick of the week and host of The Dark Mark Show gives the Hollywood Fringe Festival the extreme makeover it deserves with his brand new one man show. His wardrobe and heart are as black as ever and the show is fresh, filthy and very funny

Voted Top of the Fringe & Best in Solo Performance!! Legend has it Shakespeare expired from a fever after a night of drinking. Raise your glass with the mysterious Bard of Avon on his "last night out" as he defends his authorship against doubting "canker blossoms" through a series of rowdy songs.

Winner of 7 Hollywood Fringe Awards, Four Clowns returns for a 5th year to present an evening of comedy, music, and mayhem in The Halfwits' Last Hurrah. Part Vaudeville tribute, part showbiz farce – a fame-hungry showman and his troupe of halfwits struggle to keep their variety show alive.

After running six months Off-Broadway, THE VIDEO GAMES returns to Hollywood Fringe Festival! An interactive stage combat extravaganza where beloved video game icons complete for the title of Player One! The show changes every performance as the audience votes for their favorite characters!

A pre-K superhero confronts his nemesis, stinky-squelchy-slimy bugs, in a quest to demolish the fear and suffering he's found in his world. Can he save the world? Can he save himself? Or will the bugs conquer the day?

STANDUPERA: How singing WRECKED my life... then saved it! Rated R. Swearing, sex, and opera. Stand-up, story-telling, and song! www.Standupera.com Press & Industry Comps Available

Acclaimed musical improv troupe, ROBOT TEAMMATE & THE ACCIDENTAL PARTY, premieres their original space(time) opera. Follow oddball inventor Bruce Greenstreet on his cosmic quest to correct the fallout from his time machine as he journeys to the fabled center of the universe: the Timeheart.

When it rains, it pours. And bad things always come in threes. Or elevens. Or in a relentless deluge of hatefulness for two years straight. This is a show about the ways we pull ourselves out of rough times with humor, the strangers we never expect will help us the most, and love letters.