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Urban Theatre Movement presents Urban Unrest: a series of original one act plays ranging from the absurd to the surreal, creatively tied together by fusing elements of spoken word, movement, and music. Urban Unrest features some of the founding voices of Urban Theatre Movement.

Stringmates, a written word and movement piece, explores the many kinds of love and relationships we find ourselves waiting lifetimes to experience. Through dance and language, Stringmates encourages all to consider what the word "soulmate" really means. Written by Amanda Noriko Newman.

2 women with dreams to ruin the world, a not so special tween, a motivational speaker on the edge, a killer beautician and a gossip columnist that becomes a cautionary headline are just a few of the whacky characters you will meet in this colorful sketch show written and directed by Nina Childs .

F*ck Tinder (a love story) is storytelling crack from The Moth champion David Rodwin. From a first date who wanted sex, but brought along her infant, to hitting up a sex club with a woman who’d just said “I love you,” David takes you on a journey you’re glad he took and you didn’t.

In Scott Mullen’s new comedy, two “Bad Moms” get a time out at their kids’ birthday party by a type-A mom. In the makeshift penalty box, their tough exteriors soon shatter and they learn what’s really going on inside each other. Directed by Stan Zimmerman.

24 writers; 12 shows; 4 evenings of 5 perfs each; all musicals all the time! PLEASE CHECK OUR PROGRAM AD TO FIND OUT WHICH MUSICALS ARE SHOWING ON WHICH EVENINGS!

The West Coast Premiere of NORMAL by Anthony Neilson "NORMAL is a dark, unblinking plunge into the nether regions of human depravity. It is not for the faint of heart." - BroadwayWorld

A super one-man show about an actor’s struggle with identity. Paul Yen explores the different masks Asian Americans wear through the eyes of Batman, Superman, and Spiderman. Yen reimagines their origin stories weaving a historically humorous tale of the Asian American experience.

ENCORE WINNER! Even If It’s Wrong is a funny and heartfelt story of how a middle-aged man finds himself back in Nebraska helping his Dad cope with his Mom’s Alzheimer’s. Selling a junkyard, saying good-bye to the house and getting Dad to move on are the tasks at hand…even if it’s wrong.

"Transition" imagines the November 10, 2016 meeting in the White House between President Obama and Donald Trump some 36 hours after the General Election as the fate of our democracy hung in the balance. Stars Harry S. Murphy and Joshua Wolf Coleman.

2 solo shows in 1 hour. L.A. HOMEBODY: The true story of a woman in her house. Written and performed by Shauna McGarry. Runtime: 30 minutes. THE ANXIETY CURE: The true story of a woman on the campaign trail. Written and performed by Lizzie Prestel. Runtime: 30 minutes.

A Musical Fantasia about a girl who becomes a woman by tearing apart a billion dollar organization.

Star Trek meets Avenue Q meets Star Wars meets Trump, is battle of good vs bad, ideals vs opportunism, Trump vs Trump, plus music. 400 years in the future, the fallout of the Trump administration has left humans stranded in search of a new planet. Campy political musical comedy in SPACE!

"You don't even have a geo-filter, what is this - 2012?!" Drinks/Reception: 8:00-8:30 Performance: 8:30-9:00 (may end a few minutes after 9 pm) DRINKS WITH HORRIBLE PEOPLE invites you to have a drink with the worst version of yourself.

13TH GRADE is a musical comedy about a bunch of kids in community college figuring out life, lessons and love during the year 1998.