drama

Vincent van Gogh, hospitalized after his break with Gauguin and the “ear” incident, struggles to reconcile his two selves – the artist drawn to the sacred (and the edge of madness), and the lover who wants only to belong a family and to serve others.

Adam, just on the other side of his teenage years is plagued by his mother's manic assurance that the world is going to end. He must navigate his complicated feelings for his neighbor Charlie and a strange man named Mr. Blackhat who seems to confirm his mother's outlandish doomsday claims.

In an unusually cold summer, 32 year-old Jim has kidnapped 17 year-old Charles, who he has fallen in love with at first sight. Trapped in Jim's basement, Charles is led through an existential journey to discover how it is that Lovers and Sad People always seem to hold up the World.

"COWBOY MOUTH" by Sam Shepard & Patti Smith One Act / One Hour Starring: Cait Mathis & Alton Ray Directed By: Erika Ackerman Production Head: Isabella Figueres FRI/SAT/SUN June 3 - June 26 2016 @ The New Collective LA 6440 Santa Monica Blvd. LA CA 90038 @cowboymouthHFF

"Grow a garden." The idea hits Paul like a meteor hitting the planet and he’s off. He reads the books, sows the seeds, and before his first tomatoes ripen, departs on a crusade to save the planet one precious seedling at a time. Saving himself, however, may prove the harder battle.

Dreams are contagious and meant to be shared. But what happens when a nightmare creeps in there too? Las García is a docudrama about two women of the same bloodline, living in different generations, yet experiencing the same circumstances: The afflictions that love brings.

Studio C Artists is proud to present the next in their one act “room” series… IN THE GARAGE. This collection of 8 brand new short plays, presented in two alternating shows, all take place in a garage setting. See schedule for show details. $20 GA ($15 w/ “earlybird” code 24 hrs. in advance).

OVERLAY is a one act play set in a dystopian future where the horrifying realities of war have been replaced with adorable video games. But no matter how remote the act of killing has become, can we ever be far from the burden of guilt below the surface?

*World Premiere* A struggling actor and his dog. A holy trinity of catastrophe involving our faithless actor, a virgin, and well lets just say an "ethical non-virgin." In the city of Los Angeles one thing is for sure: someone's gonna get screwed.

PRYOR TRUTH is a celebration of "Richard Pryor". Through Mudbone, one of the artist's most beloved characters, we learn who Richard was, who he dared to be, the battles he fought and the cost of greatness.

After their mother's death, two unlikely sisters, Harrison and Abigail, must come together in an attempt to reconcile a disrupted adoption that caused them to disappear from one another's lives. Written by acclaimed memoirist Mary Anna King, & starring Catherine Kresge & Sarah Navratil.

"I would have ended my life,it was only my art that held me back". The show depicts Beethoven's rise as a musical genius,his struggles with love and society and focuses on his battle with his sickness, his fall, his regaining of hope through art and fight for immortality. Life is short,Art eternal.

THIS IS A MAJOR MUST SEE.**** You can’t possibly know that killing someone is forever. Can you? Directed by Peter Marc Jacobson. Sophie Ward and Brandon Ruiter star in a play about two strangers whose lives were changed in an instant.

Arthur Hess has made his living taking photos of some of the world’s most violent places. But when his eldest daughter is publicly murdered, it is the photo he takes of her corpse that threatens to destroy both his family and his name. Inspired by The Oresteia.

Take Another Look is a murder-mystery drama that takes audience involvement to the next level. This immersive theatrical piece will break the classical conventions of theatre and will change the dynamics between actors and spectators in a way rarely done before. Written by Grischa M. Petram.