Drama

Maggie, a junk-food-binging shoplifter, Paul, a sincere recovering overeater, Flacco, a wannabe Puerto Rican criminal and Boochie, a hooker, find themselves facing execution by mobster Sal and his youthful boss, Lou “Little Tuna” Pescatore after their scheme to rob a local nightclub goes awry.

"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

Inspired by the classic play, 'Cyrano' is a modern gay dramedy that focuses on the friendship between the loveless Cyrano and the beautiful Christian, both of whom are plagued by insecurity and doubt, both of whom fall for the devilish Rock.

"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.

"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.

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.

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).

In this thought provoking solo performance, Aishveryaa Nidhi promises to read unread chapters of a woman’s life who embraced darkness with open arms. It helps us search and find a woman hidden beneath glorious tales of heroes and wars. This is the story of Gandhari from her own perspective.

Mother. Daughter. Sister. Soldier. The Foundry Theatre Works presents Merri Biechler’s OCCUPATION, a riveting exploration of endurance in a terrorist ravaged America. Five women grasp for hope and humor in their new role as survivors. One Defends. One Searches. One Delivers. One Tattoos. One Buries.

A raw and beautiful tale of the struggle to honor your inner artist. An intimate and immersive show that is both painfully funny as it is heartbreaking. Duality follows the story of a young artist through cultivated dance, live music and storytelling as she attempts to honor her creative calling.

In a script The New York Times says "crackles with bright wit and intelligence," this Broadway-hit play from Pulitzer Prize-winner Donald Margulies is a witty, intelligent look at what what happens when ordinary life is refracted throughout the lens of war.

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.

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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.

The comic story of a young lesbian whose family begins to fray when she tries to be frank with them about her sexual coming of age. Homophobia is not the family’s problem. It’s the prospect of candid conversation that throws them bizarrely off balance.