absurd

Join Don Waterski (pronounced: wah-TER-ski) on an interactive comedy adventure through the Northwoods of Wisconsin. Experience the trees, animals, and monsters that lurk in the forests. Will you get lost? You betcha! Will it be fun? You'll laugh so hard you'll fall on your dupa, hey!

It’s funny-or-die-in-the-graveyard time when Jeremy Kehoe’s absurdist, existential comedy, “Movin’ On Up”, makes its West Coast premiere at the 2018 Hollywood Fringe Festival at The Complex Hollywood (Ruby Theater, 6476 Santa Monica Blvd.) June 1 - 21.

A hilarious social satire about a woman who overworks herself until she goes mad! ...yay? Follow Jenine and a psychotic ensemble of characters - including her boss, family, Sponsors(tm), Satan and coworkers - as they collectively run her into the ground!

From the writer of award-winning "Letterz 2 2pac" and "Too Many Hitlers", "The Last One-Man Show (LITERALLY)" is the story of an underground comedian (LITERALLY), the lone survivor of WWIII. He still has his dreams, but when you’re the last one left, killing is only suicide. Hilarious!

Macbeth but funny!

Senorita Monthly Juice is an absurd comedy that follows plant worker, Adelina, as she negotiates between her roles as a faithful “blood-worker” at a beauty startup and a mother concerned with the convoluted messages her very own company is televising out into the world.

Flint Springs & Dick Metro are Two Old Hollywood Era producers making a killing in b pictures, but it takes more than just a pretty face and snappy dialogue to get a picture made. Watch as these two affable assholes navigate stars’ egos, temperamental directors, their own shortcomings, & monkeys.

An one man show from Matthew Gudernatch, who touches on what it was like to lose his mother at a tender age. There are stories, songs, jokes, and other attempts to turn all of the unending pain he's endured into a fun performance with maybe just a pinch of male nudity. (It's a comedy)

A collage of contemporary german plays for theater. The three pieces deal with the topics of guilt and vanity, success and disappointment in the context of self-reflection and delusion.

Famous spokesperson, Cell Phone Phil, goes on a search to find out the real story of his childhood hero...the reclusive Mikey from Life cereal.

High above the city of L.A., a team of terrorists has seized a building, taken hostages, and declared war. One man has managed to escape. An off-duty cop hiding somewhere inside. He's alone, tired...and he doesn't like Christmas. Yippee Ki-Yay.

Combining butoh with experimental animation and puppetry, Shilo Kloko uses stark, striking visuals to portray a fluid relationship between puppet and puppeteer, reflecting our unstable, fluctuating social and emotional status as humans. Created by Nao Kobayashi. 2018 Hollywood Fringe Scholarship

Monsters, music, and proper Regency manners! Looking to capitalize on the success of such mash-ups as "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies," Jane Austen brings us the story of the Woodhouse sisters and their search for love with the Frankenstein Family.

Called "CRACKED" & "FEARLESS" by LA TIMES! In the course of an audition for a new play, Mutant Olive surveys the panoramic sweep of one actor's colorful past..Soul-sucking childhood, substance abuse, rampant sex, car crashes, an out-of-body experience, and the timeless functionality of a black cape.

A cyberpunk Southern gothic from Podunk Productions. Phrack is written and directed by Bigfoot, and stars Podunk as Ray, the reclusive outlaw hacker. Podunk Productions is based out of Lamont, Oklahoma, and specializes in punk-redneck theatre. Tickets are $10 online or $12 at door.