absurd

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

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!

Love HQ, Double Dare, Jeopardy, and Ellen's Game of Games, this show is for you! Buzz'd Out! Live! is the zany trivia game show that combines mind-bending trivia with crazy challenges to form a show unlike any other. The questions: easy; buzzers: crazy; and the prizes...mediocre! Will you win?

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.

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.

SORRY, Andy fans. Due to severe cast conflicts, Andy can't appear at this year's feat. Maybe next year again!

When a mega-famous reality star ends up on her deathbed, her momager must find a way to make sure their fame lasts forever. This darkly comedic satire explores our 21st-century obsession with reality TV and instant fame.

What is rootbeer? What does it mean? Is rootbeer a mere product for consumption or is it something more? When 20 best friends meet up at a pizza parlor some serious drama unfolds...or doesn't..? WHO WOULDN'T WANT TO SEE THIS SHOW??

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!

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.

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.

Dr. Jekyll develops a serum designed to eradicate evil from the human psyche. However, during this moral investigation, things take a wicked turn! Based on Robert Louis Stevenson's novella, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, this two-person comedy will have you questioning your own sanity!

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.

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!

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.