World Premiere

This sketch comedy show is a wacky tribute to the historical figures and fictional characters of yesteryear, the frazzled adults of today, and the literary works that set them all up to fail. Join us for a night of library lunacy that will be one for the books as we try to heal our PAPER CUTS!

Why would anyone want to fall in love? What’s the payoff? Why would any sane person put themselves through this? Do we steer clear? A lot of questions I do not have answers to, but can safely say, I’m curious. Come join me on this one woman musical journey through a rollercoaster of romance.

Cantankerous Chicago columnist Mike Royko just may be the toughest man in Chicago as he takes on corporate greed, mobsters, celebrities, racism, and the Mayor of Chicago, in this multi-media solo show tour de force by Hollywood Fringe veteran Mitchell Bisschop. Tickets: hff22.co/7567

In the world premiere of this musical dark comedy, an optimistic young woman is stricken by a mysterious illness and must navigate unsympathetic doctors, disbelieving friends, and her own depression as she fights to recover both her health and sense of hope.

"An energetic, wild, quirky, musical comedy!" In the Wild Western town of D.C. Colorado, two pure-hearted, corn-chucking, bastard-brothers awake to find their loving momma mysteriously murdered. With a handwritten note as their only clue, they must traverse the west unlocking their hidden powers.

*WINNER* - CRITICS' CHOICE ENCORE *WINNER* - THE BEST SOLO SHOW *WINNER* - THE SPLASH AWARD *WINNER* - THE BEST ONE PERSON SHOW (LA THEATRE BITE AWARD) *WINNER* - PICK OF THE FRINGE *WINNER* - THE HOLLYWOOD ENCORE PRODUCERS’ AWARD *WINNER* - HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL SCHOLARSHIP

Kirsten, a drama teacher, is a guest on a satirical game show where pundits that represent different factions of American culture debate what American heroes get in the history books! In this zany fast-paced comedy, audience members get to vote and decide- who gets in the books and who is history!?

It’s Christmas Eve 2009 and Chris Kirkpatrick from NSYNC has a decision to make. An original musical parody of A Christmas Carol & It's A Wonderful Life by Valen Shore & Alison Zatta. Music direction by Taylor Williams (Moulin Rouge!, Hamilton). Sound design by Josh Millican (Six, The Band's Visit).

🏆 Winner of the Hollywood Fringe Scholarship 2022 🏆 Ali Can, a Turkish immigrant, is forced to end his 12-year-long journey in the US. Ali is left with only one choice: to marry his very straight best friend Joseph, and nothing goes right...

What drives the man of words to the edge of silence? A 19th-century historical drama, inspired by the life of a revolutionary Romantic poet, Lord Byron. This piece is an ultimate exploration of the relationship between a parent and a child.

Welcome to Kristy's walk-in closet, where barbiturates can talk and wiffle ball bats can walk. Fame comes easy for Kristy in that walk-in closet. But this isn't a coming out of the closet story... more of a going in.

Emma and Richie are breaking up, and they’ve decided the best way to celebrate the occasion is by throwing a Viking Funeral for their dead relationship. But their funeral plans are thrown into chaos when they accidentally bring two real Vikings back from the dead.

An intimate look at the final moments of the life of the truly unique British comedian, Tommy Cooper. Reliving his past performances and looking back on his troubled life and relationships before his final, fatal performance Live on TV and before the Royal Family in 1984's Live at Her Majesty's.

The world premiere of director, screenwriter, author and stand-up comedian J.D. Shapiro’s uniquely comedic account of his unconventional journey from scrappy New Jersey childhood to collaborations with Hollywood icons Mel Brooks, John Travolta, Stan Lee, and many others. www.jdshapiro.com

Transgender History has been largely erased or unrecorded, though we have existed throughout time, through every land. Based on true accounts, 6 artists of intersectional transgender experience bring their interpretation of ancestral stories to the stage through a series of poetic vignettes.