World Premiere

Fresh off his critically acclaimed 2022 Edinburgh Fringe show, "Spanking the Monkey; The Etymology of Onanistic Euphemisms" (★★★★ - The Scotsman) Professor Richard Fondler presents this eagerly awaited sequel on the origins of slang words for making love around the world.

The Allure of Thug Life is a Hip Hopsical comedy about Mélia, an upper middle-class teen from Oakland who wants to be a gangster rapper. She longs to go from Riches to Rags & encounters Bullying, Boyfriends & Bullets! If you're scared, stay home. If you're fearless, roll through for this wild ride!

I'm Just Not That Girl is a dark comedic solo show that kicks off with a major break-up that results in a move across the country, followed by a traumatic event that sends this thirty something millennial over the edge.

When going through a break up, is social media the best way to guide us through the five stages of grief? Or is it just another relationship in which we lose ourselves?

TRYING is a dark cerebral comedy about a young man moving out of his apartment. After a life altering rejection, through grief, withdrawals, and a hand injury, in a seemingly hopeless moment, Bruce finds hope through pursuing what he loves. The question is; will he move out, and escape the mob?

From the team behind PAPER CUTS comes another sketch show that’s just in time for Father’s Day. This 60 minute revue tries to answer the immortal questions of fatherhood and family. After all, whether we’re a talk show host, a superhero, or even our Heavenly father, we all got DADDY ISSUES!

Through a series of lessons taught by a professional curmudgeon, attendees will delve into the nonsensical assumptions and behaviors of daily life. Examples of learning outcomes include: how math can prove anything, preservatives are better than Botox, and being right over happy is so choice.

Two amusement-park loving, fandom-obsessed, self-described geeks get stalled on their least favorite theme park ride for nearly an hour. Seems like as good a time as any to break up.

It’s 2008 and 13 year old Sarah is watching MTV when Katy Perry’s I Kissed A Girl comes on and her obsession with Katy begins. On a cloud of cotton candy, Cherry takes you on an intimate, bubblegum, pop journey on one woman's thank you card to her idol. #KATYCATS

Four creatives try to put on a self-financed action play that showcases their talents. There's accents! There's fights! There's jokes! There's no audience participation. There is some Shakespeare. It's a play within a play and it mostly makes sense. We think. We hope.

"Is Krishna There?" is a love letter to my Indian haritage. When I first discovered Begum Akhtar, I was surprised that her legacy was almost invisible after her death as compared to her life. Consider this exploration, "Truman Show" meets "Never Have I Ever".

Come see Homegrown Collective open up their hearts and voices to remind you of the power of healing through music, friends, food, and community, as they embark on writing an original song over the course of a single day.

Step back in time to 1920s Los Angeles at the height of Prohibition, where you have been invited to the wake of John Telletino, Don of The Collective crime syndicate. Schemes to decide his replacement have already begun, and only you can decide the winning hand in this immersive, interactive show!

After being rejected by her contemporaries in the wake of a morally ambiguous tragedy, Tasha has become a modern recluse. In this surreal drama, she faces her greatest struggle yet: furniture assembly.

Exhausted from moving, Susan and Paul bicker their way into farcical pandemonium when Paul discovers Susan’s best kept secret hidden among newspapers and packing peanuts. The surprise we didn’t expect? It becoming Paul's secret too. Can they piece it back together before the truth comes out?