Solo Show

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

After a drunk driver killed both his teenage children, Colin Campbell channeled his shock, anguish and rage into this tragic-comic exploration of our culture’s inability to talk about grief. Comedic and heartbreaking, profound and profane. Get ready for a rollicking bad time!

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.

Erotic massages, professional cuddling, and seeing your own genitalia on a big screen TV? Get ready for a wild ride to find sexual satisfaction despite sexual dysfunction. In “Tight”, writer/performer Becky Feldman pulls back the covers on her private ordeals with chronic pelvic pain.

EMPANADA FOR A DREAM is one boy's story of growing up hard and fast in NYC.A tale of love, loss, heartache and forgiveness.An entertaining portrait of family and neighborhood set against the secret that destroys it all.It’s about growing up by getting out and coming back to one boy's Lower East Side

Dreams are for losers. MaryLee, 'Princie', knows, she's been dreaming all her life. Now in her 50's, she's finally determined to ditch the dreaming and start being a do-er to create a fulfilling life she's always wanted. Before she can succeed, a few people in her life are going to have to go.

What happens if everything you thought about yourself was a lie? You can take a girl out of Little Saigon, but you can’t take Little Saigon out of the girl. Not even with a DNA test. Sushi, Korean barbeque, Pad Thai…with Pho still on the menu. The search for identity has never looked so yummy.

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.

This fierce one-person retelling of BEOWULF modernizes the wit, vigor, and meaty language of the original epic. John Heimbuch performs Charlie Bethel's tour-de-force adaptation of this classic Old English poem about a warrior king and some famous monsters in this Minnesota Fringe Festival favorite.

How my everyday life as a Hojo girl, Pathmark cashier, Santa Claus trainer, polka lover, kielbasy hunter, LA PTA President, 3-pt. shooter in a basketball league for moms 5’3” & under and a Tonight Show regular who “unexpectedly” got punched in the jaw on live TV…compelled me to write songs.

Written and performed by transgender artist Rebecca McGlynn (co-writer/lyricist/composer/producer of Top of the Fringe winner "My Big Fat Blonde Musical"), "Asexuality! The Solo Musical" is an autobiographical musical comedy about Rebecca's pre-transition life.

Charley, a registered nurse, edutains through tunes and tales about what really happens in a hospital. She came to terms with her life as a nurse, and how through advocating for her patients she learned to advocate for herself.

The Pale Gypsy shares tales of travel, romance, and intrigue in this performance of original music, satire, and oddball humor! Themes in the Traveling Musical Revue run the gambit of love and mystery, to science fiction and fantasy- all infused with the dark whimsy of Writer/Producer, Chris Murphy.

This Pulitzer Prize finalist play is an existential comedy...or maybe it’s not...about the beautiful mysteries of the human experience and what may happen when one holds on to them, never being able to make total sense of them, buries them — and then suddenly needs to talk about it all.

In this funny one man show a divorced father — having been asked by his son to speak at his upcoming wedding — struggles to find the right words of wisdom to celebrate the newlyweds new lives together.