Mental Health

Follow the journey of a comedian as they explore their own mental health within an American Dystopia. All through the use of Looping pedals, Beats, Poetry, Lights and of course jokes! This multi-media comedy experience has something for everybody!

A multimedia solo choreopo'm that spirals through the mind of a Black trans non-binary artist at their wit's end. In this 60 minute performance, the Poet is haunted by thoughts and memories that are...ain't...is their own. A riot of thoughts, movement, and sound! An HFF23 Scholarship Recipient!

Nick explores his turbulent relationship with drugs with clever wit and dark sincerity. Now 14 years clean of opiates, Nick reflects on his past, the choices he made and the promises he broke. Is he a bad person? Is he a bad friend? Does he deserve forgiveness?

After selling out LONDON'S Camden Fringe, THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ANXIOUS brings the angst to Hollywood. Featuring the voice of RICKI LAKE, Hal Cantor's coming-of-middle-age comedy is a raw, deeply personal look into one man's overwrought, forever fraught life. With lots of gay sex.

ANNEX is a dark comedy about queer family, fate, and mental illness. It's the story of Elliot, who despairs of managing their mental illness and concocts a mysterious miracle cure--Belinda Carlisle, a nefarious bowl of pink light--that turns on Elliot and the family they depend on.

In the first 48 hours of being placed in a Behavioral Health Rehab facility by her parents and soon to be ex-girlfriend, Caroline deflects therapists, psychologists, and nurse techs alike through humor, wit, and dazzling dissociation. Is it therapy or standup? You be the judge.

If you could peer inside the mind of an artist pushing themself to the brink of disaster, would you? This solo piece explores creativity, getting tossed into the throws of depression and suicidal ideation, and trying to find purpose in it all... before the clock runs out.

The chronicle of Lukas, a trans-male geek passionate about all things fictional; and Quinn, his bipolar polyamorous pansexual bestie. A dark-sidedly comedic missive and adoration for all things nerdy, where in the end: “She drowned in moonlight. Strangled by her own bra”.

News about the horrific bombings at the Kabul Airport during the American evacuation on August 26, 2021, prod six US veterans and their Afghan interpreter to relive their memories of a brutal firefight with the Taliban a decade before.

An immediate, unconventional and poetic production of Chekhov's classic that asks how and why we become the architects of our own cages.

Samantha’s comedy partner Brit died by suicide in the middle of writing a comedy show about mental illness for them to perform together. So… this is not that show! This is what that show became, performed by a comedian trying to figure out what she has to become now with out her sidekick.

An interactive, comedy talk show hosted by joy expert and Puerto Rican drag king, Ramón! With rotating guests, we explore mental health topics and learn practical, fun, techniques to embrace life's journey, cultivate joy and collectively heal! Get ready to be empowered and shake your groove thang!

Since her mother leapt from a building when Avital was a baby, she's been 50-50 on being alive. But who wants to turn into their mother? Irreverent stand-up from an ex-Hasidic queer Jew.

Hedda is trapped in a new home with a new husband. She spends her time manipulating those around her and denying her pregnancy. But when old acquaintances come knocking on the Tesman’s door, the next two days are spent unraveling the past, evading the future, and firing General Gabler’s pistols.

Winona is a sixty-minute naked shopping trolley ride through an abandoned car park decorated with bandaids on the knees and elbows from previous wounds. Equal parts soul crushing and absurdly ridiculous, but ultimately a love letter to our neurodiverse and disabled bodies, brains and hearts.