Death

Follow Marlena McHenry's drag persona, Mercutia Falstaff, in an exploration of loneliness, guilt, fear, and love. Through the characters he plays, watch Mercutia be forced to grapple with his own reality in the face of grief. Expect four characters, two hours, and one fabulous mustache.

A TRAGICOMEDY: My mom just moved into Memory Care. She’s 58. I don’t use the word Alzheimer’s, I say “dementia.” Less scary, right?

3 Short Plays Concerning LOVE & DEATH

A family waits for the matriarch to pass while attending to the mundane bureaucracy of dying—a real drag as they say, until it isn't. What ensues is a meta-comedy exploring life, death, family, and the creative process with cheeky irreverence and unapologetic sincerity.

Mary tells the story of legally adopting Michael, a 35 yr old adult who first came to her home as an Airbnb guest, how he died just two years later, and what happened to their bond of love from the other side of death. Mary also openly shares her process of intense grief and her acceptance of fate.

Malum has just died. Guided by Death and its Hands, she will have to go through her core memories to determine if she is worthy of going to heaven or hell. How will a daydreamer react when confronted to the reality of her actions and their consequences?

The No Fronts Actors Workshop Solo Performance students will be presenting their culminating solo performance project as a workshop presentation at the Hollywood Fringe Festival

A ship navigated by children in purgatory, a sanctuary for parents who lost their children due to murder; "Sunken" is a whimsical original play that travels between these two worlds and investigates and honors death, grief, anger, all the ugliness within every beautiful human.

It’s 1543. A Portuguese ship sets sail with goods from Japan. Kira, a Japanese girl, is isolated on the ship and discovered by the naive Portuguese, Maria. A complicated historial feud is distilled through the two young girls. Can we find a sense of home within the people we’re trained to oppose?

James, a young artist succumbs to vices enmeshing the sudden loss of his father, Lanair, with the loss of an abusive relationship with his former partner, Scarlet. Will James be able to find a way out of mental purgatory and develop tools to co-exist with his losses or become over-shadowed by grief?

After comedian/filmmaker Heather Fink’s dad suffers a paralyzing stroke, she struggles to pull herself up from sinking. From caregiving to death and the midlife crisis, QUICKSAND is a storytelling and clown exploration of the realest sh*t we face.

When Amireh, the matriarch of a British-Iranian family goes missing, her husband and adult children are thrust into an off-beat spiritual journey that forces them to contend with secrets, infidelity, new age death ceremonies, a police investigation and the psychedelic drug DMT.

Australia's #1 Grief Expert, Dr. Adelaide Graves, has come to America to present her newest product! GRIEF BOX is a comedy-packed combo of TED Talk wisdom and QVC flair, diving into our obsession with life hacks and the allure of capitalism. Because why to go therapy, when you can buy closure?

Experience the incomparable mind of Anna Pavlova, the 20th century's most beloved ballerina, as she grapples with what it means to leave a legacy behind in the face of Death itself.

Pulling the curtain back on one of America's greatest tragedies, discover the untold stories of those backstage during the Lincoln assassination. In the hours following Booth's escape, actors and crew behind the scenes are left to wonder: who knew, who lied, and who took the truth to their graves?