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SKIN JOBS

jim vejvoda · United States of America
An Asian-American visual effects artist is working on a top secret, very racially problematic project: digitally altering a white movie star to look biracial. Her white reporter bestie threatens to expose it all — and destroy her friend in the process.
An Asian-American visual effects artist is working on a top secret, very racially problematic project: digitally altering a white movie star to look biracial. Her white reporter bestie threatens to expose it all — and destroy her friend in the process.

THE BOOK THAT I'M GOING TO WRITE, BY JUDY GARLAND

ladywatch productions · Ages 16+ · United States of America
Judy Garland is angry. Tasked with dictating her memoirs alone to a tape recorder, the legend's life story quickly gives way to the searing inner-rage & personal revenge fantasies of a woman left robbed & broken by decades of abuse in Hollywood, now living the profound heartbreak of not being heard.
Judy Garland is angry. Tasked with dictating her memoirs alone to a tape recorder, the legend's life story quickly gives way to the searing inner-rage & personal revenge fantasies of a woman left robbed & broken by decades of abuse in Hollywood, now living the profound heartbreak of not being heard.

A BEAST/A BURDEN

glass half productions · Ages 18+ · United States of America
Before Chris Burden became known to millions with his "Urban Lights" exhibit at LACMA, he spent his early years as the most controversial and subversive performance artist in the United States, putting himself and others in uncomfortable and sometimes dangerous situations for his art.
Before Chris Burden became known to millions with his "Urban Lights" exhibit at LACMA, he spent his early years as the most controversial and subversive performance artist in the United States, putting himself and others in uncomfortable and sometimes dangerous situations for his art.

ECHOES

fringe management · Ages 14+ · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
BEST OF BROADWATER Award and Best International and Inkwell Theater Playwright Promise Nominee! Two added shows Friday June 29 at 9:30 p.m. and Sunday July 1 at 7:00 p.m.! An important and timely drama, by acclaimed UK playwright Henry Naylor.
BEST OF BROADWATER Award and Best International and Inkwell Theater Playwright Promise Nominee! Two added shows Friday June 29 at 9:30 p.m. and Sunday July 1 at 7:00 p.m.! An important and timely drama, by acclaimed UK playwright Henry Naylor.

ANXIETY WRITTEN

solo performance · jessica carleton · Ages 10+ · United States of America
Hilarious and moving, this story follows a girl with OCD through the struggles & triumphs of treatment and the quirky shenanigans of growing up anxious. It explores the stigma of mental illness and comedic growing pains of change. Written/performed by Daytime Emmy winner Jessica Carleton.
Hilarious and moving, this story follows a girl with OCD through the struggles & triumphs of treatment and the quirky shenanigans of growing up anxious. It explores the stigma of mental illness and comedic growing pains of change. Written/performed by Daytime Emmy winner Jessica Carleton.

THE RENTAL

ali astin & ben ubiñas · Ages 12+ · United States of America
A raunchy and explicit romp through two young lives struggling with the divide between sex and intimacy.
A raunchy and explicit romp through two young lives struggling with the divide between sex and intimacy.

UNREAL CITY

immersive theatre · 2cents theatre group · Ages 16+ · United States of America
This is the way the world ends. You have been selected for a post-apocalyptic journey to Unreal City, to escape a destroyed world. A fully immersive and interactive, intimate and challenging new experience based on The Wasteland & other works of TS Eliot.
This is the way the world ends. You have been selected for a post-apocalyptic journey to Unreal City, to escape a destroyed world. A fully immersive and interactive, intimate and challenging new experience based on The Wasteland & other works of TS Eliot.

FOXHOLE STORIES: TWIST, PULL, SMOKE, RUN-MOTHERFUCKER-RUN!

the foxhole stories · Ages 16+ · United States of America
A combat veteran evades his concerned girlfriend's questions about his tour in Afghanistan, and instead argues with his own PTSD.
A combat veteran evades his concerned girlfriend's questions about his tour in Afghanistan, and instead argues with his own PTSD.

WOUNDED

fierce backbone · Ages 16+ · United States of America
WOUNDED tells the story of a woman in the role of caregiver to her husband after he has been severely mentally and physically injured in the Iraq war, as she explores a new relationship for the first time since her spouse's injury.
WOUNDED tells the story of a woman in the role of caregiver to her husband after he has been severely mentally and physically injured in the Iraq war, as she explores a new relationship for the first time since her spouse's injury.

NEGATIVE SPACES

ensemble theatre · cluster b · Ages 18+ · United States of America
Life, death and the space between: this play explores trust, betrayal, longing and loss, and their corrosive effects on relationships and the choices that define them. Heavy, sad, with moments of harsh reality cut by sharp humor, it examines what happens when a couple can't (or won't) reproduce.
Life, death and the space between: this play explores trust, betrayal, longing and loss, and their corrosive effects on relationships and the choices that define them. Heavy, sad, with moments of harsh reality cut by sharp humor, it examines what happens when a couple can't (or won't) reproduce.

THE TERRIBLE LEGEND OF VICTORIA WOODHULL

solo performance · the owl and the pussycat theatre co. · Ages 14+ · United States of America
Victoria Woodhull, clairvoyant, stockbroker and first woman to run for President of the United States in 1872, joins us from beyond the grave, in the light of Hollywood's recent #MeToo movement, to tell her tale and finally set the record straight.
Victoria Woodhull, clairvoyant, stockbroker and first woman to run for President of the United States in 1872, joins us from beyond the grave, in the light of Hollywood's recent #MeToo movement, to tell her tale and finally set the record straight.

HEALING: AFTER THE TRAGEDY

solo performance · nesha wonderland productions · Ages 13+ · United States of America
COME SEE THE WOMAN WHO BECAME A STATISTIC AND BEAT THE ODDS! Nesha Wonderland performs her empowering and comically unique solo show about her journey from loss to love after the unsolved homicide of her father.
COME SEE THE WOMAN WHO BECAME A STATISTIC AND BEAT THE ODDS! Nesha Wonderland performs her empowering and comically unique solo show about her journey from loss to love after the unsolved homicide of her father.

RONNIE BRIXTON - THE BEST OF BRITISH BOXING

ensemble theatre · john f. smith inc. · Ages 10+ · United States of America
Top BBC Boxing commentator Ronnie Brixton takes the stage to address his fans - promising an intimate, witty exposé of the macho world of British Boxing, his life as the son of revered trainer "King George" Brixton, and the secret origin of not only the tabloid rumors, but his very identity.
Top BBC Boxing commentator Ronnie Brixton takes the stage to address his fans - promising an intimate, witty exposé of the macho world of British Boxing, his life as the son of revered trainer "King George" Brixton, and the secret origin of not only the tabloid rumors, but his very identity.

LEFT TURNS

solo performance · grimaldi productions · Ages 16+ · United States of America
“Left Turns” is a story where Laura takes you on a ride speaking candidly about her journey through abuse, trauma and finally finding the light on life’s highway. Sometimes life's journey is about ignoring the GPS and actually stopping to read the signs. Recalculate your G-Spot!
“Left Turns” is a story where Laura takes you on a ride speaking candidly about her journey through abuse, trauma and finally finding the light on life’s highway. Sometimes life's journey is about ignoring the GPS and actually stopping to read the signs. Recalculate your G-Spot!

BLACK WHEN I WAS A BOY

solo performance · seeker · Ages 12+ · United States of America
Powerful account of a journey from naiveté to nuanced understanding, all through the body of a black boy.
Powerful account of a journey from naiveté to nuanced understanding, all through the body of a black boy.