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BUT I LOVE HIM

solo performance · Asylum @6470 · Ages 16+ · United States of America
In this daring dramedy, performer Michelle Jewsbury opens up about the harsh realities of her personal experience and shines a spotlight on an all too common issue that both men and women face: Domestic Violence.
In this daring dramedy, performer Michelle Jewsbury opens up about the harsh realities of her personal experience and shines a spotlight on an all too common issue that both men and women face: Domestic Violence.

SKIN OF HONEY/PIEL DE MIEL

ensemble theatre · Macha Theatre/Films · Ages 18+ · United States of America
In 1961 two teenagers are torn apart by the Bay of Pigs invasion into Cuba only to be reunited again after twenty years of separation. A forbidden love story set in the upheaval of Castro's Cuba. A stirring political drama that seethes with passion and eroticism!
In 1961 two teenagers are torn apart by the Bay of Pigs invasion into Cuba only to be reunited again after twenty years of separation. A forbidden love story set in the upheaval of Castro's Cuba. A stirring political drama that seethes with passion and eroticism!

DEN OF THIEVES BY STEPHEN ADLY GUIRGIS

ensemble theatre · Raludom Theater Company · Ages 15+ · United States of America
Maggie, a junk-food-binging shoplifter, Paul, a sincere recovering overeater, Flacco, a wannabe Puerto Rican criminal and Boochie, a hooker, find themselves facing execution by mobster Sal and his youthful boss, Lou “Little Tuna” Pescatore after their scheme to rob a local nightclub goes awry.
Maggie, a junk-food-binging shoplifter, Paul, a sincere recovering overeater, Flacco, a wannabe Puerto Rican criminal and Boochie, a hooker, find themselves facing execution by mobster Sal and his youthful boss, Lou “Little Tuna” Pescatore after their scheme to rob a local nightclub goes awry.

MIMI'S SUITCASE

solo performance · Ana Bayat · Ages 13+ · United States of America
True story of a European-educated young woman returning to her native Iran after the revolution. One woman, 27 characters, 4 languages. In English, Persian and Spanish with English surtitles.
True story of a European-educated young woman returning to her native Iran after the revolution. One woman, 27 characters, 4 languages. In English, Persian and Spanish with English surtitles.

TELL ME ON A SUNDAY

musicals and operas · Lucid by Proxy · Ages 10+ · United States of America
Directed by the award winning Calvin Remsberg and starring Shannon Nelson ("Drop Dead Gorgeous" and "Absolutely Filthy"), Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black’s classic one-woman musical that charts the course of an English hat designer's romantic misadventures from NYC to LA and back again.
Directed by the award winning Calvin Remsberg and starring Shannon Nelson ("Drop Dead Gorgeous" and "Absolutely Filthy"), Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black’s classic one-woman musical that charts the course of an English hat designer's romantic misadventures from NYC to LA and back again.

"LIFE'S A BITCH AND SO AM I"

comedy · EBG Productions · Ages 16+ · United States of America
It's A Drag-Show With A Story... A Love, Hate, Love Story. With The Help of His Off-The-Wall Friends, DIVA DIVINE, A Successful, Egomaniacal “Drag Queen From Hell” Plots To Win His Ex-Boyfriend Back By Any Means Necessary. Come For The Show, Stay For The Raffle. Don’t Forget To TIP A BITCH!!!
It's A Drag-Show With A Story... A Love, Hate, Love Story. With The Help of His Off-The-Wall Friends, DIVA DIVINE, A Successful, Egomaniacal “Drag Queen From Hell” Plots To Win His Ex-Boyfriend Back By Any Means Necessary. Come For The Show, Stay For The Raffle. Don’t Forget To TIP A BITCH!!!

VICTORY?! SOME NAMES HAVE BEEN CHANGED TO PROTECT THE GUILTY

solo performance · Judy Lombardo (performer) · Ages 12+ · United States of America
A humorous, dramatic, faith-based and fact-filled story about the performer’s real life battle with 2 brain tumors. From “The Strangeness of Friends” to “Survivor Guilt” and “Eating My Words”, Victory?! chronicles 19 years of the life of this brain tumor patient/survivor.
A humorous, dramatic, faith-based and fact-filled story about the performer’s real life battle with 2 brain tumors. From “The Strangeness of Friends” to “Survivor Guilt” and “Eating My Words”, Victory?! chronicles 19 years of the life of this brain tumor patient/survivor.

JONBENET RAMSEY: THE MUSICAL (PARODY)

musicals and operas · JBR: THE MUSICAL · Ages 17+ · United States of America
Who killed JonBenet Ramsey? We may never know. This parody musical rewrites the Broadway hits you know and love in order to explain of an investigation gone horribly wrong all while bringing the widely believed, overbearing pageant mom gone mad, theory to light.
Who killed JonBenet Ramsey? We may never know. This parody musical rewrites the Broadway hits you know and love in order to explain of an investigation gone horribly wrong all while bringing the widely believed, overbearing pageant mom gone mad, theory to light.

FUCK MY LIFE

grey ensemble theatre · Ages 17+ · United States of America
FUCK MY LIFE follows a diverse group of millennials as they navigate their lives on-and-offline. Between shots of Jameson and messy hookups their online antics explode into IRL problems. Could one post completely change the course of their lives forever? A commentary/love letter for the digital age.
FUCK MY LIFE follows a diverse group of millennials as they navigate their lives on-and-offline. Between shots of Jameson and messy hookups their online antics explode into IRL problems. Could one post completely change the course of their lives forever? A commentary/love letter for the digital age.

CRAFTSMAN

Lightning Rod Theater · Ages 18+ · United States of America
The troubled lives of two couples, one in 1910 and the other a hundred years later, play out simultaneously in the same Craftsman house.
The troubled lives of two couples, one in 1910 and the other a hundred years later, play out simultaneously in the same Craftsman house.

FRINGE CABARET 2016

cabaret & variety · Hollywood Fringe Festival · · United States of America
Part of Fringe Central's nightly free programming includes Fringe Cabaret, a changing variety act that includes snippets of different Fringe productions.
Part of Fringe Central's nightly free programming includes Fringe Cabaret, a changing variety act that includes snippets of different Fringe productions.

YURI SPEAKS OUT

solo performance · The Lounge Theatre · Ages 7+ · United States of America
Written & Directed by Morna Murphy Martell Played by Ariel Labasan Yuri Kochiyama, an unsung hero whose fight against injustice began in the internment camp of Jerome, Arkansas that led her to streets of Harlem fighting alongside Malcolm X during the civil rights movement.
Written & Directed by Morna Murphy Martell Played by Ariel Labasan Yuri Kochiyama, an unsung hero whose fight against injustice began in the internment camp of Jerome, Arkansas that led her to streets of Harlem fighting alongside Malcolm X during the civil rights movement.

SHE GOT OFF THE COUCH

ensemble theatre · Moldy Skipper · Ages 16+ · United States of America
The comic story of a young lesbian whose family begins to fray when she tries to be frank with them about her sexual coming of age. Homophobia is not the family’s problem. It’s the prospect of candid conversation that throws them bizarrely off balance.
The comic story of a young lesbian whose family begins to fray when she tries to be frank with them about her sexual coming of age. Homophobia is not the family’s problem. It’s the prospect of candid conversation that throws them bizarrely off balance.

HAPPY HOUR

ensemble theatre · Waffles & Eggs + Venice Symphony Orchestra · Ages 16+ · United States of America
Stories interweave as late-20-somethings struggle to be satisfied, find happiness and keep drinking in that transitional time in life when you start to question everything and dreams feel more like delusions than destinies. All in front of a live mini-orchestra. A new play & original music.
Stories interweave as late-20-somethings struggle to be satisfied, find happiness and keep drinking in that transitional time in life when you start to question everything and dreams feel more like delusions than destinies. All in front of a live mini-orchestra. A new play & original music.

COMPLEX[ION] WOMAN

ensemble theatre · Gilbert Henderson Production · Ages 16+ · United States of America
From making decisions such as straightening or curling our natural hair to coping with issues such as depression in the Black community, complex[ion] woman explores the intricacies of the everyday experiences of the contemporary woman of color in 2016.
From making decisions such as straightening or curling our natural hair to coping with issues such as depression in the Black community, complex[ion] woman explores the intricacies of the everyday experiences of the contemporary woman of color in 2016.
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