Storytelling

IT’S JUST MY LIFE is a collection of powerfully life-affirming true stories, written and performed by the strong women who lived them. What seems extraordinary and overwhelming to us, just becomes part of the fabric of these women’s lives; the new normal.   

Mary starts the show and Mildred takes over. This is a play about finding common ground, how frivolous waters run deep, family, and butter.

"Still Life of an Orange and Other Puppet Parables" includes a series of fables that are absurd, funny and poignant. Through storytelling, video and puppetry, performance artist Jean Minuchin takes the audience on a journey into todays most pressing issues through the charm of puppetry.

The Reverend JEAU’s Revival is a hip-hop comedy about a deluded evangelist and his most accomplished acolyte. Receive the gift of self-love through the Rev’s journey filled with drugs, marketing schemes, emotionally unavailable sex workers, perilous treks in the wilderness, and redemption.

From the youngest of five in an old school Texican family to a stunted adulthood hiding his true identity, Adrian is finally dragged out of the closet (kicking and screaming) at 30. “Hilarious, touching, entertaining and a little wild.” -nohoartsdistrict.com Directed by Jenni Melear.

Room No. 9 at the Chrysalis Inn is an animated story of a woman's healing journey in a hotel room. Alice, the main character, has checked into the Chrysalis Inn to cocoon herself from her toxic life of domestic abuse and a past childhood trauma.

The Oz Monologues goes beyond the story you already know, exploring each of the beloved characters from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz... with a poetic and irreverent modern take.

Craving new stories about SWAT teams, crayons, and pole dancing? I get it. Unfold a beach chair, pop open a cold one, and drink them all in… with even more absurd, true stories told by me, Keith Blaney. Live music: Nikki Kelly. Winner: Best Storytelling Show, NoHo Fringe 2017. http://fckfiction.com

Do you wanna get snapped? Grab a seat, get some tip money and enjoy female impersonator Vageena Honey as she tells her story of her rise to fame in a no holds barred diva style. Play consists of adult language, situations and brief nudity. FRINGERS USE DISCOUNT CODE FOR DISCOUNT!

A veteran is homeless on the streets of San Francisco. A migrant worker has lost his job after a weeklong bender. A college student faces the impending doom of graduating. A young woman becomes unexpectedly pregnant. Through spoken word poetry, music and visual art their stories become a reality.

Betty, a recovered alcoholic everymom from middle America, packs up her life in preparation for an epic adventure to the red planet. Her memories, shared with unfiltered dry wit, will surprise and charm you.

Through anecdotes and song, Laura Coyle tells a sharply funny and poignant story about growing up with a mom who some may call... A Piece of Work.

Follow the revealing journey of three Yoruba goddesses as they grapple with the responsibility of creating a guide for black women trying to survive in a world that doesn't always allow them to thrive. *2018 Fringe Fest Scholarship Winner*

Through the lens of three separate stories, Benevolence is an original two act drama about how our most important decisions are rarely made by us.

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.