True Stories

These three original pieces were written, directed, and performed by recent graduates of the Art of Acting Studio Professional Conservatory. Developed in 2017 as a classroom project, each is an artistic and creative exploration of the life of a notable person throughout history.

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.

Comedian Daniel Lobell has been fat his whole life. Now 35, he is determined to conquer his food addiction. In his show, he talks about his lifelong struggle with fat and how he will get healthy and live forever!

What a single woman goes through when she realizes her biological clock is winding down, and her chance at motherhood is slipping away!

"My Life in 3 Easy Payments" is a one-man show, based on the memoir of former QVC host Dale Guy Madison, exploring the thirst for fame in the world of reality television.

These three original pieces were written, directed, and performed by recent graduates of the Art of Acting Studio Professional Conservatory. Developed in 2017 as a classroom project, each is an artistic and creative exploration of the life of a notable person throughout history.

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 City of Happymont is your typical small but growing city, and while the Happymont City Council tries to keep order and get business done, the Public, or at least those who participate in Public Comment, takes up the Council's time with Conspiracy theories, rants, and musical numbers.

An epic journey through the bowels of one man searching for meaning in a hot, steaming pile of chronic problems. It’s a real shit show.

Unapologetically Black is the story of a California Girl trying to fit in. She hid her love for Madonna from her Black family in South Central L.A., and tried not to use Ebonics with her White friends in Northern Cali. Ain't that a shame? Today her identity is WAKANDA FOREVER!!!

The feel of a 70’s home, F&B is a surprising story about a straight-laced nerdy kid who signs a "Partnership for a Drug Free America" contract. One night 35 years later that late bloomer is given an MDMA. It’s a story of control, propaganda, fear, friendship, and change. Teal Fink Guest Stars!

The live, interactive adventures of a Los Angeles Uber/Lyft driver and YOU, the passengers! **Broadwater Encore Award 2018 Hollywood Fringe!!** **Sweet - Better Lemons**

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.

On a twisting road to acceptance, a woman journeys into the deepest depths of her emotions to find clarity in the aftermath of her rape.

An one man show from Matthew Gudernatch, who touches on what it was like to lose his mother at a tender age. There are stories, songs, jokes, and other attempts to turn all of the unending pain he's endured into a fun performance with maybe just a pinch of male nudity. (It's a comedy)