True Stories

Positive Secrets is a unique and powerful look at the lives of real people living with HIV and AIDS. Crafted from interviews with young people dealing with the disease, it uses, drama humor And dance to get everyone to remember that HIV/AIDS is real and preventable.

Best of Broadwater 2019, this musical features award winning singer/songwriter Brian Joseph. Through songs, words and photos, he presents a funny, moving portrait of a cancer caregiver, enraged by soup and ghosts. "Joseph is an actor, singer and songwriter of the first order.” - Oakland Tribune

Our journalists are in danger – being forsaken by their people and slaughtered for their pursuit of the truth. As a multidisciplinary piece performed in three different languages, Dying for Our Voices explores that pursuit’s high costs, its global impacts, and personal consequences.

A behind the scenes look at the creator of the LA Music Critic Awards and Indie Voice Blog, following his growth from southern boy to patron of the indie arts.

I Am Not A Man is the story of a Father and the Son he never had. Find out what happens when a little girl stops trying to be a tough guy and finally owns her womanhood. If you have ever wanted to ask your Father "WHY?!?!?!" this is the show for you.

A night with one man, one corpse, one fly, and a history of loneliness. Inspired by a true event, NEAR DAWN is a solo play about belonging and solitude, drawing influence from the culture and tradition of rural China in the early 1980s.

An aspiring young performer named Petal takes on the role of caregiver after her mother's diagnosis with a mental illness . Petal's life is abruptly interrupted yet again when her neighborhood becomes gentrified and Petal and her mother have to leave their family home.

Imagine you only had minutes to decide what to take before your house burns down. What would you grab? Michael David Ker took his family photos, his surfboard, and sense of humor…The fire was just the grand finale of a year full of loss. A deeply personal show is full of humor, heartbreak, and hope.

One man’s journey to the Flat Earth and back. Through the looking glass of hallucinogens, inside an ayahuasca sex cult and deep into the muck and mire of Youtube conspiracy videos. For James, the only way out of The Flat Earth that he finds himself on, is by pushing himself all the way to the edge.

It's Personal is a collection of original solo pieces. Come see our performers get real about what Los Angeles means to them. From the heartfelt to the hilarious, this show will give the audience an opportunity to feel connected to our performers through their storytelling.

Inspired by the outrageous stories found on Nextdoor.com, Town Brawl is your chance to witness petty and absurd neighborly drama being settled in a no holds barred town hall meeting. If you hate your neighbors, you'll love our show.

Kate has everything she’s ever dreamed of and so does Kate’s husband’s girlfriend. Armed with the sex-positive ethos of The Ethical Slut, Kate plunges into the world of polyamory and has no idea what she is in for.

Comedian Jonathan David has been playing for deaf ears. Born to Deaf parents with severe substance and mental health issues, David takes us through his first hand account of discrimination, addiction and recovery. Presented w/ ASL interpreter.

“SugarFree: Foster Care Cognitive Dissonance” is a solo show that combines psychology, poetry, personal narratives, humor, and lived experiences into a creative theatre play that will grab at the heartstrings. Learn more at SugarFreeFosterCare.com

Beginning as an Instagram dating experiment, "Mandy Picks a Husband" goes live at The Actors Company! Almost 40 and totally single, Mandy takes us on a hilarious 60-minute rollercoaster ride as she unearths the magic elixir for her unmarried soul.