Comedy

A double feature of an experimental improv ensemble and a one-act play. A troupe of minstrels perform improv with masks that shape interactions between characters. In the town of Bitter Oats, trouble ensues for the Baker sisters when the newly widowed Diedre Baker comes to stay for the long term...

In his 50-minute solo comedy, Tarek Ziad uses the idea of The Genius Grant—a shining $800,000 symbol of validation and success for creatives—as a gateway into discussions of achievement, failure, self obsession, passion, and how they all fit under one scary umbrella: financial security in the arts!

A solo cello recital meets a clown show featuring Suite No. 1 for Cello by JS Bach and personal comedic pieces crafter in Idiot classes. Karen fuses in a healthy dose of pathos as she tackles identity, expectations, and success through the eyes of a fool. ★★★★ - Everything Theatre UK, London

Brainwashed is a dark comedy about growing up in dictatorship. Alina creates absurd reality on stage to explore brainwashing techniques with the audience while sharing her experience of living in Belarus under a brutal regime. It's silly, bizarre, but also dark and vulnerable.

Two brothers with a big dream come to the famous Influencer School to learn how to become mega-influencers, but will they be able to adapt to the fast-pace world of influencers and avoid the traps their influencer classmates have set out to eliminate these two brothers?

In 2016, comedian Matt Lieberman was put in an unfortunate position: Reporting the news to too-online 13 year-olds. This is the story of how he wound up creating one of the most viral conspiracy theories of all time -- and how he spent the Trump era blaming himself for a presidential election.

This Show Is Surrounded By True Events is a comedy inspired by the horrifying realities of our justice system. We follow a wrongfully convicted man in prison and his relationship with the former, guilt-ridden juror who put him away.

Mentalism, late life autism diagnosis, and other mysteries.

The Altruists by Nicky Silver is a biting dark comedy that follows a group of young radicals in New York City who are as dedicated to their many causes as they are dysfunctional. When self-obsessed soap opera star Sydney commits a crime of passion, the group's morality is put to the ultimate test.

Life's a bitch and then your mom dies. But it's fine! It's funny! Go with Alli on a trauma tour riddled with laughter and tears...but only cause you're laughing so hard. Dead parents just give us gifts in life, like awkward jokes that silence a room, years of probate, and frozen dead cats.

Subversive, sparkling and witty – revel in a one-woman magic show full of incisive humor, hard hitting truths and great magic tricks. Supremely stylish, Liz Toonkel presents a thought-provoking performance that dares to question how we treat animals – and each other.

“What The Chuck?!” is a peek into a possible future where a group of highly trained government Actors from the United States Dept. of DRAMA need your help to decide which plays & playwrights need to be BANNED forever. The future of theatre is thrust into your hands in this interactive dark comedy.

A tragicomedy revealing grape culture that undresses the consciousness of domination without consent, while stripping back the predatory and pervasive programming that is choking us all. The show will pervert the pretty by unmasking ugly truths.

THE ITALIANS ARE COMING!!! Join the Main Stage performers from The Los Angeles Italian Festival for a one-of-a-kind cabaret of music and comedy live on stage at Javista Coffee Bar! Hosted by comedy team Eva & Joey and featuring Mezzo-Soprano Natalja Sticco, it's gonna get very Italian at Fringe!!!

JP Brown is recording his very first stand-up comedy album entitled, "Philosophy & Pasta", where he waxes poetically about various topics -- his name change, his Caribbean upbringing, "talking white", traveling adventures, loneliness & memes, toxic masculinity, and everything else inside his head.