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Just out of prison for a string of inexplicable arsons, a celebrated novelist returns home to Venice, California with a dark and singular goal.

INAPPROPRIATE! takes on triggers, political correctness and sacred cows with a naughty, hilarious theatrical punch! Kick back with a Three Clubs cocktail and soak up our outrageously inappropriate short pieces. Your FRINGE WITH BENEFITS!

"Fifteen years ago I killed my sister." So begins Nocturne, the story of a former piano prodigy who recounts the devastating events that tore his family apart. Nocturne explores the aftershock of tragedy and the desperate search for redemption through a consuming sea of guilt and grief.

Four creatives try to put on a self-financed action play that showcases their talents. There's accents! There's fights! There's jokes! There's no audience participation. There is some Shakespeare. It's a play within a play and it mostly makes sense. We think. We hope.

After 30 years, the Renowned String Quartet loses a founding member. To honor their pact, the remaining members agree to part. Their manager, however, fights to keep them together. Will his impulsive solution break them up for good?

Fishbowl Sonata is an augmented retelling of the gruesome case of the Fritzl family. Following a sonata structure, the narrative lies between childplay & academia, grace & ugliness, and between past & future through the child-like lenses of the victims. Sit down, and let the Sonata tell its story.

Two parents down on their luck struggle to gain custody of their daughter from a seemingly judgemental and unjust system. Problem Child is a story about addiction, justice, class, and morality.

Sometimes you wanna go where everybody shows their fangs! Say "Cheers" with your favorite sitcom barflies as you celebrate the birthday of vampire Queen Lilith, until a mysterious murder ruins the party! Look for clues, question suspects, and vote for the killer in this comedic scripted parody.

After the secret police seize his son, Don Mario strives to get his family out of country, as a plot to assassinate the dictator is hatched in his own backyard. Magical realism and Latine culture fuel this edge-of-the-seat journey into survival at the knife edge of oppression. Based on true events.

“...experientially humorous and delightful...” - The LA Times. The NONSEMBLE, LA's own troop of crazed clowns, race against the clock to serve up their rotating menu of interactive art pieces in this hilarious and highly physical show.

The Lady’s Not for Burning by Christopher Fry is a romantic verse comedy, known for its wry characterizations and graceful language, about a war-weary soldier who wants to die, and an accused witch who wants to live. Mayhem ensues.

Every theatre has its ghost. This one has four; all vying for the title of resident theatre ghost... There can only be one. WINNER: Pick of the Fringe 2023 WINNER: Asylum @ Stephanie Feury 2023 Hollywood Encore Producers’ Award WINNER: San Diego International Fringe Festival Exchange Award

A woman takes up witchcraft while going through her divorce. A writer is procrastinates on his Eulogy. A tooth fairy punches a child the teeth. Experiences and chaotic scenes move and bob, grow and fold. half 1: a slow walk through life half 2: a jet engine at top speed *more info on website*

Teaching is performance, but it usually takes place in a classroom so people don’t notice. MS499: Advertising and the Social Construction of Gender takes this concept to a new level. The theatre becomes a classroom infused with magical realism. This is more than a play, it's a learning experience.

Palmares -- a historically based, Capoeira, action, musical. In 1675 a power struggle between King Ganga Zumba and his legendary General Zumbi escalates as they fight to save Brazil’s mightiest freemen colony from Portuguese slavers.