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Take a little SNL, mix in a dose of The Daily Show & Colbert Report and sprinkle it all with classic sketch comedy shows like The Carol Burnett Show and SCTV. Put that all together and you get Hollywood's best sketch comedy show, Second City This Week.

Three original short pieces from the brilliant minds at Fierce Backbone come together to represent writers' interpretations of the down and dirty LA Street Scene. Includes THE POOL OF GOLD IN THE SKY and DUSTED by Jan O'Connor, and TRIO by Amy Tofte.

At Fringe Central Station, Brock Wilbur (Death of the Weekend) hosts a collection of the 100 Best Comics in Los Angeles... that were in his phone. Come join our FOUR NIGHTS with incredible line-ups of incredible fuck-ups!

This funny, fast-paced, heartbreaking play takes two of Chekov's iconic characters, locks them in a room, and doesn't let them out. In 42 variations on their infamous final scene, Nina and Treplev pit their unmatched wit and fierce passions against one another in this masterful work by Steven Dietz.

Eric has feelings for a girl. And she’s coming over tonight. Unsure what to do, Eric seeks out the advice of his two roommates (Rex and Trent), who manage to confuse him even more. To make matters worse, they all accidentally ingest a major psychotropic substance. And then Eric’s date shows up...

Award-winning physical comedy and clown troupe Four Clowns will take the students through a warm-up and a couple of exercises and then show them how they used those very exercises to create material in their current production of Four Clowns presents That Beautiful Laugh.

World Dance Club is an interactive musical show that brings the audience along to learn and dance to music from all over the world. Helix Collective presents eclectic styles from Bollywood, jazz, techno, salsa, hip-hop and American rock music. The dance is held on the outdoor patio!

30 MINUTE MUSICALS presents a double feature of SHOWGIRLS and JURASSIC PARK. Watch your favorite cult classics come to life with in-your-face dancing dinosaurs, singing showgirls, and original songs! It’s the magic of broadway on redbull, sure to blow your skirt up or off!

Theatre Unleashed brings its brand of 24-hour theatre to the Fringe! A group of artists made up of TU members and volunteer fringe participants alike team up to write, rehearse and produce an evening of original one acts with the theme "There's No Place Like..." in just one day!

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Burnt's roommate, Randy, an uptight Born Again, has just found his stash and is calling the cops. What's a just-trying-to-make-tuition drug dealer to do? When Randy's little sister Gwen arrives, Burnt is forced to either bury the truth or bury himself in this bittersweet rush of almost-romance.

From the brilliant minds at Fierce Backbone comes a collection of shorts about people -- the good, the bad, and the alternatively minded. WHOLE FOODS and TALK IN 10 by Cailin Harrison, GAYBY's PLAYDATE by Jan O'Connor, and A FEW GOOD PB&Js by Jeremy Kehoe.

A song, a dance, an mc, a couple a laughs - what could be bad? Take four characters from a sitcom with a heart o' gold, put them in a Sam Shepard play, and sprinkle in some arsenic. Come see five minutes from the sparkling, new play, "Jennifer Aniston Stole My Life."

Ever sat in a crowded restaurant and asked yourself, "what's their story"? Are they married? On a first date? Celebrating an anniversary? Three Tables by Dan Remmes gives us a glimpse into the complicated, funny and poignant lives of three couples exploring love, loss and possibility.

What would it take to effect real change, even if it meant the destruction of our world as we know it. Combining multi-media projections with physical theater, live action painting, original music, and text, we invite you to come with us to the brink of destruction, and the birth of a new beginning.