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VANLYFE

Drama · ground score productions · Ages 13+ · 100 mins · United States of America
Sunny & Finn are a rowdy queer couple living in a broken-down van in Venice Beach. When a nearby murder causes the city to issue a 48-hour sweep of their encampment, Sunny and Finn must rely on their wits and community to fix the van or lose everything they own.
Sunny & Finn are a rowdy queer couple living in a broken-down van in Venice Beach. When a nearby murder causes the city to issue a 48-hour sweep of their encampment, Sunny and Finn must rely on their wits and community to fix the van or lose everything they own.

BRAINWASHED

Solo Show · alina konon · Ages 18+ · 1hr · United States of America
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.
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.

OBSESSED

Drama · sps productions · Ages 14+ · 90 mins · United States of America
That grief, that anxiety, those intrusive thoughts, they all have nothing on you...right? OBSESSED explores the humor and pain that coexist when grief knocks down the walls we have up and compels the people we love to see right through us, even when we desperately don’t want them to.
That grief, that anxiety, those intrusive thoughts, they all have nothing on you...right? OBSESSED explores the humor and pain that coexist when grief knocks down the walls we have up and compels the people we love to see right through us, even when we desperately don’t want them to.

POE-ETIC LICENSE

Cabaret & Variety · aquarian family circus · Ages 13+ · 50 mins · United States of America
Experience Edgar Allan Poe’s signature dark, dismal, and depressing side. And also his little-known humorous side, when we take poetic license in imagining him doing parodies of himself! Also includes live music, a song about Poe, a clown raven dream dance, and Poe’s tribute to … Bob Dylan??
Experience Edgar Allan Poe’s signature dark, dismal, and depressing side. And also his little-known humorous side, when we take poetic license in imagining him doing parodies of himself! Also includes live music, a song about Poe, a clown raven dream dance, and Poe’s tribute to … Bob Dylan??

HUMPING IN THE SUN

Solo Show · ear quencher studios · Ages 18+ · 55 mins · United States of America
In Rob Zaleski's horny, heady, interactive, time-traveling solo rap musical, Rob shepherds his younger selves towards destiny: becoming Rodney Dangerdick, Stripperhero. Directed by Emily Bolcik.
In Rob Zaleski's horny, heady, interactive, time-traveling solo rap musical, Rob shepherds his younger selves towards destiny: becoming Rodney Dangerdick, Stripperhero. Directed by Emily Bolcik.

"WHERE Y'ALL FROM?"

Solo Show · soaring solo · Ages 14+ · 75 mins · United States of America
From meeting the real-life Big Bird and thinking that her “Sesame Street” worldview is possible, to growing up to live in a world where families are separated at the border; the daughter of two Latine immigrants navigates what it means to assimilate and become American. Told with raw authenticity.
From meeting the real-life Big Bird and thinking that her “Sesame Street” worldview is possible, to growing up to live in a world where families are separated at the border; the daughter of two Latine immigrants navigates what it means to assimilate and become American. Told with raw authenticity.

THE APOLOGY

Comedy · boogeyman llc,bbc. · Ages 18+ · United States of America
The bogeyman goes to therapy to apologize for haunting and terrifying the therapist when he was a child.
The bogeyman goes to therapy to apologize for haunting and terrifying the therapist when he was a child.

THE ROAD TO NOWHERE

Comedy · odin's song productions · Ages 13+ · 56 mins · United States of America
When recovering alcoholic Brianna gets an art show gig out of state she has to rely on her peppy yet overbearing mom Carrie for a ride there. A road trip comedy that turns into a chaotic unveiling of skeletons in their closets.
When recovering alcoholic Brianna gets an art show gig out of state she has to rely on her peppy yet overbearing mom Carrie for a ride there. A road trip comedy that turns into a chaotic unveiling of skeletons in their closets.

THE DINNER PARTY

Drama · bb bug productions · Ages 18+ · 50 mins · United States of America
When Duncan throws a dinner party for his long term partner, a secret that threatens to derail his entire life threatens to rear its ugly head. Having serious consequences for himself, and the people he claims to care for the most. A blend of Mystery, rom com, and psychological thriller.
When Duncan throws a dinner party for his long term partner, a secret that threatens to derail his entire life threatens to rear its ugly head. Having serious consequences for himself, and the people he claims to care for the most. A blend of Mystery, rom com, and psychological thriller.

MÖTHER'S CREME DIARIES *LIVE*

Drama · duffer sisters · Ages 18+ · 1hr · United States of America
A love song radio show where women (drag queens) call in and share their erotic adventures with radio personality, Shaniah. As the caller shares her story, the viewer is transported into her world. What's your love song dedication?
A love song radio show where women (drag queens) call in and share their erotic adventures with radio personality, Shaniah. As the caller shares her story, the viewer is transported into her world. What's your love song dedication?

SIREN SONG

Solo Show · 5-7 productions · Ages 12+ · 1hr · United States of America
Siren Song is a solo show starring Dylan Jones who invokes acting icons Bette Davis, Barbara Stanwyck and Greta Garbo to knock what being a woman should look like off its pedestals with a little help from the myth of the Sirens and a ukulele. Fasten your seatbelt, it’ll be a bumpy night!
Siren Song is a solo show starring Dylan Jones who invokes acting icons Bette Davis, Barbara Stanwyck and Greta Garbo to knock what being a woman should look like off its pedestals with a little help from the myth of the Sirens and a ukulele. Fasten your seatbelt, it’ll be a bumpy night!

POP STAR

Solo Show · devon drew · Ages 13+ · 55 mins · United States of America
One teenage girl's dream of being a pop star was shattered by the dark realities of the music industry; scams, lies, and pedophiles oh my! With over twenty original songs and highly produced music videos from 2010, "Pop Star" is a comedy solo show about how Devon tried and failed to be a pop star.
One teenage girl's dream of being a pop star was shattered by the dark realities of the music industry; scams, lies, and pedophiles oh my! With over twenty original songs and highly produced music videos from 2010, "Pop Star" is a comedy solo show about how Devon tried and failed to be a pop star.

MERCY

Drama · reverse image media ltd · Ages 14+ · 90 mins · United States of America
When Amireh, the matriarch of a British-Iranian family goes missing, her husband and adult children are thrust into an off-beat spiritual journey that forces them to contend with secrets, infidelity, new age death ceremonies, a police investigation and the psychedelic drug DMT.
When Amireh, the matriarch of a British-Iranian family goes missing, her husband and adult children are thrust into an off-beat spiritual journey that forces them to contend with secrets, infidelity, new age death ceremonies, a police investigation and the psychedelic drug DMT.

HOW I ELECTED A PRESIDENT

Solo Show · very specific real estate · Ages 13+ · 1hr · United States of America
The true story of how a comedian for teens convinced himself that he got Donald Trump elected.
The true story of how a comedian for teens convinced himself that he got Donald Trump elected.

I THOUGHT I WAS SPECIAL

Solo Show · cut the chatter · Ages 14+ · 1hr · United States of America
It's mostly jokes... mostly. Growing up with a bipolar father and a schizophrenic older brother left Aaron Foster with a comb of survivor's guilt, depression and anxiety that has invalidated his every accomplishment, destroyed his every relationship and invaded his every waking thought. A comedy!
It's mostly jokes... mostly. Growing up with a bipolar father and a schizophrenic older brother left Aaron Foster with a comb of survivor's guilt, depression and anxiety that has invalidated his every accomplishment, destroyed his every relationship and invaded his every waking thought. A comedy!