ASYLUM HFF24 PROMOTIONAL SHOWS
ASYLUM @ MCCADDEN THEATRE
1157 N. McCadden Place
CASA FUEGO
Drama · krystal anaís amaya navarro · Ages 15+ · 90 mins · United States of America
A Handmade Mansion, shelters a First Generation Latinx/e Family - filled with Clairvoyance, Expectations, and a Violent Incandescence. Will a Visit from the Past, the Root of their Heightened Conditioning, Spark more Turmoil? Or, can they Extinguish their Turbulent Ways for Good?
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CHANGE THE GAME
Musicals & Operas · change the game players · Ages 10+ · 140 mins · United States of America
College students band with their professor to challenge a developer and run for political office. Grandma's tamales, rock music, and books by Paulo Friere lead they way. They learn you can't just win the game, you have to change it. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll earn graduate credit.
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DND BETCHES!
Comedy · sayyadina productions · Ages 14+ · 50 mins · United States of America
Three adventurous women are sucked into their game of Dungeons & Dragons (DND) and must fight mythical monsters to win all of the money in the world... or die trying. Together, they learn they can change the rules of the game - and play by their own.
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DEAR BARBIE
Dance & Physical Theatre · cypress college players · Ages 10+ · 1hr · United States of America
Dear Barbie is devised piece. It is an examination of beauty culture and it's effects. In the wake of the revitalization of our old pal Barbie, Cypress Players decided to take a closer look at the power and poverty of beauty. The show is funny, epic and dare we say beautiful....
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MAJORETTES
Drama · dacy productions llc. · Ages 13+ · 1hr · United States of America
MAJORETTES will explore the dynamics of being on a team, and what that means to young athletes. As the characters begin to develop feelings of anxiety, jealousy, and confusion, their decisions begin to wreck the future that they are so desperately trying to protect.
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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.
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OUR AMERICAN TRAGEDY
Drama · sunny gingham · Ages 13+ · 45 mins · United States of America
Pulling the curtain back on one of America's greatest tragedies, discover the untold stories of those backstage during the Lincoln assassination. In the hours following Booth's escape, actors and crew behind the scenes are left to wonder: who knew, who lied, and who took the truth to their graves?
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SPACE QUEST: A NEW MUSICAL
Musicals & Operas · northern town parodies · Ages 10+ · 90 mins · United States of America
Andromeda and Glenn, unfulfilled by life on their planet, are unexpectedly swept away on a perilous quest to save the galaxy. Space Quest a laugh-out-loud, puppet-filled, heartfelt musical comedy about continuing to grow after living "happily ever after”.
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THE BUILD
Drama · pachyderm productions · Ages 18+ · 1hr · United States of America
Four carpenters, while building scenic elements for a show, expose more than they thought they would when the day began. All elements built will be raffled off.
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THE PARANOIA OF POE
Drama · l.a. troupe · Ages 10+ · 45 mins · United States of America
Enter the eerie world of Edgar Allan Poe and be transported to a new horror...the horror of the mind. Music and dance underscore the terror in three of his most brilliant works: The Raven, The Tell-Tale Heart, and The Fall of the House of Usher.
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TO THE END OF THE WORLD
Comedy · cloudbreak theatre company · Ages 18+ · 90 mins · United States of America
Thirteen year old Charlie is trying to recruit friends to stay with him in his dad's doomsday bunker to save them from dying in the upcoming 2012 apocalypse. One by one, Charlie's peers realize the end of the world might just be easier than the terrifying reality of growing up.
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UGLY LIES THE BONE
Drama · grim abbey productions · Ages 16+ · 90 mins · United States of America
Jess returns home from her third tour in Afghanistan with severe burns and emotional scars. In her Virtual Reality therapy world where pain meets hope, she finds a way forward, and learns how to bring love and acceptance back into her new civilian life. Trigger warning: wounds and war themes.
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WHO'S YOUR (SUGAR) DADDY?
Comedy · ashlynn judy · Ages 17+ · 1hr · United States of AmericaAfter a by-chance meeting, a young woman goes on a lavish dinner date with an eccentric sugar daddy.
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ASYLUM @ STEPHANIE FEURY
5636 Melrose Ave.
BLACK BASTARD
Solo Show · ayts productions · Ages 18+ · 1hr · United States of America
What does it mean to grow up as the black sheep? “Black Bastard” weaves memoir, character transformation, and socio-cultural commentary in a jambalaya invoking '90s nostalgia. Southern. Creole. Queer. It's a fusion of storytelling exploring identity, expression, and our collective search for home.
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FAIRYTALES
Solo Show · angelique calvillo · Ages 13+ · 30 mins · United States of America
If you believe in fairies, if you love seeing a boss bitch female music producer perform her own original music, if you used to watch Disney movies on VHS, then 🧚🏻♀️FAIRYTALES🧚🏾♀️ will leave you delighted, amazed, and glowing with fairy dust. ✨
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FOR YOU
Solo Show · melissa lugo · Ages 16+ · 45 mins · United States of America
We follow a new mom as she comes to grips with the death of her own mother. A story that embraces forgiveness and the strength it takes to find happiness even after tragedy.
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GIVE ME THE MACARTHUR GENIUS GRANT
Comedy · tarek ziad · Ages 15+ · 50 mins · United States of America
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!
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HELL OF A YEAR
Solo Show · elli legerski · Ages 16+ · 35 mins · United States of America
She was always taught that she must be loyal. And loyalty is the most important thing in this world. Men leave. Mean people leave. Never her! But what if being loyal kinda feels like shit? Join us for the year one woman deconstructs loyalty as a concept, versus loyalty in dysfunctional practice.
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HOLD ME DOWN
Musicals & Operas · jackie yangyuen · Ages 18+ · 1hr to 90 mins · United States of America
She was tangled up in shame and expectations of what everyone else wanted her to be. Through bondage, she found freedom. A one woman autobiographical musical as told by Jackie Yangyuen (she/they) - a queer and Asian American songwriter, actor, and kinky human. Special Q&A on 6/22 performance.
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I WON'T TELL
Two Person Show · university of north carolina school of the arts students · Ages 12+ · 30 mins · United States of America It’s 1543. A Portuguese ship sets sail with goods from Japan. Kira, a Japanese girl, is isolated on the ship and discovered by the naive Portuguese, Maria. A complicated historial feud is distilled through the two young girls. Can we find a sense of home within the people we’re trained to oppose?
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I'LL BE WITH YOU IN A MINUTE
Drama · natalie grove · Ages 16+ · 75 mins · United States of America A TRAGICOMEDY: My mom just moved into Memory Care. She’s 58. I don’t use the word Alzheimer’s, I say “dementia.” Less scary, right?
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INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS
Two Person Show · brenda wong · Ages 16+ · 30 mins · United States of America
A person who has struggled in the past with anxiety and depression chronicles her journey in confronting her fears and battling her dark intrusive thoughts. In so doing via humorously bad decision making, she reflects upon the root of these thoughts and how to keep them at bay.
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JENNY LIND PRESENTS P.T. BARNUM
Cabaret & Variety · shelley cooper · Ages 10+ · 50 mins · United States of America
Before Taylor Swift, there was the original touring girl boss: Jenny Lind! When the opera singer came to America, to tour with P.T. Barnum, she witnessed a nation torn apart over slavery. Come see Jenny’s final concert as she fact checks “The Greatest Showman”!
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NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCKCHAIN
Comedy · independent · Ages 16+ · 1hr · United States of America
It’s 2015. Viv lands in San Francisco to work in tech and needs somewhere to live. Enter: The Crypto Castle–a house with 14 bros writing the rules of crypto as they go. She wants in. What could possibly go wrong?
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NORTH OF PROVIDENCE
Drama · ivana chubbuck studio · Ages 16+ · 45 mins · United States of America
North of Providence details a painful crisis between brother and sister. As the ultimate loss of their father looms, Carol and Bobbie come together in a darkened room as they comb the disarray of their lives to discover what’s torn them apart and finally, the truths that keep them together.
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ONLY WEIRDOS IN THE BUILDING
Comedy · chuck a sickie · Ages 18+ · 1hr · United States of America
You never really know your neighbors, but are you sure you want to? Allow ONLY WEIRDOS IN THE BUILDING to introduce you to the quirks, lurks, and jerks of North Hollywood Bohemian Living (NoHoBoHo). An hour of Sketch Comedy sure to remind you, every weirdo is someone's neighbor.
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PAINTED PONIES
Solo Show · ian mcrae/running dog prod. · Ages 15+ · 75 mins · United States of America
Painted Ponies, by Ian McRae, is a solo performance honoring the courage and love of a mother haunted by past mistakes. As she makes peace with her past, she paints a moving portrait of a woman who tried her best to be human in an inhumane world. Directed by Elina de Santos Featuring Rachel Sorsa
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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!
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SUNITA: BACK TO ME
Musicals & Operas · sunita param · Ages 10+ · 75 mins · United States of America
Singing 14 songs from the musical theatre "songbook" aligning with the stories she tells about where she came from and how she got here, with live piano accompaniment. You will laugh, you will cry (it’s better than“Cats”) and be inspired and filled with joy by the resilience of the human spirit.
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SUNSET COWGIRL
Comedy · caroline o'meara · Ages 16+ · 30 mins · United States of America
There are many stars in Hollywood, just not in the sky. So why would a woman go walkabout on the Boulevard after Sunset? Maybe she's hysterical. Caroline O'Meara's (H20:Just Add Water) Wild West vaudevillian extravaganza! It's Coen Brothers, Shirley Temple & Joan Didion meets New Hollywood.
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THE EASTER BUNNY
Drama · marbles theatre group · Ages 16+ · 55 mins · Canada
The Easter Bunny explores the origins and motivations of a particular criminal class. Audiences will have doors opened into a variety of psychological realms, and a room that they may, upon reflection, have wished they never walked through.
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THE FUNNY THING ABOUT MEN
Solo Show · olive productions · Ages 16+ · 1hr · United States of America
This musical comedy with all original songs is a light-hearted take on the dynamics between women and men and what women may really be thinking.
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THE GODMOTHER
Drama · melina farahani · Ages 16+ · 30 mins · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Griselda Blanco, The Godmother, intimately shares her rise to be the most notorious drug lord of her time. Griselda justifies her twisted perceptions of morality and love - battling to give her youngest son, Michael Corleone Blanco a better chance at life.
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THE INFRA THIN
Solo Show · self · Ages 14+ · 90 mins · United States of America
Containing enormous potential, the Infra Thin can be evaluated as a space-between one thing and the other. A concept initiated by Aristotle, it was reconsidered by Duchamp and then critical theorist Thierry De Duve. Michael Gardner explores personally what this can mean in stories and sound.
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THE MOTHERFUCKER WITH THE HAT
Drama · static productions · Ages 18+ · 100 mins · United States of America
“The Motherfucker with the Hat” by Stephen Adly Guirgis is a dynamic play that delves into addiction, infidelity, and the turbulent lives of its characters with unflinching honesty. Stephanie Fuery Theatre :5636 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90038 Show Dates : June 8th, 13th, 16th, 21st, 26th
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THE PRINCESS STRIKES BACK: ONE WOMAN'S SEARCH FOR THE SPACE COWBOY OF HER DREAMS
Comedy · victoria montalbano · Ages 13+ · 1hr · United States of America
In 1997, 13-year-old Victoria Montalbano was introduced to her perfect man, Han Solo, and she's been looking for him ever since. Watch her grow from awkward theatre kid to professional out of work actress while swiping her way through a galaxy far, far away!
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WEIGHT OF THE WORLD
Solo Show · the martreb group · Ages 18+ · 50 mins · United States of America
Ever felt like you were playing a role – the confident, capable character everyone expected you to be? With honesty and humor, this one-man show takes a raw look at a man's unscripted path to self-discovery, as he sheds pounds of insecurity and reshapes his life.
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ASYLUM @ THYMELE ARTS
5481 Santa Monica Blvd.
"LYNNETTE'S HOLLYWOOD CABARET PARTY!
Cabaret & Variety · lynnette productions · Ages 21+ · 1hr · United States of America
"Let's Get This Party Started! A Party & Cabaret Live Music One hour Show! Broadway Style Music & Original Songs of Life, Love & Comedy! Chicago to Manhattan to Hollywood! $20 Single Chair Seat. VIP $25 Table Seating Specialty! Both Tickets come w/ Free Food & Beverage!
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ANXIETY IS NOT FOREVER
Events & Workshops · relationship cookbook · Ages 15+ · 90 mins · United States of America
A brief but in-depth look into Anxiety that reframes it, while providing helpful and insightful techniques and skills that will allow anyone to overcome anxiety and live a happy, healthy, and fruitful life without it. Come, Learn, and Grow!
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FRONTIERS: THE LIVE EXPERIENCE
Comedy · frontiers.tv · Ages 16+ · 75 mins · United States of America
ONE NIGHT ONLY! In this PULP FICTION STAR WARS, an army deserter and his partner—the alien super-intelligence inhabiting his spaceship—set course for darkly-comic, scifi adventure in a multimedia, audience participation, staged reading extravaganza! Sex! Violence! Sarcasm! It's everything you love!
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HEY, PAMELA? YES, PAMELA?
Comedy · --none-- · Ages 12+ · 50 mins · United States of America
Part scripted, part improv, mostly comedy, where we explore the two sides of a person and the struggle to balance those sometimes conflicting personalities.
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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??
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REFORGED: AN SCP IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE
Immersive & Games · last call theatre · Ages 13+ · 2hrs · United States of America
The supernatural machine worshiping Church of the Broken God is in chaos, following the disappearance of their unifier; Robert Bumaro, who left behind only warring sects and an anomalous Blueprint of the future. In the darkness and confusion only you can take charge and Reforge the Broken Church!
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SO MY DAD F*CKED THE NANNY (WIP)Comedy · isabella · Ages 16+ · 55 mins · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
International comedian tells of a dark steamy affair between her father and the family’s nanny, unveiling family secrets, power plays and salacious surprises and redemption. Naked photos and audio transcripts included!
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SOMETHING STUPID
Comedy · stupid fringe productions · Ages 13+ · 75 mins · United States of America
Two roommates, 3 months behind on rent, go on the run after they accidentally steal a famous painting from a mob boss. Selling the painting quickly turns into chaos, but they persevere anyway, mostly because they're idiots. How many enemies can these two make in an hour?
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TOUGH CHOICES FOR THE NEW CENTURY: A SEMINAR IN RESPONSIBLE LIVING
Comedy · st. andrews playhouse · Ages 10+ · 1hr · United States of America
Bob and Helen, a user-friendly midwestern couple, welcome you into their natural disaster preparedness seminar as their marriage unravels. **This performance includes inoperable prop guns.**
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WOODY FU: ONE-MAN JOHN WICKComedy · penguintown media · Ages 16+ · 30 mins · United States of America
Are you ready for the new John Wick movie? Good, because you’re helping make it! “Nicest guy in Hollywood” Keanu Reeves needs the audience to create the most violent film ever made. Featuring motorcycles, car chases, cutting edge bullet time technology, and an exploding helicopter!
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ACTORS COMPANY
916 N. Formosa
MORGAN THE MUSICAL: A SEX TOY WESTERNMusicals & Operas · just us productions · Ages 17+ · 1hr · United States of America
Sex, guns, and dildos! Riley, a young non-binary dynamo, moves from LA to small-town Montana to open a sex toy shop. Hilarious songs abound in this irreverent hourlong musical comedy western about steamy romance, sinister plots, religion, guns, being yourself, and some very sexy toys.
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THE CONNIE CONVERSE UNIVERSE STARRING HOPE LEVYCabaret & Variety · zipperbug music · Ages 9+ · 55 mins · United States of America
Discover Connie Converse, pioneering folk singer-songwriter of the 1950s who vanished 1974 leaving a legacy of haunting songs. Hope Levy brings her back through music & story exploring Converse's disappearance and Levy's personal connection to her.
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THE BROADWATER
Various Addresses
Corner of Santa Monica Blvd. & Lillian Way
CONVERSATIONS IN EXILEDrama · three weeks notice · Ages 16+ · 90 mins · United States of America
A modern-day adaptation of Chekhov’s Three Sisters, the Parker siblings navigate their stifled ambitions and fractured relationships while stuck together in their family home as the COVID-19 pandemic forces them to grapple with their longing for a better future.
PURE CINEMADrama · high value treat productions · Ages 14+ · 90 mins · United States of America
In 1977, Alfred Hitchcock, in the twilight of his career, meets with Mel Brooks to discuss a script that becomes High Anxiety. Loosely based on the lunches between two Hollywood legends, Pure Cinema explores their search for accountability, forgiveness, and tolerable hard boiled eggs.
SAMComedy · samskape productions inc. · Ages 13+ · 45 mins · United States of America
Combining existential comedy, show biz satire, and meta musical numbers, join Sam Labrecque and the voices in her head on a journey of identity through their pre-successful career in Hollywood. For fans of "La La Land", "Schmigadoon!", and Bo Burnham's "Inside".
HOBGOLBLIN PLAYHOUSE
6440 Santa Monica Blvd
KOSHER SALTComedy · abel horwitz · Ages 16+ · 45 mins · United States of America
Abel Horwitz is going to solve antisemitism in 45 minutes. You're welcome.
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LATE SUNDAY...Drama · www.veekumari.com (being redesigned!) · Ages 12+ · 55 mins · United States of America
LATE SUNDAY ... Lovely Padma walks through the rooms of her Boston home with hyacinths in her arms and amethysts in her ears, remembering her past incarnations and finding this one lacking in excitement. Her granddaughter is due...and she has an important announcement to make!
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THE COMPLAINTS DEPT.Immersive & Games · chattering teeth productionz · Ages 13+ · 1hr to 90 mins · United States of America
The Complaints Dept. is now open for one-on-one or group appointments. Come book a vent sesh with one of our complaint representatives! Best described as a WøNdeRlaNd of ReD tApe CørPøRaTe øfFice sAtiRe run by quirky characters & clowns via immersive, interactive, ever-changing world elements!
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LGBTQ CENTER
1125 North McCadden Place
COCK TALES "STRAIGHT UP, DIRTY & SHAKEN STORIES OF LUST & LOVE
"Two Person Show · - none - · Ages 18+ · 75 mins · United States of America
COCK TALES "Straight Up, Dirty & Shaken Stories of Lust & Love " R rated Nudity Dark comedy Based on True Experiences
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MAGIC FOR ANIMALS
Solo Show · liz toonkel · Ages 14+ · 1hr · United States of America
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.
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UPLINE: IT'S NOT A SHOW, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY
Comedy · megan stern · Ages 18+ · 1hr · United States of America
Welcome to the glamorous world of Varmon — the beauty empire that will give you flawless skin AND financial freedom! By the end of this absurd, interactive, and award-winning solo comedy, you’ll be ready to sign up to become a Varmonista yourself. Just remember . . . it's not a pyramid scheme.
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