Jay “Juggernaut” Hayes thinks that she has been called by God to be an MMA fighter. She is single-minded and focused on what she sees as her purpose: she is going to fight ex-champion fighter Maria Rodriguez. Maria is reluctant to return to the octagon after a year off but her manager Lena convinces her otherwise. As the fight looms, Jay becomes more and more resolved while Maria starts to feel doubtful – does she really want to fight the so-called “Daughter of God”?
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Nate and Sarah have finally decided they are ready to start trying for a baby, but their excitement quickly fades when Nate can’t perform after a long day of “working from home”. Sarah devises a ridiculous deal she thinks will keep Nate satisfied, while also banishing pornography from their life. Things quickly go awry as both of them are confronted with the reality of their self-esteem, shame, boundaries, and libidos. Can you ever have too much of a good thing if that “good thing” is intimacy with your partner? The Deal shines a hilarious (but heartfelt) light on the secret, and not-so-secret, things we do to please one another, both in bed and in life.
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Welcome to the party, future Boss Babes! Come travel the glamorous world of Varmon – the multi-level marketing beauty empire that has the best skincare products around and is also an irresistible business opportunity. Varmon is your ticket to Eternal Youth and Financial Freedom!* By the end of this absurd and interactive solo comedy, you’ll be ready to sign up and become a Varmonista yourself. Just don’t call it a pyramid scheme.
Upline: It’s Not a Show, It’s an opportunity (performed by Megan Stern and co-written with director Shannan Calcutt) is the winner of both the Audience Pick and Critics’ Choice awards in the Atlanta Fringe, as well as the Artist Pick for Encore in the Cincinnati Fringe. The Atlanta Journal Constitution named it one of the best shows of 2023.
* Eternal Youth and Financial Freedom not guaranteed. Your mileage may vary.
Upline will be at the LA LGBT Center’s Davidson / Valentini Theatre (1125 North McCadden Place) on June 8 @ 8pm, June 13 @ 9:15pm, June 22 @ 3:30pm, June 28 @ 9pm, and June 30 @ 2pm. Runtime is 60 minutes and tickets are $15.
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I Need a Hero, a solo show by Kayla Engeman
I Need A Hero is a one woman show which features dancing, projection, singing, power points, voice over, and embarrassing home videos from 1998 to show the audience all the ways in which Kayla needs to be rescued: whether it’s from living at home with a loud Italian mother, going to endless weddings of her girlfriends, trying to walk home from a bar down a dark street, or losing a friend in a sudden accident. The show progresses through a list of trivial and serious grievances while using music, multimedia, and comedic storytelling to hit on themes of grief, anxiety, death, dating, family, friendship, childhood dreams, and trauma.
Written, directed, and performed by Kayla Engeman
June 8th at 8:30pm, June 15th at 5:30pm, and June 16th at 3:00pm
Ticket/show website: https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/10745?mode=media
Personal website: www.kaylaengeman.com/ineedahero
Instagram: @kaylaengeman
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/KaylaEngeman
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LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON, EARLY SUNDAY EVENING*
A coming-of-age story with a twist!
Three characters. Two actors.
Meet Padma, a grandmother living in her old Boston home about to make a shocking announcement.
Meet Elizabeth, Padma’s granddaughter.
“It’s scary giving birth to one’s life, isn’t it?”
*BY JEAN LENOX TODDIE (1926-2011)
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“The Explorers Club” by Nell Benjamin.
London, 1879. The prestigious Explorers Club is in crisis: their acting president wants to admit a woman, and their bartender is terrible. True, this female candidate is brilliant, beautiful, and has discovered a legendary Lost City, but the decision to let in a woman could shake the very foundation of the British Empire, and how do you make such a decision without a decent drink? Grab your safety goggles for some very mad science involving deadly cobras, irate Irishmen and the occasional airship.
The cast includes David Hunt Stafford, Matt Landig, Christopher Franciosa, John Combs, Meghan Lewis, Hovannes John Babakhanyan, Kevin Dulude, Daniel Leslie, and Michael Mullen.
Melanie MacQueen directs.
Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. Sundays at 2:00 p.m. Dark on Friday, June 7. On Saturday, June 22, there will be a 2 p.m. matinee and no evening show.
http://theatre40.org
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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.
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Vikki is Gen X-er raised on hose water and neglect. Her discovery of a 23 and Me test changed her future… but also she viewed her past. A comedic tale of traumas, parentification and secrets. How many dads does it take to raise an unapologetically self-reliant woman?
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“We’re Not Your Cup of Tea” by Evie Abat, Meg Lin, Cyndy Fujikawa., Pamela Najera.
We’re Not Your Cup of Tea takes its title from the fact that the evening’s performers are boundary-breakers who shatter expectations and stereotypes regarding AAPI performers.
Evie Abat (Filipina-American) will share her experience as director of Survivors by Wendy Kout. Survivors is an educational play with a diverse cast, about 10 Holocaust survivors, that is touring schools and organizations along the West Coast.
Cyndy Fujikawa (Japanese-American) will perform an excerpt from her solo show Old Man River, which had its West Coast debut at Theatre West in 1997. It relates the story of her father, actor Jerry Fujikawa, who was one of those forced into internment camps for Japanese Americans in 1942. Additionally, she will read publicly for the first time, his eyewitness statement of his experience at that time.
Meg Lin (Taiwanese-American) breaks the tradition of “saving face” by sharing her darkest pain and deepest desires in an excerpt from her award-winning solo show What Am I, Chopped Suey? Meg was recently seen on Theatre West’s stage in Love Stinks; Moose on the Loose; and Aladdin, the Princess, and the Magic Lamp.
Pamela Najera (Filipina-American) performs an excerpt from her solo show Too Old, Too Asian, Too Short in which she demonstrates how she destroyed the skepticism of others by achieving success as a professional dancer, cruise ship entertainer, and magician’s assistant.
Consulting director: Arden Teresa Lewis.
Saturday at 8 p.m.
http://theatrewest.org
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The Fairy Who Cried Gems
by Lily Abha Cratsley
The Fairy Who Cried Gems is a one-woman show exploring how we can build joy out of legacies of trauma. Lily Abha Cratsley serves as the storyteller, presenting a collection of folktales inspired by the lived experiences of Indian women growing up in the United States. This love letter to her little sisters is often fantastical, sometimes verbatim, and always honest. Join us at the Madnani Theater during the Hollywood Fringe Festival this June for an immersion into the oral history of Desi-American girlhood.
Artistic Team for the 2024 Hollywood Fringe Festival
Written & Performed by Lily Abha Cratsley
Directed by Simran Fulton
Scheduled Performances at the Madnani Theater
Sunday, June 9 at 7:00pm
Saturday, June 15 at 11:30am
Monday, June 17 at 7:00pm
Wednesday, June 26 at 7:00pm
Sunday, June 30 at 6:30pm
Learn more about the playwright & production history at lilyabha.com
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