Burn Scar: A Comedy of Catastrophic Proportions is a solo show born from the chaos of evacuating the largest fire in Los Angeles history — dogs, meds, and a go-bag in tow — only to discover that surviving the disaster was just the beginning. What followed was a darkly comic odyssey through sketchy Airbnb’s, Trader Joe’s wine section and the labyrinthine cruelty of the American insurance system, a world the performer finds darkly mirrored in the broader political moment. Hardened by loss and bureaucratic indignity, the show traces one person’s transformation into what firefighters call a “burn scar” — earth scorched so thoroughly it becomes brittle and impenetrable. But in true comedic fashion, the universe had other plans, and what emerges is an unexpectedly moving argument for why faith in humanity might just be the most radical act of all.

Thursday June 4 7:15 pm
Saturday June 13 4:00 pm
Saturday June 20 7:30 pm

Tickets: 15.00 Pay-what-you-can for first two shows
Trigger warning: images / video of the Palisades Fire…Strong language

The House Always Wins by Carli Wright

An aspiring-musician-now-ghost haunts her own childhood home thanks to a curse wrought by her ancestor, The House. A cavalcade of visitors find their way in, drawn in by the ghost’s siren song. Various foibles ensue. However, when a visitor looking to connect with folks beyond the veil also presents a chance to break the curse, our ghoul Meredith must decide how to proceed. But remember, The House Always Wins.

Starring, written, directed, produced by Carli Wright

Co-Starring Catherine Ivy, Mia Ruhman, Khoi Le, Gregg Ellson, Andrew Puente, Travis Lincoln Cox, Robert Angell, and Sean Faye. Stage Management, Box Office, and Lighting Design furnished by StageCrafts at the Hobgoblin Playhouse

• June 4th, 2026 at 7pm
• June 12th, 2026 at 10pm
• June 14th, 2026 at 5pm
• June 20th, 2026 at 7pm
• June 25th, 2026 at 7pm

hollywoodfringe.org/projects/13373

Instagram: @thehousealwayswins.play

Wedding Party (Or, why you should not invite former friends to your wedding)
by Adriana Martínez Barrón

Ximena is getting married to the perfect man in her dream wedding in a freaking castle in the South of France. Everything is exactly what she’s dreamed of since she was a little girl and yet… not everything is perfect because four key people in Ximena’s life are missing: Sandy, her best friend from high school, Citlali, her former roommate, Mariana and Gabriela, her girl squad from her 20’s. Ximena wishes they could all be part of her bridal party so she embarks on a journey to try to rekindle these relationships and heal the wounds that drove them apart.

The charming and bittersweet romantic dramedy, at times both hilarious and heartbreaking, featuring quippy dialogue and unexpectedly funny twists dives deep into platonic love, romantic love and the greatest love of all, self-love, and explores the impact of female friendship break ups, which, as any woman can attest, are more painful and harder to get over than romantic breakups.

Off-Broadway’s Eco Village’s Arianna Williams and Newcomer Ryan Jaske (E4 Mafia) star as Ximena and her fiancé Jason, with Daniela Azuaje (AMC’s “Mayans MC”) as “Sandy”; Jocelyn Marie (Amazon’s Jason Katims series “As We See It”) as “Citali”, Rocio Ibarra (Call of Duty: Black Ops 6) as “Mariana”; and newcomer Carlie Meyers as “Gabriela”.

You can catch the limited performances for the 2026 Hollywood Fringe Festival at the Let Live Theater @ The Actors Company (916 N Formosa Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90046).

Showtimes:

• Thursday June 04, 2026 at 9:00 PM
• Sunday June 07, 2026 at 3:30 PM
• Thursday June 11, 2026 at 9:30 PM
• Saturday June 13, 2026 at 10:00 AM
• Sunday June 14, 2026 5:30 PM
• Tuesday June 16, 2026 at 5:30 PM
• Saturday June 20, 2026 at 6:00 PM
• Monday June 22, 2026 at 5:30 PM
• Friday June 26, 2026 at 10:00 PM.

Website – https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/14105?tab=details

Tickets –  https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/14105?tab=tickets

Social media –  @dramaqueen_films

#WeddingPartyPlay

I Am Not a Spy. This Is a Magic Show.

by Katrina Kroetch (Magical Katrina)

A 45-minute one-woman comedic noir magic and mentalism show. Expect theatrical sleight of hand, suspiciously accurate mind reading, audience volunteers recruited as “agents,” and a femme fatale who may or may not be on a top-secret mission. Ages 8 . Tickets $25.

Written & Performed by: Katrina Kroetch

Venue: Madnani Theater, 2026 Hollywood Fringe Festival

Showtimes:

• Thu June 4 — 8:30 PM
• Thu June 11 — 10:00 PM
• Sun June 14 — 8:30 PM
• Mon June 15 — 9:00 PM
• Wed June 24 — 10:30 PM
• Thu June 25 — 7:00 PM
• Fri June 26 — 8:30 PM

Tickets & Info: hollywoodfringe.org/projects/13348

Wet Hot AMUSICAL Summer

June 4th, 11th, 18th and 25th at 7:30pm and 27th at 5:30pm

“The Real Lady Macbeth” by Coco Blignaut and Edison Park.

In Shakespeare’s “Scottish play,” Lady Macbeth suffers a misogynistic depiction as a murderous, greedy, overambitious villain.

The Real Lady Macbeth asserts that the true, historical Lady Macbeth is more complex and far more interesting. Born of royal blood, she is powerful Druid queen with skills of prophecy and divination based on ancient Celtic pagan traditions (It’s the 11^h Century; Christianity hasn’t yet completely replaced the old ways). Lady Macbeth’s motivations are direct: to protect her husband, her child, and her ancestral lands, Fife and Moray, from those who would do them harm. Her story will end far differently than in Shakespeare’s fiction.

Directed by Sofia Streisand.

Previews Thursday, June 4, 2026 at 5:30 p.m. and Saturday, June 6 at 6:00 p.m. Regular performances Friday, June 12 at 7:00 p.m.; Sunday, June 14 at 1:30 p.m.; Thursday, June 18 at 5:00 p.m.; Sunday, June 21 at 10:30 a.m.; Thursday, June 25 at 6:30 p.m.; Friday, June 26 at 3:30 p.m.; Sunday, June 28 at 1:30 p.m.

https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/14061

Say goodbye to the Mrs. Claus you thought you once knew – she’s done with the North Pole, sick of the cheerful hoopalah, and is finally here to sleigh. 

“Roast Your Chestnuts” is a 45 minute solo Mrs. Claus spectacle, roasting and toasting all your holiday nuts to a complimentary 69 degrees. She’s coming out from behind the oven; she’s glamed up, hired a stylist, and is now ready to dispense life advice to anyone brave enough to listen to her frosty tidings.

an immersive corporate satire solo show
written and performed by Emma Irene Olson
directed by Maura Mannle
developed in Playing Yourself, The Elysian Theater’s solo show devising workshop, led by Jacquelyn Landgraf.

Space Company is about a massive fictional corporation that doesn’t consider itself to be just a company, but also a family that is determined to be “The Best In The Universe” through constant innovation, constant growth, and constant profitability.

Emma Irene plays “Mom”, a middle manager at Space Company welcoming the audience (now cast as the latest cohort of new hires: “Babygirls”) to their new career and their new family on their first day … but it’s not a typical first day at Space Company. Mom begins to experience strange auras that interrupt her orientation presentation, and an escalation of strategic changes coming from Space Company leadership will change the Space Company family forever.

Together, Mom and her new Babygirls will answer the ever-present Space Company Canonical Question (CQ): “What do we do after we destroy that?”

“Sperm Assassination….the survivors” by Pam Levin.

SPERM ASSASSINATION…the survivors, is Pam Levin’s brutally funny dark comedy about the fear of becoming a parent, and why she seriously considered just settling for a dog. To birth or not to birth, that is the question, but what if, to NOT is a deal breaker? Pam had managed to convince her husband Brett to postpone parenting for 5 years, but now time’s up and her husband’s biological clock is ticking. But Pam has a different strategy, she launches into a full-scale covert operation known as…SPERM ASSASSINATION!  This laugh out loud conundrum is the rebranding of her critically acclaimed solo show, Tales of Modern Motherhood, this sh*t just got real. She’s added more story and some spicy new offerings, as she morphs into this 007, keeping his gold finger out of her pussy galore.

Directed by Mark Hatfield.

Preview Friday, June 5, 2026 at 6:30 p.m.; Regular performances Sunday, June 14 at 7 p.m.; Tuesday, June 16 at 7 p.m.; Wednesday, June 24 at 9:30 p.m.; Friday, June 26 at 10 p.m.

hollywoodfringe.org/projects/14425

For fans of dark comedy, and if you love The Drama, Harold and Maude, Fargo, or ’Night, Mother…

…Then step into a secluded Swiss cabin where Augustine invites her closest people for what seems like an ordinary visit… until she drops a bombshell that sends everything spiraling.

Alps, Adieu! is a funny collision of love, denial, and total chaos over one wildly unexpected evening. And yes—there will be cheese.

Showtimes:

• June 5th at 9:30pm
• June 15th at 8:00pm
• June 20th at 11:00pm
• June 24th at 8:30pm
• June 27th at 3:00pm

British writer and performer Dana Gartland brings the world premiere of “Tommy Cooper’s Fez” to the Hollywood Fringe Festival. A fast-paced, darkly comic solo show exploring the father-daughter bond, legacy, and the strange, slippery power of words.

The  show lives at the intersection of humor and emotional truth – where laughter and discomfort sit in the same room and neither gets to leave early and centers on her experience losing her father to cancer, reflecting on an unconventional childhood shaped by early exposure to commerce, stolen goods, and men’s brown socks (size 6½–12), and how that upbringing informed her understanding of grief. Equal parts surreal, poignant, and absurd, the piece captures what it means to grow up in a world that felt like a bad sitcom some days – and a great one on others.

Task Force 48 – a one-woman-show by Alicia Ontiveros

Fast forward… the 48th President of the United States is in the White House! You’re officially invited to attend a 30-minute feminist comedy show featuring an unconventional plan to reboot America and build a country that actually works.

Location: The Little Theater at The Actors Company. Street parking available on Romaine and Formosa or use the West Hollywood Gateway Garage.

Producer, Writer, Director and Performer: Alicia Ontiveros

Creative Consultants: Erik Johnson and Katie O’Brien

June 5 @ 6:30pm
June 11 @ 5:00pm
June 13 @ 3:00pm
June 17 @ 6:30pm
June 27 @ 11;30pm

hollywoodfringe.org/projects/14016

IG: @Unsolicited.hi #TaskForce48

Justice by Tiffany Esteb

A high profile lawyer, at the top of her game, defends tech companies against those who are harassed on their sites. Then her private life collides with her professional convictions…  

A timely exploration of freedom of speech, Justice is a powerful solo show that grabs you and doesn’t let go!

Friday June 5 2026, 7:15 PM

Sunday June 21 2026, 5:45 PM

Saturday June 27 2026, 6:45 PM

https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/13648?tab=details

Instagram @tiffanyesteb

Goodbye. Hello. by Eli Barraza

The final goodbye of death turns into a long hello when one dead friend returns to haunt their living counterpart. As the months become years and the years become decades, the two come to terms with their unexpected extra time amid the highs and lows that life and death bring.

Goodbye. Hello. is a celebration of life, death, and the friendships that keep us going until the very end.

Written by Eli Barraza

Directed by Celia Rivera

Featuring Lex Agolsove and José Donado

Funded in part by by Hollywood Pantages Theatre and County Supervisor Lindsey P Horvath via the Hollywood Fringe Scholarship.

Friday 6/5 7:00 PM – Preview
Sat 6/13 12:00 PM – Premiere
Tues 6/16 6:30 PM
Wed 6/17 7:00 PM
Sun 6/21 1:30 PM
Sat 6/27 11:30 PM
Sun 6/28 8:00 PM – Last Show

hollywoodfringe.org/projects/13444

Instagram: @goodbyehellofringe2026 #goodbyehello

It’s 1703 Florence, and Queen Lavinia, the fourth wife to King Augustus, has discovered an unsettling coincidence: When the King’s wives get painted by commission, they mysteriously die. Unfortunately for the Queen, Claude Andre-Giraud, the most renowned artist in all of Europe, has just arrived to paint her portrait.

She must now act quickly and stop the commission, or quite possibly suffer the fate of her predecessors. But when Thomas, the enigmatic house butler to the King is insistent on the commission to happen, Queen Lavinia realizes there is something much more nefarious lurking beneath the surface.

Lady My by Caitlin Apparcel

Lady M is not your typical reimagination of the old Scottish play. In this dark comedy, Lady M and the witches take the lead.

After the recent loss of her stillborn babe, Lady M discovers her husband’s return from war is anon. Done with his abusive and oppressive ways, she plots to gain a Queendom with the three witches and their allusive leader, the Raven.

Will everything go to plan? Come experience an hour full of murder, twisted humor, love and the supernatural!

*Content Warning: Sexual Assault, Abuse, Violence, Miscarriages, Blood, Sword Fighting.

Produced by Caitlin Apparcel & César Di Bello

June 5 @ 7:15pm, June 12 @ 7:15pm, June 25 @ 8:45pm, June 27 @ 6:30pm, June 28 @ 5:45pm

https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/14378?tab=details

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lady_m__2026/ #ladym #macbeth #hollywoodfringefestival

PSA: Pelvic Service Announcement by Amy Veltman

When a know-it-all NYC comedian seeks help for diffuse midsection issues, she quickly learns how little she knows about her body’s most basic functions – in spite of her gynecologist father. Veltman shares it all in this raw and ridiculous extravaganza featuring unhinged characters, music, videos, and a medically unsanctioned chart. If you’re reading this, you have a pelvic floor; you’ll leave this brisk comedy knowing why it matters.

​​WINNER – Best Musical Comedy – United Solo Festival, Off-Broadway

BEST OF FEST 2024 – SoloFest at the Whitefire

OFFICIAL SELECTION – Edinburgh Fringe 2025, San Diego International Fringe 2024, San Francisco Fringe Festival 2024,  CoHo ClownFest 2024 (Portland, Oregon), Tucson Fringe 2024, Santa Monica Playhouse BINGE Fringe 2025, Boston Fringe Festival 2026, and NYC Fringe Festival 2026.

Produced by Jessica Lynn Johnson

• Saturday, June 6, 6:30 pm
• Thursday, June 18, 6:30 pm
• Saturday, June 20, 1:30 pm
• Sunday, June 21, 4:45 pm

For more info about Amy and the show (including reviews) visit www.amyveltman.com

IG: @amyveltmania

 “Bellingham Bay” by Katherine Bourne Taylor

Immerse yourself in a multi-season 90s TV Show Katherine made up in her head.

Yearning! Town Secrets! Nostalgia!

BELLINGHAM BAY, 1992.

Father Peter, a young priest, arrives in the close-knit Pacific Northwest town and quickly clashes with Stella, the local pub owner with the voice of an angel… and a secret.

BELLINGHAM BAY is for you IF…

• You believe in LOVE!
• You yearn to be COMFORTED in these trying times!
• You think Teen WB TV, cozy BBC shows and The Goo Goo Dolls are actually kind of charming!
• You’re a DREAMER who believes we might all be ok if we just had a friendly bar to meet at every night in this coastal, one-pub town!

Katherine Bourne Taylor (Writer, Performer): Katherine most recently co-hosted with Netflix is a Joke. Fest, where her comedy show and podcast, Obsessed: A Comedy Show about Your Hyper-Fixations, was features. On the fringe circuit, she is the creator of “Grown Up Orphan Annie” – Edinburgh Fringe Playbill Pick of the Fringe, Hollywood Fringe Pick of the Fringe, Best of the Broadwater and Producer’s Encore Award.

Ben Blacker (director): Ben Blacker is best known as the creator, with his writing partner Ben Acker, of the Thrilling Adventure Hour, a staged show in the style of old time radio. The show ran as a podcast for five years and won awards and garnered acclaim everywhere from the LA Weekly to Rolling Stone. With Acker, Blacker has sold pilots to USA, Fox, Nickelodeon, Spike, and other networks. Blacker is the creator and host of The Writers Panel, a podcast in which he talks with writers about the business and process of writing television. He’s also the co-producer of Dead Pilots Society, the live show and podcast in which pilots by professional writers that were bought and developed but never produced are given the table reads they so richly deserve.

 Sat – June 6th, 12 PM/Friday- June 19, 6:30 PM /Monday- June 22, 5:00 PM

https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/13264

https://www.instagram.com/katherinebournetaylor/

This absurd, twisting, physical solo show set in an art museum is written and performed by comedian Molly McLean. McLean parodies educators’ struggles to communicate to laypeople.  

McLean, a character and standup performer, acts as an enthusiastic curator, taking the audience through ancient, medieval, modern, and contemporary art. The character fails to teach anyone anything, though she may try. The curator’s attitude is a mix of the confident idiocy of Philomena Cunk and the goofy slapstick of Mr. Bean. 

In each exhibit in the gallery, McLean has different jokes that reflect the way humans think, or don’t, about art. She parodies the intensity of people’s work, their ego, and the way we think of history.

Molly McLean is a performer, writer, and director. She performs monthly at UCB as part of their Betty character team. Her new immersive play, Karaoke Night, will be at the Elysian Theater’s Spaghetti Festival this July.

“As an educator, artist, and fan, I find talking about art difficult and silly. I wrote this play to make fun of that,” McLean writes. 

Upcoming Original Play Women Who Eat Begins Fundraising Ahead of Hollywood Fringe Festival

Hollywood Fringe Alumna Devin Davis-Lorton pens new original play to submit to this years Hollywood Fringe Festival

Women Who Eat is an original play by Award-Winning Actor, Writer and Hollywood Fringe Alumna Devin Davis-Lorton. Devin received her BFA in Acting and Performance with a Minor in Writing from Emerson College. Since then, she has been an integral member in both The Road Theatre Company and City Garage Theater, and now expands her horizons with the founding of Point Blank Theater Company.

“It’s a dog-eat-dog world, and these are some hungry bitches…”

In this DARK COMEDY, hysterical young women navigate modern womanhood, define sisterhood and the group dynamics of girls adapting to the pressure cooker of survival in a new and vicious world..

“The first sin was a woman who ate.” All hell breaks loose on an island oasis after power is lost during a generational storm. Hilarity ensues as six witty women fight to stay alive in a culture trying to gobble them whole.

When the electricity is cut to an off-the-grid eating disorder recovery center, the inhabitants are forced to grapple with whether or not they want to survive, and whether or not they will accept the women they become. As they fight for power and control, their only living choice is to eat. There is no other option.

Tickets for Women Who Eat go on sale on May 1st with the first preview gracing the stage on June 6th.

Ticket Info:

Buy Tickets: https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/14308?tab=tickets

Dates: Saturday, June 6th at 6PM; Wednesday, June 17th at 5PM; Saturday, June 20th at 2:30PM; Tuesday, June 23rd at 9:30PM, Friday, June 26th at 7:30 PM

Runtime: 90min Ages 18

Donate to Women Who Eat Fundraising Campaign:

For audience perks and exclusive offers:

Seed and spark Link (available May 1st): https://seedandspark.com/fund/women-who-eat#story

Just want to support?

Venmo: @deviniscool

Contact Info:

contact@dontlook.studio

Follow Women Who Eat on Social Media:

Instagram – @pointblanktheater

“WHAT SURVIVES” by Rachael Meyers

When 10-year-old Isabella is taken by ICE from her elementary school, the community struggles to reconcile today’s world with a world they once knew. Told in a series of vignettes, WHAT SURVIVES speaks to what it means to be a human in 2026.

Writer/Director/Producer: Rachael Meyers

Producer: Heather Shields

Stage Manager: Angelica Estevez

Costume Designer: Mylette Nora

Prop Master: Kristen Maloney

More to come!

Showtimes

• June 6, 2026 @ 9pm
• June 11, 2026 @ 8pm
• June 14, 2026 @ 12:30pm
• June 18, 2026 @ 11pm
• June 26, 2026 @ 10pm

Website: https://tinyurl.com/whatsurvives

Social media links and/or hashtags:

IG accounts: @rachael.meyers @slightlyrambunctiousfemale @whatsurvivestheplay

Hashtags: #whatsurvives #whatsurvivesplay #worldpremiere

Who Helps the Helpers?

Therapists spend all day assisting others through their hard days, but who gets them through theirs? Written and Directed by Sofia. Co-directed and featuring Michaela Miller.

June Showings at The Actors Company, 916 N Formosa Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90046, in “The Other Space” theatre. June 6th at 8pm, June 11th at 5pm, June 18th at 8pm, June 21, at 4:30 pm, June 26th at 11pm.

Early Day is a show that takes you through your therapists day. However, it is not a show about therapy, it’s a show about you. It’s about someone you love, someone you hate, it’s about the person you could have been, the person you never wanted to be. Early Day holds a mirror to your life and makes you reflect on your own choices. Are you doing what you want? Are you around the people you want to be around? What did you have for breakfast? Did you even remember to eat? Frog Cake Productions hopes you did, if not, we’ll send you one of our own frog cakes…although maybe not for breakfast…

Frog Cake Productions was founded by two fascinating ladies with multiple projects expanding quickly and on the road to more. One half of Frog Cake is Sofia. She is the main writer and director of the group. She likes to create worlds and then tell people what to do….she might have some control issues. The other half is Michaela Miller, she is the up and coming actress right now gaining all the connections and making all the moves. Together, these two want to leave the world better than when they found it. And we absolutely will, but we have to do that together. This is why you have to come to the show, we cannot do this alone, none of us can. What you believe, you create.

We know this show is something you can’t miss and you’re gonna want to see again.

See you soon,

Frog Cake Productions 🙂

In the Beginning tells Eve’s – the first woman’s – untold Genesis story and her search for purpose in an already perfect world. Through cosmic family comedy, hand puppets, and heartfelt inquiry, the play explores the world’s first heroes under God’s infinite power and the human condition.

Eve is only mentioned twice by name in Genesis. Her story was never told. 

MATURE CONTENT AND TRIGGER WARNING  This play explores adult themes, nudity, language, sexual content, substance use and abuse, themes of suicide and self-harm, and mild violence.

STARRING:
Laurel Preston as EVE
Giorgio Rossini as ADAM
Landon Reid as GOD

In the beginning, God creates the perfect nursery for His children: the Garden. When He forms Eve, His masterpiece is finally complete, and all He has made is good.

As His children grow and learn from Him, Eve questions her Father, searching for a purpose beyond obedience. God tests Adam and Eve to make good choices, but promises they are perfect. Eve doesn’t understand how a bad choice can be part of God’s perfect plans, and deliberately disobeys one of her Father’s rules. God’s consequence sends Adam and Eve to live out in the Desert, to survive on their own with nothing but what their Father had taught them.

God’s perfect world now feels bad, and Father is nowhere to be seen or heard. Adam and Eve discover life’s firsts in marriage, sex, parenthood, grief, and death, and learn to lean on one another to survive.

I hope you can join us at my latest creation, Franken’s A.I., a futuristic retelling of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein where the creature is A.I. and which also features climate change, Lord Byron and Mary Shelley as well as the Silicon Valley and laudanum.

Saturday June 6 2026, 9:30 PM

Friday June 12 2026, 11:00 PM

Sunday June 21 2026, 11:30 PM

Saturday June 27 2026, 2:30 PM

Running time 30 mins

McCadden Place Theatre

1157 N McCadden Pl, Los Angeles, CA 💗

https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/13831?tab=details

The Delulu Diaries is an offbeat horror comedy about a ditzy delusional unnamed woman who’s apartment is broken into in the middle of the night. As The Woman confronts her faceless intruder, she’s forced to also face her own demented delusions. Will she survive the danger that haunts her outside her bedroom door or will her own delusions be her untimely demise?

Blending heart, humor, poetry, social commentary, and all the angsty millenial delulu feels; The Delulu Diaries explores themes like the promise of The American Dream, mental health, grief, and it asks: Is everyone else seeing what I’m seeing?

Come for the laughs, stay for the existential dread! The Delulu Diaries is what happens when you put Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and I May Destroy You in a bowl and mix it all together: a delightful emotional journey.

*TWs: suicide, suicide ideation, & grief.

I QUIT! by Sam Ditto

I QUIT! is a one-woman musical comedy where every job Sam Ditto has ever quit becomes a different genre of music, a different world, and a different version of herself. Based on true events, it’s a chaotic, funny, and unexpectedly vulnerable exploration of burnout, ambition, and what happens when quitting becomes a lifestyle.

I QUIT! is written and performed by Sam Ditto, directed by Gaby Sandoval, with original music by Sterling Gavinski and lyrics by Sam Ditto.

Showtimes:

June 6 @ 6:30pm
June 11 @ 7pm
June 17 @ 9pm
June 20 @ 2:30pm
June 28 @ 1pm

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A Play For Smokers.

A one-act written by Evelyn-Claire Smith, edited by Nikki Marie, and produced by Small Burden Productions.

Alex and Alma are in love — with each other, not so much with their life. Until Alma gets the job of her dreams and changes the tune. Set in their New York apartment and scored live by the emotions they cannot express; the conflicts ask us, is the role of a muse inherently submissive? 

Set in a brick-walled apartment in Hell’s Kitchen, New York; couple Alex and Alma learn about each other (and themselves) through a series of arguments. The arguments vary through the course of their relationship and bring to light issues of intimacy, ambition, and ask the question; how much would you give to someone who asks? Their inner thoughts are scored by two musicians onstage who amplify their respective fears, dreams, and feelings towards each other, saying everything they can’t say to each other.

• Saturday June 6 2026, 4:30 PM 
• Friday June 12 2026, 7:45 PM
• Wednesday June 17 2026, 7:15 PM
• Sunday June 28 2026, 12:45 PM

Learn More at instagram.com/smallburdenprod/

Dive into the deep with Wilds of Sea, a breathtaking all-ages puppetry adventure that plunges audiences beneath the waves.

When a young seal pup is separated from his mother, he must journey through kelp forests and the open ocean—meeting remarkable sea creatures, evading predators, and discovering the strength within.

Featuring life-sized, realistic ocean animals and immersive storytelling, Wilds of Sea brings the beauty and danger of the ocean to vivid life in a powerful tale of courage, connection, and reunion. This year will be bigger than ever before.

This is an immersive performance experience featuring life-sized predators and ocean creatures moving throughout the space. For the duration of the performance (approximately 45 minutes), audiences are asked to remain seated and keep aisles clear for the safety of both audience members and puppeteers.

Following the performance, audiences are invited onto the stage for a hands-on interaction with the puppets.

Please note: some younger children may find the large, realistic animals intense. And so might some adults!

MOTHER by Christine Dickinson

MOTHER is a multimedia psychological thriller that follows ‘Daughter’, a thirtysomething woman struggling with the aches and pains of modern adulthood: ambient stress, unaddressed trauma, impossible standards, and a strained relationship with ‘Mother’, who lives thousands of miles away and won’t return her calls.

The show features Christine Dickinson* in the role of Daughter. It is directed by Kaitlin Humphreys and features an original score by composer Ben Finn.

Showings:

• Saturday, June 6 5:00 PM
• Friday, June 12 7:00 PM
• Thursday, June 18 8:30 PM
• Sunday, June 21 6:00 PM

Instagram:

@christinemdickinson

*This actor is a member of Actors’ Equity Association. This project is being produced under the auspices of the Actors’ Equity Association Los Angeles Self-Produced Code.

How far would you go to conceive?  For Alice, it was doctor visits, hormone shots, and multiple trips to Colorado.  She shares her own trials through infertility, facing disappointment after disappointment, until she gets her miracle baby.  But can miracles really come true? 

Inconceivable is a story of infertility, pregnancy, and the life altering decision she is forced to make.   At times comedic and at other times heart wrenching, this story is timely, putting a spotlight on the importance of reproductive choice in a post-Roe era.  This show touches not only on the roller coaster emotions of infertility, but also the necessity of access to maternal health care. 

Inconceivable was the winner of the Best Newcomer Award in Solofest 2025.

June 7th at 3:30pm

June 12th at 6:30pm

June 18th at 5:00pm

Content warning: This performance touches on topics of pregnancy loss and abortion. 

The belly holds more than food. A young Black girl from South Chicago journeys through trauma, abuse, and bullying, uncovering how seen and unseen forces shape her body while keeping score. Raw, funny, and deeply human, this is a journey into discovering something new.

Growing up as a little black girl with obesity in an abusive household on the southside of Chicago certainly wasn’t as bright as a trip to Disney World. Vivia endured bullying, abuse, trauma and addiction upward into her adult years.

BellyFul is a multifaceted story that touches on body image, abuse, bullying, self-love, worth, self development and healing in an educational and entertaining way. “Edutainment” so to speak. Taking a look at her self view, family, food and the fools that came in and out of her life, Vivia will bring characters and stories to life that will connect with the audience in a powerful way. From the solace found in her food addiction and  the daring pursuit of her Hollywood dreams, to rediscovering her truth in a GLP-1 driven society while enduring grief, Vivia will take the audience on a journey to how she turned a belly full of pain into a belly full of love, laughter and joy!

Show dates:

Sunday, June 7 – 5:30pm

Sunday, June 14 – 8:00pm

Monday, June 15  – 8:30pm

Saturday, June 20 – 11:45am

Learn More at solo.to/queenvivia

From Lemabean Productions, Bean vs. The Robots is a brand new sci-fi solo show musical, including 9 new songs written and performed by Midge Lema.

Bean is trapped inside her spaceship. And now you’re trapped with her. Unfortunately for you, Bean lost her memories and must play sad little songs on her keyboard in order to get them back. While she sings, you start to lose all sense of time. But don’t worry. In space, there’s always time. Or is there? As Bean unravels, she remembers why she, and perhaps you, needed to go to space in the first place. A sci-fi exploration of grief through the funny, wistful, and weird eyes of a lost space traveller.

Bean vs. The Robots is Lema’s third solo show, but her very first musical. Her first solo show, Bean, was awarded Best of Hollywood Fringe and called one of the “top ten shows not to miss” at Fringe World Festival by The West Australian.

Matt & Lily Get Together by Lily Kerrigan & Matthew Marcus

Have you ever been personally victimized by MyChart or found yourself writing a bad review for your therapist? Maria has. Baby Bipolar is the story of one woman’s journey from getting diagnosed with bipolar 1 to embracing a life where that doesn’t have to be a bad thing.

“This is an immensely likeable performance from a talented, committed, and sincere performer… in a show that is by turns comic, confessional, and cathartic.” -The Reviews Hub (on Fly Trap, Maria’s debut show)

Hot off a tour with her debut show, Fly Trap, Maria Mainelli is a writer and comedian based in Atlanta, Georgia. She’s been seen onstage across the US and the UK and is an outspoken advocate for mental health, especially bipolar disorder. Her work aims to heal something in you while making you laugh enough not to realize it.

Winner of the “Old Greeny Laughs Too” award at Old Greeny Fringe Festival.

Baby Bipolar is the culmination of the first five years of being “officially bipolar”, hundreds of hours of writing, years of therapy, and several psychiatric breakups. They say laughter is the best medicine but in Maria’s experience, Lexapro does a damn good job, too.

Contains strong language and potentially triggering themes.

“Cursed- My Road to Hollywood” by Linda Mendoza.

Linda Mendoza is a self-described “Mexican girl from Detroit.” At a young age, she is informed that a Santeria (a Latine witch), jealous of her mother’s beauty, has put a curse on Linda’s family. As calamity after calamity befalls members of Linda’s family, Linda begins to wonder when the curse will come for her.

Meanwhile, she gets on with life. As a young woman, she finds herself immersed in the music industry, working with many of the industry’s greats. She eventually becomes a director of film and especially television, winning three Emmy® Awards (for Sesame Street). She’s directed episodes of many of your favorite shows, including Scrubs, Grown-ish, Black-ish, The Chris Rock Show, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Good Place, and more, as well as specials featuring Paul McCartney, Oprah Winfrey, Michelle Obama, Wanda Sykes, Tiffany Haddish, David Letterman, and more, while fighting a different kind of curse (Industry sexism)

Cursed- My Road to Hollywood is no sob story. It’s the funny and heartwarming story of a woman who through perseverance, dedication, and hard work rose to the top of her profession, regardless of the family curse.

Written and pewrformed by Linda Mendoza. Produced by Rebecca O’Brien.

Previews Sunday, June 7, 2026 at 7:15 p.m.; Monday, June 8 at 8:15 p.m.; Regular performances Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m.; Monday, June 15 at 6:45 p.m.; Sunday, June 21 at 8:15 p.m.

www.onstage411.com/cursedroad

Bebé Bebé

Written & Performed by Veronica Osorio 
A Solo Clown Show

A postpartum delirium time warp clown show, not for new parents but for all former babies. If you were once a baby, this show is for you.

Fresh from the most life-altering experience a person can go through… no, not having your country seized by the U.S.A and mined for oil… but having a baby and then getting OCD-Veronica Osorio is staging a new hour.

Ok. Realistically? She’s been mostly in a 4am delirium. One where the now is a forever moment. Timelines collapse, horses talk, mirrors spook, auditions endlessly continue, the village is highly questionable, and her body’s time and space portal remains open which makes it very easy to go back and forth in time. So we do. Reviewing life old questions:

WHO AM I? WHO ARE YOU?
What are you doing here? in my livingroom!

WILL WE GET THE ANSWERS?

WARNING: There’s a strong chance you’ll see a breastfeeding nipple. Does that count as nudity? Think about it.

NILBOG! The Troll 2 Musical

Book and Lyrics by Tiffany Asta, Kristen Boulé and Kate Bowman
Music by Juan Lozano

Directed by Kristen Boulé
Produced by Kristen Boulé, JJ Mayes, Brian Wallis, Esther Mira and Ale Fips

Get ready humans… After 10 long years, the goblins are back! 2Cents Theatre is crawling out from our kingdom of shadows to bring you the 10 year anniversary of NILBOG! The Troll 2 Musical!

Featuring a killer original soundtrack including You Can’t Piss on Hospitality, We’re All Vegetarians in Nilbog, and Damn You Stonehenge, this 10 year anniversary run of the wild Best Worst Musical will have you screaming, OH MY GOOOOOOOOD!

So, dust off those bologna sandwiches, because little Joshua is going to need all the help he can get when Creedence and her goblins return to the Hollywood Fringe Festival this June!

• Sunday June 7 2026, 3:30 PM
• Saturday June 13 2026, 5:00 PM
• Tuesday June 16 2026, 8:00 PM
• Sunday June 21 2026, 5:30 PM
• Friday June 26 2026, 11:30 PM
• Saturday June 27 2026, 3:30 PM

https://www.instagram.com/nilbogthemusical/

#nilbog #nilbogthemusical #bestworstmusical

A woman tries to heal her daddy issues while sharing the stage with her father—but her father is a lamp. Through comedy, storytelling, music, and multimedia, Miho Fujii explores love, hate, and the blurred line between them. As a Japanese woman navigating expectations around beauty, sexuality, gender, and worth, she transforms personal chaos into something playful, raw, and unexpectedly universal.

Miho Fujii is a Los Angeles–based solo theatre artist creating original work that blends comedy, storytelling, music, and multimedia. Originally from Japan, she gained attention online for speaking openly about body image, feminism, and self-worth and is also the author of a book about self-esteem.

A hopeful love story set in the 1970s: after a racial slur is burned into her lawn targeting her teenage daughter, a Japanese American mother confronts memories of Japanese incarceration and finds strength in hope and community. A portion of ticket sales supports orgs fighting for immigrant justice.

Preview
Sunday June 7 2026, 4:40 PM | 70 mins

Saturday June 13 2026, 11:10 AM | 70 mins – 10 min talk back to follow

Saturday June 20 2026, 8:40 PM | 70 mins
Saturday June 27 2026, 3:10 PM | 70 min
Sunday June 28 2026, 2:40 PM | 70 mins

Info hollywoodfringe.org/projects/13651

“Trauma Bondage” by JJ Obee & Grant Terzakis

Exes, Andi and Trevor, wake up the morning after what was *supposed* to be the end of the world – they (and the rest of humanity) must now sit in the consequences of their actions and decide what does (or doesn’t) come next.Originally directed by Wolfgang Bodison for the Playhouse West One Act Extravaganza, Stephi Wild from Broadway World called the play a “standout” when it premiered in June of 2025, noting “JJ Obee and Grant Terzakis bring post-apocalyptic stakes into an emotionally intimate space.”

Starring & Written By: JJ Obee & Grant Terzakis | Featuring: Alesha G & G.P. Yaj

SUN JUNE 7th @ 7 pm | FRI JUNE 12th @ 8 pm | SAT JUNE 13th @ 10 pm | FRI JUNE 26th @ 9 pm | SUN JUNE 28th @ 4 pm

jjobee.com/traumabondage

@jj_obee

“Pining in Prickly Pear Patch” by Suzanne Seyfi

Welcome to Prickly Pear Patch, a tiny town out West where the cowgirls are rough and tumble, the barkeep is tough and humble, the saloon dancers get rowdy, and our villain wears her mustache proudly. This rollicking melodrama is full of romance, villainy, and new takes on classic Americana folk songs. Our play is rootin’ tootin’ fun for the WHOLE family with audience participation that’ll have you cheerin’, awwin’, and booin’ your way through the show. Hopefully not too much booin’ though!

The Pining creative team includes executive producer/writer Suzanne Seyfi, producer/costumer/propmaster Danielle Rock, director Liz Kummer and assistant director/stage manager Danny Cox. The Pining cast includes Eleanor Conliff as Gumption Goforth, Matthew Singleton as Bosco McMurtry, Olga Kamyshock as Barkeep, Megan Caccamo as Sinestrina Sabotahzay, Austin Taylor as Zechariah Hieronymous Fandango III, and Maia Luer as Lucky Chancellor.

Showings are at The Broadwater Second Stage on June 7th at 8pm, June 15th at 6:30pm, June 17th at 5pm, June 23rd at 6pm, or June 28th at 12:30pm.

Check out our website at https://www.pricklepantomime.com/

Follow us on Instagram @pricklepantomime and on Facebook

In Roz Browne’s captivating solo show, “In Search of Black People,” the seasoned comedian and storyteller takes audiences on a poignant, hilarious journey through her own history. Growing up in a segregated Boston neighborhood, Browne navigates the complexities of identity, race, and belonging with sharp wit and vulnerable honesty. Through a vibrant cast of characters and sharp-edged anecdotes, she explores what it means to find your community when you feel like an outsider. It is a powerful exploration of heritage and self-discovery that proves searching for others often leads us right back to ourselves.

ROOT is a Mixed Reality Immersive Play about NOT DYING!

Pluto’s dead… But not for long. Like everyone else, she gets three months of digital Life Extension. Unlike everyone else, she bought more time. A lot more time. Now at her ascension ceremony, the masses are here for a reckoning.

You’ll hold your phone and see digital humans in the room with you. The ceremony happens around you in real time. You’re not watching a screen, you’re attending a live event where the digital and physical blend together.

Call (951)GET-ROOT to learn more! Then buy tickets for only $15! (or use Discount Code ROOTTHEPLAY for 25% off tickets)

Dara gets the call that her mom is dying while studying abroad in Australia, and their already complicated mother-daughter relationship suddenly becomes a lot more complicated. On a winding path full of humor, absurdity, and connection, Dara faces the impossible question: How to make amends with a dead mom? What she discovers is deeply personal, universal, and surprisingly hopeful. Just because someone is gone, it doesn’t mean you can’t heal your relationship with them.

Homecoming, by Moth StorySLAM winner Dara Kosberg, is a dark comedy about grief and identity that follows Dara’s journey of losing a parent and finding herself.

So please, laugh, cry, or just sit there silently questioning your own life choices, which hopefully don’t involve a ridiculous number of hamburgers, like Dara’s.

Now directed by David Ford, with original direction by Iris Bahr (NYC debut) and David Crabb (LA debut).

Dara Kosberg is a storyteller, comedian, writer, and actor. She recently debuted her solo storytelling show “Homecoming” to multiple sold-out audiences at NYC’s Under St. Mark and LA’s Lyric Hyperion, as well as in Chicago and Atlanta. She’s a Moth StorySlam winner and has performed at San Francisco’s Punch Line Comedy Club and Brooklyn’s Union Hall. As part of the Reimagine End of Life arts festival in SF and NYC, she’s produced and performed in comedy shows about grief and loss that demonstrate the healing power of humor. She’s a Founding Team Member of both Reimagine and The Dinner Party, two innovative organizations working in the grief space.

Director David Ford has been collaborating on new and unusual theatre for three decades and has been an artist-in-residence at The Marsh Theater for most of that time. His award-winning solo shows have been seen all over the English-speaking world. The San Francisco press has variously called him “the solo performer maven”, “the monologue maestro”, “the dean of solo performance”, and “the solo performer’s best friend” and a week rarely goes by when residents of the Bay Area can not enjoy one of his productions. Collaborators include Geoff Hoyle, Brian Copeland, Lorri Holt, Charlie Varon, Echo Brown, Tom Ammiano, Firoozeh Dumas, Marilyn Pittman, Rebecca Fisher, Wayne Harris, Irma Herrer, Bill Talen, and Marga Gomez.

Everything was going normally for 30s something Hamlet at the University of Wittenberg, studying philosophy per the plan to be a Good King*, hanging out with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern at their coffeeshop, and facetiming with Ophelia.

Enter Horatio, a kind,l oyal, and witty woman who seems to love philosophy and art almost as much as Hamlet. Will Hamlet confess their feelings? Will the risks that go along with proximity to royalty prove too much for Horatio? Find out in this Sapphic Coffeeshop Prequel.

Join us for this all Women and Non-Binary production of Hamlet!

Info here: hollywoodfringe.org/projects/14360

STRANGE BEINGS by Nicole Knudsen

It was supposed to be an easy job with a good paycheck. Deep-space courier contracts are always lucrative. And it was easy…

…until an unidentified alien vessel intercepts The Valkyrie on the return leg of its journey. And as luck would have it, the courier ship’s translator doesn’t seem to be functioning.

Good thing The Valkyrie’s two pilots, Mina Hansen and Caleb Cooper, work so well together. Good thing there’s no bad blood between them…

…Right?

It’s complicated.

Contending with both their dire circumstances and tempestuous personal history, Mina and Caleb must do everything they can to make it home safely. And in unearthing their past, they just might find hope for the future.

Past Lives meets Star Trek, Strange Beings examines the fragile balance between pain, grace, and choosing to forgive. With aliens!

CONTENT WARNINGS INCLUDE: Isolation; dizziness & nausea; temporary physical incapacitation; strong language; brief allusion to sexual assault; flashing lights; loud, sudden sounds.

Produced by Nicole Knudsen, James Ferrero, Megan Ruble & Robby Angell

Starring: Victoria Gluchoski & Joshua Verges

PERFORMANCES:

• Monday, 6/8 @ 9:30 PM
• Saturday, 6/13 @ 3:30 PM
• Tuesday, 6/16 @ 6:30 PM
• Saturday, 6/20 @ 2:00 PM
• Sunday, 6/21 @ 12:30 PM
• Wednesday, 6/24 @ 9:30 PM
• Saturday, 6/27 @ 11:00 AM

https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/13389

Instagram: @dayforknightproductions

Mr. Ow is a silly yet glamorous worm who does magic, gambles with your biggest hopes and dreams, and you’ll love when he wins it all.

From the heart of Reno’s favorite clown-magician Tozy, comes her newest show, blending traditional magic and modern clown… with a dash of music and puppetry. You’ll leave delighted, deepened, and maybe a little bit dumber. There is audience interaction, absurdity, and vulnerability.

Mr. Ow was born from Tozy’s previous solo show, “The Curious Revelations and Astounding Insights of the Great Shamé” which explored the absurd illusions of shame and the journey of a mistake. She performed the show in Reno as well as the Atlanta and Omaha Fringe Festivals. Reno Arts News said it was “Terrific… filled with self-discovery and revelations.”