Lgbtq

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.

Theodore Emory Jones is a pompous English Actor who arrives in Hollywood with a burning desire of starring in the Dynasty reboot. Armed with enough tea and biscuit to sink the Queen Mary, a 10x8 signed picture of Heather Locklear, and a Van Nuys based Theatrical Agent; nothing can impede his plan!

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.

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.**

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.

Justin Matson discovered all the secrets in life so you don't have to! Comedian and self-help guru to the stars, Matson graces Hollywood with up to one hour of his time in this motivational seminar of immersive stand-up comedy to help turn your life around, but better!

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!

Do you know what it's like to fight to live despite the pull to die? Shayda will open up their past to bring you back in time to experience some life-altering moments. CONTENT & TRIGGER WARNINGS - Suicide/Suicidal Thoughts, Drug Use/Addiction, Child Loss, Mental Illness, Gender Dysphoria.