6.16.12: The Daily FringeMeter

VOICES IN MY HEAD: A LIFE — 100% Sweet

VOICES IN MY HEAD: A LIFE is the darkly comic story of the shadowy world of Hollywood voiceovers. Travel the bent roads of a media-mad nation with BILL RATNER – the voice of Flint on G.I. Joe, Robot Chicken & Family Guy; Donnel Udina in Mass Effect, movie trailers, and TV disaster shows.

4 Clowns presents That Beautiful Laugh — 99% Sweet

“Once upon a time the world forgot to laugh…” That Beautiful Laugh conceived by Orlando Pabotoy joins 2011 Hollywood Fringe Top of the Fringe winners, 4 Clowns and Porter’s Macbeth director, Turner Munch for a show about the pursuit of laughter and what makes it so beautiful.

I Met Someone — 98% Sweet

A woman’s lifelong search for true love in all the wrong places, with a seemingly endless parade of disappointing dates, sewn together by years of self-help guru’s trying to assist her struggle to find Mr. Right.

Gentle Passage — 97% Sweet

What happened in Joe’s past that he’s blocked it so completely out? When you open the door to someone’s horrific past, you sometimes have to step through it in order to help.

25 Plays Per Hour — 96% Sweet

Theatre Unleashed presents 25 short original plays featuring a handful of the company’s top actors playing over 50 characters…in one hour. Fusing comedy, drama and everything in between, these amazing pieces create a complete theatrical journey in 60 minutes or less. It’s speed theatre at its best!

Is He Dead? — 96% Sweet

A sparkling comedy written by Mark Twain in 1989, yet undiscovered until 2003. When the brilliantly talented but desperately broke painter Jean-François Millet learns that his art would be more valuable if he were dead, he hatches a scheme to save the day that will hurt your sides with laughter.

Fierce: Relations — 96% Sweet

From the brilliant minds at Fierce Backbone comes a collection of shorts about people — the good, the bad, and the alternatively minded. WHOLE FOODS and TALK IN 10 by Cailin Harrison, GAYBY’s PLAYDATE by Jan O’Connor, and A FEW GOOD PB&Js by Jeremy Kehoe.

Shut Up and Dance — 94% Sweet

How many times do you have to bang your head against the wall until you finally change course? In the fun and funny one woman play, Stella Valente weaves the correlation of Argentine Tango to living life, creating lasting relationships and falling in love.

Leprechauns & Lies — 93% Sweet

From DC in ’90 back to Salt Lake City in ’83 to Honolulu in ’87 to Here & Now, this journey back & forth through the mind & times of a Mormon-raised Hawaiian agnostic explores regions of the universe & soul that might make you question your sanity. ALLSHOWS START EXACTLY ON TIME! 6/10 show is PWYC.

Tape — 93% Sweet

Ten years after their high-school graduation, Jon and Vince find themselves in a Michigan motel room coming face to face with past transgressions. TAPE asks the question: who decides your truth? Featuring: Jason Karasev, Donald Rizzo, and Juliana Long Tyson. Directed by: Elissa Weinzimmer.

The Drifts Live — 91% Sweet

A middle-aged pregnant housewife, her husband, his lover, a trans-dad and a calf. Thom Vernon (Seinfeld, The Fugitive, etc.) performs his novel as written with a little help from Rob Waller, lead singer of I See Hawks in LA. In your face and raw, Southern Gothic turned inside out.

Lost Moon Radio Episode 12 — 88% Sweet

One disc jockey, five actors, and a live band delight audiences with original sketches, songs, and metaphysical ramblings. Named “Best of Comedy” at the Hollywood Fringe Festival 2011.

Watch past shows, listen to sweet tunes, and download podcasts at www.lostmoonradio.com.

The Annual Meeting For The Society Of Lone Fishermen… — 87% Sweet

The Angler…he will wrestle fish into the boat, tell some salty jokes, play tag with a Coast Guard cutter, and have an unanticipated cathartic experience.

This is not an actor sitting on a stool. This is a solo show in which shit happens.

Grab your life vest and come along.

Before The Red Trees Come — 86% Sweet

A world premiere, silent play exploring themes of love, religion, consumerism, aging, and the relationship between generations. The play follows one man, named Capire, as he lives out his entire life on stage.

TEXAS LOVES LYLA! — 84% Sweet

The radio call-in queen of south Texas, Lyla KaRug, is moving to the interweb! Join us for her inaugural streaming show as she tackles ignorance, adult bullies, and gay teen suicide in this heartfelt comedy with music.

Mission To Mate — 80% Sweet

A theatrical triptych sure to tickle your dipstick about the complexities of this dance we call seduction,love,relating, and possibly, human contact. Written and directed by Colin Mitchell(Bitter Lemons),starring Alla Poberesky and Michael Sanchez. One hour. Three plays. Two actors..wanna play?

The Divine Madness of Isabella — 79% Sweet

Enter the world of Isabella Andreini, greatest actress of the commedia dell’Arte. Finding herself performing alone on a stage, Isabella is challenged to improvise a new scenario – the story of her life. Award-winning actress Wendy Gough brings to life some 20+ characters at a breakneck pace.

An Evening with “Marie Curie: Rogue Scientist” — 77% Sweet

Don’t miss the performance critics are calling “authentic… a fantastic body of work… full of emotional dynamics”! Madame Marie Curie fought cultural and misogynistic oppression to become a pioneer of radioactivity research and the first female Nobel Laureate. MarieCuriePlay.com

Richard Parker — 77% Sweet

Two men travelling by boat become irrevocably linked at the crossroads of fate and coincidence. They find themselves forced to defend their starkly contrasting world views from attack by the other as the play builds to an unexpected and shattering denouement. “Clever and compelling.”(The Scotsman)

DOOMSDAY CABARET! A Rock Musical of Apocalyptic Proportions — 77% Sweet

It’s December 21, 2012, the date the Hopi, the Egyptians and Nostradamus and others said the world would to end. An eclectic group of apocalyptic-obsessed freaks and geeks assemble in San Bernardino’s Community Center to rock their theories, hawk books and maybe even get laid before it’s over.

boxWINDOWdoor — 77% Sweet

WINDOW debuts the second Act of box Window door at the 2012 Hollywood Fringe Festival! This original production sets the stage on fire with a live installation performance of movement, music, sculpture, light and language using the transformative power of dreams.

Mixed Personality Disorders — 75% Bittersweet

Mental illness was never so much fun as in MIXED PERSONALITY DISORDERS, a world premiere solo show by David Michael Taylor. Born into a family of maniacs, raised by the TV, and unprepared for life in the real world, his tale of trauma and triumph makes this the feel-good feel-bad play of the year.

Fierce: LA Streets — 75% Bittersweet

Three original short pieces from the brilliant minds at Fierce Backbone come together to represent writers’ interpretations of the down and dirty LA Street Scene. Includes THEPOOL OF GOLD IN THE SKY and DUSTED by Jan O’Connor, and TRIO by Amy Tofte.

The Women of Tu-Na House — 74% Bittersweet

What matters more – the size of the boat, the motion of the ocean or Jeremy Lin? Find out as you’re whisked on a wild visit to an Asian massage parlor in NYC and offered a rare glimpse into a surprising, comical and sometimes sad world generally seen through almond-shaped eyes.

RISE — 72% Bittersweet

“The past lies like a nightmare upon the present.” A young, popular, LA based preacher is confronted by a woman from his past rock’n’ roll lifestyle who carries a secret that has the power to destroy him. WORLD PREMIERE.

Jennifer Aniston Stole My Life — 70% Bittersweet

Rue Murphy has five maxed out credit cards and an ex-child star daughter who is now “knitting with one needle.” In this grey world of realityTV, chemical cocktails and financial anorexia, Jennifer Aniston glimmers, a beacon of beauty and hope, the emblem of that most glorious creature, The Celebrity

D is for Dog — 67% Bittersweet

For the Roger’s family life is just like a 1950s sitcom—or is it, as they confront their history and identity before it is too late. Mixing puppetry, original music and video projection, taking you from the absurd to the terrifying, and everywhere in-between. Winner Ovation Award Puppet Design.

The God Particle Complex — 64% Bittersweet

A tragic one-act science farce about high energy particle physics, time travel, and the abrupt end of our universe.

Written by Chris Bell & Josh Zeller.
Directed by Debbie McMahon

Diary of a Sociopathic Freakazoid — 64% Bittersweet

Diary of a Sociopathic Freakazoid is an experimental theatrical experience where we dive into the black heart and mind of a New York sociopath using theatrical, musical and installation elements.Written and Directed by Richard Crawford and starring Zoe Rosario, Ruthie Stephens and Bertrand Roy.

Altarcations — 62% Bittersweet

“A bishop. A priest. A woman. A boy.”

Snatched from today’s headlines, “Altarcations” examines lust, absolution, accepting apologies, and whether any place is safe.

“Altarcations” is a project of the Pasadena Arts Council’s EMERGE Fiscal Sponsorship Program.

Fierce: Interventions — 62% Bittersweet

From the brilliant minds at Fierce Backbone comes a collection of three hilarious short pieces all about when it’s time to tell the harsh truths. BANANA INTERVENTION by Jeremy Kehoe, THE END OF THE LINE by Mona Deutsch Miller, and CLOUDS REST by Nancy Beverly.

pool (no water) by Mark Ravenhill — 54% Bittersweet

A famous photographer suffers a horrific accident. As a group of her less successful friends rally around her in the hospital, an almost unthinkable plan starts to take shape: Could she be their next art project?
Warning: Contains nudity, adult language and sexual situations.

Nostalgium — 53% Bittersweet

When a young poet ventures into the home of his eclectic neighbor, he’ll discover a world you never imagined could be right next-door. Inspired by true events, and presented as one continuous scene, this two-person drama will keep you on the edge of your seat, guessing until the bitter end.

Ghost Light — 32% Bitter

On Halloween night, four college students meet in a purportedly haunted theatre for some holiday fun. Are the ghost stories about the place just urban legends that lend themselves to pranks… or could they actually be true? The theatre itself becomes a character in this spooky environmental play.