In 'IRL (In Real Life)', crack writer and gaming geek Rick Robinson explores, through loving comedy, four computer gamers who've become best friends online. When they finally meet offline, they begin to discover the difficulties of relationships in a real-life setting.
 

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"Consanguinity ( brief echoes of )"

 

2001.  the pros and cons of

2002.  zeusophobia

2003.  pennies in a well

 

"Consanguinity" is a totemic 12-part experimental theatre epic targeted to conclude in 2012 A.D. (the end of the Mayan Calendar).  Its course is unplanned.  Its method is intuition.  Its purpose is yet to be revealed.

A young woman struggles to convince her superiors of a trip she once took to a magical land.

The animal that Hannibal used to conquer the world conquers Los Angeles. Playwrights across America were asked to submit short plays, all of them about a woman having an accident with an elephant. The best of these were presented throughout the 2001 Festival -- but show times and places were not announced. The only way to see those 13 new works (by Aimee Bender, Sujata Bhatt, Mickey Birnbaum, Sheila Callaghan, Bryan Davidson, Joel Drazner, Padraic Duffy, Rebecca Gray, Erik Patterson, Paul Plunkett, Mark Seldis, Peggy Stafford, and Steve Totland) was to get out there and find them, before or after other Festival offerings. Now by popular demand, we've rounded up as many of these gems as we could and present them for one night only. Think of it as a kind of safari....

A one-woman performance of ETA Hoffmann’s nightmare, “The Sandman”.  A young poet blinded by the death of his father at the hands of the Sandman is led to a horrific demise.   

“A beautiful solo show”- Back Stage West

Awakened in the middle of the night, a young woman confronts an intruder. A montage of autobiographical thought chunks synthesize monologue, poetry and cinematic lighting, as she answers the question -- Can words save a life?
 

In Glenn's three-day struggle towards sobriety, this pulse pounding tale of addiction, crime, and betrayal, explores the visceral nature of friendship and necessity.  The Blue House Theatre produced the West Coast Premiere of Chicago playwright Arik Martin’s “Need” during the 2002 EdgeFest.  The production saw great acclaim and sold out crowds.  Loaded with intensity and hysterics, this dark and moving piece cuts deep into notions of friendship, brotherhood, loyalty and love.  The Chicago Reader said of Martin’s play, “Some of Martin's staging of this tale about hoodlums, junkies, and just plain weirdoes recalls classic Tarantino setups. But what really makes the play hum is Martin's sharp, funny dialogue, along with his ability to give even the most outrageous characters an underlying humanity without condescending to them.”

An Epic Examination of Don Quixote Presenting the Synaptic Dawning of a Simple Idea Resulting in Extravagant Consequences (with continual references to Unamuno).

Katherine Griffith will perform an excerpt from her fast-paced hilarious solo "Crazy Ladies" that careens along the borderline between craziness and sanity in the loony lives of women in a world gone mad.  Written with and directed by Darla J. Fjeld, "Crazy Ladies" garnered a Back Stage West Critic's Choice during the 2000 EdgeFest and has been seen at the Village, LATC, the Hudson, Highways, California Institution for Women and in Kentucky, North Carolina, Texas, and New York.  An asylum full of distressed damsels you won't soon forget.

 "Sometimes resembling a Jonathan Winters' character, sometimes passing for Robin Williams' sister, this performer's rubber face and quick-change voice found a perfect vehicle here."  -- Back Stage West

 "A theatrical tour de force." -- San Antonio Express News

The true story of a lost literary classic that redefined domestic travel. The world premiere of this solo comedy was recommended by LA Weekly and recognized in Back Stage West as a Critic's Pick as well as one of the best adaptations and best performances of the year. Take the trip. Enjoy the ride.

A struggling math entrepreneur turns to bowling and malt liquor for solace when his beautiful assistant and a stupid electronic musician conspire to steal the lucrative Theory of Un-Math.

Moving Arts is pleased to present an excerpt of Sheila Callaghan’s one-act play “New Shoes,” with the original cast and director.  “New Shoes” received its World Premiere during the 2000 Moving Arts One-Act Festival, which was the “fest within the fest” in that year’s Edge of the World Theater Festival.  The production was directed by Darrell Kunitomi and starred D.G. Bannon, Julie Briggs, Daria Balling and Trey Nichols.  Callaghan went on to receive the LA Weekly Award for Best New One-Act Playwriting.   In “New Shoes,” Vietnam veteran Richard’s grasp on reality begins to slip as his memories of a Vietnam love affair invade his present day life.