Dark Humor

HFF DIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP WINNER 2024. When Amireh, the matriarch of a British-Iranian family goes missing, her husband and children are thrust into an off-beat spiritual journey that forces them to contend with secrets, infidelity, death ceremonies, an investigation and the psychedelic drug DMT.

The bogeyman goes to therapy to apologize for haunting and terrifying the therapist when he was a child.

A PRESENT-DAY WAITING FOR GODOT... HIGH ABOVE MANHATTAN, NEW YORK.

In Rob Zaleski's horny, heady, interactive, time-traveling solo rap musical, Rob shepherds his younger selves towards destiny: becoming Rodney Dangerdick, Stripperhero. Directed by Emily Bolcik.

After discovering she ate her twin in the womb, 33-year-old Teresa Tottle attempts to reinvigorate her joyous outlook on life by signing up for… the Iditarod. Alaska’s grueling, annual sled dog race. A dark comedy written by, directed by, and starring Maria Gnoza.

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.

3 Short Plays Concerning LOVE & DEATH

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.

A love song radio show where women (drag queens) call in and share their erotic adventures with radio personality, Shaniah. As the caller shares her story, the viewer is transported into her world. What's your love song dedication?