Events for March 1, 2019

The Eulogy is an absurd, theatrical parody of a funeral speech, featuring a menagerie of characters whose inept and inapt speeches give anything but a proper homage. An 11-time internationally award-winning dark comedy, The Eulogy has been performed 170+ times worldwide. More at TheEulogyPlay.com BUY TICKETS NOW Sell tickets online with Ticketleap

“Stop Having Zombie Sex” is a comical and honest monologue that explores the relationship between love, sex, intimacy, and monsters. By examining Grissom’s sexual compulsion, the audience gets a glimpse of the world of addiction. It’s in this moment of weakness when he is introduced to the Sex Positive Community and ultimately becomes a stronger man. BUY TICKETS NOW Sell

Hear #FresnoWriters connected with Fresno State’s Master of Fine Arts program perform their poetry, stories, and essays for the annual Rogue Festival. Readers will include faculty authors Venita Blackburn, Joseph Cassara, Steven Church, and Brynn Saito; alumni authors David Campos, Ethan Chatagnier, Ronald Dzerigian, and Carole A. Firstman; and four current students. BUY TICKETS NOW Sell tickets online with Ticketleap

What happens when Rosie the Riveter meets #metoo? Kat is one of a sassy new wave of women in the trades. When she takes on a machine shop pinup calendar – that gal is NOT demonstrating machinist technique! – Kat impels brand new boundaries for women and men on the job. This surprising and timely tale from the front lines

The Murray Girls blend their voices in Blood Harmony, singing cheerfully macabre murder ballads, traditional tunes, Celtic songs and blues: wistful stories set to heartbreakingly beautiful melodies. BUY TICKETS NOW Sell tickets online with Ticketleap

My invitation to you: Join me on my journey from monogamy to ethical non-monogamy to polyamory to solo poly through storytelling and song. When I was young, I thought you were supposed to find your “one-true-love” and ride off into the sunset together. Before I even knew the term “monogamy,” that idea was burned into my brain. I didn’t know

Stories and songs about life with the most inspiring and wonderful person I’ve ever known. Billie Murphy, my Grandmother, took me in one summer in 1957 and I lived with her at a fire lookout called Keller Peak in the San Bernardino Mountains. I am enlisting long time musical friends to help me tell these stories. Truly wonderful players and

Lark plays traditional tunes and songs from Europe and North America using fiddles, flute, uilleann pipes, banjo, and mandolins. An outgrowth of Fresno’s own traditional music scene, the members of Lark have played folk music locally for decades. Listen to haunted airs and groovy Celtic tunes with a soulful touch of modern. BUY TICKETS NOW Sell tickets online with Ticketleap

The Spencer Morris duo feature David Spencer on guitar and vocals and Randy Morris on Saxophone. The original songs are mostly under the heading of jazz and blues, but also consider rock classics, country and folk, as well as other forms of popular music, with lyrics touching upon the historical, the humorous and the sentimental, as well as the general

Looking for a life in the United States, FIVE Mexicans and a teen from El Salvador wait for someone, even the border patrol, to open their sealed boxcar in the insufferable heat. Set in a Texas, Border patrol officer Roberto is just doing his job and deporting undocumented workers along with his partner Bill. Meanwhile, five Mexicans and an Salvadorian

After promising himself to never write a show about anyone he’s dating again, Les meets a guy from England. When this new guy brings Les home to the English countryside to meet his family, Les finds himself to be the only black person for miles. And a new show was born. At least he is not in Bakersfield. BUY TICKETS

Join Kyle as he challenges perceptions and bends realty. Reach beyond the mundane and ordinary and allow yourself to experience what lies outside the boundaries of actuality. Watch closely as he makes the impossible, possible! Who is Kyle Elder (Magic of Elder): Kyle Elder is a very well known and respected magician in the Central Valley. He has a great

Figmentally (Best of Fringe, Sold Out, Most Beautiful Production, Most Unique) is back with a new “gut-bustingly funny” genre-defying show. Meet Miss Fitts: eccentric seamstress, human pincushion & daydreaming diva. Will an ominous new client alter her whole reality? BUY TICKETS NOW Sell tickets online with Ticketleap

Award-winning comedy magician Tim Mannix brings his unique blend of humor, prestidigitation & mayhem back to the Rogue Festival 2019. Hoodwinked is Mannix newest show that weaves comedy and magic into a warm-fuzzy ball of satisfaction for all ages! ★★★★ “…“It’s magic, but, it’s FUNNY!” (Dale Katzman) • “Manically charming and always astounding!” (Strangely Doesburg) • “It’s difficult to remember

Four artists celebrate simple pleasures, everyday rituals, and living the examined life. Classical marimba meets romantic literature meets ukulele songwriter meets Earl Grey. BUY TICKETS NOW Sell tickets online with Ticketleap

All cultures sing the blues, whether in a typical 12 bar format or as a lament in the Irish or Scottish tradition. Donn Beedle (fiddle/viola/mandolin) and Karana Hattersley-Drayton (vocals/keyboard) perform the blues from a variety of genres, Celtic to Western swing including the Bob Wills/Tommy Duncan signature song, Brain Cloudy Blues. BUY TICKETS NOW Sell tickets online with Ticketleap

Rich Fisher dives deep to bring tales of another era. A mix of sharp, satiric jabs with equal measures of compassion and disgust. Relishing the drug-fueled glory days with a comic nod to hedonistic greed. Rich serves up the straight dope. BUY TICKETS NOW Sell tickets online with Ticketleap

It’s 1898. A young Vaudevillian steps off the port of Skagway and sets her sights on the infamous Chilkoot Pass, a grueling hike through Alaskan wilderness to the Dawson River, and then… gold. Unfortunately, the Canadian Mounties aren’t letting women into the Klondike, not now and not ever, so Kate pinches a pair of slacks and leaps onto a barge

Gerard used to be the painfully shy and anxious joke-writer for a very well known British comedian until he found himself in the standup spotlight, complete with paralysing fear, wild panic and all the jokes the comedian didn’t buy. The rest, as they say, is history. Except history is usually written by the winners. The hyperkinetic British-Canadian standup and storyteller

Poet Mariah Bosch and Composer EJ Hinojosa bring music together with spoken word. Bosch, a mentee of Juan Felipe Herrera, explores ideas of past, present, and future in her recent poem titled “Triptych”. Hinojosa synthesizes musical styles like Jazz, Rock and Baroque to create moods derived from the themes found in the poem. The music serves as an arena for

Dance. Theatre. Movement Madness. MeCo’s got this one in the bag! Or, perhaps they’re just carrying a lot of baggage. You get to decide. Prepare yourself for MeCo’s 12th original Rogue show! Including a revival of the 2009 favorite “Shoe Piece,” this show highlights the hilarity and humility of human nature. MeCo’s Rogue shows are always a hit with the

Christopher Bange returns to the Rogue with a new multi-character clown show that’s sure to please! Chock-full of silliness, mime, hat tricks, and birds of prey……? If you had a chance to correct the greatest mistake of your life, would you? Come join us for the fun! Cash only at the door

“Critics Choice” – PortFringe 2018! As Perfect Strangers from all over the planet invade his house, Carey describes how to deal with people sharing your bathroom, the extremely odd requests that they make, and the very strange things they leave behind. This comedic one man show talks about the differences and the commonalities that we all share and that bind

All our lives, the songs we hear and sing become a part of who we are. Veteran local performer Amelia Ryan shares stories and songs dear to her heart — from Irish trad to American songbook, opera, and musical theater. With special guests! BUY TICKETS NOW Sell tickets online with Ticketleap

Rogue sell-out hit Shane “Scurvy” Spears (Wet-wired for weird, The Apocalypse Hoedown) returns with a new dark comedy/epic rant/ loving homage about the dumpster fire that all Americans huddle around for warmth, pop culture. From pro-wrestling and Saturday morning cartoons to internet arguments and the seedy implications of Disney movies, nothing is sacred, and nothing is safe. “..quick witted and

A comically neurotic true story about The Forbidden City that’s about absolutely everything but The Forbidden City. Creator of recent Rogue shows: Bursting Into Flames (2018), Delirium (2017), Moonlight After Midnight (2017). “A masterful storyteller.”-The Herald Sun, Melbourne, Australia. “This vibrant New Yorker delivers his tales with such verve, wit and insight, and he is so engaging and evocative that

What if you knew THEN what you know NOW? Using theatrical storytelling, The Do-Over reveals the private memories of real people’s answers to, “What would YOU do with a Do-Over?” Director: Paula Balekian Company: Britt Monahan, Jonathan Hogan, and Justin Kamimoto BUY TICKETS NOW Sell tickets online with Ticketleap

We hear and believe you. #MeToo Stories and testimonies woven as monologues, dialogues, poetry and movement, as a means of healing, sharing, and moving forward as strong, courageous women. We hope this show serves as not only an opportunity for people to share their experiences, to see that they are not alone, but also as a call-to-arms that the environments