U.S. Poet Laureate Emeritus Juan Felipe Herrera says that Fresno is the "Capital of Poetry in the World." The Fresno State Master of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing takes that literary legacy seriously. Hear the latest poetry and prose from emerging #FresnoWriters in this storytelling and spoken word show, including voices from the Chicanx… Read More »Fresno Writers Live
Literature to Life's Signature Performance of The Latehomecomer by Kao Kalia Yang Performed by Jasmine Vang Adapted by Aurea Tomeski & Elise Thoron Directed by Aurea Tomeski Based on the novel The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir by Kao Kalia Yang, © 2008, published by Coffee House Press In search of a place to call… Read More »The Latehomecomer
Everything you think you know about good and evil is a lie, says Jaguar Bennett, Fresno's most offensive comedian. Morality is a weapon wielded by the ruthless to control the gullible. The only moral question is who is in control. Doing good is for suckers. This hilarious course for beginners will teach you how to… Read More »How to Be Wicked
“Emil Amok” is like John Leguizamo’s “Latin History for Dummies,” only more uniquely American Filipino. It’s a live, on-stage, in-the-moment comic storytelling show featuring award-winning journalist Emil Guillermo, a former host of NPR's “All Things Considered,” who comes to grips with race and ethnicity in a memoir that has delighted critics from coast to coast.… Read More »Emil Amok, Lost NPR Host: Married to PETA and other untold tales from an American Filipino Life
The struggle of a clown who just wants to be loved. It might sound poetic, but it's sincerely stupid. After a spirited run at Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2023, Tonight! comes to Fresno. It's a show where a man who doesn't speak English tries everything he knows to get the only thing he wants. To be… Read More »Tonight! a clown who just wants to be loved?
Music created by one old dude with cutting edge technology and ancient sounds to immerse the audience in an ambient/post-rock/electronica experience like no other. This is a chance to be up close and personal with an artist at work in an intimate setting. This is a musical performance you’ll want to take home and you… Read More »Music to Get Your Rogue On
It’s the original Teenage Sex Tragedy! One man plays both Romeo AND Juliet… and the Friar AND the Nurse! It’s the “multiverse” interpretation of Shakespeare’s most popular romance! “Somehow these two “star-crossed” lovers launch onto a trajectory that leaves, not only them but, amid a flurry of unfortunate coincidences, Mercutio, Tybalt, Paris and Lady Montague… Read More »Breakneck Romeo & Juliet
France, 1981: The first socialist president is about to be elected and young Natacha is ready to launch a revolution. But first, she has to take down the schoolyard bully, emasculate the rules of French grammar, and make off with grandma’s chocolate.I’LL MILK THE COW MYSELF tells the story of three generations of women, facing… Read More »You’re Good for Nothing… I’ll Milk the Cow Myself
A physically disabled, mentally ill, Native American Magician (who only looks like one of those things) walks into an Italian restaurant... AND YOU SHOULD TOO! Come watch a "Magic" show filled with ideas some performers say "probably won't work", while most say "get out of my bathroom.". What you're about to witness is a culmination… Read More »Chase the Entertainer: The Show LIVE
Ridiculous. Surprising. Funny. Sincere. Heartbreaking. Autobiographical. A true story about lies. Or the other way around. Case in point: “Best storyteller in the US.” -Orlando Sentinel. Performer of last year’s EVERY GOOD STORY ENDS WITH ONE. Dockery is the winner of over 50 festival awards from his 15 years of touring fringes all over the… Read More »Martin Dockery: Truth
Join your host Donna Kay Yarborough on a journey through time as she shares some of the most awkward and asinine erotica that has ever been written. Because sex is funny. And reading is hawt. BUY TICKETS NOW Sell tickets online with Ticketleap
Booger Red survives a rough childhood, becoming a renowned Hellfire and Brimstone Southern Baptist preacher. Can Preacher’s Kid Jimmy emerge from under his shadow, finding his own unique voice? If you've ever had a dream or a daddy, Loucks' passionate solo performance is for you. Loosely based on stories from Loucks’ childhood, Booger Red is… Read More »Booger Red
