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

At 31, Steve moves back in with his parents. He's always wished his father were different. Less distant. Less gruff. Less critical. More alive. More engaged. Easier to connect with. But when his dad transforms before his very eyes, Steve is in for the ride of a lifetime. “Seeing Stars”—a heartfelt and hilarious exploration of… Read More »Seeing Stars

A solo seven character clown odyssey. The Great Garbolski puts on the family show he always dreamed of. Get to know the eccentric Garbolskis! See Uncle Tibi wrestle the Sitsquatch. Find out what Gisela has in her giant bag. Try to avoid stepdad Jimmy E. Honkenstern as he wanders the theater working security. The Garbolskis… Read More »The Great Gorbolski

Joe Medina is a Fresno native, now residing in Los Angeles, whose music project MERCH has taken him far and wide. His most recent album under that moniker is titled 'Amour Bohemian', which received unanimous critical acclaim and received coverage everywhere from Popmatters to NBC. Recorded analog in multiple studios and with 65 collaborators that… Read More »Baby Medina

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

Rogue star Kurt Fitzpatrick (Cathedral City, Best Picture, Bromance, Hooray for Speech Therapy, Dancing in the Mist) was diagnosed with cancer in December 2019. Boo! But he got through it with a bunch of chemo, stimulating immunotherapy, heaps of Facebook love, and a generous supply of Fig Newtons. Join Kurt as he shares his comedically… Read More »The Jester of All Maladies

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

Brian's Beard is a long-form Improv group from Bakersfield, CA; committed to bringing the community 100% fully improvised comedic Theatre. We will tell a story, or a series of related stories, based upon a suggestion from the audience. Our shows are completely unique every time because there is no script. BUY TICKETS NOW Sell tickets… Read More »Brian’s Beard Improv Group

Aleño Dance Project is excited to present ‘In the Haze of Broken Circles’. This piece is a 50-minute dance exploration that strives to address the profound impact of generational trauma, societal expectations, and the struggle for belonging and acceptance within a community. As a generation marked by war, economic instability, and persistent poverty, we have… Read More »In the Haze of Broken Circles

NY solo performer, Susan Jeremy, presents this laugh out loud memoir that details how she accidentally became a teacher after years of stand up comedy and being fired from almost every survival job. In this engaging coming of age story, Jeremy seamlessly transforms into all characters like her mother who offers a suggestion ." Bozo… Read More »Robert Will Show You the Door (Tales of Being Fired)

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

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

The spray of sea salt, the creak of the boards, a flash of lightning, and BOOM! Captain Sea MAN has arrived. Looks like your 30 Minute Scenic Boat Tour just got a little bit more interesting. seaMAN is a dynamic, revenge-fueled sea-venture featuring the horror-comedy hijinks of a weird old captain with an even weirder… Read More »seaMAN

The Rogue Fest tradition where nothing is sacred! Our game show returns with its (un)usual mix of new games, fun teams & raucous music. And brand new this year, we'll have a different selection of specialty snacks & cocktails at each show. Hosted by Grant Evan Knutson, with a rotating roster of musicians as our… Read More »Fringe Factor: Season 9

The Rogue Fest tradition where nothing is sacred! Our game show returns with its (un)usual mix of new games, fun teams & raucous music. And brand new this year, we'll have a different selection of specialty snacks & cocktails at each show. Hosted by Grant Evan Knutson, with a rotating roster of musicians as our… Read More »Fringe Factor: Season 9

99 Dreams is a one-act play written by Kate McKnight. Concept by Sarah McKnight Serafimidis & Kate McKnight. Features performances of several rock cover songs and an original song by Sarah Serafimidis. 99 Dreams is a cover band of middle-aged musicians who have played together for decades in a small Central Valley town. While the… Read More »99 Dreams

Brian's Beard is a long-form Improv group from Bakersfield, CA; committed to bringing the community 100% fully improvised comedic Theatre. We will tell a story, or a series of related stories, based upon a suggestion from the audience. Our shows are completely unique every time because there is no script. BUY TICKETS NOW Sell tickets… Read More »Brian’s Beard Improv Group

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

Two short plays and talkback. See how the humble potato saved a Polish town from the Germans in WWII and how Operation Desert Storm started at a Kennebunkport church. BUY TICKETS NOW Sell tickets online with Ticketleap

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

“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

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

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

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

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

Rogue star Kurt Fitzpatrick (Cathedral City, Best Picture, Bromance, Hooray for Speech Therapy, Dancing in the Mist) was diagnosed with cancer in December 2019. Boo! But he got through it with a bunch of chemo, stimulating immunotherapy, heaps of Facebook love, and a generous supply of Fig Newtons. Join Kurt as he shares his comedically… Read More »The Jester of All Maladies

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

Aleño Dance Project is excited to present ‘In the Haze of Broken Circles’. This piece is a 50-minute dance exploration that strives to address the profound impact of generational trauma, societal expectations, and the struggle for belonging and acceptance within a community. As a generation marked by war, economic instability, and persistent poverty, we have… Read More »In the Haze of Broken Circles

The spray of sea salt, the creak of the boards, a flash of lightning, and BOOM! Captain Sea MAN has arrived. Looks like your 30 Minute Scenic Boat Tour just got a little bit more interesting. seaMAN is a dynamic, revenge-fueled sea-venture featuring the horror-comedy hijinks of a weird old captain with an even weirder… Read More »seaMAN

At 31, Steve moves back in with his parents. He's always wished his father were different. Less distant. Less gruff. Less critical. More alive. More engaged. Easier to connect with. But when his dad transforms before his very eyes, Steve is in for the ride of a lifetime. “Seeing Stars”—a heartfelt and hilarious exploration of… Read More »Seeing Stars

99 Dreams is a one-act play written by Kate McKnight. Concept by Sarah McKnight Serafimidis & Kate McKnight. Features performances of several rock cover songs and an original song by Sarah Serafimidis. 99 Dreams is a cover band of middle-aged musicians who have played together for decades in a small Central Valley town. While the… Read More »99 Dreams

Joe Medina is a Fresno native, now residing in Los Angeles, whose music project MERCH has taken him far and wide. His most recent album under that moniker is titled 'Amour Bohemian', which received unanimous critical acclaim and received coverage everywhere from Popmatters to NBC. Recorded analog in multiple studios and with 65 collaborators that… Read More »Baby Medina

A solo seven character clown odyssey. The Great Garbolski puts on the family show he always dreamed of. Get to know the eccentric Garbolskis! See Uncle Tibi wrestle the Sitsquatch. Find out what Gisela has in her giant bag. Try to avoid stepdad Jimmy E. Honkenstern as he wanders the theater working security. The Garbolskis… Read More »The Great Gorbolski

NY solo performer, Susan Jeremy, presents this laugh out loud memoir that details how she accidentally became a teacher after years of stand up comedy and being fired from almost every survival job. In this engaging coming of age story, Jeremy seamlessly transforms into all characters like her mother who offers a suggestion ." Bozo… Read More »Robert Will Show You the Door (Tales of Being Fired)

“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

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

Rogue star Kurt Fitzpatrick (Cathedral City, Best Picture, Bromance, Hooray for Speech Therapy, Dancing in the Mist) was diagnosed with cancer in December 2019. Boo! But he got through it with a bunch of chemo, stimulating immunotherapy, heaps of Facebook love, and a generous supply of Fig Newtons. Join Kurt as he shares his comedically… Read More »The Jester of All Maladies