Come and experience the finest two hour block of curated found footage in all the land. Video Dim Sum, it's found footage for lost souls.

18+

HOW TO NOT BE A MOTHER is a the first and only LA-based storytelling salon featuring material by women who are not mothers (by choice or circumstance). The goal with this project is to create a safe, educational, nourishing, and community-building space for this growing population of women (and the people that support them). Envision classic storytelling mixed with formats ranging from poetry and power points to stand-up sets and songs, hosted by author/performer Jessie Rosen. All are welcome.

Get ready for a fast-paced hour of unscripted hilarity as two powerhouse improv teams!

Hello! features a dynamic cast of comedy all-stars: Becca Barish, Brendan Dowling, Colleen Doyle, Nnamdi Nngwe, Olivia Nielsen, Sean Coyle, Tyler Davis and Emma Pope.

Ope! brings its signature Midwestern charm and fast, funny scene work with performers Jordan Lee Cohen, Andrew Knox, Alan Linic, Waleed Mansour, Katie Kershaw, and George C. Owens.

EX roomies Dylan Adler (Late Late Show) & Sam Morrson (JFL) lived together for 2 years in harmony in Brooklyn, until Dylan betrayed Sam by moving to LA. After years of spreading heinous rumors behind each other’s back on their respective coasts, these two confirmed bachelors reunite along with Kylie Vincent to put on the most unhinged, fundamentally evil showcase of comedic talent. 

Award winning clown and theater maker, Rachel Troy, dives into the Golden Era of Hollywood in this epic clown melodrama. Meet Jean Crawfish, a hopeful orphan turned Hollywood's newest starlet, turned hack and "has been." Follow the rise and fall of Jean's career, and the dark evils of an industry seeking to destroy her mind and will to live. Featuring George Aivaliotis as CEO Roy Flieshmanstein. 

This is a work in progress hour of comedic melodrama and clown. Watch Rachel build and self-direct the show live before your eyes!

COREY PODELL Work in Progress: a Playing Yourself Incubator WIP based on a previous Work in Progress that didn’t Progress because her life blew up but now is Progressing again in a different more effed-up but spiritually honest way.*

9/4 Skunk Room 9pm
*not a clown show

Elizabeth Levy has a Subway commercial self-tape audition due by 5, and the feeling that she is running out of time is consuming her. Plus, helicopters, leaf blowers, and a deep, disorienting sense of loss keep thwarting her efforts. SUBMIT BY 5 (WIP) is a funny, surreal, and poignant journey through art-making, grief, and identity. It was developed in PLAYING YOURSELF, The Elysian’s solo show devising workshop led by Artistic Director Jacquelyn Landgraf.

Put Together is a sweet, funny examination of aspiration, gender politics, and the complexities of personal and professional relationships. It was developed in Playing Yourself, The Elysian’s solo show devising workshop led by Artistic Director Jacquelyn Landgraf.

EX roomies Dylan Adler (Late Late Show) & Sam Morrson (JFL) lived together for 2 years in harmony in Brooklyn, until Dylan betrayed Sam by moving to LA. After years of spreading heinous rumors behind each other’s back on their respective coasts, these two confirmed bachelors reunite along with Kylie Vincent to put on the most unhinged, fundamentally evil showcase of comedic talent. 

Live music from the weirdest new bands of Los Angeles with guest DJs . All ticket proceeds will go to the down town battered women’s shelter. Every last Saturday of the summer.

Join us for karaoke night on impossible mode as we replace the lyrics to any SONG with words from a specific TEXT, then try to sing the results on the spot. Our songwriting system, THE WEIRD ALGORITHM, matches each line syllable-for-syllable so you can sing along if you know the tune. It all happens live: each song has never been heard before and will never be heard again.

EX roomies Dylan Adler (Late Late Show) & Sam Morrson (JFL) lived together for 2 years in harmony in Brooklyn, until Dylan betrayed Sam by moving to LA. After years of spreading heinous rumors behind each other’s back on their respective coasts, these two confirmed bachelors reunite along with Kylie Vincent to put on the most unhinged, fundamentally evil showcase of comedic talent. 

Award winning clown and theater maker, Rachel Troy, dives into the Golden Era of Hollywood in this epic clown melodrama. Meet Jean Crawfish, a hopeful orphan turned Hollywood's newest starlet, turned hack and "has been." Follow the rise and fall of Jean's career, and the dark evils of an industry seeking to destroy her mind and will to live. Featuring George Aivaliotis as CEO Roy Flieshmanstein. 

This is a work in progress hour of comedic melodrama and clown. Watch Rachel build and self-direct the show live before your eyes!

TSTMRKT (pronounced “Test Market”) is a performance art sketch comedy amalgamation held together with film loops, cut-n-paste theatre, and a relentless soundtrack. There is no “sound person” running the effects. It’s just a “start” button and a bag of nerves.

Once the actor hits “start” on the playback, the film collages and sound effects are triggered only by time. It’s the actor’s task to keep track of each second that passes, each syllable that is uttered, and each movement created in space. If anything is off, the entire thing falls apart. It’s a theatrical tightrope. You’ve never seen anything like it.

Hailing from Las Vegas, TSTMRKT has performed at the prestigious San Francisco Sketchfest, The Cleveland Ingenuity Festival, The Dallas Comedy Festival, The Hollywood Fringe Festival, and the Portland Sketch Comedy Festival.

EX roomies Dylan Adler (Late Late Show) & Sam Morrson (JFL) lived together for 2 years in harmony in Brooklyn, until Dylan betrayed Sam by moving to LA. After years of spreading heinous rumors behind each other’s back on their respective coasts, these two confirmed bachelors reunite along with Kylie Vincent to put on the most unhinged, fundamentally evil showcase of comedic talent. 

Get ready for a fast-paced hour of unscripted hilarity as two powerhouse improv teams!

Hello! features a dynamic cast of comedy all-stars: Becca Barish, Brendan Dowling, Colleen Doyle, Nnamdi Nngwe, Olivia Nielsen, Sean Coyle, Tyler Davis and Emma Pope.

Ope! brings its signature Midwestern charm and fast, funny scene work with performers Jordan Lee Cohen, Andrew Knox, Alan Linic, Waleed Mansour, Katie Kershaw, and George C. Owens.

EX roomies Dylan Adler (Late Late Show) & Sam Morrson (JFL) lived together for 2 years in harmony in Brooklyn, until Dylan betrayed Sam by moving to LA. After years of spreading heinous rumors behind each other’s back on their respective coasts, these two confirmed bachelors reunite along with Kylie Vincent to put on the most unhinged, fundamentally evil showcase of comedic talent. 

A freaky deaky variety show! Half-comedians, half-everything else. With a surprise line-up, you can expect the unexpected. Previous shows have included: fire-breathing, child comedians, magicians, a Zoom Q&A with an 18-year-old running for local gov’t in New Hampshire, and a USC a cappella group. You’ll just have to come to see what we’re cooking up for this show!

Let's get ready to RUMBLE! With Richard Simmons' Mega Mix Work Out on VHS tape featuring Cher's Believe, The Macarena, Evil Ways and MORE!

Yes, this is a workout class :-) come dance and sweat with us! Please bring a yoga mat for the floor portion of the workout.

A quarterly shorts festival where the audience chooses the programming. Over 20 years of content that's launched careers in animation and comedy.

Join us for karaoke night on impossible mode as we replace the lyrics to any SONG with words from a specific TEXT, then try to sing the results on the spot. Our songwriting system, THE WEIRD ALGORITHM, matches each line syllable-for-syllable so you can sing along if you know the tune. It all happens live: each song has never been heard before and will never be heard again.

EX roomies Dylan Adler (Late Late Show) & Sam Morrson (JFL) lived together for 2 years in harmony in Brooklyn, until Dylan betrayed Sam by moving to LA. After years of spreading heinous rumors behind each other’s back on their respective coasts, these two confirmed bachelors reunite along with Kylie Vincent to put on the most unhinged, fundamentally evil showcase of comedic talent. 

Edinburgh Anonymous are Elysian's FREE community sessions for the Fringe-bound and Fringe-curious, including panels, Q&As, and networking events with artists, writers, producers, promoters, and more.

Guest Panel: Sam Kinken, Julie Seabaugh, Griffin Kelly, Natasha Mercado

Moderated by Jacquelyn Landgraf

Live music from the weirdest new bands of Los Angeles with guest DJs . All ticket proceeds will go to the down town battered women’s shelter. Every last Saturday of the summer.

EX roomies Dylan Adler (Late Late Show) & Sam Morrson (JFL) lived together for 2 years in harmony in Brooklyn, until Dylan betrayed Sam by moving to LA. After years of spreading heinous rumors behind each other’s back on their respective coasts, these two confirmed bachelors reunite along with Kylie Vincent to put on the most unhinged, fundamentally evil showcase of comedic talent. 

Sylvie Wang never went to prom and now she's putting on an immersive prom set in May 2001 to make her preteen self's wildest dreams come true. Join her in a pre-9/11 world where the future seemed bright with possibility, and the audience is part of the show. This is a late 90s/early 2000s teen movie fever dream crossed with Sleep No More. 2001: A Prom Odyssey asks the question - what happens when the past's optimism for the future collides with the present's nostalgia for a better time?

This is a REAL PROM please come dressed in your best Y2K prom fits!

A circus of the fine arts starring Maggie the Dog, assisted by her human roommate and collaborator Molly Sharpe. Spanning dance, music, and other fine art mediums, Maggie and Molly will show off what they have learned in the past 15 (yes…15) years of their time together. A celebration of friendship and excellence.

Karaoke Night is a new immersive musical experiment that follows the high highs and low lows of more than twenty bar patrons in a typical small-town “bar” on a regular weeknight karaoke night. Audiences will be immersed in the little dramas of this little world, blown out when the patrons sing. Each song has a different tone, every singer a different dream. You don’t have to sing along, but you might. KARAOKE NIGHT is inspired by Jacques Tati’s wide-shot clowning, Frederick Wiseman’s loving documentaries of bureaucracy, and the power ballad moments of musical theater exemplified by divas like Liza Minnelli and Eartha Kitt.

So you’ve built a show. Now what?!

The panel will focus on questions from emerging talent featured in our Spaghetti Festival and may be saying, “Now what?” Assembling pros from various areas of the industry: development, touring, representation, casting & more.

Panel will be open to festival creators, their teams, and the public, and is free for all!