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Hip Shot: Priscilla Dreams the Answer

Warehouse, 645 New York Avenue NW
Remaining Performances:
Wednesday, July 20th, 8 p.m.
Friday, July 22nd, 10:45 p.m.
They say: “Priscilla is lost, so she spends her days (and nights) searching for answers. The aliens who call her collect at 3am need those answers, too. Wielding bubble wrap, greeting cards, and dreams, they’re out to save the world in [...]

Hip Shots: I Like Nuts! (The Musical)

Studio Theatre – Mead Theatre, 1501 14th Street NW
Remaining Performances:
Tuesday, July 19th, 9:30 pm
Sunday, July 24th, 2 pm
They say: “Join Horatio, a Robot, a Pirate, a Vampire and two Squirrels on a quest for the knowledge of the nut. Quirky & packed with all the Norwegian fish balls you can stomach. Back, bigger, better but [...]

Hip Shot: The Storehouse

The Spooky Universe – Universalist National Memorial Church, 1810 16th Street NW
Remaining Performances:
Tuesday, July 19th, 7 p.m.
Saturday, July 23rd, 4:15 p.m.
Sunday, July 24th, 5:15 p.m.
Running Time: 70 minutes
They say: “March 1866. Poland. Four people, each with something to hide, find what’s hardest to hide is what’s not there. Confined in the emptiness of the storehouse, [...]

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The Fringe & Purge Action News and Commentary Squad has been honest with you, on occasion brutally so. We consider this to be our duty, as well as a sign of our respect for you, the artist and/or consumer.
But we’re not always right.
Key members of our elite blog-squad — tireless (and tire-changing) film critic/theater reviewer [...]

Hip Shot: Apocalypse Story

Wonderbox, 629 New York Avenue, NW
Remaining Performances:
Sorry folks, none.
They say: “After a nuclear strike hits Philadelphia, two young men find an attractive woman asleep in their apartment. Soon the roommates are vying for her attention as all three search for answers about their unlikely survival.”

Hip Shot: Please Don’t Beat Me Up: Stories and Artifacts From Adolescence

Wonderbox, 629 NY Ave NW
Remaining Performances:
Tuesday, July 19, 9:45 p.m.
Thursday, July 21, 6 p.m.
They say: “Comedian Adam Ruben shares true tales of a class election gone awry and a stuffed animal smuggled into summer camp, plus embarrassing excerpts from his fifth-grade diary and a manifesto of self-pity written while at home dateless during Homecoming.”

Hip Shot: GS-14

Spooky Universe, 1810 16th St. NW
Remaining Performances:
Sunday, July 17, 6:30 p.m.
Sunday, July 24, at 7:30 p.m.
They say: ”GS-14 is a comedy about a fed-up government manager who decides to ignore all rules so as to get the job done. He tries to fire the lazy. He tells people unwelcome truths. He’s soon in fights with almost [...]

Hip Shot: Pandora: A Tragicomic Greek Romp

Studio Theatre, 1501 15th Street NW
Remaining Performances:
Sunday, July 17, at 5:15 p.m.
Thursday, July 21, at 9:45 p.m.
Sunday, July 24, at 11 a.m.
They say: “A classic tale of boy meets girl. Except this time she’s got a mysterious box that can destroy the world. Ancient Greek epic meets madcap comedy in a story about monsters, mythology, [...]

Hip-Shot: Who’s Your Baghdaddy? or How I Started The Iraq War

Wooly Mammoth Theater, 641 D St NW.
Remaining Performances:
Sunday, July 17th at 2 p.m.
Wednesday, July 20th at 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, July 21st at 8 p.m.
Friday, July 22nd at 8 p.m.
Saturday, July 23rd at 8 p.m.
Sunday, July 24th at 2 p.m.
Plus the post-Fringe extension:
Wednesday, July 27 at 8 p.m.
Thursday, July 28 at 8 p.m.
Friday, July 29 at 8 [...]

Hip Shot: That’s What She Sang

Studio Theatre, 1501 15th Street NW
Remaining Performances:
Sunday, July 17, at 8 p.m.
Sunday, July 24, at 4:15 p.m.
They say: “Emotions and laughs fly as six men discuss life, lust, and love while bursting into songs traditionally sung by women of musical theater in a gay men’s support group.”