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      • Creatures of the Night Con XXIII
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    • The Colour Out of Space
    • The O'Shadowcast
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    • O'Shadowfest Submissions
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A One-Weekend Battle Royale of One-Act Plays

Playwrights from across Southern California (and beyond!) have answered the call to challenge each other in the genres of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror for the chance to win prizes, bragging rights, and possession of the highly sought after O'Shadow Cup. Join us and help us select our first champion.

WELCOME TO O'SHADOWFEST 3 in 3D
Preliminary Rounds will be held on September 22nd and 23rd.
The final plays will duke it out on September 24th!
Hosted by the one and only Laura Lee Bahr!
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The address for Studio/Stage is 520 N Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90004​.
​Street parking only.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24th
The Championship Round!

A PICTURE OF OSCAR WILDE 
by Brandie June Chernow
directed by ​Matthew Martin

Featuring:
Richard Abraham & Patrick Censoplano


At the end of his life, Oscar Wilde meets his literary creation, Dorian Gray.
QUANTUM QUEST
written & directed by and starring
David Michael Taylor
ALL HAIL THE OVERLORD
by ​Emily Donn
​directed by Heidi Powers
Featuring:
Emily Donn, Annie Rives & Ilona Concetta


Praise be the Overlord, with all your love. For the Overlord provides.
HANG A LAMPSHADE ON IT
by ​Gregory Crafts
​directed by Ann Hurd
Featuring:
Courtney Bell and Liesl Jackson


Two girls fall for every TV trope in the book when they discover they’re about to be the murder victims featured in the cold open of your favorite police procedural drama.
We have additional entertainment, so don't lose your heads!

The Comedy Stylings of
​Ms. Riley Silverman

appearing Friday, September 22nd

The Comedy Stylings of
​Julia Prescott
appearing Friday, September 22nd

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A Los Angeles resident with deep midwestern roots, the dark yet silly comedy of Riley Silverman has been seen on Seeso’s Take My Wife, Comedy Central’s Not Safe with Nikki Glaser, and headlining 2017’s Portland Queer Comedy Festival. Her debut comedy album, Intimate Apparel, was a #1 best seller on Amazon. Riley is the head writer for the International Waters comedy panel show podcast, has posed as a body diversity model for the fashion brand ModCloth, and was also listed as one of 10 Women Comedians Who Smash the Patriarchy by The Culture Trip.

The Comedy Stylings of
Joe Starr​

appearing Saturday,
​September 23rd

The Comedy Stylings of
Jeff May

appearing Saturday, 
​September 23rd​

Joe Starr is a writer for ScreenJunkies’ Emmy nominated series Honest Trailers and can be seen every week on ScreenJunkies News. He has been working as a comedian and writer for ten years, performing at clubs, conventions, and comic book stores across the country. Joe has written for Entertainment Weekly, Uproxx, and Pajiba, and has collaborated on several books for Devastator Press. His album Heroic Effort is available on iTunes and joestarrclub.club
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​Jeff May is a retired teacher turned comedian. He is the co-host of the Unpopular Opinion podcast and has performed in clubs and at Pop Culture conventions all across the country.

The Comedy Stylings of
Joseph Scrimshaw

appearing Sunday,
​September 24th
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Joseph Scrimshaw is a comedian, writer, and host based in Los Angeles. As a comedian, he’s appeared at SF SketchFest, Chicago Improv Festival, Dragon Con, headlined on Jonathan Coulton’s JoCoCruise, appeared on Wil Wheaton’s TableTop, and more. Joseph has written for the movie riffing group, RiffTrax, Screen Junkies, Comci-Con HQ, Adult Swim, and previously worked as a writer/performer on Wits, where he wrote sketches for Paul F. Tompkins, Dave Foley, Neil Gaiman, and more. Joseph’s plays Adventures in Mating, An Inconvenient Squirrel, and My Monster (written with Bill Corbett) have been performed all over the US, the UK, and strangely Bulgaria. His popular podcast Obsessed is part of the Feral Audio podcast network and has been listed as a Staff Favorite on iTunes multiple times. Joseph also co-hosts the Star Wars podcast feed, ForceCenter. Joseph has released multiple comedy albums including 2015’s Rebel Scum and 2013’s Flaw Fest. John Hodgman said of the album, “I am glad Joseph Scrimshaw has the power of thought and audible speech, or else this very funny album would not exist.” ​

The 12 Tasks of
Marian Gonzalez

as performed by
HRH Marian Gonzalez
on Sunday, September 24th

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