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Asher Hartman’s LA experimental theater company

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The Mommy Leaks the Floor (2025)

Blessed with Switch (2024-2026)

An actor dressed in black with a close-cropped beard and stylish glasses wearing an outdoorsy vest, gestures wildly, their tongue extended. In the background, out of focus, colorful patterned strips hang like window blinds or set-dressing.

It's Better to Start Out Ugly (2023)

Gawdafful Films (2021)

The Dope Elf (2019-2021)

The Lost Privilege Company (2018)

Sorry Atlantis, Eden's Achin' Organ Seeks Revenge (2017)

The Silver, the Black, the Wicked Dance (2016)

Actor in black suit crouching on wooden stage, one hand raised to chest, near ornate red pillar with gold trim

Mr. Akita (2015-2017)

Older bearded actor in black and white costume gestures dramatically with multiple hands visible against black backdrop

Purple Electric Play (2014-2015)

The Glass Bang (2013)

Actor emerging through a stage trapdoor, looking upward with a wide-eyed expression, surrounded by wooden floorboards and greenery

See What Love the Father Has Given Us (2012)

Two theatrical performance scenes: disheveled actor in green shirt; suited performer tossing white marshmallows into stage light

The All Stars of Non-Violet Communication (2011)

Annie Okay (2010)

Bad Thing (2010)

Kay Whale

Kay Whale

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