Durnmoose synthesizes decades of theatrical, event, and production experience into the essentials. At our heart, we are creative consultants specializing in rewrites, branding, and logistics. But we also offer expertise on budgeting, Marketing, publicity, casting, networking, and so much more all in a bespoke package for your project’s needs. Long-term or short-term, let us elevate your experience with intention, integrity, and joy.There is no “one-size-fits-all” for your art. Whether you need boots-on-the-ground labor or eye-in-the-sky problem-solving, we’re the ones who always know where the hyphens go. We’ve been where you are, needed what you need, and if we haven’t, we’re quick learners.
When we last left our heroes
VARIETY SHOW, NYC
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A Night of Drama isn’t just a comedy—it’s a rebellion. Watch the Director (Jack Grossman) live-direct his company of comedians and guest performers in a melodramatic period piece (think Dickens meets Hugo), as they are showered with bottomless banana peels*!
Past & Present productions
F***ED UP FAIRYTALES
comedy show, NYC
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Get ready for a wild ride as F***ed Up Fairytales turns classic fairytales upside down and inside out in this bold, interactive, 21+ theatrical experience! Rising Sun Performance Company (RSPC) invites you to join the most unexpected re-imaginings of beloved tales, each twisted into something completely new and exciting.
A night of Drama
Clown show, US & UK
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A Night of Drama isn’t just a comedy — it’s a rebellion. Watch the Director (Jack Grossman) live-direct his company of comedians and guest performers in a melodramatic period piece (think Dickens meets Hugo), as they are showered with bottomless banana peels*!
*peels provided
the kobold show!
Clown show, NYC
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the Kobold Show! is a clown-y adventure full of swords, sorcery, and dice-fueled shenanigans. While the tales of epic heroes and dastardly villains continue around our kobolds' antics, the clowns must tackle challenges like opening doors, defending their cheese from mice, or scaling a tower only to find that the story is already over. These cannon-fodder side characters are tired of being the butt of every encounter and are looking to claim the limelight for themselves... by any means necessary.
who we are
CEO & Founder; he/they
David Andrew Laws is a bard of many homes whose creative work has been produced in the U.S., Bulgaria, Scotland, Australia, and beyond.
Founder of Durnmoose Entertainment and founding artistic director of Hamlet Isn’t Dead.
Co-Creator – Dungeons & Dragons The Twenty-Sided Tavern
Playwright – Attack! of the Killer Man from the Sun!; Peter Doyle’s Incredible Head; The Chosen One(s)
Game Designer – Pigou; Eight Days Dead
Performer – Drunk Shakespeare (off-Broadway); When We Last Left Our Heroes
Producer – F**ed Up Fairytales; A Night of Drama; the Kobold Show!
Poet – Poems My Dad Wrote Before I Was Born and Ones I Wrote After He Died.
For more, visit davidandrewlaws.com.
Managing Partner; she/they
Xandra is a producer, performer, and all-around collaborator for theatre, film, and live events. She is a managing partner at Durnmoose Entertainment, and has a particular love for interactive experiences, uplifting femme and LGBTQ+ stories, and all things nerd-adjacent. You can hear her voice in I Fell In Love With a Video Nasty wherever you get your podcasts, and find her everywhere online @xandraabney.Other selected credits: Peter Doyle's Incredible Head (Executive Prod./Director; NYC); the Kobold Show! (Producer; NYC Fringe); A Night of Drama (Associate Producer; NYC, London, Edinburgh Fringe); Icarus (Sarah); Beware the Box Folk (Jamie); The Twenty-Sided Tavern (Game Master/Tavern Keeper); Peek-a-boo (Hulda)LET’S ChAT
Contact us here or at durnmoosellc@gmail.com and let’s expand your artistic passions to the height of reality.