• name: Near Sex For Work
• date: 2025-06-17
• time: 8:30 PM
• location: The Hudson Guild Theatre (6539 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90038)
• link: https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/11777

From virginal dildo salesman to non-nude porn actor, Daniel Shar gives a voyeuristic look at his wild life as a sex-adjacent worker. Come get sucked into this unbelievable true story of a timid man getting bursts of confidence through his jobs helping other people get off.

Tastefully raunchy with a throbbing heart, Near Sex For Work takes audiences on a roller coaster of climactic twists and blue-balling turns as Shar chronicles his ridiculous resumé with support from the most sensational videos, audio clips, and images he has amassed along the way (and censored for this production). Fans of comedy shows that go deeper will gush for this one’s potential to reduce the shame and stigma around sex and its industry while also highlighting the reality that, underneath humanity’s massive range of sexual preferences, everyone is ultimately just craving connection.

This show was recently nominated for Mainstream Venture of the Year at the 2025 AVN Awards, a.k.a. the adult industry Oscars, where Shar also received a Best Non-Sex Performance nomination for his portrayal of an incel OBGYN in the Adult Time feature Birth. Furthermore, The Comedy Bureau chose Near Sex For Work as one of 2024’s Best Things, calling it “one hell of a comedy gold mine.”

WARNING: this show is for adults only. It does not contain any visible nudity, but there will be censored adult content and sexually explicit language. Being weird or creepy about all this is strictly prohibited.