B. Someday Productions is a socially conscious theatrical company based at the Walking Fish Theatre. It is located on the northern end of Fishtown’s emerging Frankford Avenue Arts Corridor, prime real estate for an organization like this. The production company and the theatre are dedicated to providing theatrical works, while also encouraging and mentoring young people and artists in the classroom and on the stage. Its goals are: to provide access for families, children and youth to participate in theatre arts, to facilitate programs that educate, link and engage disparate members of society and to offer a community whereby artists can produce and share their work.

On the agenda is Walking Fish Theatre’s Hella Fresh Fish 3.0, which begins this Friday, Oct. 7. The short play festival is in collaboration with Hella Fresh Theatre at The Papermill, 2825 Ormes St., and runs through Oct. 23. Hella Fresh Fish 3.0 consists of eight, 10-minute short plays throughout the course of two hours. The plays are mostly new and consist of gritty and raw content that only contemporary underground theatre can deliver. They run the gamut of emotions and vary in just about everything, besides their length.

One of the plays, “Crummy” by John Culver, delves into the life of a middle-aged man who has a female tenant living with him. The audience is unsure of the exact relationship between the man and his female roommate. It seems she could be mentally disabled to some extent, but her residence with the man could also just be some sort of dependency issue. She asserts she wants to move out and live with her sister, but the man is not enthused by the idea. Are they romantically involved or does he just care for her a great deal? Where, exactly, is the line between caretaking and romantic love?

Another production is entitled “Porn for Women” by Kristen Scatton. In this play, two diet-obsessed girls fantasize about food to the extent that one daydreams about diving into a pool of cheeseburgers; they’re very hungry. One of their thin co-workers indulges in a greasy cheeseburger for one of her meals and the three meet headlong in a vicarious food fantasy, much like the nature of pornography.

The festival has yet to start, so there is plenty of time to catch the production throughout the month of October. Check out the website for all of the details about times and admission info. The tickets to Walking Fish are $20, and there is a $25 “2fer” to also catch the performances at The Papermill, which happen only on Oct. 22 and 23.

Walking Fish Theatre is located at 2509 Frankford Ave. in Fishtown; [email protected].