Near Sex For Work - live comedy about adult industy

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.

Tickets are on sale now at https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/11777?tab=tickets, with general admission set at $15. If you're feeling generous and/or wanna brag, enter code "goodatsex" to toss in an extra $5.

There are also $30 tickets available if you want to sponsor free entry for a member of the sex work community, or $69 tickets if you'd additionally like to receive a piece of porn merch and have Shar sneak a phrase/your name/a fake name of your choosing (within reason) into an adult film.