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NOV 2009
About the Company
by ben hill
THE COMPANY
The company behind the Hollywood Fringe Festival was founded in January 2005 with a singular mission: Produce new and provocative works by undiscovered artists for benefit of the community.
Our inaugural production was The Hatchery Festival in Washington DC. Its mission to introduce new works was widely received as a critical injection of vigor into the community’s literary culture. The playwrights underwent an extensive dramaturgical workshop process to improve their plays, and prepare them for production. In recognition of our efforts towards community enrichment, we were awarded a grant from the DC Commission for the Arts and Humanities.
In June 2010, The Hollywood Fringe Festival launched its inaugural festival, filling over 17,000 seats in over 30 different venues throughout central Hollywood. We featured 186 distinct showswith over 800 performances. Approximately 10% of our festival was international with one third of all participants coming from out-of-state.
The 2017 Festival debuts on June 8 in Hollywood, CA.
FESTIVAL STAFF 2016
Festival Director
Ben Hill*
Producing Director
Dave McKeever*
Development Director
Kanchan Mattoo*
Communications Director
Stacy Jones Hill*
Outreach Director
Meghan McCauley
Volunteer Director
Stina Pederson
Development Manager
Vanessa Frey
Sponsorship Manager
Lois Neville
Publicity Manager
Brittany Gash
FringeTV Manager
Bex Frankeberger
FringeTV Editor
Nathaniel Beaver
Outreach Coordinator
Ellen Den Herder
Staff Photographer
Matt Kamimura
Fringe Freaks created by
Gavin Worth
2016 Illustrations by
Aik Design
FRINGE CENTRAL STAFF 2016
Front of House Director
James Warfield
Scenery Designer
David Offner
Lighting Designer
Brandon Baruch
Technical Director
Corwin Evans
Concierge Manager
Jamie Semel
Assistant Concierge Managers
Nina Leonard & Ruby Lanet
Fringe Cabaret Manager
Bella Luna
Master Electrician
Kelley Finn
2016 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Jon Armstrong, Ben Hill* (chair), Kanchan Mattoo*, Stacy McKee, Steven Leigh Morris, Dave McKeever*, Victoria Watson, Matt Wells
CO-FOUNDERS
Bryan Burgess*, Alexa Hill*, Ben Hill*, Nicholas Hill*, Stacy Jones Hill*, Kanchan Mattoo*, David McKeever*, Ken Peterson*, Abbie Wagoner*
*2010 cofounders