Registration for LA’s largest performing arts festival is now open.

Now is the time to seize the day, to realize your dreams and propel your vision onto the stage. The good news is that you aren’t alone. By your side is a legion of veteran and aspiring fringers, each sharing your grit, hope and ambition. It’s the Fringe community that makes all this possible and that community is behind you!

Check out this video for a registration tutorial.

Complete the three steps of registration by April 1st to be included in this year’s printed guide (if you don’t register by that time you can still take part in the festival and have your project listed at hollywoodfringe.org). Guide ad sales close on April 15th and tickets go on sale on May 1st. 

If you have questions about anything Fringe, check out our support portal filled with advice, information and reference. Or send us your questions at [email protected].With hope, joy and a belief in the endlessly possible, we welcome you to this new season of Fringe. Welcome to HFF18!

Registration for LA’s largest performing arts festival is now open.

Now is the time to seize the day, to realize your dreams and propel your vision onto the stage. The good news is that you aren’t alone. By your side is a legion of veteran and aspiring fringers, each sharing your grit, hope and ambition. It’s the Fringe community that makes all this possible and that community is behind you!

Check out this video for a registration tutorial.

Complete the three steps of registration by April 1st to be included in this year’s printed guide (if you don’t register by that time you can still take part in the festival and have your project listed at hollywoodfringe.org). Guide ad sales close on April 15th and tickets go on sale on May 1st. 

If you have questions about anything Fringe, check out our support portal filled with advice, information and reference. Or send us your questions at [email protected].With hope, joy and a belief in the endlessly possible, we welcome you to this new season of Fringe. Welcome to HFF18!

After intense deliberation by our selection committee, we are proud to announce the 2018 Fringe Scholarship winners. Each production reflects Hollywood Fringe’s commitment to expand and diversify the pool of artists producing work at the Hollywood Fringe Festival.
 
The Winners of the 2018 Fringe Scholarships are:

• Baba, Jee (Father, Yes)
• Unapologetically Black
• Trafficked 2.0
• Paisajes Marinos Con Tiburones y bailarines
• Love, Locs & Liberation
• I Came To Make Noise
• House of Tales
• A Mile in My Shoes
• The Goddesses Guide: Adura for the Women of African Diaspora
• Shilo Kloko

Fringe Scholarships provide each recipient with complimentary festival registration, a $550 stipend toward venue and production costs, a Fringe mentor, and marketing and networking opportunities as a member of the Fringe community.

The Hollywood Fringe Festival is accepting applications for Fringe Mentors to support its Fringe Scholarships program. As a Fringe Mentor, you will be paired with a scholarship recipient and will exist as their go-to Fringe friend & confidant.

*Fringe Mentor Applications are due on January 15th, 2018 at 11:59 pm. To apply, please visit our mentor page.

Mentor criteria:

1. You must have completed at least one Hollywood Fringe Festival
2. You must be available for a short check-in with your mentee weekly (starting Feb 1) in the weeks leading up to and during the Hollywood Fringe Festival
3. You must be available for a one-hour pre & post festival meeting (can be in person, Skype, phone call, etc) with your mentee in the first 2 weeks of your partnership and following the 2017 festival
4. You must also attend events with your mentee. The more help the better! We encourage you to attend as many Town Halls, Workshops & Office Hours as possible.

The two following dates are required:

• Special pre “Office Hours” Meet-up (Required): May 16, 2018 6:00 pm
• Fringe Central Meet Up for winners & mentors (Required): Sat, June 9, 2018 3:30 pm
• Fringe Cabaret (Recommended): Sun, June 10, 2018 8 pm

All Fringe Mentors will receive a quarter page ad in the 2017 Hollywood Fringe guide to promote their own projects.

If you are considering participating in the 2018 Hollywood Fringe Festival, we urge you to attend our free Town Hall & Workshop series (especially if this is your first HFF).
 
The Town Halls, led by Festival Director Ben Hill, cover everything you need to know to produce a successful Fringe show. The Workshops are specialized discussions featuring Fringe veterans to help you navigate the festival. We’ll have informal social mixers following each of these events.
 
For those that can’t attend the meetings in person, the events will be recorded and posted on the FringeTV YouTube Channel.
 
Click the links below to register for each event.

• Workshop 1: Working with Venues; Thursday, January 18th, 8-10pm; Thymele Arts
• Town Hall 1: The Registration Process; Monday, January 29th, 7-9pm; Actors Company
• Workshop 2: Money & Promotion; Sunday, March 11th, 2-4pm; Complex Theatres – Dorie
• Town Hall 2: Marketing; Tuesday, April 3rd, 8-10pm; Assistance League Playhouse
• Workshop 3: Festival Expectations; Saturday, April 21st, 2-4pm; Studio/Stage
• Town Hall 3: Ticketing/Festival Prep; Wednesday, May 2nd, 8-10pm; The Broadwater
• Workshop 4: How to Tech Your Fringe Show; Saturday, May 12th, 2-4pm; Studio C Artists

A huge thanks to all our venues for hosting these events (and many more) and for being such an important part of Hollywood Fringe and L.A. theatre.