DARA KOSBERG BRINGS HOMECOMING TO HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL

Homecoming: A Darkly Funny Tale About Losing My Mom and Finding Myself... Again

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 12, 2026

Fresh off sold-out performances in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Atlanta, Moth StorySLAM winner Dara Kosberg brings Homecoming to the Hollywood Fringe Festival at the Madnani Theater.

Homecoming is a dark comedy about grief and identity that follows Dara’s journey of losing a parent and finding herself.

Dara gets the call that her mom is dying while studying abroad in Australia, and their already complicated mother-daughter relationship suddenly becomes a lot more complicated. On a winding path full of humor, absurdity, and connection, Dara faces the impossible question: How to make amends with a dead mom? What she discovers is deeply personal, universal, and surprisingly hopeful. Just because someone is gone, it doesn’t mean you can’t heal your relationship with them.

Now directed by David Ford, with original direction by Iris Bahr (NYC debut) and David Crabb (LA debut), Homecoming has received glowing responses from audiences coast to coast.

Pull quotes:
“Hilarious, heartbreaking and heartwarming all in one. A must see!” – theater-goer
“It’s rare to see something that feels so raw yet so carefully crafted.” – fellow performer

Dara Kosberg is a storyteller, comedian, writer, and actor. She recently debuted Homecoming to multiple sold-out audiences at NYC’s Under St. Mark and LA’s Lyric Hyperion, as well as in Chicago and Atlanta. She’s a Moth StorySlam winner and has performed at San Francisco’s Punch Line Comedy Club and Brooklyn’s Union Hall. As part of the Reimagine End of Life arts festival in SF and NYC, she’s produced and performed in comedy shows about grief and loss that demonstrate the healing power of humor. Dara is a Founding Team Member of both Reimagine and The Dinner Party, two innovative organizations working in the grief space.

Director David Ford has been collaborating on new and unusual theatre for three decades and has been an artist-in-residence at The Marsh Theater for most of that time. His award-winning solo shows have been seen all over the English-speaking world. The San Francisco press has called him “the solo performer maven,” “the monologue maestro,” and “the solo performer’s best friend.”

WHAT: Homecoming: A Darkly Funny Tale about Losing My Mom and Finding Myself
WHO: Written and performed by Dara Kosberg; Directed by David Ford; original direction by Iris Bahr (NYC) and David Crabb (LA)
WHEN:
7:00 p.m. Sunday, June 7 (PREVIEW)
4:30 p.m. Saturday, June 13
7:00 p.m. Friday, June 19
5:30 p.m. Saturday, June 20
4:00 p.m. Sunday, June 28
WHERE: Madnani Theater (Main Space), 6760 Lexington Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90038
HOW MUCH: $18
RUNNING TIME: 60 minutes
TICKETS: https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/13407?tab=tickets
SHOW WEBSITE: www.darakosberg.com

Hi-resolution images available at: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1jred6tmBru9EaszxN5kgTVAOxlUM3OZL?usp=sharing
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqZIxGB2BGA
Press kit: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1yhi4z-yopDJ9P3I58Rq6Gw7hw3_cgr8j?usp=sharing

For further information or to arrange an interview, please contact Dara Kosberg at [email protected].
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