SYRIAN SOAP MAKES ITS HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL DEBUT

Syrian Soap

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press Contact: Sandra Kuker- Franco ([email protected] or 310.652.7222)

Los Angeles, CA —April 2026—This June, standup comedian and clown Edib Farhan makes their Hollywood Fringe Festival debut with Syrian Soap, a 60-minute absurd ancestral intervention inspired by Syrian soap operas and set in an intergalactic bathhouse. Eat, pray, bathe with Edib’s bumptious, mustachioed ancestor and find out if you are your ancestor’s wildest dreams–or worst nightmare. He has notes! Receive channeled advice, poetry, and a surprise visit from a traditional Syrian bathroom slipper (which may or may not be a metaphor for life under fascism). Beneath the silliness and suds, Syrian Soap is a love letter to revolution and exile—an invitation to unlock joy and self-expression in a world on fire. And a reminder: your healing goes back 7 generations—but so do your f*ck-ups!

Winner of the 2026 Hollywood Fringe Scholarship funded by Hollywood Pantages Theatre and County Supervisor Lindsey P Horvath, Syrian Soap was selected by the National Queer Theater for the Criminal Queerness Festival, features in the LA Times and was called “Equal parts hilarious and heartfelt” by Autostraddle. The show is directed and co-devised by Natasha Mercado.

Showtimes at The Broadwater (Blackbox):
June 13th at 10:30pm
June 17th at 8:00pm
June 18th at 9:30pm
June 20th at 3:30pm

About Edib Farhan:
Edib Farhan is a Syrian standup, clown, and conflict mediator. Edib has studied with the Idiot Workshop, Natasha Mercado, Claire Woolner, Groundlings, Upright Citizen’s Brigade, and iO Theater. Their co-created sketch and standup show won “Best of San Francisco Fringe Festival” in 2024.

Instagram: @farhan__inc
Tiktok: @edibfarhan