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19
MAR 2024
We are thrilled to announce 24 total recipients of the 2024 Hollywood Fringe Artist Fund!
Back in November, we embarked on an ambitious and exciting fundraiser with the goal of funding 24 low-income Angeleno artists at this year’s festival. With the generous support from members of our Commissioners Club, we reached our goal! The following productions were selected by random lottery, and will receive a one-time stipend toward registration, venue, and/or production costs at the 2024 Hollywood Fringe Festival:
177 Lovers and Counting: My Life as a Sex Researcher
Final Girl: A Horror Musical Comedy
Girls Can Dismantle Fascist Dictatorships, Too
Give Me The MacArthur Genius Grant
King Nigel’s Nervous Breakdown
Marilyn & Elvis, a Magical Dramedy (almost a musical) – Marilyn & Elvis en Una Noche Buena
Congratulations to all!
Arts funding in Los Angeles is abysmal, and our work does not stop here. Join the Commissioners Club today to help us make this happen again in 2025!
14
MAR 2024
Hi! I’m Rody, I’m the Hollywood Fringe Festival Artist Services Manager, and thrilled to be helping you out by answering questions and working to make your Fringe Festival experience a great one.
Before I was a part of the Fringe Staff, I was a participant! So I know how fun it is and how crazy it can feel, and what’s Fringe without a little craziness? Truly, I’m so thrilled to be a resource and someone who you can reach out to for questions you may have in your Fringe journey. Just know you’re not doing this alone, you and hundreds or other dedicated artists are all achieving something wonderful, and doing so together.
So a little about me! I love reading plays, big theatre nerd, guilty as charged. I love playing card games (I always try and keep a deck of cards on my person). I am a stress baker… so I have burned the occasional banana bread— but if you have recipes please share them. (I promise not to burn it). In addition to Fringe, I’m a carpenter & Scenic Designer and currently teaching Scenic Design at a local high school.
As we all get more into the swing of things at Fringe, please feel free to say hi, strike up a conversation, or just tell me how your day’s going. Fringe is an incredible ecosystem of artists and excited theatre audiences wanting to see/test the limits of what theatre can be, and the best thing: everyone is cheering everyone on— I certainly am.
20
FEB 2024
We are so excited to announce a total of 10 recipients of the 2024 Hollywood Fringe Scholarship!
Baby Rock
Blacks in Space: The Fantastic Voyage
Habla y te Salvas: Stories of a No Sabo Kid & His Guayaco Dad
Mercy
Mictlán
Resting Slut Face
Silhouettes Of Scarlet (S.O.S)
Supernova: Spiritual Death of a Hot Mess
Handala
Woody Fu is Keanu Reeves in: One-Man John Wick
Applications were reviewed and recipients were selected by an objective committee of former scholarship winners and artists & artistic company reps whose missions align with the program’s goal of expanding and diversifying the body of work being presented at Fringe.
There were so many outstanding applications, and the committee would like to acknowledge the following honorable mentions:
Black Bastard
Futakuchi Onna
Hold Me Down
Platinum Pussy
Yo Mama Dresses You Funny
This year we have one shows performing from our 2020 Scholarship Winners. Our 2020 Winners were not able to perform due to the onset of the Covid-19 Pandemic. The Hollywood Fringe offers every 2020 winner the opportunity to perform in perpetuity until all winners have performed. This year we have performances from:
At Hollywood Fringe, we seek to make the performing arts more accessible, both to the artists who produce work and for those who otherwise cannot afford to see theatre. Scholarship recipients will receive free registration, a stipend toward venue/production costs for three performances, an experienced Fringe mentor, and marketing/networking opportunities with the community.
Congratulations to all!
31
JUL 2023
The Edinburgh Fringe’s 76th-anniversary festival begins next week! Running August 4-28, EdFringe has thousands of shows taking place in Scotland, with DOZENS of performers and shows from Hollywood Fringe that have taken the leap across the pond. Check out the Edinburgh Fringe website to learn more about the Edinburgh Fringe Festival!
Shows and performers from Hollywood Fringe performing at Edinburgh Festival Fringe:
A Shark Ate My Penis: A History of Boys Like Me
A Terrible Show for Terrible People
Attack of the 36 Triple-G Woman
Avital Ash Workshops Her Suicide Note
Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson
Chriskirkpatrickmas: A Boy Band Christmas Musical
Pablo Escobar Doesn’t Need a Second Job
Shagadelic: The Origins of Slang Words for Doing It
Did we miss any? If you have a show at EdFringe that you have performed at HFF, let us know, and we will add you to the list! Email [email protected]
Are you looking to take your show on the road? There are so many different Fringey opportunities. Fringe Festivals come in all different shapes and sizes; some are open access (anyone can take part by registering), first come, first served, created by lottery, juried, part programmed, or a mix of them all.
Check out the World Fringe Network and their helpful database of Fringe Festivals worldwide.
Fringe On!
25
JUN 2023
HFF23 Community Awards (“The Freaks”)
voted on by Fringe patrons and community
Cabaret and Variety Winner:
The Ramón Show & Friends: Collective Healing
Cabaret and Variety Nominees:
The Best-Of the Pack Theater
Get Naughty ! The Krampus Musical
Karma in a Fishbowl
School for Love
Comedy Winner:
Comedy Nominees:
Oh, Lorraine!
Homeless Romantic
Nick Pupo: Addicted
Little Stars Youth Theatre Presents: MACBETH (a solo show)
Raise Your Hand… From the DEAD!!
Dance and Physical Theatre Winner:
Palmares
Dance and Physical Theatre Nominees:
Ode to La Pachuca
The Month Long Ham Festival
Flamencodanza
Rhythm Delivered
Drama Winner:
YONI KI KAHANIYA (#YKK): Vagina Stories
Drama Nominees:
Arizona Rain
Hedda Gabler
Nocturne
Big Money
Immersive and Games Winners:
Immersive and Games Nominees:
The Collective: A 1920s Mafia Immersive Experience
DISROBED – Live on Stage!
Thank You So Much For Coming
No fucks given. None taken. All done.
Musicals and Operas Winner:
Musicals and Operas Nominees:
Prince Harry: Live! At Coachella
Les Millénniables
Truly Outrageous: A Jem & The Holograms Parody Musical
Cherries, Rare & Fair: A Quest for Orgasmic Rainbows
Solo Performance Winner:
Getting There! Rebecca O’Brien
Solo Performance Nominees:
5 years or 5 minutes
Iphigenia in Splott
A Shark Ate My Penis: a History of Boys Like Me
I Can’t Indian Good
Mark Pleases You
This Was Never Supposed To Be A One Woman Show
Missionary Positions
A Retrospection
Two Person Show Winner:
If I’m Good
Two Person Show Nominees:
Wounded, by Jiggs Burgess
Jolly Playtime
The Sentence
Winona
International Winner:
Take Me As I Am: A Joni Mitchell Tribute
International Nominees:
Winona
Birds and the Curiosity
Cherry
We Are Nothing Without Hantu-Hantu
World Premiere Winner:
A Shark Ate My Penis: a History of Boys Like Me
World Premiere Nominees:
Flayed
Coffee, Tea, and Gin
SMOTE THIS, A Comedy About God…and other Serious $h*t
Little Stars Youth Theatre Presents: MACBETH (a solo show)
Top of the Fringe Winner:
Top of the Fringe Nominees:
Getting There! Rebecca O’Brien
Iphigenia in Splott
Missionary Positions
If I’m Good
Discover Fringe Awards
selected by the presenting company
2Cents’ Immersive Worlds Award, presented by 2Cents Theatre’s Loose Change:
Winner:
Little Stars Youth Theatre Presents: MACBETH (a solo show)
Nominees:
The Collective: A 1920s Mafia Immersive Experience
Fishbowl Sonata
Flayed
fuckin loud
Infierno
MS 499: Advertising and the Social Construction of Gender
SoundTrip: Fringe Edition
Ella Turenne Award, presented by the Hollywood Fringe Access Advisory Board:
Winner:
Nominees:
fuckin loud
Love List
SMOTE THIS, A Comedy About God…and other Serious $h*t
Wild Hand
International Fringe Encore Series, presented by Soho Playhouse:
Winner:
Nominees:
The Movement You Need (a work in progress)
If I’m Good
fuckin loud
SoundTrip: Fringe Edition
Jaxx’s Cultural Arts Envoy Award, presented by Jaxx Theatricals:
Winner:
Nominees:
The Allure of Thug Life
Love is a Battlefield
Missionary Positions
Ric Iverson is Alive and Well and Living in Milpitas
Rotten Apple
A Shark Ate My Penis: A History of Boys Like Me
This Was Never Supposed To Be A One Woman Show
Wounded, by Jiggs Burgess
Yoni Ki Kahaniya (#YKK): Vagina Stories
No Room in the Green Room Award, presented by Make Believe Stage Productions, LLC:
Winner:
Nominees:
Cadenza | Sci-Fi Thriller
Love is a Battlefield
Fatal Loins
Big Money
The Month Long Ham Festival
Runaway Rue
O Face Award for Most Orgasmic Production, presented by Orgasmico Theatre Company:
Winner:
Take Me As I Am: A Joni Mitchell Tribute
Nominees:
If I’m Good
The Movement You Need (a work in progress)
Sinatra: Raw
Wounded, by Jiggs Burgess
Soaring Solo Social Impact Award, presented by Soaring Solo LLC:
Winner:
Nominees:
Getting There! Rebecca O’Brien
WE ARE NOTHING WITHOUT HANTU-HANTU
fuckin loud
Impatient
SMOTE THIS, A Comedy About God…and other Serious $h*t
Splash Award, presented by Namba Performing Arts Space Inc.:
Winner:
Nominees:
Missionary Positions
The Allure of Thug Life
Is Krishna There? A Begum Akhtar Story
5 Years or 5 Minutes
I Feel The Need
Springboard Award, presented by Fringe Management LLC:
Winner:
Take Me As I Am: A Joni Mitchell Tribute
Nominees:
Lebanese Debutante
Runaway Rue
SMOTE THIS, A Comedy About God…and other Serious $h*t
Wounded, by Jiggs Burgess
The Catania Off Fringe Festival Exchange Award, presented by Catania Off Fringe Festival:
Winner:
Take Me As I Am: A Joni Mitchell Tribute
Nominees:
fuckin loud
SMOTE THIS, A Comedy About God…and other Serious $h*t
The Loud Karma Emerging Women and Nonbinary Playwright’s Award, presented by Loud Karma Productions, LLC:
SECOND PLACE: Two Cats on a Date
THIRD PLACE: Birds and the Curiosity
Nominees:
Arizona Rain
fuckin loud
Ghosts Can’t Pay Rent
The Sentence
The San Diego International Fringe Festival Exchange Award, presented by the San Diego International Fringe Festival:
WINNER: Infierno
WINNER: Haunting Rights
Nominees:
The Sydney Fringe Festival Exchange Award, presented by the Sydney Fringe Festival:
Winner:
A Shark Ate My Penis: a History of Boys Like Me
Nominees:
Lebanese Debutante
The Allure of Thug Life
The Theatre Theater Playwright Award, presented by the Theatre Theater Podcast:
Winner:
Nominations:
The Lemming Effect
Restoration
Arizona Rain
Under the Influence
Extension Awards
HOLLYWOOD ENCORE PRODUCERS’ AWARD
ASYLUM @ MCCADDEN THEATRE
Soirées Fantastique – An Hour Of Victorian Enchantment
ASYLUM @ STEPHANIE FEURY STUDIO THEATRE
A Definitive Ranking Of My Closest Friends
A Flight Of Comedy From Andy Wasif
Attack Of The 36ggg Woman (From 3 Clubs)
Chips (From Art Of Acting Studio)
Do Any Of You Know Who This Is?
Grown Up Orphan Annie (From The Broadwater)
Haunting Rights (From The Broadwater)
Heart Of Golden Tar (From The Broadwater)
Jolly Playtime (From The Broadwater)
Mark Pleases You (From The Broadwater)
Patient 13 (From The Broadwater )
Shagadelic: The Origins Of Slang Words For Doing It (From The Broadwater)
Smote This, A Comedy About God…And Other Serious $H*T (From The Broadwater)
The Allure Of Thug Life (From 905 Cole)
The Queen Of Bitcoin: The Rise And Fall
Things To Avoid In A Eulogy (The Broadwater)
Under The Influence (From The Broadwater)
Wild Hand (From 905 Cole)
Will The Real Me Please Stand Up
Wounded (From The Broadwater)
Yoni Ki Kahaniya (From The Broadwater)
ASYLUM @ THYMELE ARTS
Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson
Down To Earth
Homeless Romantic
JAXX
Cherries, Rare & Fair: A Quest For Orgasmic Rainbows (From 3 Clubs)
Missionary Positions (From Zephyr)
Monkeys (From 905 Cole)
Monsters (From Broadwater)
Ric Iverson Is Alive & Well & Living In Milpitas (From Broadwater)
Rotten Apple (From Broadwater)
A Shark Ate My Penis: A History Of Boys Like Me (From Broadwater)
Something Like…musical (From Asylum @ Thymele)
This Was Never Supposed To Be A One Woman Show (From Broadwater)
Trust Me, I’m From Essex (From Broadwater)
LIMBIC ARTHOUSE
THE ZEPHYR
STUDIO/STAGE
Messianic Moments and Cosmic Conversations
Prince Harry: LIVE At Coachella
THE MADNANI THEATER
HUDSON
Ms 499: Advertising And The Social Construction Of Gender
Homegrown Collective: Coming Home To The Soul
Penny Stinkers Improv Presents: The Living Room Special
No Fucks Given. None Taken. All Done.
Black When I Was A Boy: Part Ii Blacked Out
ACTORS COMPANY
90’s Hip-Hop Raised Me: A One Woman Show
A Normal Comedy Show. Nothing Evil Will Happen, We Presume.
Boom, Headshot!: A Geek Tragedy
The Importance Of Being Anxious
The Year That Carrie Fisher Died
Tv Land: The Live Immersive Show
THREE CLUBS
The Collective: A 1920s Mafia Immersive Experience
Take Me As I Am: A Joni Mitchell Tribute
BEST OF BROADWATER
Smote This, A Comedy About God…And Other Serious $H*T
A Shark Ate My Penis: A History Of Boys Like Me
Avital Ash Workshops Her Suicide Note (Work In Progress)
Little Stars Youth Theater Presents: Macbeth (A Solo Show)
Yoni Ki Kahaniya: Vagina Stories
The Movement You Need (A Work In Progress)
Raise Your Hand…from The Dead!
