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Whether you’re interested in reviewing shows, covering special events, or writing larger stories about the festival, we’d love to have you on the Fringe. We invite you to attend at any point throughout the festival, but we especially encourage you to attend Previews (June 4th—9th), as your words and opinions can help inspire thousands of patrons.
Whether you’re interested in reviewing shows, covering special events, or writing larger stories about the festival, we’d love to have you on the Fringe. We invite you to attend at any point throughout the festival, but we especially encourage you to attend Previews (June 4th—9th), as your words and opinions can help inspire thousands of patrons.
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Comps are granted at the discretion of each show’s respective production team. Many productions may ask you to limit “plus ones”, particularly if finances and/or house sizes are limited. If you are granted comps to a production, participants expect you to give them a published review. Please try to be communicative with artists about intended coverage.
SHOTZLA PRESENTS AN EXQUISITE CORPSE AT THE HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL May 12, 2026
project: shotzla: an exquisite corpse
A Surrealist theatrical experiment from four playwrights, two directors, and one gloriously unpredictable chain reaction Hollywood Fringe Festival SHOTZLA, known for its fast-paced and inventive Shotz productions, brings a bold new theatrical collaboration to this years festival with ShotzLA: A...THE SECRETS OF UVHASH-RA TO HAVE HOLLYWOOD FRINGE DEBUT AT THE HOBGOBLIN PLAYHOUSE May 12, 2026
project: the secrets of uvhash-ra
The Hobgoblin Playhouse will be hosting a new play during this year's Hollywood Fringe Festival. The Secrets of Uvhash-Ra is a dark academia, Lovecraft mystery written by actress Kate Shaefer. Not only is she co-producing, she is also playing the lead character, Polly Simpkins. Fringe veteran Soda Pe...CHRISTINE DUNFORD’S SOLO SHOW BURN SCAR TO PLAY HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL May 12, 2026
project: burn scar
Written and performed by acclaimed actor Christine Dunford, Burn Scar is a blisteringly funny and unexpectedly moving new solo show inspired by the aftermath of the 2025 Palisades fire. Set against the devastation of one of Los Angeles most traumatic natural disasters, Burn Scar follows one womans...PRITH KHALSA DEBUTS GULP! IN LOS ANGELES - A BANANA LOVE STORY May 10, 2026
project: gulp!
Press Contact: Prith Khalsa Email: [email protected] Website: https://prith-k.github.io/home/ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LOS ANGELES, CA -- Absurd physical comedy GULP! makes its Los Angeles premiere at the Hollywood Fringe Festival. Denver-based performer Prith Khalsa is bringing his debut...WHAT SURVIVES WHEN THE WORLD FALLS APART: TIMELY ONE-ACT SETS WORLD PREMIERE AT HOLLYWOOD FRINGE May 10, 2026
project: what survives
LOS ANGELES, CA - When 10-year-old Isabella is kidnapped by ICE, the community struggles to reconcile todays world with a world they once knew. Told in a series of poignant and humorous vignettes, What Survives speaks to what it means to be human in 2026. From award-winning writer-director-producer ...DICK PICS! GROSS MESSAGES! BEING OVERLY SEXUALIZED! OH MY! CARA MEYERS EXPLORES THE HORRIFYING TRUTHS OF BEING A FAT WOMAN IN TODAY’S SOCIETY IN HER SOLO SHOW, SHOW ME YOUR DICK: A LIFETIME OF DATING IN A LARGER BODY May 10, 2026
project: show me your dick: a lifetime of dating in larger body
Hollywood, CA - June 2026 Cara Meyers brings a funny, raw, and highly personal new solo storytelling show, Show Me Your Dick: A lifetime of dating in a larger body, to the Hollywood Fringe Festival. Directed by Margot Leitman, author of Whats Your Story and Long Story Short. This show explores the ..."GHOSTTOWN" WORLD PREMIERE AT HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL 2026 May 10, 2026
project: ghosttown
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contact: K. E. Pleshinger Email: [email protected] The world premiere of "ghosttown" written and directed by K.E. Pleshinger is set to open at the Hollywood Fringe Festival in June 2026, with a preview performance on Friday, June 12th at 9:30pm at t...STACIE BURROWS RETURNS TO HOLLYWOOD FRINGE WITH FOOL’S GOLDMINE May 10, 2026
project: fool's goldmine
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Critically acclaimed writer and performer, Stacie Burrows is set to return to Hollywood Fringe for the third time this June, with her new solo show Fools Goldmine. In Fools Goldmine, Burrows goes from well-to-do, to well-to-dont, exploring her familys relationship with...LONGTIME FAN, FIRST-TIME FRINGER TACKLES HORROR, ROMANCE, AND COMEDY WITH FOLKSY MUSICAL PLAY May 09, 2026
project: the house always wins
A 7 person revolving cast, puns, live acoustic songs, and a powerpoint presentation are just some of the things haunting The House Always Wins. Carli Wright proudly presents a world-premiere original folk play with music called The House Always Wins for the 2026 Hollywood Fringe Festival at the Ho...MOTHER: ONE-WOMAN PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER PREMIERES AT HOLLYWOOD FRINGE May 08, 2026
project: mother
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Los Angeles-based actor and writer Christine Dickinson is excited to present MOTHER, a one-woman multimedia psychological thriller, premiering this June at the Mandani Theater as part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival. MOTHER follows Daughter, a thirtysomething woman stru...