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Press Kit
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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.
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.
HASHTAG WHAT I DID ON MY SUMMER FAKE-CATION April 15, 2026
project: hashtag what i did on my summer fake-cation!
When Jacqi Bowes therapy-bot, Vicki The Validator, warns that if she doesnt vacay, she risks going cray-cray, she plans her dream vacation. Can Jacqi silence those imaginary frenemies in or head or bury that unrequited wanderlust under the travel brochures on the coffee table? A musical and storyt...SHAW BLENDS HER STAND-UP CHOPS WITH STORYTELLING AND RITUAL IN ROAR! April 14, 2026
project: roar!
Hollywood, CA As part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival, Bay Area comic and performer Holly Shaw brings her brand new full-length solo show ROAR!!!! to the SFS Theatre mainstage for five dates this June 2026. Fresh off debuting this show at the Zero to Fierce Festival in Arcata a few months ago, ...COMEDIAN SUZETTE FERRETTI PRESENTS HER SOLO DARK COMEDY SPECIAL, FAILURE TO THRIVE, AT THE HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL 2026. April 14, 2026
project: failure to thrive
June 6 June 21 @ The Madnani Theater Hollywood, CA Suzette Ferretti presents Failure to Thrive, a raw, autobiographical solo comedy special making its world premiere at the 2026 Hollywood Fringe Festival. The show opens with a preview performance on June 6 at The Madnani Theater, where it will...ROZ BROWNE'S "IN SEARCH OF BLACK PEOPLE" WILL BE IN THE 2026 HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL April 12, 2026
project: in search of black people
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LOS ANGELES, APRIL 15, 2026 Comedian-actor Roz Browne will be performing her solo show In Search of Black People in the 2026 Hollywood Fringe Festival She will have five performance dates: Sunday, June 7th 6:30 pm - (Preview show) Thursday, June 11 5:00 pm Monda..."IN THE BEGINNING" PROVES THE FIRST HERO WAS WOMAN! - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 10, 2026
project: in the beginning
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contact: Kylee Q Robinson Email: [email protected] Website: www.kyleeq.com "IN THE BEGINNING" PROVES THE FIRST HERO WAS WOMAN LOS ANGELES, CA "In the Beginning" tells Eve's the first womans untold Genesis story and her search for purpose in an alr...WORLD PREMIERE OF "I TOTALLY WOULD'VE HAD A THREESOME WITH YOU" ADDS FOUR TO CAST, ATTACHES DIRECTOR April 08, 2026
project: i totally would've had a threesome with you
The world premiere of the summer camp satire "I Totally Would've Had A Threesome With You" has found its counselors. Playwright Ellen Relac is set to star as Martine alongside Lauren McMillan as Lydia, Finn Mackimmie as Jamie, and Koda Beschen as Greg. Relac, Mackimmie and Beschen are repped by Un...BLACK BAG JOB April 05, 2026
project: black bag job
Someone was listening. Someone always was. Gangbusters Theatre Company brings Black Bag Job to Hollywood Fringe Festival 2026 LOS ANGELES April 3, 1968. Memphis, Tennessee. In a sealed FBI surveillance room, four agents work a night shift that will end in history. They dont know that yet. Th...TOMMY COOPER'S FEZ April 04, 2026
project: tommy cooper's fez
British writer and performer Dana Gartland brings the world premiere of Tommy Coopers Fez." to the Hollywood Fringe Festival. A fast-paced, darkly comic solo show exploring the father-daughter bond, legacy, and the strange, slippery power of words. Her work lives at the intersection of humor a...THE LINCOLN DEBATE ASKS THE QUESTION HISTORY WON’T: WAS ABRAHAM LINCOLN GAY? March 31, 2026
project: the lincoln debate
The award-winning comedy The Lincoln Debate, written by Terry Ray and directed by Steve Rosenbaum, arrives at the Hollywood Fringe Festival with a provocative question: Could Abraham Lincoln have had a romantic relationship with the man he shared a bed with for four years, a man historians describ...GLOSSOLALIA: AN AMERICAN GOTHIC DRAMA March 30, 2026
project: glossolalia
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Los Angeles, CA Announcing the world premiere of GLOSSOLALIA by Christina Tinde Jesenski, an American Gothic pas de deux about faith, consent, and how we justify right from wrong. Surrounded by a cacophony of cicadas, a preachers daughter and her fathers protege succu...