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Press Kit
The 2026 Hollywood Fringe Festival Press Kit can be downloaded here!
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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.
REVIEW FROM THE NO HO ARTS DISTRICT! June 16, 2026
project: hashtag what i did on my summer fake-cation!
https://nohoartsdistrict.com/what-i-did-on-my-summer-fakcation-review/...ONE-WOMAN PLAY GIRLFRIENDS IS A CROSS-COUNTRY CABARET OF QUEER CONFUSION June 12, 2026
project: girlfriends
LOS ANGELES GIRLFRIENDS is a true story that starts with a lie. The not-so-straight play will be at Hollywood Fringe at Theatre of Note (1517 N. Cahuenga Blvd, Los Angeles) the following dates: - Tuesday, June 9 at 8:15 p.m. (PREVIEW) - Friday, June 12 at 8:45 p.m. - Saturday, June 13 at 6:30...FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 11, 2026
project: charlotte's shorts
Contact: Charlotte Dean [email protected] CHARLOTTE'S SHORTS Laugh so hard, youll come. Back. Written by Charlotte Dean Directed by Charlotte Dean & Tracy Newman Charlottes Shorts has joined the 2026 Hollywood Fringe Festival. Performances will be at The Let Live Theater at The Ac...SOLO SHOW “BARBIE SMITH: GOD’S FAVORITE TEASE” RETURNS, SATIRIZING EVANGELICAL SHAME June 11, 2026
project: barbie smith: god's favorite tease
She came to save your soul but she cannot save herself. LOS ANGELES, CA - Barbie Smith: Gods Favorite Tease runs this June at the Los Angeles LGBT Center as part of the 2026 Hollywood Fringe Festival. Directed by Rami Kablawi and starring Yamini Nambimadom, the show is structured as a Christian ...A DRAG SHOW GOES OFF THE RAILS IN DRAGGED, PREMIERING AT HOLLYWOOD FRINGE June 11, 2026
project: dragged
Come for the drag and stay for the story! Writer and performer Harrison Alec will premiere DRAGGED, a new dark comedy starring drag performer Godoy, at the Hollywood Fringe Festival this June. Blending the energy of a live drag show with a scripted theatrical experience, DRAGGED explores queer rel...SYRIAN SOAP MAKES ITS HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL DEBUT June 11, 2026
project: syrian soap
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contact: Sandra Kuker- Franco ([email protected] or 310.652.7222) Los Angeles, CA April 2026This 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 ..."THE END OF THE WORLD" – A DARKLY COMEDIC SOLO SHOW EXPLORING BURNOUT, SURVIVAL, AND THE WEIGHT OFBEING A "STRONG BLACK WOMAN" EXPLODES ONTO THE 2026 HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL STAGE June 10, 2026
project: the end of the world
LOS ANGELES, CA Award-winning storyteller and actress Destiny Faith brings her deeply personal and highly anticipated solo show The End of the World, to the 2026 Hollywood Fringe Festival this June. Directed by Emmy Award winning artist Sabrina Cofield, this multidisciplinary production blends da...UNPLUGGED ELECTRIC GUITAR, A PLAY ABOUT LETTING GO OF OUR DREAMS, TO DEBUT AT HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL ON JUNE 11 June 10, 2026
project: unplugged electric guitar
Playwright Danny Rocco and Director Chivonne Michelle bring to life the difficult conversations all artists have when contemplating where success and aspiration meet LOS ANGELES - Internationally produced playwright, director and pioneer of the Script Writing Score Danny Rocco debuts his new origi..."FRANK SRIRACHA IS PURE, COMIC GOLD" - DAN RUTH, (LA HIDDEN GEMS) June 10, 2026
project: frank sriracha: home is where the stage is
"'Frank Sriracha' is pure, comic gold. I've said it before but it bears repeating: there's nothing more side-splittingly human than nonsensical date I say, stupid comedy, when it's done properly. That of course, is the highest of high praise, because this show is how it's done, folks. Max Charbonneau...6 OUT OF 10 – ZEPHYR THEATRE (HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL) June 10, 2026
project: 6 out of 10
Reviewed by Amalisha HuEck McKinnon Powell, a writer and actor from Savannah, Georgia, came to LA in pursuit of acting and it has been residing here for the last fifteen years. He is drawn to stories that speak to human experience. He wrote 6 OUT of 10, an autobiographical solo play, where he c...