The 2019 Hollywood Fringe Scholarship Winners pose after Fringe Scholarship Cabaret 2019!
2021 Hollywood Fringe Scholarship Program
Created in 2016, the Fringe Scholarships Program exists to expand and diversify the pool of artists producing work at the Hollywood Fringe Festival. The inaugural program offered free registrations to five Hollywood Fringe productions, and the 2017 Fringe Scholarships program expanded thanks to a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts.
Our Scholarship winners have gone on to win awards such as: Best Solo Performance 2019: Mr. Yunioshi, Short & Sweet Award 2017: Chatter, O-Face Award for Orgasmic Achievement (Most Orgasmic Performance): Yozmit Walker - Do You: Migration of the Monarchs). They’ve gone on to extended runs at various Fringe venues, a run Off-Broadway at the SOHO Playhouse, Second City, and the steps of the California State Capitol Building.
"The program helped my artistic vision blossom. I have grown as an artist and a leader."
"[The scholarship program] tested my limits as an artist and really showed me what I was capable of. Without the support of the scholarship program I wouldn't have had this amazing experience. It makes me want to continue making work and explore other Fringe Festivals all over the world."
"This scholarship allowed us to produce the show for a Los Angeles audience, where we were scouted for the Fringe Encore series at the Soho Playhouse in NYC. Without this scholarship, we would not be going Off-Broadway!"
2019 Fringe Scholarship Winner, Jonathan Elijah Cho, accepts his award for “Best Solo Show” at the Hollywood Fringe Festival Awards 2019
How to Apply
Each scholarship includes:
- Free registration for one Hollywood Fringe production
- A $550 stipend towards venue and production costs
- A Fringe mentor—an experienced Hollywood Fringe participant who can help guide you through the Fringe process, attend events with you and more!
- Marketing and networking opportunities as a member of the Fringe community
Fringe Scholarships are available to first-time Hollywood Fringe producers who contribute to the ethnic, cultural, racial, intellectually or physically disabled, d/Deaf, and the LGBTQ+ diversity of the Fringe community.
For application best practices, please see our 2021 committee panel.
An external committee (no Fringe staff opinions) will review applications and make selections considering the following criteria:
- Does the applicant meet the scholarship guidelines?
- How will the scholarship award benefit this producer/production?
- Does this producer/production bring unique artistic experience and/or underrepresented thematic or visual content to the Hollywood Fringe Festival?
This year's committee is made up of former scholarship winners, BIPOC and artists with disabilities who have participated in past Fringes, and representatives from outside arts organizations whose missions align with the program's goal of expanding and diversifying the body of work being presented at Fringe.
