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CANADA’S FIRST-EVER PERFORMANCE AT L.A.’S HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL

June 02, 2011

LOS ANGELES – May 30, 2011 – The 2011 Hollywood Fringe Festival in association with The Meus Productions based in Ottawa, Canada is presenting the gritty urban story “The Crackwalker” written by renowned Canadian playwright, Judith Thompson. Produced, directed, stage-managed and performed by a group of Canadian artists, this product... read more

What's a Fringe Festival?

October 27, 2009 by Ben Hill

Fringe Festivals exist throughout the world as havens for underground and emerging arts scenes. The Fringe concept was incubated in Edinburgh, Scotland. In 1947, eight performance groups appeared uninvited on the “fringes” of the exclusive Edinburgh International Festival. The Edinburgh Festival Fringe has since grown into the largest arts festival in the world with hundreds of artis... read more

Who Can Be a Fringe Venue?

November 04, 2009 by Ben Hill

Any space that supports performed or visual art can become a Fringe Venue, including: Theatrical Spaces Theatrical spaces support theatre, dance, comedy, variety, and more. We can help theatrical venues set marketable rates for Fringe performance slots. Public Spaces Public spaces include restaurants, bars, parking lots, or any non-traditional theatrical space. Ma... read more

The 2010 Fringe Guide

May 21, 2010 by Ben Hill

One of the classic artifacts of any fringe festival is its annual guide. We have invested special care in our first year’s guide, ensuring it is something participants and festival-goers can cherish in years to come. We have printed 30,000 guides for our first year at 96 pages each. That’s about 300,000 pieces of paper totaling 5 tons. Distribution has already begun, ... read more

It's Either a Comedy or a Tragedy

April 30, 2013

“It’s two weeks to opening night and there’s no play, but who cares when love triangles, mistaken identities, and a hangman’s noose are involved?! Come see what our moms are calling the ‘funniest play ever written!’” Let’s be honest, this hasn’t gone smoothly at all. At first we wanted to do “Stop Kiss” but were denied the rights. ‘We&... read more

The Funniest Nihilist

April 03, 2011

The Funniest Nihilist Comes to the Hollywood Fringe Festival He doesn’t believe in anything. He rejects all that’s good and holy. He’s the most famous living nihilist of this century. And now you can laugh at him. Elisha Shapiro, Los Angeles based nihilist conceptual artist, presents The Funniest Nihilist as part of this year’s Hollywood Fringe Festival. Since 1984, Shapiro has... read more

Fringe On...In August

February 01, 2021 by Bella Luna

Dearest Fringe Family,  ... read more

2016 Town Hall & Workshop Series

January 19, 2016 by Stacy Jones Hill

If you are considering taking part in the 2016 Hollywood Fringe Festival, we urge you to participate in our Town Hall & Workshop series (especially if this is your first HFF).    The Town Halls, led by Festival Director Ben Hi... read more

Voting for the Fringe

January 07, 2008 by Ben Hill

As mentioned previously, we have decided on a “democratic solution” to select included projects for Fringe 2010. In true 21st century style, we will launch a website whereby theatre producers and artists post information about their project. This may include words, pictures, videos, and more, whatever it ta... read more

Release: Registration Opening

January 20, 2011 by Ben Hill

For Immediate Release Press Contact: Stacy Jones, The Hollywood Fringe Festival [email protected] Hollywood, CA – Registration for the Hollywood Fringe Festival opens February 1, 2011. Registration is a three-step process that can be completed entirely on the Festival’s website, starting with the <... read more

The Interns: Looking Back on HFF16

October 10, 2016 by Stacy Jones Hill

The Hollywood Fringe Festival would not be able to operate every year were it not for an army of volunteers and a few hard-working interns. We recently reached out to this year's interns and asked them to write a few short paragraphs about their experience. Here's what they had to say. From Ben Fang, the HFF16 Volunteer Intern: Throughout the three weeks that I v... read more

The HFF17 Interns: Alex Prehm

August 28, 2017 by Stacy Jones Hill

The last installment of our Intern Blog series comes from Alex Prehm, our HFF17 Volunteer Coordinator Intern.   ... read more

The Fringe Family Program

February 09, 2011 by Ben Hill

What is Fringe Family? The purpose of the Fringe Family program is to help families find age appropriate programming for their children, introduce young people to the joys of live performance, and encourage new works for all ages. Fringe Family is an excellent way to market your kid-friendly show as we provide tools to match patrons preferring such programming to your projects. ... read more

"A Re-Education about India through Comedy"

April 14, 2014

Why did you decide to write this piece? Having written for Stray Factory for years now, I have a good sense of the type of theatre they look to produce. In particular, the concept of taking local content to global platforms is one that I, personally, buy into without a moment’s hesitation. When they asked if I would write a piece, several thoughts came up but the one that stu... read more

Fringe Cabaret 2015

April 27, 2015 by Stacy Jones Hill

The Fringe Cabaret Stage is your Hollywood Fringe Festival sampler platter.... read more