THE COMPANY
The company behind the Hollywood Fringe Festival was founded in January 2005 with a singular mission: Produce new and provocative works by undiscovered artists for benefit of the community.
Our inaugural production was The Hatchery Festival in Washington DC. Its mission to introduce new works was widely received as a critical injection of vigor into the community’s literary culture. The playwrights underwent an extensive dramaturgical workshop process to improve their plays, and prepare them for production. In recognition of our efforts towards community enrichment, we were awarded a grant from the DC Commission for the Arts and Humanities.
In June 2010, The Hollywood Fringe Festival launched its inaugural festival, filling over 17,000 seats in over 30 different venues throughout central Hollywood. We featured 186 distinct showswith over 800 performances. Approximately 10% of our festival was international with one third of all participants coming from out-of-state.
The 2019 Festival debuts on June 13 in Hollywood, CA.
FESTIVAL STAFF 2019
Festival Director
Ben Hill*
Producing Director
Dave McKeever*
Communications Director
Stacy Jones Hill*
Volunteer/Concierge Director
Stina Pederson
Partnership Director
Lois Neville
Cabaret Director/Social Media Manager
Bella Luna
Outreach Manager
Ellen Den Herder
Events Coordinator
Alex Prehm
FringeTV Editor/Director
Nathaniel Beaver
Staff Photographer
Matt Kamimura
FringeTV Producer
Rachael Garcia
Fringe Freaks created by
Gavin Worth
2018 Illustrations by
Pavel Kharitonenko (2019 Illustration contest coming early 2019)
FRINGE CENTRAL STAFF 2019
Bar Manager
Bradley Pierce
Scenery Designer
David Offner
Lighting Designer
Brandon Baruch
Technical Director
Corwin Evans
Master Electrician
Kelley Finn
2019 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Jon Armstrong, Angela Babcock, Ben Hill*, Monica Martin, Kanchan Mattoo* (chair), Stacy McKee, Dave McKeever*, Steven Leigh Morris
CO-FOUNDERS
Bryan Burgess*, Alexa Hill*, Ben Hill*, Nicholas Hill*, Stacy Jones Hill*, Kanchan Mattoo*, David McKeever*, Ken Peterson*, Abbie Wagoner*
*2010 cofounders