We are happy to share with you this year’s Award Winners announced at the 2019 Award Ceremony held at the Ricardo Montalban Theatre! Thank you all for joining us at the ceremony. Congratulations to all the winners!

Fringe Freak (Community-Voted Awards) Winners

Top of the Fringe: The Last Croissant

International: Hide Your Fires: Butoh Lady Macbeth

Fringe First (World Premiere): POCKETS

Cabaret & Variety: blackboxing

Comedy: Olivia Wilde Does Not Survive the Apocalypse

Dance & Physical Theatre: Tattered Capes

Ensemble Theatre: The Last Croissant

Immersive Theatre: Vote for MURDER!

Musicals and Operas: POCKETS

Solo Performance: Mr. Yunioshi

Sponsored Award Winners

2019 Unleashed Award: The Mayor’s Debate of Tranquillity Nebraska 

Aunt Lyla’s Fave Fringe Flyer: Matt The Gathering

Fight the Power Award: Start Swimming

No Room in the Green Room Award: Borracho: Spanish for Drunken Bum

O Face Award for Orgasmic Achievement in Theatre: “Most Orgasmic Performance”: Macy Idzakovich – FLOWER SOCIETY

ShoWorks Don’t Wait. Create! Award: The Duchess & The Stripper

Soaring Solo Artist Award: DEAR JEFF by Callie Ott 

Standout Song Award: “SMELLAY LAHK A TURKAY” Blackboxing

Steve Kent Award: Earth Stories: Our Climate and Our Future

The Diverse Diva Award: SQUEEZE MY CANS by Cathy Schenkelberg

The Golden Key: The Pod

The Inkwell Theater Playwright’s Promise Award “Butcher Holler Here We Come” by Casey Wimpee 

The Outdoor Voices Festival “Conversation Creation” Award: Dear Jeff: A Musical Comedy About Suicide & Domestic Abuse

The Paul Koslo Memorial/MET Theatre Award: A Time Traveler’s Guide To The Present

TPP’s Trope Buster! Blackboxing

Here are all the nominees for the community and sponsored awards! Congratulations to everyone!

Fringe Freaks (Community-Voted Awards) Nominees

Top of the Fringe

Klingon Tamburlaine

Mr. Yunioshi

POCKETS

THE BULLY PROBLEM

The Last Croissant

International

Hide Your Fires: Butoh Lady Macbeth

PRETTY, WITTY NELL

Start Swimming

What Am I Even Doing?

What I Never Told You

Fringe First (World Premiere)

45 Milligrams

blackboxing

POCKETS

SON OF A BITCH

THE BULLY PROBLEM

Cabaret & Variety

Batter Up! My Brain on Baseball

blackboxing

Pick of the Fringe – Cabaret Show

Squeeze My CABARET

The Color Collective

Comedy

Come Back!

Crabbe and Goyle are Dead

Olivia Wilde Does Not Survive the Apocalypse

The Mayor’s Debate of Tranquility, Nebraska

Stuff i think is funny and good

Dance & Physical Theatre

Cirque du Giselle

Four Clowns Presents: Shakedown at the Dusty Spur!

MIL GRUS

Scarlett Fever

Tattered Capes

Ensemble Theatre

GRAIL PROJECT

Saving Cain

SON OF A BITCH

The Last Croissant

THE DEATH OF SAM MOBEAN

Immersive Theatre

Disrobed

Life Plan, or Living Your Best Life in a Collapsing World

Matt: The Gathering

The Pod

Vote for MURDER!

Musicals and Operas

Earth To Karen

POCKETS

Public Domain: The Musical

Supportive White Parents

THE BULLY PROBLEM

Solo Performance

FERTILE.

Meet Me In Mizzery

Mr. Yunioshi

Pit of Goblins

Temple Tantrum

Sponsored Awards Nominees

2019 Unleashed Awards

2Cents Theatre Distinctive Voices Award

Aunt Lyla’s Fave Fringe Flyer

Winner announced tonight! Honorable Mentions:

Fight the Power Award

No Room in the Green Room Award

Silent Joy
Borracho: Spanish for Drunken Bum
Tattered Capes
The Bully Problem
The Circle Table

O Face Award for Orgasmic Achievement in Theatre: “Most Orgasmic Performance”

Blaire Chandler – THE DUCHESS & THE STRIPPER

Yokko – HIDE YOUR FIRES: BUTOH LADY MACBETH

Jim Hanna – THE MAYOR’S DEBATE OF TRANQUILITY, NEBRASKA

Elisabeth Hower – FOUR CLOWNS PRESENTS: SHAKEDOWN AT THE DUSTY SPUR!

Macy Idzakovich – FLOWER SOCIETY

ShoWorks Don’t Wait. Create! Award

Soaring Solo Artist Award

SQUEEZE MY CANS by Cathy Schenkelberg

DEAR JEFF by Callie Ott 

MR YUNIOSHI by Jonathan Cho 

MANDY PICKS A HUSBAND by Amanda Broomell 

THE ONE MAN IMPROVISED MUSICAL by Conor Hanney

Standout Song Award

“SMELLAY LAHK A TURKAY” Blackboxing

“Wanted” Pockets

“Love Triangles” Pocketmon

“The Futures Lit” One Hump Heart

“SLAPFOC” Bully Problem

Steve Kent Award

Earth Stories: Our Climate and Our Future
In Conclusion
Ghost Town
Mr Yunioshi
The Last Croissant

The Diverse Diva Award

SQUEEZE MY CANS by Cathy Schenkelberg

(IM)PERFEKT by Jannica Olin

CHRISSY METH by Crystal Bush

LOOSE UNDERWEAR by Dagmar Stansova

CORINA: FROM LAPDANCE TO SUNDANCE by Corina Calderon

The Golden Key

The Inkwell Theater Playwright’s Promise Award

The Outdoor Voices Festival “Conversation Creation” Award

The Paul Koslo Memorial/MET Theatre Award

A Time Traveler’s Guide To The Present

TPP’s Trope Buster! 

Batter Up

The Guide Contest is back! We would like to invite our Fringe community to design the 2019 Hollywood Fringe Festival guide cover, which will be distributed throughout L.A. county. Submit your design ideas anytime between today, Wednesday, April 3rd and Sunday, April 7th by 9:30am to be included in the qualifying round. To enter the contest visit our contest link.

 
The winner will receive a $550 cash prize for their winning design. Additionally, the winner is eligible for a bonus cash prize of $500 to design the category headings for various disciplines and the official Fringe Button – the pin fringe-goers sport as they see shows around Hollywood. Participation is open to everyone. To get started, create a (free) account on 99Designs.com.
 
Know the perfect artist? Please share the contest or this blog post with friends! 

Big news today, Fringers.

Fringe Central has been secured for 2019, and will be housed at The La-La Land Gallery (6450 Santa Monica Boulevard), in the heart of Theatre Row.

Fringe Central is the rallying point for the festival: a social hub for artists and audience members alike. A place where you can interact with Fringe staff, buy tickets and merchandise at Fringe Concierge, hear about what’s hot from fellow Fringers, make those truly special Fringeships, and grab a drink at the infamous Bryan’s Bar. We’ll have many more details in the coming weeks about Fringe Central, so watch this space.

We are looking for smart, motivated individuals to help the Fringe staff mount the 2019 Hollywood Fringe Festival. It’s a big job but it’s also a very rewarding one. Some of our past interns have even moved on to become Fringe staff. 

The following positions are available: Events Intern, Programs Intern, Volunteer Coordinator Intern and FringeTV Production Intern.

If you are interested in an internship with the Hollywood Fringe Festival, please review the four available positions here and submit a cover letter and resume to [email protected]. Please specify which position(s) you are applying for in your cover letter. Deadline to apply is April 15th.