Staff Spotlight: Jeff Worden, Front of House Manager

I’m Jeff Worden, the Front of House Manager of the Hollywood Fringe Festival!

What does the Front of House Manager do?

I do my best to ensure you’re having a great time at Fringe Central Station. Whether that be enjoying a cold beer or a cocktail by the bar or laughing at your friend’s rendition of The Police’s “Roxanne,” I want to make sure the night is smooth and the smiles are plenty. That’s why they pay me the big bucks.

What’s a day like at Fringe Central Station?

Usually, it’s a lot of verbs: cleaning, counting, pulling, shifting, sorting, pushing, answering, standing, sitting, laughing, writing, watching, listening and sometimes punching – – the clock! Oh, and loving. And meme-ing.

How did you get started with the Fringe?

I like to think it was kindled back in college, when I went to school with a bunch of crazy dreamers who wanted to somehow – despite their better judgments – make theatre. The truth of the matter probably resembles something more like the little sucker fish that hook onto the bottom of a shark; the Fringe does most of the heavy biting into the Hollywood art world and I get to nibble at the fleshy bits leftover.

That’s graphic.

Yes, but I like graphics. Not graphs, so much, because they’re boring.