Staff Spotlight: Stacy Jones Hill, Communications Director

Who are you and what do you do here?

Hi, I’m Stacy Jones Hill! As you can see up there in the subject line, I’m the Communications Director for the Fringe. In a way, this means I get to be a part of almost everything that goes on here, which I like just fine!

When did you get involved with Hollywood Fringe?

I’ve been around since this festival was just a spark of an idea and I’m so proud of what it has become. I started off as the Publicity Manager in 2010, writing press releases and trying to spread the word about a festival that was untried and untested. Seeing the festival take off that first year was a dream come true and though it is a lot of hard work from year to year, it continues to be an extremely rewarding experience.

How has your position changed over the years?

Since that first year, I’ve taken on more responsibilities: a lot of writing, a lot of organizing and even more collaborating with our awesome Fringe staff. One of my favorite new roles involves my job as head of FringeTV, which we started last year as a way to capture and cover all the different facets of the festival. It has been a great learning experience and a ton of fun.

What keeps you coming back to work on the Fringe?

Watching new relationships and partnerships develop because of the festival has been and continues to be really inspiring for me. Seeing a deserving playwright get published, a young director get recognized for great talent, an actor secure a manager for the first time or a new theatre company launch with a bang is worth the year-long, tireless effort to continue to put up the Hollywood Fringe. Maybe that sounds cheesy, but I live for that stuff.

That alone would be enough to keep me coming back, but even my own personal and artistic life continues to flourish because of the people I have met here. Some of my most treasured friends and artistic co-conspirators started out as acquaintances I only knew through Fringe.

Would you rather fight a horse-sized duck or one hundred duck-sized horses?

I wouldn’t want to fight a horse-sized anything, let alone something horse-sized that could also fly. I’d take my chances with the duck-sized horses. I used to play soccer; I’m not afraid of getting my shins bruised.