Join the Cause: We are Fringe

Greetings, Fringers-

The 2013 Festival has come and gone. What a weird, wild and wonder-filled month it was.

The numbers we use to gauge the success of the Fringe tell a stellar tale: $258k returned to the Fringe community, 35,000 seats filled, 40% growth over 2012. And then there are the intangibles: the newfound fringeships, the cultural and artistic development, the countless feats on the stage and beyond.

And so we look to 2014 with hope, excitement and glorious anticipation of things to come. If only these qualities in their full realization powered a festival of this magnitude. Indeed our needs go beyond the full strength of our artists and the steely commitment of our staff: they require the financial support of our great community.

The Fringe is an expensive thing. Every year we are on the preverbal hook for printing, rent, insurance, advertisements, equipment, supplies and the myriad of services and goods required to serve and support this cause. As the Fringe expands year over year, so too does our overhead and we struggle to keep up.

Will you help us? Our Summer campaign is nearly done and we have a long ways to go to meet out goal. If we come up short many of our services and dreams of new outlets for promotion will be cut; every penny helps us stay afloat.

You can give to the Fringe at donate.hollywoodfringe.org.

If you truly feel the Fringe is a worthy institution then please spread the word to your friends and colleagues. The very nature of this festival is one of community and leveraging our collective strength to engender something great. Pass along this email, post on your social networks, wave the flag of fringe. We are all in this together, after all.

Your assistance is so very valuable and we love you all for helping us make this fantastic event a reality every year.

Ben