Housing Fringe Artists

And now an important message from our volunteer coordinator, Liz Steele…

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Hey Fringers!

As many of you know, we had our first town hall of the year last week marking the beginning of the Fringe season. The energy was contagious at Theatre Asylum and carried over to the Three Clubs. Even with three months left to go before previews start, we’ve had such a great response regarding volunteers. Today, I’d like to inform you of a rather specific volunteer opportunity.

Last year, approximately half of our shows were from outside the Los Angeles area and 20% were international artists. For the practical minded of you out there, I’m sure you’re thinking something along these lines, “Artists, huh? Flying across the globe, even driving from the middle of the country, that doesn’t sound cheap.” And you’re right. But for a lot of artists, this festival provides very unique opportunities they can’t take advantage of elsewhere. So they plan and save and work their butts off to get to Los Angeles every June.

One of the kindest things a person can do is to open their home to a stranger. As you can imagine, when an artist is able to eliminate housing expenses from their visit to Los Angeles, this greatly lessens the stress that money can bring. This is an amazing opportunity for our volunteers though. It’s not just international artists that are looking for lodging, but also Americans from all over the country. We do a need for immediate housing for some international artists.

Just like with all of our volunteer opportunities, there are many factors that are very flexible. The lengths of stay vary and we’re dealing with artists so a few of them aren’t opposed to crashing on couches. So if you’re interested, please respond with the availability of your space followed by a brief description of the lodgings, is it a guest room, an air mattress, a couch, etc. Feel free to contact me with the information at [email protected].

This is one of the coolest opportunities we provide. It’s a wonderfully hands-on way to enjoy and experience the Fringe. Also, for those of you with 9-5 jobs whose hours of free time come rarely, this is a great way to volunteer for the festival and still have time to see shows.

So we look forward to hearing from you and fringe on!

Best, Elizabeth Steele
Elizabeth Steele
Volunteer Coordinator
[email protected].