The 16th annual Hollywood Fringe Festival will bring hundreds of emerging performing artists to the stage with original theatrical productions throughout the month of June.
This year, the festival will feature over 480 shows at over 35 venues across L.A. from June 11 to 28, beginning with its opening night party on June 10 and culminating in an awards ceremony held on June 29. Previews will run June 4 to 9 before the official festival kicks off. Tickets are available at the Hollywood Fringe website, and 100% of box office sales will go to the artists and venues.
From clownery and experimental performance art to dramatic plays commenting on real issues facing Angelenos today, the Hollywood Fringe has something for everyone. Here are some highlights of the 2026 lineup.
For Fans of the Absurd:
Syrian Soap
Edib Farhan is a standup comedian and clown whose new solo show takes place in an intergalactic bathhouse in the afterlife. The show is part of The Hollywood Fringe Scholarship Program, and is one of 12 shows funded by the Hollywood Pantages Theatre and Third District Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath, according to a social media post from the Hollywood Fringe. The show is for ages 16 and up.
“Find out if you are your ancestor’s wildest dreams–or worst nightmare…he has notes! Receive channeled advice, poetry, and a surprise visit from a traditional Syrian bathroom slipper (which may or may not be a metaphor for life under fascism),” the show’s description reads.
Where: The Broadwater
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When: June 13, 17, 18, 20
Mark Vigeant: Out There
Mark Vigeant will bring his one-man show, Out There, to the Hollywood Fringe for the second year, after a sold-out run at last year’s festival, where it was nominated for four awards including Top of Fringe and Best Clown Show. The show follows Vigeant’s character, Larry, a “burnt-out engineer on a mission to gain viral fame by livestreaming a survival adventure from the Alaskan wilderness,” according to the show’s description.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Vigeant’s “clever use of live video, hilarious audience participation, and a ton of vulnerability … creates a portrait of a tragically ridiculous man who, unfortunately, has the time of his life.”
Where: The Broadwater
When: June 6, 13, 24
If You’re Hungry Food For Thought:
Versions of Her
Versions of Her is a solo show featuring performer Tonoccus McClain, focusing on his relationship with his friend, opera singer Kerry Walsh, according to BroadwayWorld.
The performance mixes theater and documentary, including interviews with Walsh discussing her seven autoimmune diseases and terminal dementia diagnosis, according to the show’s description. As McClain tells Walsh’s story, he will confront the way women are treated in the American healthcare system.
McClain is best known for performing with the North American tour of The Lion King. He has also performed with the LA Opera and at three Academy Awards ceremonies, according to BroadwayWorld.
Where: Stephanie Feury Studio Theatre
When: June 7, 12, 14, 17, 20, 25, 26
Hollywood Chola
Another Fringe Scholarship winner, Hollywood Chola is a one-woman show about Xochi Sanchez, a Mexican-American actress who is repeatedly typecast and forced to go to anger management therapy after she punches a white security guard who won’t let her into a studio because he thinks she is a criminal.
The show was written by Josefina Lopez, an award-winning writer of the film Real Women Have Curves, and stars Yelyna De Leon, who has been seen on shows like Will and Grace and Shameless. Leon has an album also called Hollywood Chola, which is dropping soon, according to the show’s description.
Where: The Activist Kitchen
When: June 7, 13, 14, 26, 27
On Topical Topics:
Burn Scar: A Comedy of Catastrophic Proportions
Burn Scar tells the story of the Palisades fire and the fallout from it, according to BroadwayWorld. Actress Christine Dunford recalls when she was forced to evacuate her home on the morning of January 7, 2025.
“What followed was a string of Airbnb’s with couches that all seemed to be stained in the same place, a deep dive into the wine selection at Trader Joe’s and exposure to insurance fuckery of such epic proportions that it seemed a perfect mirror to the ascendance of cruelty we’re seeing in the greater American landscape,” the description of the show reads.
In the show, Dunford recounts how her experience spurred her to have a reckoning about how to move forward with a renewed faith in humanity.
Dunford has had an extensive career in television, appearing in shows such as Arrested Development, Two and a Half Men and Seinfeld.
Where: Theatre of Note
When: June 13 and 20
What Survives
Triple threat Rachael Meyers is the writer, director and one of the stars of “What Survives,” a play about a community reckoning with a 10-year-old girl being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in their neighborhood.
“What Survives was birthed out of my emotional vexation with what’s going on in the world right now, and the daily collision of feeling all at once entirely helpless and vehemently driven to create change,” Meyers told BroadwayWorld. “It’s the most fearless piece I’ve written.”
Meyers is best known for her role on The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and has been seen on Fresh Off the Boat and Veronica Mars, according to her website.
Where: The Broadwater
When: June 6, 11, 14, 18, 26
Immersive Experiences:
I am not a spy. This is a magic show.
Magician Katrina Kroetch, also known as “Magical Katrina,” will intrigue audiences with a one-woman magic and mentalism show, which she stresses is “not a covert operation.” The show is fun for all ages.
“It’s just your typical comedic noir magic show, packed with capers, laughs, twists and totally non-suspicious mind games,” the show’s description reads. “Not a femme fatale spy on a top-secret mission that innocent bystanders might incidentally be drawn into.”
Where: Madnani Theater
When: June 11, 14, 15, 24, 25, 26
Hot Yoga
Join actor Ruby Marker for a one-woman show that touches on the experience of moving from a small town to the City of Angels. In the show, Marker plays Marie, a yoga teacher on her final day of work before moving to Hollywood to pursue her dreams. While audience members may sit back and enjoy a traditional viewing experience, those ready to work out are encouraged to immerse themselves in the show and join Marie’s class. The show is for ages 18 and up.
“The flow will involve difficult poses, resurfaced trauma and an inside look at the next big star right before her big break,” its description reads.
Where: Bad Ladder
When: June 9, 17, 19, 21, 27
Theater To Pull At Your Heartstrings:
Wedding Party (Or, why you should not invite former friends to your wedding)
Former Netflix and CBS executive Adriana Martínez Barróon, is back at the Hollywood Fringe with a new play starring off-Broadway actor Arianna Williams, according to BroadwayWorld.
The story takes place at main character Ximena’s wedding in the South of France. Though she’s happy to have her dream venue and, more importantly, her dream man, she doesn’t have her dream bridal party, so Ximena decides to rekindle relationships with her former friends.
The dramatic comedy explores the true heartbreak of female friendship breakups, and comments on love in all its forms: romantic, platonic and self-love.
Where: Actors Company (Let Live Theater)
When: June 7, 11, 13, 14, 16, 20, 22, 26
Redemption Song
This play features performances of original songs written by Grammy-nominated songwriter and producer Wes Hutchinson, according to his website, and Matt Pynn, who has previously collaborated with artists like Beyoncé, Lana Del Rey and Elton John.
The show follows Joe Malone, who is released from prison, and struggles to deal with the loss of his brother, leading him to search for “redemption through music, memory and the family he left behind,” according to the show’s description. It intends to ask the question, “What if the worst thing you’ve ever done is the only thing you can’t outrun?”
Where: The Broadwater
When: June 6, 15, 28
Historical Narratives:
UPRISING: A queer epic myth on relevant themes
This staged reading will take audiences back to the summer of 1969 on Christopher Street in New York City to the Stonewall Riots. The show aims to explore queer resistance, survival, and identity during frequent raids of queer spaces, according to the bio of its Instagram page.
Actors portraying several LGBTQIA+ activists, including Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson, will “offer their different perspectives on the night’s events, which include crooked cops, mafioso catholic priests and the eventual Pride it all led to,” according to the show’s description. The show is for ages 17 and up.
Where: The Activist Kitchen
When: June 5, 18, 21
Aztlan: (m)otherland
This Hollywood Fringe Scholarship winner is inspired by “the events surrounding the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s killing of Los Angeles Times Mexican-American journalist Ruben Salazar during the National Chicano Moratorium Against the Vietnam War on August 29, 1970,” according to the show’s description.
The play follows journalists as they work their way through an anti-war march, and incorporates poetry in English and Spanish. The show is for ages 18 and up.
Where: Actors Company (The Little Theater)
When: June 7, 13, 14, 20, 28
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