Hollywood Fringe has kicked off a big fundraising initiative, aiming to boost $48,000 to help 24 micro-commissioned works by low-income artists for the 2024 pageant.

The fundraising marketing campaign is concentrated on the newly launched Hollywood Fringe Commissioners Membership, an unique membership program providing donors varied perks and advantages all through the pageant. The funds generated from the Commissioners Membership are channeled instantly into the Hollywood Fringe Artist Fund. It’s the solely particular person artist fund designed to help low-income theatre makers in Los Angeles.

Established in 2021, the Hollywood Fringe Artist Fund was created to supply monetary help to these adversely affected by the pandemic. The fund was initially designed to create a pathway for artists going through monetary constraints to take part within the pageant. It has since grow to be an important a part of the Hollywood Fringe mission of supporting artists and remaining a financially accessible platform.

“We acknowledge that it’s not simple or low cost for artists to share their tales, however we’re dedicated to being a financially accessible, artist-centered platform,” stated Hollywood Fringe Co-Administrators Ellen Boudreau Den-Herder and Lois Neville. “That’s why we launched initiatives like our Artist Fund.”

With every contribution to the Commissioners Membership, Hollywood Fringe allocates 25% of the funds on to the Artist Fund. The remaining 75% go to artist-centric initiatives, together with the producer training collection, cabarets, business occasions, and organizational working prices.

Located throughout the Los Angeles arts and tradition scene, the Hollywood Fringe Competition operates amidst a singular problem. Though Los Angeles ranks #1 per capita in unbiased artists, it ranks final in California state funding. Moreover, 53% of unbiased artists who take part in Hollywood Fringe determine as low-income. In response to this, Hollywood Fringe stays dedicated to minimizing prices for artists. The pageant gives low registration prices and distributes 100% of ticket proceeds again to collaborating artists. It concurrently addresses the funding hole by way of initiatives such because the scholarship program and the Artist Fund.

The fundraising marketing campaign will conclude on January 18, 2024, with the annual Gala—An Ode to the Muses of Dionysia: A Fringe Gala. Tickets can be found for the Gala on-line, and Commissioners Membership Members will obtain free admission.

Extra data on the Commissioners Membership.

Extra data on the 2024 Hollywood Fringe Gala.

Key Dates for the 2024 Competition:

• January 18: An Ode to the Muses of Dionysia: A Fringe Gala
• February 1: Registration opens
• June 6-11: Preview week
• June 12: Opening Night time Get together
• June 13-30: 14th Annual Hollywood Fringe Competition
• July 1: Awards Ceremony

For extra data or particular questions on the 2024 Hollywood Fringe Competition, go to http://www.HollywoodFringe.org or contact the crew at help@hollywoodfringe.org.
About The Hollywood Fringe Competition

The Hollywood Fringe Competition is an annual, open-access, community-derived occasion celebrating freedom of expression and collaboration within the performing arts group.

Participation within the Hollywood Fringe is totally open and uncensored. This free-for-all strategy underlines the pageant’s mission to be a platform for artists with out the barrier of a curating physique. By opening the gates to anybody with a imaginative and prescient, the pageant can exhibit essentially the most various and cutting-edge factors of view the world has to supply. Moreover, by creating an atmosphere the place artists should self-produce their work, the Fringe motivates its individuals to domesticate a spirit of entrepreneurialism within the arts.

Study extra in regards to the pageant on HollywoodFringe.org