HFF25 Workshop #2: Alternative (BYOV) Venues at Fringe

Send us a text RECORDED ON: Monday, February 3rd To watch visit the Hollywood Fringe YouTube channel during or after the event Interested in site-specific & immersive work? Or producing your show at a venue in the Fringe Zone that’s not already registered with Fringe (BYOV)? This workshop is for you! We will cover both the logistics of BYOV at HFF and the many creative and behind-the-scenes elements of producing immersive work. Join our moderator and brilliant panelists who have successfully navigated the hurdles and joys of taking the more unconventional route at HFF and beyond PANELISTS Elliot Evans (they/them) is an award-winning writer, actor, and cult survivor. Growing up on the East Coast, they cut their baby teeth in professional theatre by performing in everything from Shakespeare and McDonagh to Brecht and Churchill. After dropping out of arts school (and a brief stint at Mardi Gras), they hitchhiked across the country to chase the American fever dream. Since landing in LA, they have appeared on multiple networks and streaming platforms and have racked up accolades from various festivals and awards, including Cannes Short Film Festival and the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA). At the 2024 HFF, they co-created and starred in Vanlyfe—a site-specific homeless epic which depicts the material challenges faced by the unhoused queer community, including mental illness, police brutality, addiction, and transphobia. Framed by their experiences as a traveler, organizer, and formerly unhoused queer person, their work primarily focuses on vulnerable populations at the fringes of the social fabric and the ways that community empowerment centers and uplifts marginalized voices. Currently, they are busy writing, playing, and building collective power on both the East and West Coast. To follow them before the meta-fascist take-over loses steam, they can be found on Instagram @screenactorsguilt Monica Miklas (she/her) is an immersive industry veteran with credits as a creative and show director, producer, writer and performer. She is the co-founder of the Los Angeles-based radical theatre collaboration Capital W, specializing in transformative immersive experiences for intimate audiences. Most recently she was a Creative Lead at RWS Global, where she directed experiential projects for clients including SeaWorld, Yas Island; MSC Cruises; the Medora Musical; Big Cedar Lodge; and Bass Pro Shops. She is in the process of launching Aviary Creative Works, a creative studio focused on helping clients tell experiential stories with the power to change the world. Zander Raphael (Ayeroff) (they/he/she) is a gender-fluid actor, singer, producer, experience designer, clown and performance artist. Since the age of nine, Zander has worked professionally in Hollywood as a studio session singer and actor on TV shows, movies and commercials. Throughout the pandemic they acted in, produced and designed virtual events for a worldwide audience as a member of Co-Reality Collective (CRC) and The Caravan, creators of immersive solo, group and party experiences. Online participants were entertained, challenged and teleported through Zoom wormholes to uncharted technological territories. Zander additionally collaborated with SparkleVerse as a key performer and experience designer for the 2020 & 2021 Virtual Burns (Digital Burning Man). Their immersive character work WEBSITE: https://www.hollywoodfringe.org INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/hollywoodfringe/ YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@HollywoodFringe