Sugar and Shit debut at Hollywood Fringe Festival
Sugar and Sh*t debuts at Hollywood Fringe Festival,
LA's largest performing arts festival, and part of 200+ fringe festivals around the world
on August 8, 2021!
Donate to our SUGARFUND to support the world premiere of a brand new play.
SUGARFUND our production costs --publicity, marketing, running ads and digital adsvertisements, set design, prop rentals, and any additional ad hoc costs that will make this dream its most spectacular reality!
We've set our goal to $1,000 but truly we need another $8,000 to make this dream the wildest version of everything we want it to be.
Click the yellow button "DONATE NOW" in the upper right corner to contribute to our SUGARFUND.
We can't do it without you, and we promise this show will be TIGERLICIOUS!
SUGAR AND SH*T
A PROVOCATIVE DARK COMEDY 55min.
Written, Performed & Produced
by the artists themselves
Lenny Langley as “SUGAR”
and
Lori Hoeft as “THE SHIT.”
AUGUST 8, 21, 29
1pm PST / 4pm EST / 9pm UK / 10pm EU
Come see us!
LIVE on theater row in Los Angeles
or
WORLDWIDE from your couch on Livestream
Stay for an additional 45-minute
Q&A with Lenny Langley and Lori Hoeft
Plus IMAGINATIVE STORM SESSION
WITH ACCLAIMED STORYTELLERS
JAMES NAVE AND ALLEGRA HUSTON
Where you will be guided to unleash 10 minutes of your own story
Pour some sugar on us!!!!!
Sugar & Sh*t is a provocative dark comedy inspired by true events. It combines memoirs of a sex worker named Sugar and the chronicles of an unwanted adoptee named The S**t (who ate frosted flakes every day and never forgave her mother for setting the house on fire). These two people, though seemingly from separate worlds, take the audience on a wild ride through meetings with a variety of deranged characters including nuns, priests, sinners, firemen, tiger poachers, and classic clients at a strip club. Eventually, Sugar and S**t meet on their shared quest for sovereignty and achieve their freedom.
Lori Hoeft, on Sugar and S**t, “Putting up Sugar and S**t gives me the stage to be a fierce, no boundaries female artist; it allows me to break out of the cage of sexism and have my voice heard, wild and free.”
Lenny Langley on Sugar and S**t, “I wanted space to not only bring my personal stories to life but to create a provocative, hilarious, and enlightening look at how people attempt to fill their voids —the empty holes in their psyches —left from childhood trauma, addiction, mental health issues, or just the simple shitshow of life.”
Rated 18+
This show contains adult language, explicit topics, nudity, and tigerlicious content.
Content is inclusive to diverse audiences 18-80+ including LGBTQ+, trauma survivors, recovering catholics, sex workers, exotic dancers, creative writers, and has an international audience already.
ABOUT THE HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL
“The Hollywood Fringe Festival is an annual, open-access, community-derived event celebrating freedom of expression and collaboration in the performing arts community. Participation in the Hollywood Fringe is completely open and uncensored."
The Hollywood Fringe Festival is LA’s largest performance art festival, typically attracting 400+ self-produced shows over the span of 18 days each summer.
70+ years since the first Fringe in Edinburgh, Scotland, Fringe Festivals now exist in over 200 cities worldwide as havens for underground and emerging arts scenes.
The Hollywood Fringe Festival is 501c3 non-profit and our show Sugar and Shit is a not-for-profit show.
Tickets are now on sale!
BUY TICKETS FOR THE HUDSON THEATRES IN HOLLYWOOD
BONUS FRINGE EXPERIENCE
We want all of our audiences to have an Imaginative Storm experience, like we had. Part of our show was conceived in The Imaginative Storm, a weekly workshop led by Allegra Huston and the accomplished poet, storyteller, teacher, and coach, and one of our dearest mentors, James Nave. In the spirit of the community orientation of the Hollywood Fringe, all show participants will be invited to stay for our additional 45-minute Q&A with the artists plus an Unleash Your Story experience modeled after The Imaginative Storm. This addition will be immediately following the performance both in-person and on livestream, guided directly by James Nave himself. James Nave has been a pivotal force in the last 25 years of Creativity Camps in collaboration with Julia Cameron, author of The Artists’ Way, another writing inspiration for us. We hope this inspires audience members to not only receive a sneak peak into our personal writing process, but to reignite or develop their own!
How much sugar does the SUGARFUND need?
YOU CAN NEVER HAVE TOO MUCH SUGAR!
We have a detailed budget to bring this show to life. We have successfully raised $7,000 to cover our costs for the venue and designs to bring the stage to life. But truly, the production costs much more. Our original budget goal was $16,000. The more help we have, the better our show can be.
We are currently paying out of our personal pockets to produce this show, an extra challenge this year due to the current COVID-19 landscape. Artists and filmmakers have been some of the hardest-hit members of the coronavirus pandemic. We are, however, very determined to bring our voices into the world regardless of these COVID circumstances.
Below is an outline of our biggest dreams for the SUGARFUND.
We deeply appreciate your support to make our show it’s most spectacular!
OUR WILLYWONKA DREAM is for the SUGARFUND to reach or exceed $10,000!
This would allow SUGAR AND SH*T to be a dream come true. The more sugar we have the more we can invest in better quality and the highest level of sophistication for costumes, props, sound design, music score, lighting direction, venue, livestreaming, and insurance costs...as well as a full-blown sugary afterparty for all of our fans!
OUR CANDYLAND DREAM is for the SUGARFUND to reach or exceed $5,000!
This would surely bring SUGAR AND SH*T to life, and would cover our absolute basics of costumes, props, sound design, music score, lighting direction, venue, and livestreaming.
How do I donate?
Just click the yellow “DONATE NOW” button in the upper right-hand corner.
Email us at [email redacted] if you have any problems or questions.
The Hollywood Fringe Festival is 501c3 non-profit and our show Sugar and Shit is a not-for-profit show. We are setting up a fiscal sponsor for those who need a tax deductable invoice.
What if you want to help us in other ways?
Let us know what you might like to contribute! We love help!
We would love any connections to reviewers at publications, online platforms, local television, or radio, event production support, volunteers to support day-of logistics such as box office, greeters and candy-givers;), grips for set-up and tear-down, videographers for behind-the-scenes shots of making this production, pro bono DJs for our celebratory afterparty, etc.
Here’s how else you might help:
- Share this GOFUNDME with your friends around the world! Click the yellow "SHARE" button in the upper right hand corner. Each time you do so, there’s even more chances for folks to engage with, contribute to, and support Sugar and Sh*t.
- BUY TICKETS TO THE SHOW! If you'll be in Los Angeles in August, you can buy tickets to see the show in person by clicking HERE . If you're anywhere else in the world, you can buy tickets to our global Livestream to watch on Youtube or Facebook by clicking HERE .
-Follow us on social media! Comment, like, and share our pages on Instagram ,Facebook , Twitter , and on the Hollywood Fringe Festival official website for even more adventures & updates!
-Check out even more about our mission! We've brought everything together on our website .
-Do something creative! Remember to carve out time in your life for things that spark your creativity, be it writing, dancing, singing, drawing, walking, gardening, meditating, or maybe just staring out a window and seeing what comes :)
- Share your story! We believe that writing and storytelling is healing. Writing is a way to celebrate yourself for the unique human that you are. Tell your friends a story, or just tell yourself, on paper or out loud. We encourage you simply to Let it out :)
Please send us Sugar, Spice, and Everything Nice ..
(NO SHIT ;)
So we can set this show FREE!!!!!
Donations will be accepted right here through GOFUNDME
Just click the yellow “DONATE NOW” button in the upper right-hand corner.
OR if you'd prefer to donate anonymously, you may send your funds below
Zelle Lori Hoeft [phone redacted]
Venmo Lori Hoeft @Lori-Hoeft
Venmo Lenny Langley @misslangley
Paypal Lori Hoeft [email redacted]
Paypal Lenny Langley [email redacted]
Our accountant Harvey Spelkin, CPA will be processing funds.
Email us at [email redacted] with any problems or questions.
Thank you so much!
Much love,
Sugar and Sh*t