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It was an early summer outing in the center of once-fabled Tinseltown. For 11 days one could wander the streets of Hollywood among tourists and street denizens, go to 17 venues within walking distance of each other, another 14 that were a bit of a trek, see as many shows as feasible in a day and still only catch part of the festivities.

Shows usually started around noon with new attractions every 30 minutes or so until midnight, most ranging between 30 and 90 minutes which allowed time for snacks or stops at the Fringe Central wine and beer bar behind the former Egyptian Arena Theatre, now called Theatre of Arts, on Las Palmas south of Sunset Boulevard.

Fringe Central was the hub of the Festival and usually where you would find Ben Hill, executive director and one of the founders. According to Hill, there were 780 performances divided among 186 shows and exhibits. He is pleased with the results. “The festival surpassed my personal expectations in so many ways,” he states.
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“T-O-T-A-L-L-Y!” BY KIMLEIGH SMITH TAKES TOP AWARDS AT
HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL

Award Winning One-Woman Show Announces Los Angeles Encore Performances
at Theatre Asylum’s “Best of the Hollywood Fringe”
Los Angeles, CA/July, 2010/positivePR – Actress Kimleigh Smith announced today with Director Paula
Killen that six performances of Smith’s award winning one-woman show, “T-O-T-A-L-L-Y!” will be featured
at Theatre Asylum’s “Best of the Hollywood Fringe,” between July 10, and August 1, 2010. Smith recently
performed her show at the Hollywood Fringe Festival, where it won both the Top of the Fringe Award and
the Fringe Award for Theatre – the top two honors – amongst a field of more than 200 shows, and earned
a coveted “GO” from LA Weekly’s Steven Leigh Morris.
“…thanks entirely to Smith’s superhuman vivacity, her blistering sense of humor…
[T-O-T-A-L-L-Y! is]…among the best.”
Steven Leigh Morris, LA Weekly

“Kimleigh Smith is a powerful, sexual, important performer…I admire her bravery, her acceptance
of her past and the way she can kick her legs to Jesus as if she were a bendy doll.”
Mark Baratelli, TheDailyCity.com

This autobiographical one-hour show takes the audience through a journey that is uplifting, heartbreaking
and powerful as they witness the story of Smith as a young cheerleader transform into a powerful woman
who embraces her inner superhero, reclaims her sexuality and lives as a whole, healthy woman who
cheers for life! Writer/actress Kimleigh Smith commented, “You must be willing to sacrifice who you are
for what you want to become. That’s what “T-O-T-A-L-L-Y!” is really all about.”
The show is directed by Paula Killen, and recently played to sell-out crowds in Orlando, and Los Angeles.
“T-O-T-A-L-L-Y!” opens at the New York International Fringe Festival on August 13, 2010. Currently,
Smith’s show is scheduled to run at the Theatre Asylum (6320 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles) on July
10, 18, 24, 25, 31, and August 1, as part of their “Best of the Hollywood Fringe” event. For more
information on performance times and to purchase tickets, please call 323.962.1632 or visit

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/118925.

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