[NoHo Arts District, CA] – Fringe Management LLC presents Mike Blaha: Pivotal Nomad at the 2026 Hollywood Fringe Festival.
Mike Blaha returns to Hollywood after his sold-out run last year with the US premiere of his new stand-up show!.
About Mike Blaha: Pivotal Nomad
Working remotely for almost three years now, Mike is at a crossroads. Is he ever going to return to the U.S.? Probably not with the current regime in power. Is he going to find the love of his life? Magic 8 Ball says, “don’t count on it.” Can he still be an astronaut when he grows up? He’s in discussions with Elon . . . Mike discusses all of these existential questions interwoven with his “gift for storytelling and comic timing.” Top 10. Recommended. – Stageraw.com (for last year’s “Mike Blaha: International Joke”)
Acclaim for Mike’s previous shows:
★★★★ The Scotsman (Spank the Monkey)
Top Ten/Recommended – Stageraw.com (for Shagadelic)
“Belly-laugh inducing moments you don’t see coming . . . filled with joy and laughter.” -Giaonthemove.com (Mike Blaha: International Joke)
“Blaha has a skill at finding humor from his experiences. If you’re a fan of Bill Bryson’s travelogues, then you’ll find something to enjoy here.” – Australian Arts Review (Mike
About Mike Blaha
An entertainment attorney, law professor, and arbitrator, as well as stage and film producer, Michael Blaha’s Los Angeles stage credits as producer include Bloody Poetry (Beverly Hills Playhouse), Cinderella (UCLA Freud Theater, starring Zsa Zsa Gabor), Byron (Odyssey Theater), Just Loretta (The Complex), Three (2100 Square Feet Theater), Job: The Hip-Hopera (Stella Adler Theater; Los Angeles Drama Critics and LA Weekly Best Musical nominations), and Hoboken to Hollywood (Edgemar Theater, LA Weekly Best Musical of the Year).
A Fringe Veteran, Mike has also produced several shows at the Hollywood Fringe Festival, including Richard Parker (Best International Production), Afghanistan is Not Funny (Best International Production), Nigerian Spam Scam Scam (Encore Award), and Pick of the Fringe (Best Cabaret and Variety Nominee).
His other U.S. stage credits include Latina Christmas Special and Bard Overboard at the Soho Playhouse Off Broadway, Bukowsical in Los Angeles and at the New York Fringe, where it won the Best Musical Award, and runt (Los Angeles, Chicago, Minneapolis, New York).
Internationally, Mike has produced almost 100 shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe as partners with Nigel Miles-Thomas in Fringe Management, including runt (Fringe First; Sony Radio Academy Award winner for Best Drama for BBC World Service production), Night in November (Best Actor Award), Sabotage: In Fine Form (Perrier Best Newcomer Nominee), This Is So Not About The Simpsons (starring Harry Shearer), and A Night at the Sans Hotel (Stage Award Nominee).
In London, Mike produced the improv duo Shenoah Allen and Mark Chavez, better known as the worldwide comedy sensation The Pajama Men (The Times Double Act of the Year, Best Comedy Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Time Out Award for Best in Sydney Comedy Festival), in Versus vs. Versus and Last Stand to Reason, both of which were sold-out runs at the Soho Theater. From there, he continued his relationship with the Soho by producing comedian Will Franken’s hit show Things We Did Before Reality.
As one of the founding producers of Sci-Fest LA, the Festival of One-Act Science Fiction Plays (2014–2016), Mike championed plays based on the works of such science fiction icons as Ray Bradbury, Ursula K. Le Guin, Clive Barker, and Neil Gaiman.
On the celluloid side of performance art, Mike’s film producing credits include Chi Girl (Slamdance Grand Jury Prize Winner), The Dogwalker (Cinefest Best New Director), runt (Pan African Film Festival Best New Director Nominee), Tropicalia (Telluride Film Festival selection), and the short film The Legend of Beaver Dam (multiple international Best Short Awards and Honorable Mention, Sundance Film Festival).
Always on the lookout for new and exciting talent, Mike is on the Board of Directors of New Musicals, Inc., Impro Theatre, and Filmmakers Alliance.