[NoHo Arts District, CA] – Award-winning writer and performer Kimberly Prentice joins director Misti B. Wills and choreographer Laurena Barros to bring the critically acclaimed backstage Broadway solo show UNSEEN to the 2026 Hollywood Fringe Festival.
About UNSEEN
Grab your “all-access” pass into the mysterious world of Broadway’s backstage! Follow veteran “star dresser” Pam as she works her magic through complex costume changes, confrontations, and quirky actor demands all while staying hidden in the shadows with the rest of the crew. When the stress of invisibility gets too heavy, supportive allies rally and equip her to stand up, curse like a sailor, and be seen. This may be a solo show, but Kimberly Prentice quickly changes her way through 30-plus distinct characters as we follow Pam’s hilarious – and sometimes harrowing – journey of working in the dark, unseen, while trying not to disappear.
What Critics Are Saying About UNSEEN
“Funny, yet also thought-provoking and inspiring. Unseen is a fantastic show that offers something slightly different than your traditional one-woman show” – The Indiependent.
“It’s done with such grace – both through the words spoken and also physically…” – Theatre Weekly.
“Her polished, precision-timed show and plucky, unstarry demeanour get the crowd quickly onside” —Fest. “Master storyteller” – Hi!Drama.
Winner “Best One Woman Show” United Solo Festival, NYC
The Team
Kimberly Prentice is a writer, actor, singer, dancer, and producer who grew up in Los Angeles and now lives in NYC. A UCLA graduate with a B.A. in Dance and Choreography, Kimberly has also worked as a dresser on Broadway for more than 25 years. She recently returned from a successful run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with her award-winning solo show UNSEEN, based on her experiences backstage on Broadway. Kimberly wrote, produced, and starred in UNSEEN, which has also been performed at the United Solo Festival in NYC, where it won “Best One-Woman Show,” and at The Barrow Group. Additional performing credits include Afterlight (Cherry Lane Theater), 9/10 (Gene Frankel Theater), Under the Overalls: Stories of a Dresser Unraveled (PIT & Estrogenius Festival), Big Girl, Little World (NY International Fringe Festival), Yet Another Fairy Tale (Spotlight On Festival), A Chorus Line (Downtown Cabaret, La Mirada Theatre), Cosi (Cassowary Theatre), Brigadoon (Fireside Theatre), and West Side Story (Merry Go Round Theater).
Misti B. Wills (director) was thrilled to debut at Edinburgh with Kim Prentice, her longtime collaborator from their NYC theatre company Threads. Select credits include Off-Broadway: Brilliant (Broadway Bound Festival), My Real Mother (New York Musical Theatre Festival, Signature Theatre, Winner Best Performance for Elena Shaddow), and Tempest at La MaMa Etc (Assistant Director, NY Times Critics Pick). Regional highlights: The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Ovation Recommended Sister Act (5 Star Theatricals) in Los Angeles, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Greenville Theatre, SC), My Fair Lady (Forestburgh Playhouse, NY). Other notable NYC credits include the NYC premiere of A Pound in Your Pocket (by Charles Strouse/Lee Adams), Floyd Collins, Shake the Earth (solo show in the 2015 NY Fringe Festival, Theater is Easy Best Bet Award), The Drunken City (NY Workshop Theatre), Afterlight (Cherry Lane, NYC Fringe Festival), The Winter’s Tale at Stella Adler Studio of Acting, Songs for a New World, Twelfth Night (Shakespeare’s Sister Co.), and Elvira: The Immigration Play (national tour). Misti holds an MA in Theater Education from Emerson College and has been on the acting faculties of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and the New York Film Academy. Proud member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, SDC.
Laurena Barros (choreographer) had the privilege of dancing as a Radio City Rockette at the world-famous Radio City Music Hall. She has toured extensively as a musical theater performer throughout the US and abroad. Currently, she serves as the Academic Department Director in Theatre Dance at AMDA in NYC. As a choreographer, her work includes: the 25th Anniversary Los Angeles and New York premieres of the film Dirty Dancing; Children of Eden at Stagedoor Manor in NY; multiple dance projects and musicals for AMDA, Horace Mann School in NY, and American Dance Training Camp in VT. Laurena has an MFA in Dance from Montclair State University.