Something Anxious: A double feature is part of The Hollywood Fringe Festival happening this summer
Following acclaimed performances at Zombie Joe’s Underground and the 2026 Bombay Beach Biennale, Something Anxious: A Double Feature comes to the Hollywood Fringe Festival this June.
The one-hour theatrical production features two original plays created during Zombie Joe’s Underground Theatre Group’s 23rd Annual 50 Hour Drive-By Theatre Festival:
Anxious Attachment, written and directed by Douglas Clarke
Something Ancient, written and directed by Michael Silva
Anxious Attachment explores AI-driven attachment, loneliness, grief, addiction, and family fracture through the story of a young man retreating into AI companions simulating the people he has lost. Inspired by the podcast episode “Attachment Hacking and the Rise of AI Psychosis” from Your Undivided Attention, the play examines the emotional consequences of artificial connection through a deeply human lens.
Something Ancient is a genre-blending production combining family drama, absurd comedy, and spy thriller chaos into a fast-moving theatrical experience that explores complicated family relationships through humor, tension, and emotional unpredictability.
Together, both plays explore the emotional extremes of family dynamics, dependency, connection, and loss.
Hollywood Fringe Festival Runs June 12th to the 28th at McCadden Place Theatre, 1157 N McCadden Pl, Los Angeles, CA 90038.
Tickets are available now: https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/14283?tab=tickets
Credit: Zombie Joes Underground Theater
