While fancy New York actress Bernadette Peters (above) seems to be unclear on the meaning of "break a leg," the fine Austinites at FronteraFest 2007 are experts on the subject*. That's right: it's time to heat up your winter nights again, with the 14th season of FronteraFest. The Short Fringe, the Long Fringe, or Mi Casa es su Teatro -- FronteraFest is five weeks of alternative, offbeat, new, and just plain off-the-wall fringe theatre presented by Hyde Park Theatre and Austin Script Works.

For complete FronteraFest 2007 information, including times and locations for the Short Fringe, the Long Fringe and Mi Casa es su Teatro, and to purchase tickets, visit the FronteraFest website.

Short Fringe - Fri Jan 19 8:00PM at Hyde Park Theatre, $12
The Short Fringe comprises five shows nightly, each up to 25 minutes

Thanks for the Add, Love Tom—A MySpace Monoblog by Joanna Ebz & Matt Dy
Directed by Matt Dy. MySpace guru Tom Anderson deletes himself from the Internet.

The Dangers of Tobacco by Anton Chekhov, trans. Paul Schmidt (humdrum collective)
A man. His advice. Static.

Living Underwater by David Hendler
5-6 poems written by David Hendler exploring Jewish-American identity.

Life Sentences by Drema Albin
Take a journey back to junior high through one person’s diary pages. Wince, moan, laugh as the agony and ecstasy of adolescence spills from the page.

Today I am Happy by Cristina Merelli (Sonav Productions)
A monologue performed by Marisa Varela.

Happy Town, Happy People by Don Fried
The citizens of Hradec, a small village in formerly communist Eastern Europe, seem to be contented with their lot. But just how stable is their happiness?

Bliss by Steven Paul Laing
A ten-minute play employing Brechtian alienation techniques along with theatre of cruelty tactics to assault bourgeois notions of happiness.

Austinist is an official media sponsor of FronteraFest 2007

photo by Boss Tweed on flickr

*We're just kidding Bernadette. Don't hate.