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 - Wed Jan 31 8:00PM at Hyde Park Theatre, $12
The Short Fringe comprises five shows nightly, each up to 25 minutes
Summer People by Jenny Connell
The story of a summer on the Maine Coast.
ice cream on the best day of my life by Sarah E. Harris
if dr. seuss had a burnt ice cream forest, freedom road in on horseback, and love fell infinitely for the reality of possibility in dream, it is here; in a short story adapted to stage, fantastical within real, ordinary within dream. director/playwright: sarah harris. performers: sarah harris, sam hurt. music: daniel lanois.
Huff: Some Poems by David Jewell
David Jewell reads some poems by Albert Huffstickler.
Improv for Evil
Austin’s freshest improv troupe brings you a completely improvised 22 minute story featuring colorful characters, deep storylines, and of course, memorable villains. Featuring Jason Vines, Marc Majcher, Mike Kinald, Nadine Latief, Bob Apthorpe, and Matt Pollock
Luna Tart Died (of a broken heart) (Laura Freeman)
One woman, one ukulele, one long spiral into despair and loneliness.
Brand Loyalty by Max Langert, Commissioned by Austin Script Works
A seemingly mundane focus group is visited by a mysterious stranger who seems to know too much about the respondents. Soon all hell breaks loose.
Chick on the Team by Genevieve Van Cleve
Genevieve is a six-time Austin Slam team member, activist, and funny woman. She explores what it’s like to raise hell in Austin, TX while still managin’ to look feminine.
More about tonight's Long Fringe Performances after the jump...
Catfish! by Mick D’arcy
How low would you go to make money? Catfish! Follow us down to the sludge of the river bottom where the catfish feed. See a tale torn from the situational ethics of our time. Witty stoners, hapless gangsters, money, drugs… across the green seas we pursue thee to the heart of the mystery! Featuring Doug Taylor, Lana Dieterich, and Barry Pineo. Directed by Content Love Knowles. Tickets are pay-what you-wish.
At The Blue Theatre, 916 Springdale
Elektra by Will Snider (Gobotrick Theatre Company)
What is Right? What is Just? What does a woman do when her Family, her Society, the Gods have already decided her fate? Can she end the cycle of violence and horror that is her family’s birthright? Does she want to? In an imaginative restructuring, Gobotrick Theatre Company, under the direction of Will Snider, examines Elektra’s tale through multiple texts and presents a dance/theatre hybrid with Christine Pasculado’s exciting choreography set to a post-rock soundtrack. Tickets $10.
At The Blue Theatre, 916 Springdale
Looking Backward to Now by Doug McLauchlan (TETHERSEND Productions)
In the 1912 Presidential election, one in six Texans voted for the Socialist candidate. What were they thinking?! That man, Eugene Debs, is back and you have a chance to see how your ancestors could be so wrong. Or right? Tickets $12.
At The City Theatre, 3823 Airport Blvd. Suite D
Tall Pines Lodge by Joshua Graves
Tall Pines Lodge takes us deep into the Piney Woods of East Texas. At an abandoned catfish dive, a small group of amateur bandits wait for their share of a recent robbery. When it finally shows up wounded and with a surprise guest, lines are drawn and then crossed. Everything had moved like clockwork, until she walked in. Tickets $10.
At The City Theatre, 3823 Airport Blvd. Suite D
Austinist is an Official media Sponsor of FronteraFest 2007
"Improv for Evil" photo by Laura Steffen
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