FronteraFest for Friday, Feb 2!

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 - Thurs Feb 1, 8:00PM at Hyde Park Theatre, $12
The Short Fringe comprises five shows nightly, each up to 25 minutes

Debutante by Laryssa Husiak
Debutante: where coming out is not what it used to be. Escorted by comic conflations, stylized movement and touching egg puppets, performing artist Laryssa Husiak invites you to the collision of several generations of debutantes, who are passing down the tradition one lesbian at a time.

Buddha An’ Ma Da adapted by Lorella Loftus from Anne Donovan
A one-woman comic play in Glaswegian based on Scottish author Anne Donovan’s “Buddha Da.” Ann Marie, a savvy pre-teen, gets a wee bit confused when her da, Jimmy, a Glesga painter and decorator, starts tae frequent the local Buddhist centre insteid o’ his local pub. Wan day the doorbell rings an’ it’s three lamas fae Tibet wantin’ tae take Jimmy oan a journey of discovery. Featuring Ann Marie’s da, Ann Marie’s ma, Ann Marie, Sammy Rinpoche, Sharon’s mammy, and a special appearance by Olivia. Performed by Lorella Loftus of Renaissance Austin Theatre Co. and directed by Christopher Herron. Produced by Celtic Cultural Center of Texas with kind permission from the author.

The Wussy Boy Manifesto III: in 3-D!! by Eirik Ott
Austin performance poet Big Poppa E wields rhythmic verse, stand-up comedy and dramatic monologue, hilarious skewering pop culture and current events and exploring the painfully beautiful agony of relationships. He has been featured three times on HBO’s “Def Poetry” and is a five-time “Best of Fest” performer at FronteraFest. This is his third collection of performance poetry, and he has no idea which poems he will read, but they will most definitely be funny and moving.

St. Anthony by Sean Tribe
A shattering 20 minutes about romance, mental illness and the path to sainthood. Directed by Emily Fordyce.

The Frank Mills (improv)
A character-driven, emotionally-based slice-of-life play in one act, completely improvised.

More about tonight's Long Fringe Performances after the jump...