"Best of the Fest" Kicks Off FronteraFest 2007's Final Week

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.

The five pieces that make up Best of Fest’s Bill A will play on two nights during the final week of the festival: Tuesday, February 13 and Friday, February 16. Four were chosen by a panel from all of the Saturday “Best of the Week” shows, and the fifth was determined by vote of the Saturday night audiences.

Short Fringe - Best of Fest Bill A - Tue Feb 13 8:00PM $16.00

Bill A will also be performed on Friday, February 16. The shows are listed here in the order in which they will be performed.

Fortune Cookie Smash by Isabella Russell-Ides
Totally hot Holiday Harriet (three parts Hollywood, two parts holiday and one part punk princess) complains that it’s another Christmas and she’s alone AGAIN! Still, she is stunned when her TV producer explains to her that the reason her love-life sucks is that she is way too unique and therefore doesn’t really work in real life. Okay, fine then. Real life, schlemiel life. She’ll hire an actor. This romantic comedy, written & produced by Isabella Russell-Ides, directed by Bill Johnson, features Kelly Greenwalt, Tim Mateer and Alan Lester.

And Who Disguised by Robert Faires
Faced with the prospect of having a long-hidden secret exposed, a man ponders the double life he’s led, who he truly is, and what we see and don’t see.

Sisters of the Sea: A Pirate Musical by Rain Nox
Love, loot, laughs, and a life of adventure with a man-hating captain and her fearless crew.

The Earth is a Fluid by Sharon Sparlin
Mime, modern dance, geometry and several Greek gods, all rolled into one.

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

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photo of Sharon Sparlin by Bret Brookshire