Curtain Rises on FronteraFest's Long Fringe Tonight

You're Happier Than You Think: Recalibrating Your Emotional Scale by Max Langert (60 min.)
Produced by Max Langert
An esteemed lecturer is invited aboard an ocean liner to give a happiness seminar to a crowd of downtrodden passengers. But his daughter has a compulsion to throw people overboard, his wife has run out of anti-depressants and both the captain and first mate have a curious desire to help him file for divorce.
Featuring scenes of virtual boat-rocking and actual sea life onstage!
Tuesday 1/22 @ 9:00pm Thursday 1/31 @ 9:15pm
Saturday 2/2@ 6:15pm Sunday 2/3 @ 12:00pm

Luna Tart Died (of a broken heart) by Laura Freeman & Rudy Ramirez (75 min.)
Produced by Laura Freeman
Luna Tart Died (of a Broken Heart): One woman. One ukulele. One long-suffering pianist. One hour-long musical spiral into loneliness and despair. Laura Freeman returns to FronteraFest with a full-length production of her "Best of the Fest 2007" cabaret musical: "a simultaneous composition of magnificence and desperation." Written by and starring Laura Freeman. Directed and co-written by Rudy Ramirez. Accompaniment by Datri Bean.
Wednesday 1/23 @ 9:15pm
Friday 1/25 @ 7:00pm
Saturday 1/26 @ 10:30pm
Saturday 2/2 @ 4:15pm

Dance Carousel 2008 by Ellen Bartel (75 min.)
Produced by Spank Dance Company
Dance Carousel is 40 dances in 40 minutes by 10 local choreographers. Mission: Through an innovative challenge we ask our choreographers to break away from the standard idea of what dance can be through this simple shared concept. Spank Dance Company believes that the artist must experience new creative challenges in order to be encouraged to grow.
Tuesday 1/22 @ 7:00pm
Saturday 1/26 @ 8:30pm
Monday 1/28 @ 8:45pm
Saturday 2/2 @ 2:15pm

Lost/ Found by Rhianon Renae Kjar (75 min.)
Produced by Surface Tension
Lost/Found is the production launching Surface Tension Dance Group, a collaborative company of dancers with musicians and visual artists. The company will explore the theme of lost and found literally, abstractly, personally, and spiritually. The group's athletic yet sensual movement is supported and layered by text, composition, photography, and props.
Wednesday 1/23 @ 7:00pm
Saturday 1/26 @ 12:00pm
Sunday 1/27 @ 8:15pm
Sunday 2/3 @ 5:30pm

Devil in the Details: An Office Musical by Rain Nox (75 min.)
Produced by Rain Nox
A kind hearted geek becomes embroiled in a crazy love triangle-between him, a co-worker, and his computer! As if a devilish computer isn't enough to deal with, the fate of the company rests in his hands, and the office manager has gone bananas. A satirical look at mundane office life, mixed with a little sci-fi and a whole lot of romance.
Thursday 1/24 @ 7:00pm
Sunday 1/27 @ 12:00pm
Tuesday 1/29 @ 8:45pm
Sunday 2/3 @ 3:30pm

Sad, Sad, Sad: Parts 1 & 2 by Nigel O’Hearn and Duncan Coe (90 min.)
Produced by You’re Wicked! Rep
Four men working in a military research facility in Nevada steal a newly developed bomb and prepare it for a very different use; Two men from Purgatory are ordered to assassinate God in exchange for another shot at living. Sad, Sad, Sad, a double-bill of two one-act plays, written by Duncan Coe and Nigel O'Hearn, explores necessary evils. A You’re Wicked! Repertory Theatre Company production.
Monday 1/21 @ 9:15pm
Saturday 1/26 @ 2:15pm
Thursday 1/31 @ 7:00pm
Saturday 2/2 @ 10:15pm

The Mommy Confessions by Rhonda F. Kulhanek (90 min.)
Produced by Rhonda F. Kulhanek
To survive their maternal lives, a Memaw raising her grandkids
confesses to Jesus, a former beauty queen comes clean at Mommies Anonymous,
and an unwed mother-to-be confides in her unborn son. These are just three
of 12 characters that confess their stories of motherhood throughout this
hilarious one-woman show. Join them as they demonstrate the joy, sorrow,
laughter (and alcohol) required to be a mommy!
Monday 1/21 @ 7:00pm
Sunday 1/27 @ 2:00pm
Friday 2/1 @ 9:15pm
Saturday 2/2 @ 8:00pm

Jack and the King by Austin Alexander (60 min.)
Produced by The Striking Players
A nonstop riot of laughs that questions authority while making fun of it. When tyrannical president, er… “King” George II shipwrecks on a seemingly deserted island, he is taught the error of his ways by the deviously darling individual Jack and a host of other whimsical characters in this political satire meets Shakespeare meets Ionesco comedy written by Austin Alexander and directed by Sesar Sandoval.
Saturday 1/26 @ 4:30pm
Monday 1/28 @ 7:00pm
Friday 2/1 @ 11:30pm
Sunday 2/3 @ 7:45pm

Prepare for Arrival and Cross Check by Steve Barney (60 min.)
Produced by Steve Barney
“Cross Check” is based entirely on real-life experiences of flight attendants. This show answers the questions we’ve always wondered about: Who are these people? Why do they do this job? And what about the sex? It’s all here – atrocious passenger behavior, heartless airline management, post-9/11 flying, and even a glimpse of the Divine as seen through the eyes of this bizarre profession. Welcome aboard!
Friday 1/25 @ 9:00pm
Sunday 1/27 @ 6:30pm
Tuesday 1/29 @ 7:00pm
Sunday 2/3 @ 1:45pm

i google myself by Jason Schafer (90 min.)
Produced by Capital T Theatre
i google myself is the unusual story of three very different men with the same name brought together by an internet search engine. One click of the mouse brings together a lonely stalker, a gay porn star, and a stoner mechanic. What starts as a curiosity turns into an obsession that makes these three men's worlds violently collide. Capital T is proud to present the regional premiere of Jason Shafer's comedic thriller.
Friday 1/25 @ 10:45pm
Sunday 1/27 @ 4:15pm
Wednesday 1/30 @ 9:15pm
Friday 2/1 @ 7:00pm

Paper Weight by Michelle Dvoskin, Kristin Leahey, Elizabeth McKetta, Priscilla Sample, Meg Sullivan (90 min.)
Produced by UT Doctoral & MFA Students in Playwriting & Performance as Public Practice
Five solo performances delve into issues of desire and pleasure, illness and remembrance, research and archive, race and identity, love and memory. Besides incorporating autobiographical writing, the performers portray diverse iconic women of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries: Virginia Woolf, Joan Nestle, Zelda Fitzgerald, Margo Jones, and Margot Bourke-White.
Thursday 1/24 @ 9:00pm
Saturday 1/26 @ 6:15pm
Wednesday 1/30 @ 7:00pm
Saturday 2/2 @ 12:00pm

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