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......

Recently seen in another local media resource: "OK, I'll say it: Ken Webster's "St. Nicholas" is a tour de force." Ken Webster is an actor, the Producing Artistic Director of Hyde Park Theatre, and an advocate of the idea that more local actors and performers should get their 15 minutes of fame. From the beginning, he has been a part of FronteraFest, Austin's annual fringe theatre festival which opens its stages to dozens of......

We’ve already brought to your attention most of this week’s theatre and dance openings, but here’s a quick refresher, just in case you haven’t been paying attention: We Are Normal, Cha Cha Chaaa: a new dance epic from the Yellow Tape Construction Co featuring Cari P from Fancy Feast and Belaire. Read our preview, or check out our photos. At Home With Dick 2: the Dick Price musical. All singing, all dancing, Alzheimer’s. Check......

Damn! These giveaways just don't stop today, do they? We're thrilled to offer yet another set of free tickets -- actually, two sets this time -- for yet another show that's opening this weekend. The clever women of Shrewd Productions bring you the world premiere of Monika Bustamante's Stillborn: a bedtime story, opening tonight and running every Th/Fr/Sa at 8pm at Hyde Park Theatre through October 28. The play features three sisters who "are......

Elizabeth Cobbe, our esteemed colleague over at the Austin Chronicle, has put together a great article profiling the top ten up-and-comers in Austin's "rebel" theatre scene. As you may have noticed, Austinist has a weak spot for rebellious types, so we were excited to find the new punks on the block listed in one handy, helpful spot. (And to give full disclosure we were indeed pleased the company co-helmed by Austinist's own Jonathon Morgan......

Shrewd Productions' latest offering, Cheater, features the work of some seriously bad ass local playwrights, including Michael Kranes, Robert LeBlanc, Gregory Romero, Ken Webster, Mical Trejo, and Andrea Skola, who also directs. Plus, the cast includes (amongst other notables) Monika Bustamante and Lana Dietrich -- awesome! Now you, dear reader, can cheat your way out of paying to see this fine performance, simply by filling out the form below. Ok, it's not really cheating......