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Queer Cryptids: A Pole and Burlesque Show
If anyone can make a chupacabra or a mothman sexy, we're betting that it's the limber and kinetic ecdysiasts of Velvet Nox – especially because this show features Aurora Rose, Coco Lectric, Devin Alfather, Harley Brimstone, Irene Straddler, and more, among the quintessentially queer quorum of cryptids performing here.Sat., Sept. 7, 8pm. $20-35.
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Interference Festival: Women Making Noise
This multimedia festival is a gathering of support and appreciation for all women, featuring sound and poetry, performance art, dance, and film made by women across Texas and beyond. With Michele Mercure, Chaitali Sen, Megan Easely, Christie Blizard, DROMEZ, Christina Carter + Julia Hungerford, Lauren Tietz, and more.Sept. 7-8. Sat., 2-5pm; Sun., 7-10pm. $15-20.
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The Mamalogues
Color Arc Productions presents the world premiere of Lisa B. Thompson’s new satirical comedy about black, unmarried, middle-class mothers parenting in the age of anxiety, as they lean in, stress out, and guide their precocious children from diapers to college in a dangerous world. Directed by Rudy Ramirez, starring Yvonne Oaks, Valoneecia Tolbert, and MelodyAnn Fullylove.Through Sept. 7. Thu.-Sun., 8pm. $15-35.
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Ann
This is an intimate portrait of Ann Richards, the legendary late governor of Texas, bringing audiences face to face with a complex, colorful, and captivating character bigger than the state from which she hailed. Written (and originally performed) by Holland Taylor, Ann takes a revealing look at the impassioned woman who enriched the lives of her followers, friends, and family. The lady's played by the talented Libby Villari in this show, directed by the original Broadway helmsman, Benjamin Endsley Klein. And now, here's our review of the show.Through Sept. 8. Wed.-Fri., 7:30pm; Sat., 2:30 & 7:30pm; Sun., 2:30pm. $25-85. -
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Dance Nation
Here's the regional premiere of Clare Barron's Pulitzer Prize finalist, in which an army of pre-teen competitive dancers plots to take over the world. "If their new routing is good enough, they’ll claw their way to the top at the Boogie Down Grand Prix in Tampa Bay … but, in Clare Barron’s raucous pageant of ambition and ferocity, these young dancers have more than choreography on their minds, because every plié and jeté is a step toward finding themselves, and a fight to unleash their power." Directed by Jenny Lavery for Theatre En Bloc. And you can see our review right here.Through Sept. 15. Thu.-Sun., 8pm. $15-35. -
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Holmes and Watson
"It’s been three years since Sherlock Holmes went over Reichenbach Falls and was declared dead. When Dr. John Watson receives a cryptic telegram stating that three asylum patients are each claiming to be the late Sherlock Holmes, Watson is compelled to investigate. Could Holmes really be alive after all this time?" Jeffrey Hatcher's fine tribute of a play is directed here by Don Toner for the start of Austin Playhouse's 20th(!) season, and our Robert Faires reviews it right here.Through Sept. 29. Thu.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 5pm. $32-38. -
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Hot Dogs at the Eiffel Tower
"What kind of parent knits their daughter a wool swimsuit? Or gives her a briefcase for her 11th birthday? Or keeps her in the dark about where she came from?" British actor and comedian Maggie Gallant – a longtime FronteraFest favorite – shares her childhood embarrassments and adulthood discoveries as she unleashes a Pandora's Box of hope, lies, and un très magnifique French Papa, in this hilarious and heartwarming one-woman show, as directed by Ken Webster for HPT.Through Oct. 5. Thu.-Sat., 8pm. $22-28. -
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Tail End Charlie
This original thriller, written by Joey Banks for the Haymaker Players, is set in post-WWII Illinois and follows a young captain as he returns home to his wife and brother and a family business waiting for him to take over.Through Sept. 8. Fri.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 3pm. $10-15.
