The
27th annual theatrical smorgasbord of local productions (comedy! drama! dance! improv! performance art! multimedia! diverse shenanigans!) opens this decade with its slate of five 25-minute-long
Short Fringe shows each night at
Hyde Park Theatre (Jan. 14-Feb. 15), with the usually sold-out
Best of the Week show each Saturday night. Coming up:
Dueling Playwrights: Battle in the Grocery Aisle by Marianne Serene & James E. Burnside;
Posse Power by Jomo and The Possum Posse;
Please Help Me! Confessions Of A Self-Improvement Junkie by Tom Booker;
St. Stephen's Pier by Heath Allyn; and
The #2 Sacrifice by Sandy Maranto;
Thu., Jan. 16, 8pm.
99 Facts About an Immigrant by Leng Wong;
A Series of Open Letters to My Teenage Son by Max Langert;
Honey, I'm Home! by Jolyne Garza;
I Sleep/ I Live/ I Wake by Ryley Valenti; and Three Tragedies in 25 minutes or Less by Shakespeare (with modifications by Beth Burroughs);
Fri., Jan. 17, 8pm.
14 Si! by PoetKen Jones;
Catawampus by Cliff Miller;
I Am Not The Person You Have Made Me Out to Be by Marianne Serene;
Liftoff by Ben Polega; and
Maid/Man by Rich Rubin;
Tue., Jan. 21, 8pm.
A Bird, a Dog, and a Wave by Kayur Patel;
A Dance Piece by Dmo Acheka, Danielle Bogle, Maira Montes, and Philip Weaver;
Dueling Playwrights: On Porn by Marianne Serene & James E. Burnside;
I Knew Him Well by Trace Turner;
Lightning Girl by Rita Anderson; and
The Misplays by Aaron Rubin, Adrian Gwarzalez, Derek Cornelius, and Spencer Bloom;
Wed., Jan. 22, 8pm.
Science Fails: The Human Side of Science by Nichole Bennett;
Flashmandments by CB Goodman;
Flawed by Sandy Maranto;
How To Say You’re Afraid of Commitment in 140 Characters Or Less by Valerie Nies; and
Who Sits Next to Wilma by Janna Garza;
Thu., Jan. 23, 8pm.Note: FronteraFest is a unique collaboration between two of Austin’s most venerable arts organizations – that aforementioned
Hyde Park Theatre (an award-winning professional company in central Austin) and
ScriptWorks (a playwright development and service organization with members in Texas and across the nation).