Theatre from the Edge-“The fringe theater event of the Southwest!”-Austin American Statesman.
January 24-February 5
FronteraFest is five weeks of alternative, offbeat, new, and just plain off-the-wall fringe theatre. Everything from new works by emerging playwrights to cutting edge choreography. Presented By Hyde Park Theatre in collaboration with ScriptWorks, a group dedicated to supporting emerging playwrights and developing new dramatic works.
FronteraFest Long Fringe – Longer productions (90 minutes or less) presented at the Blue Theatre and the Salvage Vanguard Theater.
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Drawing A Paycheck
by Annie La Ganga (90 minutes) Wedding cakes, greeting cards, pysanky, kirigami, and crochet. Oils, watercolors, charcoal, and collage. Museums, workshops, church basement craft fairs and prisons. Jack of all trades, master of living off her boyfriend, writer, comedian, and monologist Annie La Ganga draws portraits of volunteers from the audience while telling funny stories about her love of arts and crafts and her many misguided entrepreneurial adventures.
Jan 26th at 7:00pm; Jan 28th at 5:00pm; Jan 30th at 7:30pm; Feb 2nd at 8:45pm
Foursquare
by Manuel Zarate (90 minutes) What is love? It’s everything and nothing. It’s funny and awful. It’s the “till death do us part” and the one night stand. For three strangers in Austin, Texas, one night will change their lives forever. Each will face the myth of their past and the reality of their present. Love is not what we thought it was.
Jan 27th, Feb 1st at 7:00pm; Jan 29th at 4:15pm; Feb 4th at 9:15pm
Getting Betta
by Don Fried (Paradox Players) (60 minutes) In this touching futuristic comedy, Michael is a technologically challenged senior and Betta is a virtual computerized assistant assigned to him against his wishes. As Betta continually acquires technology upgrades, she becomes paranoid and schizophrenic. Crystal, Betta’s programmer, arrives and it soon becomes clear she’s no more in control of Betta than Michael is. Getting Betta premiered simultaneously in California and Colorado in March 2011.
Jan 24th, Feb 2nd at 7:00pm; Jan 31st at 9:15pm; Feb 4th at 1:15pm
The Heart You Were Born With
by Drew Julian (75 minutes) The play opens with the unexpected arrival of Bobby’s old college roommate, Will, who is suffering from the recent death of his girlfriend. Complications occur when Will falls for Kelli, the current girlfriend of Bobby. These friends come to face the fragility of their loyalty for each other when their sense of desperation sets in.
Jan 24th at 8:45pm; Jan 28th at 7:00pm; Feb 4th at 2:30pm; Feb 5th at 8:30pm
Here’s to You
by A. John Boulanger (Imagine That Productions) (75 minutes) Newlyweds Steven and Ellen Gellar pop into a psychic parlor to see what lies ahead for them as husband and wife. Skeptical Steven fears the worst, as eager Ellen awaits the arrival of Madame Orida Mozelle, psychic extraordinaire (and stage star of yesteryear). With each card (and after a few cocktails) Madame O reveals devastating predictions for a marriage that might not last its first night.
Jan 28th, Feb 1st at 9:15pm; Feb 4th at 7:15pm; Feb 5th at 4:15pm
Internet Casanova: The Reboot
by Bill Bauer (Weird City Theatre) (75 minutes) What if, instead of blocking an online scammer, you tried to see how far you could string them along? Weird City Theatre presents this expansion of Bill Bauer’s 2011 Short Fringe comedy based on chat transcripts. Javier Smith, Carrie H. Stephens, and Minerva Villa return from the original show, joined by Callie Barrons, Tammy Cox, Renei Brown Sims, and Kathryn Tait.
Jan 25th, Feb 3rd at 9:15pm; Jan 28th at 3:00pm; Feb 5th at 6:30pm
Life and Other Terminal Maladies: Short Plays for the Long Fringe
by Trey Deason (Purple Crayon Theatre) (90 minutes) “Every life must end, Eden. And that is a truth you should celebrate. Why else would someone like you, who’s had so much pain and disappointment in her life, treasure it so?” A collection of darkly comic and deeply moving short plays by acclaimed and two-time BIP nominated playwright Trey Deason, about life, its cure, and other plagues of mankind.
Jan 26th at 9:15pm; Jan 29th at 6:30pm; Jan 31st at 7:00pm; Feb 5th at 2:00pm
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Precious Little Talent
by Ella Hickson (Capital T Theatre) (90 minutes) The US premiere of the latest breakout hit from London, Precious Little Talent follows two twenty-somethings–one American, one British–and their struggle to arrive at adulthood during a time when the rules seem to be shifting and the ground is unsteady. “The play is refreshing, honestly and strongly about now. Ask no more” – ★★★★ The Times www.capitalT.org
Jan 25th, Feb 3rd at 7:00pm; Jan 27th at 9:15pm; Jan 29th at 2:00pm
