Laughing Matter takes place backstage during a standup show, as two exes meet for the first time since their breakup. One of them is a ...
Directed by Leng Wong.
Developed with the support from Scriptworks Groundwork Grant funding.
BITTERSUITE: SONGS OF EXPERIENCE Music by Elliot Weiss * Lyrics by Michael Champagne A song cycle about the ups and downs and the joys and sorrows ...
Rita Anderson’s LIGHTNING GIRL is a surreal fictionalization of how 17-year-old Juliane Koepcke, in 1971, survived a plane crash after her craft was struck ...
BEST OF FEST WILD CARD PERFORMANCE. Tonight we present staff picks from among the 2018 Short Fringe performances that were overlooked by the Best of ...
BEST OF FEST Bill B. Tonight we present five shows selected from among the 2019 Saturday "Best of Week" performances: four chosen by our panel ...
BEST OF FEST Bill A. Tonight we present five shows selected from among the 2019 Saturday "Best of Week" performances: four chosen by our panel ...
BEST OF WEEK. Four of the shows that play in tonight's "Best of Week" performance will be selected by our panel from the previous ...
Cap Stargazer and the Amazon Women of Mars, by Stephen Bittrich. A parody of old time radio theatre—in this case, the genre is the space ...
BEST OF WEEK. Four of the shows that play in tonight's "Best of Week" performance will be selected by our panel from the previous ...
Urine Trouble, by James E. Burnside. A late middle-aged man discusses his prostate.Still Me, by Pelita Dasalla. Donna is a fifty year-old woman who ...
The Closet Scenes from Fumbling for the Knob, by James Dean Jay Byrd. A staged reading of two scripted chapters from the recently completed memoir Fumbling ...
SPINE SOUP, by Nina Di Leo. Spines in the streets, nothing in the fridge. An absurdist recipe for feeding strangers, making something out of nothing ...
"DOG PLAY, PUG TO WOLFHOUND: Patty to Beatrice, Bitch to Bitch" by Michael Michaelian, is a tribute celebrating the human-canine relationship.Starring JUDE HICKEY and ...
Outrageous. Funny. Unapologetic! This one-woman show takes you to 10th century Sweden for a Norse RED Talk. Think TED Talks with a Viking twist. Ingrid ...
Wild Women/Wild West . . . or How the West Was Fun. An original vignette written and performed by Sandra Foster Lovas and Laura Foster Ikel (LAF ...
As a Zionist leader, Theodor Herzl's a natural. As a playwright, he's a putz. As a husband? Oy. In this hilarious black comedy ...
Jim Loucks’ new show Booger Red was created as part of an Artist Residency in Madisonville, KY, and premiered at their first-ever Bacon Blues and ...
BEST OF WEEK. Four of the shows that play in tonight's "Best of Week" performance will be selected by our panel from the previous ...
Rolling My 3rd Eye, by Nancy Reed. Comic Nancy Reed ponders the known unknowns and the little known knowns. "Did you know our DNA ...
Hush??, by Jenny Burch, Istvan Gulyas, Jack Kilduff, Neal Ormsbee and Mo Romero. Hush?? improvises an array of correlated scenes in order to highlight the ...
Dr. Ramone and Dr. Truffledina must find the defect in a "female" robot acting erratically. Ola Mae Baartman, Director of Liaisons for Hephaestus Enterprises Inc ...
SETLL (Suspected Extra-Terrestrial Landing Location) is a new play that questions what lies beyond the limits of what we know. The play explores the world ...
BEST OF WEEK. Four of the shows that play in tonight's "Best of Week" performance will be selected by our panel from the previous ...
A Short Performance Piece About Artificial Intelligence and Heartbreak
LIMBOTASTIC, by Rita Anderson. Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath, and Amy Winehouse meet up in the afterlife in limbo. When Winehouse suggests that they create ...
In Bloom, by Robin Anderson. An original short play about a woman struggling to find her footing after divorce who finds unexpected support from a ...
BEST OF FEST Bill B. Tonight we will present five shows selected from among the 2018 Saturday "Best of Week" performances: four chosen by our ...
BEST OF FEST Bill A. Tonight we will present five shows selected from among the 2018 Saturday "Best of Week" performances: four chosen by our ...
BEST OF FEST WILD CARD PERFORMANCE. Tonight we present staff picks from among the 2018 Short Fringe performances that were overlooked by the Best of ...
BEST OF FEST Bill B. Tonight we will present five shows selected from among the 2018 Saturday "Best of Week" performances: four chosen by our ...
BEST OF FEST Bill A. Tonight we will present five shows selected from among the 2018 Saturday "Best of Week" performances: four chosen by our ...
BEST OF WEEK #4. Four of the shows that play in tonight's "Best of Week" performance will be selected by our panel from the ...
Jomo & The Possum Posse: New Directions, by Jomo & The Possum Posse. This sardonic honky-tonk band will show you something they've never shown ...
One Woman, 57 Boyfriends, by Krissy Olson. A solo monologue with vocal performance, written and performed by opera singer/actress Krissy Olson.You Ain't ...
Dog Joggers, with Mary Kahle, Laura King, Mary Henderson, Timo Xzavier & Mike Topel. Long-form improv creating a scenic journey of absurdity, sweetness, and torment ...
Awww, The Magic of a Full Moon! by Marilyn Smith. A man and woman bump into each other. Is this by accident, or is ...
BEST OF WEEK #3. Four of the shows that play in tonight's "Best of Week" performance will be selected by our panel from the ...
Amazon, by Cortney DeAngelo. An original piece about an Amazon performer in a world that worships the feminine petite. Written and performed by Cortney DeAngelo ...
There's Light Through a Keyhole, by Recovering Addict. East Austin resident Cameron reveals how he conquered drug addictions. Based on a true story.Into ...
The Puzzler, by Will Holcomb. A two-person play where Blanch, a woman with affluenza (inflated self-worth), is doing community service in a nursing home due ...
First Day, written and directed by Rhonda Roe. Based on a short story I wrote about my first day of kindergarten.My Bags Are ...
BEST OF WEEK #2. Four of the shows that play in tonight's "Best of Week" performance will be selected by our panel from the ...
Based on Johanna Spyri's novel set in 19th-century Switzerland, Heidi is a new musical by Anne Adams Notario featuring an orphan girl who is taken ...
Mister Starbuck, by Raymond V. Whelan. Mrs. Flanagan jumps out of her bedroom window the day Astronaut John Glenn orbits the Earth. Her daughter Michelle ...
Burr, story by Laura Maxwell-Scott, lyrics and music by Eric Scott. A hip-hop musical about yet another white man wrestling with his relationship to his ...
Louiseland, written and performed by Louise Richardson. Poems and songs of joy, identity, longing, existence, and survival by Louise Richardson.This Asian American Life ...
The Living Room Storytime for Grownups, in association with Dillo Arts and Associates, present . . . STRIP THE MUSICAL. Strip takes the true stories of ...
A man cooks meat for his girlfriend who refuses to eat it.
Directed by Stacey Glazer.
Removal, by Susan Mack. A story of discovery, separation and renewalMeat, by Sean Sweeney. A man cooks meat for his girlfriend who refuses to ...
BEST OF WEEK #1. Four of the shows that play in tonight's "Best of Week" performance will be selected by our panel from the ...
Little Art Table, written and directed by Marla Porter. Creativity can help overcome one's insecurities and smallness and children give a master class ...
Do You Feel Safe Yet?, by Tyler Kosmak. A collection of scenes on the theme of safety, directed by Megan Weaver.BRINE VII: Austin for ...
La Gattina, by Raymond V. Whelan. New York Police Department Lieutenant Murray reveals untold details of a horrific crime to Kitty, the victim's ghost ...
The future is uncertain in this black-and-white world. Only lateral movement will help us survive.Starring Brian Bonnet, Nhaila Hendrickse and Cassadie Peterson, with original ...
Texas Book of Beasts, by Jeff Irvin. Series of extremely short skits dealing with gnats, gnus, bats, okra, raccoons, quail, pickups, skinks, javelina, daddy-long-legs, burghers ...
BEST OF FEST WILD CARD PERFORMANCE. Tonight we present staff picks from among the 2017 Short Fringe performances that were overlooked by the Best of ...
BEST OF FEST Bill B. Tonight we present five shows selected from among the 2017 Saturday "Best of Week" performances: four chosen by our panel ...
BEST OF FEST Bill A. Tonight we present five shows selected from among the 2017 Saturday "Best of Week" performances: four chosen by our panel ...
Join the Ney in celebrating FronteraFest 2017, Hyde Park Theatre and Scriptworks’ world-renowned performance festival!From 11am to noon, the Ney and its grounds will be transformed ...
Mi Casa Es Su Teatro, a day of site-based work performed in local homes and other surprising locales, will be on Saturday, February 11. For ...
BEST OF WEEK #4. Four of the shows that play in tonight's "Best of Week" performance will be selected by our panel from the ...
Bitches Anonymous, by Gloria C. Adams, Jennine "DOC" Wright, and Teresa Johnson. Bitch (n): a woman who doesn't give men what they want. Three ...
Loaded Gun Theory presents Death's Exit Interview, by Loaded Gun Theory (Loaded Gun Theory). What if the universe works just like your shitty day ...
After four months of unfamiliar life in Tripoli, Libya, Nason gets a vacation in Malta, an island jewel in the middle of the Mediterranean between ...
Final Conversations explores a mother’s wish to have one real conversation with her son before he’s accidentally killed. -- One morning before he leaves for school ...
Final Conversations, by Rita Anderson (ScriptWorks Commission). Final Conversations explores a mother's wish to have one real conversation with her son before he ...
The Tale of the Songbird, by Rocky Hopson. Old West puppet show with live music. Cowgirl Mary tells the story of Thomas Smiths’ journey to ...
BEST OF WEEK #3. Four of the shows that play in tonight's "Best of Week" performance will be selected by our panel from the ...
Duck Duck Goose is back! Originally written overnight for the 14/48 Austin 2016 Festival by veteran playwright Max Langert, Duck Duck Goose will be featured in FronteraFest 2017!
Come ...
Set in the trailer park of the gods, a mortal woman seeks and finds the counsel of Medea. Shrewd Productions presents this original piece by ...
Duck, Duck, Goose, by Max Langert. Noah Martin directs this piece about feathers, funk, and fame. Originally written, cast, rehearsed, staged and performed all in ...
Polly's Playhouse and the Uber Replacement, written and performed by Charley Devany. The third installation of Charley Devany's one-man shows focusing on family ...
The Anglers, by Sarah Loucks (ScriptWorks Commission). A boy and the Devil philosophize, play video games, and eat Cheetos along the banks of the Mississippi ...
Fully Living, by Louise Gallup-Roholt. The poignant, heart-rending, and often funny stories of a family. A very unusual family.The Storyteller, by Liz Delaney. Actor ...
BEST OF WEEK #2. Four of the shows that play in tonight's "Best of Week" performance will be selected by our panel from the ...
Dime Show Diamonds is a one-act and part of a trilogy of plays forming THE RIVERVIEW STORIES, set in Chicago's Riverview Amusement Park. Drawing ...
The Knuckleball Now, by Lee Eddy, Craig Kotfas, Michael Joplin, and Ace Manning. The Knuckleball Now is an improv comedy troupe based in Austin . . . but ...
Red Sox by Raymond V. Whelan turns back the clock thirty years to study the intricate personal struggles of seven people while the Boston Red Sox ...
The Back Pack's favorite pieces pulled from their first full season of silent sketch comedy shows incorporating puppetry, dance, clowning, and all around whimsy ...
Mothering Apollo is a lecture-comedy-song-dance-anatomylesson-love story. While the performance is derived from mothering a medically fragile, chronically ill baby and a tender toddler, it is ...
ChuTopp, by Topping Haggerty and Chuy Zarate.
ChuTopp is doing a fully improvised narrative show that tells the story of an awkwardly brilliant, and much ...
Christa French's new play, "Perspective, or Cheeseburgers and a Bag of Ashes," is brilliantly set on the Corpus Christi seawall.
Reversing the Shakespearean norm, this all-girl youth cast flips the genders in the story of JULIA Caesar. Performed as a site-specific piece for a small ...
Your Neighborhood Association, by Max Langert (ScriptWorks Commission). Ripped from the headlines of your local Listserv. Hope you've paid your dues.Blue Spiral, by ...
Girlhood song lodged in grown woman's psyche gives rise to a chorus of events between the notes. Coming of Age reflection on the "Officer ...
By Max Langert (ScriptWorks Commission). Ripped from the headlines of your local Listserv. Hope you've paid your dues.
Lady in Red, a heavenly caffeinated tale, written and performed by Rhonda F. Kulhanek. A one-woman performance.The Epidemiologist, by Ramon Carver. The argument of ...
This show is a personal, experimental, and interactive mix of short plays written and performed by the Inner Picnic ensemble. Inspired by NeoFuturism and ...
BEST OF WEEK #1. Four of the shows that play in tonight's "Best of Week" performance will be selected by our panel from the ...
Fishin’ For Love, written and directed by Morgan Wendlandt. Concerns the personal relationships discussed by a bus full of strangers after a man proclaims his ...
Lady Without a Baby, written and performed by Molly Fonseca. Growing up Molly always felt she wasn't a top candidate for motherhood, but it ...
A bad Tinder date. (Is there any other kind?)
[graphic via BBC.co. uk]
Body of Work, written and performed by Christine Hoang (ScriptWorks Commission). An autobiographical, one-woman show that explores how a woman's views on body image ...
Body of Work, written and performed by Christine Hoang (ScriptWorks Commission).
An autobiographical, one-woman show that explores how a woman's views on body image ...
Baby Bob Saget, by Linzy Beltran, Aaron Walther, AJ McKeon, Lindsey Moringy, Frank Netscher, Laura de la Fuente (Baby Bob Saget). Baby Bob Saget features ...
BERSERKER is the brainchild of duo Kari Floren (writer) and Michael McKenzie (director) and was recently presented at the Emerging Artists Theater's New Works ...
WILD CARD PERFORMANCE. Tonight we present staff picks from among the 2016 Short Fringe performances that were overlooked by the Best of Week judges. ...
Bill B. Tonight we present five shows selected from among the 2016 Saturday "Best of Week" performances: four chosen by our panel and the fifth ...
Bill A. Tonight we present five shows selected from among the 2016 Saturday "Best of Week" performances: four chosen by our panel and the fifth ...
Tonight we will present five shows from earlier in the week--four chosen by our panel, and the fifth by audience vote, as the shows they ...
Mi Casa Es Su Teatro is the part of FronteraFest that features live performances in Austin homes. It's a unique part of the festival ...
A fragmented storytelling collaboration.
Playback is an improvisational theatre developed by Jonathan Fox in which the troupe elicits stories from the audience and uses a variety of forms to ...
One woman show -- monologues about life, etc.
Words by Heather Bishop, music by Danny G. A musical spoken word performance by artist Heather Bishop from her collections "Spark" and "A Tree Like ...
A play about robots, refugees, and the marriage of twenty-somethings with feet so cold they can't even run. A short play with tall tale ...
Performance of original singer/songwriter songs.
You show up at Hyde Park Theatre ready for another night of Fringe Fest Fantasticness. Probably an autobiographical monologue, an interpretive dance, and of course ...
Through kick-butt music, theatrical clowning and the forlornness of emo/gothic melodrama, here comes the everyday life of what it means to be a punk ...
A couple experiences cold feet minutes before their wedding.
While getting ready for a date, Jane has to contend with a pesky neighbor with an interesting personality disorder.
Vanessa Gonzalez recaps events from her life in attempt to figure out why her family, friends, and complete strangers say certain things to her.
Crying Room is a monologue play about Melissa, a nervous talker, who waits out a wedding for the funeral to follow--where she'll be a ...
A musical based on one woman's search for love in its many forms. Having experienced the unspeakable in her early life, our "not so ...
Sugar Water Purple is Austin's first and only all-black male improv troupe. We perform a high-energy, long-form show based closely on the famous "Harold ...
Graduates of Merlin Works Singing Improv class perform long-form musical improvisational comedy shows.
A delusional cabaret, with love, from a woman on the verge of a pill-popping, showstopping, barhopping, musical theater breakdown.
A series of very short plays for life-size people.
Tonight we will present five shows from earlier in the week--four chosen by our panel, and the fifth by audience vote, as the shows they ...
This one-act play in three scenes examines the conflicting voices and visions vying for Austin's future and definition. Directed by Zac Thomas.
An all-seeing angel named Max recounts moments from the lives of 20+ characters, as he illustrates both the agony and the ecstasy of life on ...
Megan Mowry, Laura de laFuente, Stephanie Ard, Jessica Vasami, Katie Cowan, and Lindsey Moringy are Sheshesheshe, an all-female improv troupe that performs and studies at ...
Two Iraq War veterans meet in California at a race track where they share dreams of love and luck.
A hilarious and touching one-man show about the travails of growing up as a bullied, socially awkward band geek in the early '80's Houston ...
Worst First Date is an Austin-based improv duo who perform an improvised narrative show where two characters who have never met before go on their ...
Choreographed by Ellen Bartel and Kelsey Oliver (Ellen Bartel Dance Collective). I am continuing to explore “non-fiction dance” in order to attend to profound personal ...
On January 20th, 2015 Greg Abbott becomes the 48th Governor of Texas. Carmelita, student body president, will travel from Llano to Austin to witness the ...
Jack Darling picks up the pieces after a violent attack, journeying through the darkness and back with a little help from a thing called *magic*.
Craig Kotfas, Michael Joplin, Ace Manning and Lee Eddy are The Knuckleball Now, an Austin improv troupe dedicated to high speed, high risk comedy. With ...
A religious revival combined with a philosophical, scientific, and humorist approach to imagine yourself living for 100 years and realizing your dreams through transcendent experimentation ...
Excerpts from a new full length play by Aimée Gonzalez, directed by Ellie McBride.
(Maggie Bell and Corrie Baker-Puscas). The first of the three hit comedies produced Off Broadway under the title Power Plays, this is a ping ...
Two women wait outside the ER and discover a surprising connection. A look at entanglement in the Tinder era. Directed by Cara Phipps with performers ...
A bittersweet comedy celebrating friendship, love and Austin hippies.
Steve Moore of Physical Plant Theater claims to offer some insight into how stories work.
A comedic thriller of love and relationships in the digital age. Two friends explore questions of who people really are to each other. Can they ...
A bittersweet comedy celebrating friendship, love and Austin hippies.
The high school improv class from Skybridge Academy showcase their skills with their first public performance. They hope to Youthenize you!
The cheerleading try outs coincide with the first day of integration in a small East Texas High School in 1966 in this dark comedy. Directed ...
Tonight we will present five shows from earlier in the week--four chosen by our panel, and the fifth by audience vote, as the shows they ...
EVN Productions Presents: ANY NIGHTA Play Written by: Daniel Arnold & Medina HahnDirected by Elizabeth V. NewmanAny Night is a romantic mystery about ...
A whimsical piece using movement, music, and a sprinkle of magic. The fourth entry into FronteraFest for the group and the newest work in a ...
A one-person short play about three women in the exotic, glamorous, and tragic world of 1930s Shanghai.
Presented with no dialogue and and live songs ...
Three women share about life after 50 and their girlfriend Myra's upcoming wedding in Malaysia.
On Friday, January 22, 2016 at 8pm, Christine Hoang & James Hughes (Color Arc Productions) will be performing an original work they wrote entitled "Two ...
Julieta, a woman in her mid-thirties, drives all the way from Austin to Dallas every two weeks to visit her husband, who has been lying ...
All-powerful deriving from a female source, or in other words . . . cunt magic. Three badass Austin women use poetry, storytelling, and spoken word to explore their ...
A collaborative experience in words, image, and sounds by W. A. Brenner, Roy Moore, Content Love Knowles, and Emily Breedlove. This round robin of inspiration began ...
Written and performed by Dick Satori. A high-larious yet cautionary tale of a recovering yogi crackhead clown who ran away to join the circus only ...
Cascade presents a poignant examination of the bond between two unique and complex characters, exploring their relationship with a flood of emotional moments in an improvised ...
Deathrattledotcom takes place in the near future when social security, Medicare, and Medicaid have been effectively eliminated in America. Corporations attempt to take their place ...
On the Other Side is about a woman learning to love and open her heart again after a tragedy ends her last relationship. Life is ...
From "doing it all" to "leaning in," Mother Enough? takes a bold, funny, and occasionally absurd look at the expectations, clichés, and practices surrounding motherhood ...
Michael tries to comfort Dennis as he grieves for his wife Angela, who died during a horrific fire. The ghost of Angela dances, listens, speaks ...
A short play about three people who go crazy because of a baby on the way. This joyous moment becomes a twisted affair when two ...
The story of a handsome young actor on his way to Hollywood who makes an unexpected stop in a rural town.
A couple tackles complex gender identity issues first thing in the morning. Secrets are revealed. A tsunami may or may not be coming . . . and no ...
Reading stories of dumb decisions, immature hubris and ridiculous self-importance, from my book, the "Art of Idiocy - Public School Years."
A short piece inspired by ScriptWorks 30/60/90 daily writing program.
Austin’s “Queen of Weird" remembers coming of age in the SEX, DRUGS, ROCK & ROLL generation. "It was shocking."
Please join us in celebrating the world premiere of a beautiful new play...A terrorist turkey bomb attack on an Austin Thanksgiving Day parade violently ...
IN SEARCH OF ‘FRENCH PAPA’ AT FRONTERAFEST LONG FRINGE 2016
Liberté Egalité Adoptée is a new solo show by British-born writer and performer Maggie Gallant ...
Based on the book (currently in progress by Layla Beth Munk) about a typical "night in the life of a webcam girl." It’s probably not ...
Tonight we will present five shows from earlier in the week--four chosen by our panel, and the fifth by audience vote, as the shows they ...
An improv duo performing their "Dungeon Masters" format. It is a look into the day-to-day life of people and creatures that live in a fantasy ...
Featuring national poetry slam artists Christopher-Michael, Doc, & B-Fran. They represent the best that Central Texas has to offer in the world of Spoken Word.
It's the last day of Nebraska's unrestricted safe haven law, which allows parents to legally abandon children at state hospitals. But surely OCD ...
After another terrorist attack overseas, a young woman learns that her sister may have been in the line of fire.
Stroller Blades is the result of iron-forged improv education straight from the legendary ColdTowne Conservatory. This group of students features actors, stand-ups, musicians, artists ...
A mind-boggling tale about a quirky bunch of actors who must confront a complex murder case. What will these actors discover as they experience trials ...
A queer clown solo duet exploring how we define ourselves within communities and as individuals, if there's room for cultural exchange in a world ...
A mother and daughter compare notes on dating methods!
A showcase of comedic two-person sketches that tackle the true issues of our day - like how to get attention for your self-published book, the finer ...
A boy raised in New England realizes that he is a Gringo and one of his grandparents entered the country illegally. Tales of the Travis ...
Reasons You Should Stay, written and performed by Max Langert (ScriptWorks Commission). I know you've already made up your mind, but please, just listen ...
A small-town sales associate spends a colorful Sunday learning about the power of therapy with her favorite customers.
YOU act scenes opposite your favorite actor. Directions: 1) Remove script from LP envelope. 2) Turn to any scene you want to play. 3) Place ...
An aging telemarketer discovers she has more to offer than a sales script.
A-Date, by Joanna Michelle. A young woman looks for love on Austin's hottest dating show, A-Date, and things get weird.
Two best friends, whose romantic lives are careening in opposite directions, become untethered from reality as they relive the steps to a relationship ending while ...
i-Was robot, confession, written by B Makonnen and S Bickerton. A three-part performance of the confessions of an ex-robot
After breaking up with her first boyfriend, a teenaged girl befriends a counselor at summer camp who sparks more than her mind. Time passes, they ...
The Escorts, by Andreas Fabis, Lindsey Reeves, Aaron Saenz, and Shannon Dale Stott (The Escorts). We perform an improvised theatrical narrative inspired by an audience ...
A dark comedy about life, death, and the limits of friendship, by George Obermiller
"If you see my milk cow,/Please drive her on home ...
Jim Loucks opens the 2015 FronteraFest Long Fringe and the Ground Floor Theatre with his one-man performance telling the story of growing up in the ...
A two-person show about one woman who, to free herself from college debt, joins a Wyoming goat farm she inherits from her occult-leader birth parents ...
Seamstress by Travis Dean
Astronaughty by Keira McDonald
Spining the Bottle by Krissi Reaves
The Sex of Joy by Joy Loveall