FronteraFest 2017 Theatre from the Edge "The
fringe theater event of the Southwest!"
That's right: it's time to heat up your winter nights again, with the 24th season of FronteraFest at Hyde Park Theatre. The Short Fringe, BYOV, and Mi Casa--as always and ever, FronteraFest is five weeks of alternative, offbeat, new, and just plain off-the-wall fringe theatre. Too bad there's no actual way to expect the unexpected, because that is your only hope. FronteraFest is produced in collaboration with ScriptWorks, a group dedicated to supporting emerging playwrights and developing new dramatic works. Many thanks to our splendid FronteraFest 2017 sponsors: Hyde Park Bar and Grill New World Deli ASTI Trattoria Travis Heights Beverage World BuyPlayTix Dane's Body Shop Motorblade The Parlor Worley Printing
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The Short Fringe In any case, don't miss our closing night FronteraFest afterparty Saturday, February 18, 2017 after the show. Meet us at Dane's Body Shop, right next door to HPT, for delicius eats from New World Deli and The Parlor and drinks from Travis Heights Beverage World. What is the Short Fringe? Every night we present a new, unjuried bill of four or five plays no longer than 25 minutes each. Brilliant monologues? Plays in progress? Comedy improv? Cabaret singers? Avant-garde dance? Short films? Multimedia? We've seen it all.
Every Saturday night is a juried "Best of the Week" performance, and the last week, February 14-18, is the juried "Best of the Fest"--with a few wild cards thrown in.
Show descriptions and tickets are now available.
PARTICIPANTS: We have a few waiting list slots still available. Fill out your application here.
Mi Casa Es Su Teatro A day of site-based work performed in local homes and other surprising locales, Mi Casa is consistently one of the most popular components of our festival.
And this year, a walkable Mi Casa will be held in our very own Hyde Park neighborhood!
For full details, download the PDF or check out the (more abbreviated) Facebook event page.
The day begins at 11AM at The Elisabet Ney Museum, with
And that's just the beginning. At the next three locations, you'll experience
a staged reading of the best/worst parts of your neighborhood listserv; a walk in the urban wilderness listening to a tape-cassette audio-play; an English and Cantonese piece adapted from O Henry-- plus music, collaborative ritual, and much more. It all ends with the yearly Mi Casa afterparty at the last site.
Events at the Ney are free. After that it’s $5/house or $15 for the day (available at Casa #2). All payable in cash only.
This year's curators: Hassan Christopher is an artist, choreographer, designer and recent transplant from New York. He's thrilled to get in the mix here in Austin.
Patrick Shaw is an Austin-based playwright, actor, and dancer. He writes big, fun, lyrical plays about global lives and the messy search for understanding in a constantly changing world.
B.Y.O.V. (Bring Your Own Venue) The name says it all: participants bring not just their creative work but also their own venue. It's all part of FronteraFest.
This year we have four shows, from longtime festival faves The Back Pack to bluebonnets to baseball--with a new twist on Shakespeare thrown in for good measure. Read all about it.
The Long Fringe Due to the Austin venue crisis, we are not able to offer a Long Fringe portion of the 2017 festival. With real estate values going up, small arts venues across the city are being priced out. When you're talking to your city council representatives, please consider mentioning the desperate need for small performance spaces.
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