Best of Fest Bill A
Shows chosen from earlier in the festival as those our Best of Week panel and audiences would most like to see again. Listed in performance order. NOTE: THIS SAME BILL ALSO PLAYS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14.

The rhythm, written and performed by Siobhan Cook, Zell Miller, III, and Jeffery “DaShade Moonbeam” Johnson. A fast-paced interactive exploration of rhythm using voice, word, feet, hands, spirit. A rapper named Jeffery “DaShade Moonbeam” Johnson, a dancer named Siobhan Cook, and a poet named Zell Miller, III explore rhythm and what keeps us connected, the very heartbeat that pushes on in a constant flow, until it doesn’t.

Help! My Vagina is Trying to Kill Me!, written and performed by Yola Jean Lu. A show that talks about STIs, miscarriages and HPV—but it also tries to bring light to some of these heavy topics by instilling humor into the show, making it easier to consume for audiences.

Semantics, by Danny Strack. Semantics (noun): se·man·tics | si-ˈman-tiks 

1. The study of meaning.

2. A new collection by award-winning performance poet and juggler Danny Strack.

3. A one-person show based on that collection, focused on birth, death, purpose, reason, and mystery in our lives. 

By day I chase my dreams. By night they chase me, by Scott Silverman. Streams of consciousness and unconsciousness from a baby boomer pondering "What happened, why us, and what now?"

BAFFLING!, by Kayla Lane Freeman. A clown show. 

This is a Bill A ticket.

Best of Fest Bill B
Shows chosen from earlier in the festival as those our Best of Week panel and audiences would most like to see again. Listed in performance order. NOTE: THIS SAME BILL ALSO PLAYS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15.

The Heart of Things, by Andy Tate (Scriptworks Commission). Zach and Adam are sorting through their belongings as they prepare to leave their apartment for a fresh start. While packing up, they begin unpacking their three-year relationship. Now every object is a treasured memory to unearth, or a hard truth to expose, and neither of them is in the mood to stop digging. Featuring Joseph Paz and Kirk Scarbrough. Directed by Jason Sierra.

GRAVEYARD SHIFT, by Sally Seitz. During the graveyard shift at Whataburger, Skylar and Kim summon an impossible visitor.

I WILL NOW INDUCE CRYING, written and performed by Zac Carr. A solo show: part theatre, part sketch, part other stuff. A might-see performance. I WILL NOW INDUCE CRYING will change the way audiences think about how they spent their night out.

Ma Heart, by Jack Darling. This is a story about how creative love can transform terror into wonder. When force and pain threaten to break a child's spirit, a grandmother's patient wisdom finds unexpected ways to keep their heart whole. It's about the small acts of imaginative kindness that help us survive—and how sometimes the most profound healing comes not through power, but through play. 

The Knuckleball Now, by four comedic improvisors. Est. 2004, this particular unit of award-winning comedic improvisors take random audience-read text messages, which are then spun and weaved into an unscripted collection of high energy scenes, themes & characters. Lights down, people clap.

This is a Bill B ticket.

Best of Fest Wild Card Night
Five shows selected by festival staff as their favorites that were overlooked by the Best of Week panel.

Snowpacolypse, by Tristan Young Mercado. When five college freshmen get trapped in their dorm during a Texas snow storm and power outage, they find themselves having to make real life connections without social media.

A Girl Like Me, written and performed by Roxanne Schroder-Arce. A series of eight micro-memoirs performed by the author. The memoirs bring the audience into the trailer park where Roxanne grew up and take them on an intimate journey of the author/playwright's lived experience as a child. The micro-memoirs are weaved together with original music, and Roxanne plays many characters, including herself, her single mom, and the Pink-Lipped Lady on the Blue Baptist Bus.

The Skinny, written and performed by Holly Hart Raiborn. Through four vignettes, Hart Raiborn’s story unfolds, blending both humor and the bittersweet realities of weight loss. The Skinny, revolving around Hart Raiborn’s lived experience with obesity and weight loss of over 80 pounds, reveals a universal human experience—once you change some­thing about your­self, you assume every­thing about you will be fixed, only to real­ize, you either learn to accept your­self, or have to con­tin­ue chas­ing changes.

Taylor Made?, by Avery Erickson. After being fired from every broadcasting job ever held, Taylor's last chance is to make a go of it as the sole employee of the only radio/TV station at the North Pole.  Taylor literally has to do everything.  And I mean everything!  Hmmm . . . wonder how that will turn out.  Oh, and one more thing . . . the glacier is melting.

Rusty Lightnin’ Kick Starts, by Jack Kyser. Rusty Lightnin', a goofy cowboy spokesman for a local car dealership, will proudly screen his short film RUSTY LIGHTNIN’ KICK STARTS. Rusty is delighted to participate in a post-screening Q&A with the audience—all the while hiding the fact that he's an informant for ATF agents looking to bust the dealership’s owner for firearms trafficking!

This is a Wild Card night ticket.

Shows chosen from earlier in the festival as those our Best of Week panel and audiences would most like to see again. Listed in performance order. NOTE: THIS SAME BILL ALSO PLAYS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11.

The rhythm, written and performed by Siobhan Cook, Zell Miller, III, and Jeffery “DaShade Moonbeam” Johnson. A fast-paced interactive exploration of rhythm using voice, word, feet, hands, spirit. A rapper named Jeffery “DaShade Moonbeam” Johnson, a dancer named Siobhan Cook, and a poet named Zell Miller, III explore rhythm and what keeps us connected, the very heartbeat that pushes on in a constant flow, until it doesn’t.

Help! My Vagina is Trying to Kill Me!, written and performed by Yola Jean Lu. A show that talks about STIs, miscarriages and HPV—but it also tries to bring light to some of these heavy topics by instilling humor into the show, making it easier to consume for audiences.

Semantics, by Danny Strack. Semantics (noun): se·man·tics | si-ˈman-tiks 

1. The study of meaning.

2. A new collection by award-winning performance poet and juggler Danny Strack.

3. A one-person show based on that collection, focused on birth, death, purpose, reason, and mystery in our lives. 

By day I chase my dreams. By night they chase me, by Scott Silverman. Streams of consciousness and unconsciousness from a baby boomer pondering "What happened, why us, and what now?"

BAFFLING!, by Kayla Lane Freeman. A clown show. 

This is a Bill A ticket.

Best of Fest Bill B
Shows chosen from earlier in the festival as those our Best of Week panel and audiences would most like to see again. Listed in performance order. NOTE: THIS SAME BILL ALSO PLAYS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15.

The Heart of Things, by Andy Tate (Scriptworks Commission). Zach and Adam are sorting through their belongings as they prepare to leave their apartment for a fresh start. While packing up, they begin unpacking their three-year relationship. Now every object is a treasured memory to unearth, or a hard truth to expose, and neither of them is in the mood to stop digging. Featuring Joseph Paz and Kirk Scarbrough. Directed by Jason Sierra.

GRAVEYARD SHIFT, by Sally Seitz. During the graveyard shift at Whataburger, Skylar and Kim summon an impossible visitor.

I WILL NOW INDUCE CRYING, written and performed by Zac Carr. A solo show: part theatre, part sketch, part other stuff. A might-see performance. I WILL NOW INDUCE CRYING will change the way audiences think about how they spent their night out.

Ma Heart, by Jack Darling. This is a story about how creative love can transform terror into wonder. When force and pain threaten to break a child's spirit, a grandmother's patient wisdom finds unexpected ways to keep their heart whole. It's about the small acts of imaginative kindness that help us survive—and how sometimes the most profound healing comes not through power, but through play. 

The Knuckleball Now, by four comedic improvisors. Est. 2004, this particular unit of award-winning comedic improvisors take random audience-read text messages, which are then spun and weaved into an unscripted collection of high energy scenes, themes & characters. Lights down, people clap.

This is a Bill B ticket.