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Short Fringe - Best of Fest

Short Fringe - Best of Fest - Tue Feb 12 8:00PM BILL A: THIS LINEUP ALSO PLAYS ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15. Shows were selected by our panel and audience vote from this year's Saturday "Best of the Week" shows. Andrew Varenhorst, Jails, Hospitals, and Hip Hop, by Danny Hoch. Three monologues from Danny Hoch's one man show. Kareem Badr, Parallelogramophonograph Presents: Improvised French Farce. Parallelogramophonograph presents French Farce, fully improvised theatre in the grand tradition of Moliere, Fawlty Towers, and everything in between. Infidelity, insecurity, and insatiable appetites for wealth and power will collide with riveting consequences. Ben Prager, Ben Prager by Ben Prager. Monologues written and performed by Ben Prager. Priscilla Sample, Brain Big: Excerpts from a play about female body image, by Priscilla Sample. Monologue. Director: Jenifer Carsrud. Coldtowne, Lovey & Lovey. Sketch comedy. A Coldtowne production featuring Tami Nelson & Michael Jastroch. "The Thin Man" style characters explore a ridiculous, booze-addled relationship. Winners "Best in Fest" - Lone Star Sketch Comedy 2006.
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Short Fringe - Best of Fest - Wed Feb 13 8:00PM BILL B: THIS LINEUP WILL ALSO PLAY ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16. Shows were selected by our panel and audience vote from this year's Saturday "Best of the Week" shows. Aimée Gonzalez, Larius Likler, by Aimée Gonzalez (ASW Commission). Larius Likler is almost an anagram for serial killer. And so, Larius Likler has decided to almost become one. An excerpt from a full-length play in progress . . . Big Poppa E, THE WUSSY BOY CHRONICLES EPISODE FOUR: A NEW HOPE, by Eirik Ott. Starring BIG POPPA E: Three-time HBO Def Poetry alum Eirik Ott (aka Big Poppa E) presents a new collection of performance poetry and sketch comedy for your enjoyment. Fresh off a national tour that crossed 20 states in two months, BPE will bring the same blend of comedy, poetry, dramatic monologue and storytelling that has garnered six Best of Fest wins in the past five years. Girls, Girls, Girls, _______ the Musical! by Girls Girls Girls. GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS is Austin's only all-female, all-musical improv troupe. You shout out a location where you'd like to see a musical take place and we make up one on the spot with the help of our musician. Da Theatre Collective, Just Say Da: Direct Object, by Jamie Rhodes, Jude Hickey, Kirk German, Lisa del Rosario, Michelle Brandt, Robin Grace Thompson, Scott Roskilly, Tom Coiner, and Heather Huggins. Find out what happens when you unleash eight storytellers onto one stage along with a backpack, a rolling pin, an exercise bungee, a picture frame, a pair of pajama pants, two coffee mugs, an Austin Chronicle, and a dozen pencils. Say "Yes" to the magic of possibilities! Or say "yep," "yeah," "sure," "uh-huh," "you betcha," "affirmative"... no matter how you translate it, just say "DA!" More than a word, it's a way of life. Charlie Watkins, The Ballad of The Three Actorteers, by Alan Metoskie, Jason Newman, Chuck Watkins. The epic saga of the three greatest actors in the universe as they struggle to perform some of the most challenging plays known to man, as sent to them from the mysterious God's of Theater. This short play is based on characters created during the successful run of sketch shows known as "The DNA-Holes" at the Salvage Vanguard Theater in Summer 2008.
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Short Fringe - Best of Fest - Thu Feb 14 8:00PM WILDCARD NIGHT: These five pieces were selected by the FronteraFest staff as their favorites of the shows not chosen for Best of the Week. Rapscallions of the Periphery, The Artist Behind Closed Doors, by Jessica Arnold. An intimate look at the artist behind closed doors, including hand puppets, granny panties and baby Jesus. Bastion Carboni, A Matter of Taste, by Bastion Carboni. A light hearted buddy comedy. About suicide. America's Theatre Co., 1 + 1 + 1, by Zeb West, Hannah Kenah, Richard Cambier. 3 actors play 3 characters in 3 scenes four you. Maggie Gallant, Stalking Roger Taylor, by writer/performer Maggie Gallant. A solo confession by obsessive lifelong Queen fan, Maggie Gallant. Eirik Ott, THE TRIUMPHANT RETURN OF THE HAIKU DEATHMATCH!!! Director / Fight Choreographer: Eirik Ott (aka Big Poppa E). Experience thrills, chills, full-contact poetry and the spilling of blood live and in stunning colour as The Haiku DeathMatch returns to FronteraFest! The two-time Best of Fest winner features head-to-head poetic combat between three haiku warriors. Three haikusters enter, but only one shall survive! All others must commit seppuku! Judged by the audience Applause-O-Meter Of Doom and hosted by three-time HBO Def Poet Big Poppa E, The Haiku Death Match brings together verse and violence live on stage for your sick and twisted enjoyment!
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Short Fringe - Best of Fest - Fri Feb 15 8:00PM BILL A: THIS LINEUP ALSO PLAYS ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12. Shows were selected by our panel and audience vote from this year's Saturday "Best of the Week" shows. Andrew Varenhorst, Jails, Hospitals, and Hip Hop, by Danny Hoch. Three monologues from Danny Hoch's one man show. Kareem Badr, Parallelogramophonograph Presents: Improvised French Farce. Parallelogramophonograph presents French Farce, fully improvised theatre in the grand tradition of Moliere, Fawlty Towers, and everything in between. Infidelity, insecurity, and insatiable appetites for wealth and power will collide with riveting consequences. Ben Prager, Ben Prager by Ben Prager. Monologues written and performed by Ben Prager. Priscilla Sample, Brain Big: Excerpts from a play about female body image, by Priscilla Sample. Monologue. Director: Jenifer Carsrud. Coldtowne, Lovey & Lovey. Sketch comedy. A Coldtowne production featuring Tami Nelson & Michael Jastroch. "The Thin Man" style characters explore a ridiculous, booze-addled relationship. Winners "Best in Fest" - Lone Star Sketch Comedy 2006.
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Short Fringe - Best of Fest - Sat Feb 16 8:00PM BILL B: THIS LINEUP ALSO PLAYS ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13. Shows were selected by our panel and audience vote from this year's Saturday "Best of the Week" shows. Aimée Gonzalez, Larius Likler, by Aimée Gonzalez (ASW Commission). Larius Likler is almost an anagram for serial killer. And so, Larius Likler has decided to almost become one. An excerpt from a full-length play in progress . . . Big Poppa E, THE WUSSY BOY CHRONICLES EPISODE FOUR: A NEW HOPE, by Eirik Ott. Starring BIG POPPA E: Three-time HBO Def Poetry alum Eirik Ott (aka Big Poppa E) presents a new collection of performance poetry and sketch comedy for your enjoyment. Fresh off a national tour that crossed 20 states in two months, BPE will bring the same blend of comedy, poetry, dramatic monologue and storytelling that has garnered six Best of Fest wins in the past five years. Girls, Girls, Girls, _______ the Musical! by Girls Girls Girls. GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS is Austin's only all-female, all-musical improv troupe. You shout out a location where you'd like to see a musical take place and we make up one on the spot with the help of our musician. Da Theatre Collective, Just Say Da: Direct Object, by Jamie Rhodes, Jude Hickey, Kirk German, Lisa del Rosario, Michelle Brandt, Robin Grace Thompson, Scott Roskilly, Tom Coiner, and Heather Huggins. Find out what happens when you unleash eight storytellers onto one stage along with a backpack, a rolling pin, an exercise bungee, a picture frame, a pair of pajama pants, two coffee mugs, an Austin Chronicle, and a dozen pencils. Say "Yes" to the magic of possibilities! Or say "yep," "yeah," "sure," "uh-huh," "you betcha," "affirmative"... no matter how you translate it, just say "DA!" More than a word, it's a way of life. Charlie Watkins, The Ballad of The Three Actorteers, by Alan Metoskie, Jason Newman, Chuck Watkins. The epic saga of the three greatest actors in the universe as they struggle to perform some of the most challenging plays known to man, as sent to them from the mysterious God's of Theater. This short play is based on characters created during the successful run of sketch shows known as "The DNA-Holes" at the Salvage Vanguard Theater in Summer 2008.
Advanced ticketing for this performance is now closed.