Each week, our panelists choose the four shows they would like to see again to give an encore perfomance at the Saturday Best of Week show. The fifth Best of Week selection is chosen by audience vote.

Cardigan, by Trey Deason. Edgar Cardigan is telling us about his life, until a heckler in the audience causes him to embellish his story with extravagant details until the truth becomes irrelevant. Eventually, recalling all his past affairs he realizes he's never really been truthful with anyone except the one woman he pushed away.



Things in Life, by Ben Prager. Three time Best-of-Fest winner Ben Prager performs comic monologues that portray with unblinking realism “ordinary” Americans, excerpted from his 2010 Long Fringe show. In 2009, Things in Life was nominated for three Austin Critics Table Awards. Directed by Wynne West.



Saint Matilde’s Malady, by Kyle John Schmidt. A swashbuckling new play about rage, love, and other sexually transmitted diseases. Directed by Elizabeth C. Lay.



The Mommy Confessions: An Excerpt by Rhonda Kulhanek . Three mommies confess their stories of motherhood revealing the truth about what it takes to be a mommy --- an excerpt from the hilarious one-woman show playing at FronteraFest Long Fringe.



THE HAIKU DEATH MATCH! (Eirik Ott ). Three warrior poets attack each other with full-contact battle haiku during seven rounds of poetic competition. The audience becomes The Applause-O-Meter of Doom to determine the winner. Three poets enter the stage, but only one will be crowned champion; the others must commit seppuku live on stage. Directed and hosted by HBO "Def Poet" Big Poppa E and starring Austin Poetry Slam Team veterans Tony Jackson, Christopher Lee, David Hendler, and Danny Strack.

Each week, our panelists choose the four shows they would like to see again to give an encore perfomance at the Saturday Best of Week show. The fifth Best of Week selection is chosen by audience vote.

I'm not a writer . . .but I got a story to tell, by La Tasha Stephens. You see these people every day.  They make you laugh, grab your wallet, drop your eyes….  To you, they’re part of the landscape.  But what if one day, the landscape talked back?  Ain't that some shit?!?! Co-directed by Wendy Bable.



Kitsune Parade, by Ellen Stader, Choreographer. A dance piece chronicling the choreographer's many encounters with foxes, set against the mystical backdrop of a Japanese fox-wedding procession.



Here, Nigger, by Roger Reeves. A short play that begins with a prank: one seventeen-year-old boy finds a Ku Klux Klan robe in a wood while hunting and wears it to spook his best friend. However, the robe has a mind and will of its own. In this play, the American legacy of race holds hostage even the most sacred of friendships. Directed by Kyle John Schmidt.



Consultant for Hire, by Max Langert (ASW Commission). Hire me!



The Bitter Poet's "Looking For Love In All The Wrong Cafes, Strip Clubs and Black Box Performance Spaces," by Kevin Draine. The Bitter Poet performs an excerpt from his Long Fringe show of the same name - a collection of darkly humorous satirical guitar-driven poems about searching for True Love and the contortionists you meet along the way!

Each week, our panelists choose the four shows they would like to see again to give an encore perfomance at the Saturday Best of Week show. The fifth Best of Week selection is chosen by audience vote.

Spinning the Bottle, by Krissi Reeves. A one-woman comedy show about mammal mating rituals, romantic love, bedwetting, and the Beaudelairian idea that one should always remain drunk.



Confidence Men: Improvised Mamet by The Confidence Men. A new 25 minute, 2 act play will be improvised in the style of David Mamet.



The Sex of Joy, by Joy Loveall. Unexpectedly finding herself single at 50, Joy gives us a humorous and heartbreaking glimpse into her titillating world exploring sex, love and intimacy with online dating and as an “accidental tourist” in an open relationship with a married man.



Seamstress, by Kenneth Wayne Bradley (ASW Commission). A one woman show featuring Melanie Dean, directed by Ellie McBride.



Astronaughty, by Keira McDonald. Music & Lyrics by Dafyyd James. A new musical about a female astronaut who drives 900 miles wearing diapers to mace her love rival in the face with pepper spray. She gets arrested.

Each week, our panelists choose the four shows they would like to see again to give an encore perfomance at the Saturday Best of Week show. The fifth Best of Week selection is chosen by audience vote.

Gus! by David Meyers & Patrick Knisely. Buy the Whey presents Act I of Gus!, an original musical. Gus, a High School student, wants nothing more than to be an ice sculptor. His parents won’t allow it. His guidance counselor dismisses the idea. Gus is ready to give up, until a friend encourages him to follow his dreams.



ms, by Molly Fonseca. A one-person play that explores the journey of accepting a diagnosis and offers a turn towards hope.



The Pugilist (A Derivative Work), by Richard L. Cambier, Hannah Kenah, and Zeb L. West. An original ensemble work of theatre by America's Theatre Company.



Beans! by Sharon Sparlin. The sound of a long, untroubled inhale.  A satisfying exhale.  Sip. Swallow. “Earthy, Spicy - with Jungle and Chocolate overtones".



The Wussy Boy Manifesto: Episode Five: The Wussy Boy Strikes Back, by Big Poppa E. Three-time HBO "Def Poetry" veteran and National Poetry Slam Champion Big Poppa E performs new works about growing beards, making sweet love, and the joys of pubic hair. His hilarious poetry has garnered eight Best of Fest finishes in seven years, and this time, he's bringing presents for everyone.