This week, our panelists chose the four shows they would like to see again. The fifth Best of Week selection was chosen by audience vote.

Hope on the Horizon, by Blacklisted Individuals (UpRise! Productions). Blacklisted Individuals create music without borders, placing the responsibility to categorize their sound upon the listener. They use Hip-Hop as a tool to connect people, through thought altering lyrics and street rumbling beats. They're not just musicians, they are the battle cry of the people!

Dirty, Nerdy and Unemployed, by Jacob Dodson. Jacob will recite some poetry to you. He will be sad if you do not laugh.

They’re Coming to Get You, written and directed by Lowell Bartholomee, performed by Robert S. Fisher. A one-person performance with video. Kaufman's BODY SNATCHERS, Carpenter's THE THING, haunted houses, and religion-induced hysteria. You know, the usual.

Route 307, by Rupert Reyes. Route 307 is based on a former life as a mailman and the relationships with my customers.

The Bitter Poet, by The Bitter Poet (Kevin Draine). If you move to Brooklyn, fall in love with a Brooklyn Girl and become Happy, is it still possible to be a Poet? The Bitter Poet performs his high energy, guitar-driven poems in search of the answer.

Our panelists chose four shows from this week that they would like to see again. The fifth Best of Week selection was chosen by audience vote.

Crossing Frequencies: Tapestry on the Fringe, by Matt Shields of Tapestry Dance Company; Artistic Director of Tapestry on the Fringe; Featuring Charles "swift" Philips & Andrew Brought. A Musical experience that fuses the different sounds of TAP DANCE, with contemporary takes on Jazz and hip hop standards offering a very fresh and unique sense of sound and culture. There is nothing else like this, anywhere!

Crazy Bett by Paullette MacDougal (Rae Peterson). A historial solo play about a woman spy for the North in Richmond, VA, the heart of the Confederacy. Performed by Rae Petersen, directed by Gaia Farnam.

Steve and Steve, by Ryan Hamilton, Derek Kolluri, Josh Christoffersen, Eli Weatherby (Sustainable Theatre Project). Exploring the interconnectivization of the Multiverse requires one to allow one’s consciousness to seep through the pores of physical reality into the Cosmic Consciousness utilizing the process of Cosmoisis. Steve and Steve take this journey into the Vast Expanse. Two guys, the third eye, and LSD.

The Fall of John Fisher, by Jon Cook & Taylor Kirk. A two-manned narrative tale about the lone American who devised the most brilliant, intricate, scam operation in the history of the entertainment industry.

Punched in the Vagina, by Nance Riffe. In this one-woman show, Nance Riffe explores her life in the 7 years between her parents' divorce and her father's suicide. But it's funny.

Our panelists chose four shows from this week that they would like to see again. The fifth Best of Week selection was chosen by audience vote.

Mother Hen: Not Your Mother Goose, by Rhonda Kulhanek. A rare reading of adult fairy tales and nursery rhymes from the yet-to-be published works of Mother Hen.

A Shining Attribute, by Candyce Rusk. From the very haunted Modern Theater in Boston's Combat Zone, former burlesque queen and now ghost Bijou Carney recounts her legacy. Starring Amanda Yilmaz, Directed by Debbie Lynn Carriger.

The New Originals, by Shawn Ferrell, Heather Levy, Melissa Livingston, Dan Price & Shanon Weaver (A Chick and a Dude). A scene at a bar . . . using ONLY lines of dialogue from established films.

Richie Farmer Will Have His Revenge on Durham, book by Diana Grisanti; music and lyrics by Matt Schatz (ScriptWorks Commission). It’s 1992. Post-March Madness. Duke’s in; Kentucky’s out. The Bluegrass State is in ruins, and UK cheerleader Carly has a deep, dark secret: she’s in love with the enemy. Oh, and she also prefers flannel and greasy hair to short skirts and ponytails. At the height of the basketball wars and the culture wars, Diana Grisanti and Matt Schatz bring you a grunge rock musical that’s, like, totally all that and a bag of early 90s chips.

The Wussy Boy Chronicles, by Big Poppa E. HBO "Def Poetry" veteran Big Poppa E performs his latest spoken word pieces, mixing performance poetry, stand-up comedy and dramatic monologue into a crowd-pleasing display of verbal fireworks. BPE has made Best of Fest 9 times in the last 8 years, and this is his funniest show yet.

Our panelists chose four shows from this week that they would like to see again. The fifth Best of Week selection was chosen by audience vote.

The Pool, by Ben Prager. A new short story by three time Best of Fest winner Ben Prager.

Purgatory for Pansies, by Michael Slefinger. Michael Slefinger is in Purgatory. Things could be worse . . . But he can't help thinking they're supposed to be a lot better. His one-man show takes an acerbic and charming look at trying to rise above.

Zen and the Zen of Zen, by Hank Schwemmer. An occurrence, in the most specific sense of the word.

Baba Yaga, by Matt Hislope. A dream ballet.

International House of Perception, by Kirk German and Joe Hartman (ScriptWorks Commission). Two old friends attempt to settle an epic real-life dispute in front of our attractive and intelligent audience. Stemming from the true story of a bizarre altercation at a Pflugerville IHoP parking lot in 2005, this comic extravaganza lets YOU decide whose version of these surreal events is more likely to be true . . .