The Horror Show, by Turning Tricks With The Darlings. In an homage to the horror film genre, magicians Jack Darling and Christine Darling take their audience on a ridiculous and spine-tingling journey, sure to make the audience scream!

Harry the Homeless Homosexual Explains the Meaning of Life, written and performed by Alex Garza. In this performance, Alex Garza brings back to life a character from his 2007 one-man show. His name is Harry . . . he is homeless . . . and then there's the other thing. In this story, Harry attempts to examine his life, his circumstances, and his purpose in the cosmic scheme of things. He talks to the audience, or perhaps the audience in his head, and he offers up his greatest wisdom and philosophies. He attempts to find a connection with somebody . . . anybody . . . and more than anything he just wants to be more than a tree falling in the empty woods. He wants his life to matter. Don't we all?

Berserker, by Kari Floren. Teenager Olga Larson has finally begun to fit in at school, after she and her gay father moved from Minneapolis to Florida. Olga’s blog for the school paper has transformed her from a funny talking, slightly overweight outsider into an influential trendsetter. But when Olga’s new-found popularity is about to be snatched away, she finds solace through a surprising link to her Norwegian heritage. Olga appears to get her confidence back, but in fact she slips into a darker reality. Featuring Sarah Alessandro, Lowell Bartholomee, Van Tracy and directed by Michael McKenzie.

O, Sea! by Brianna Susan Smith. O, Sea! is solo performance piece from multidisciplinary artist Brianna Susan Smith utilizing dance, music, ritual, storytelling, and sensory experience to explore issues of violence against women. The performance is built on a mix of ritual theatre, ancient mythology, contemporary digital techniques and personal experiences with emotional and sexual abuse. O, Sea! connects us to something ancient to create space for individual experience and collective discovery.

Baby Bob Saget, by Linzy Beltran, Aaron Walther, AJ McKeon, Lindsey Moringy, Frank Netscher, Laura de la Fuente (Baby Bob Saget). Baby Bob Saget features performers who have trained at comedy institutions from Chicago to New York to Austin, and includes both students and seasoned performers from ColdTowne Theater and The New Movement Theater. Each show begins by randomly selecting one of Bob Saget’s actual tweets. Inspired by that tweet, Baby Bob Saget creates a thoughtful, witty, high-energy improv show that will leave the audience asking themselves “Is Full House on Netflix? What does Adult Bob Saget look like?”

BRINE VI: Uber Educated White Trash, by Stuart Hersh. In his ninth play for FronteraFest, Stuart provides a list of jobs linked to his education in Massachusetts and Texas with his usual mix of humor and music.

Body of Work, written and performed by Christine Hoang (ScriptWorks Commission). An autobiographical, one-woman show that explores how a woman's views on body image, consumerism, cosmetic surgery, family, and friendship evolve through her teens, twenties, and thirties. Directed by Elizabeth V. Newman.

Tea Time, by Raymond V. Whelan. London. Two bookies need fast cash. Sandy wants bread for business and his date with Laura. Wally wants dough to pay for his father's burial. Lysis the barmaid offers funds from her Uncle Jasper who wants the Boston Red Sox to win the 1986 World Series.

Very Successful, written and performed by Robin Chotzinoff with Shelly Leuzinger. A person is driven to write songs and perform them in public. She devotes her life to practicing her instrument, developing artistic discipline, and grappling with, and finally dominating, the necessary hurdle of self-promotion. Well, she should, but she doesn’t. Five decades go by. An oddly optimistic story of wasted potential, with songs.

Swipe Right? by Lorrie Meyer. A comedy about two singles looking for love. Or sex. Or both. Or neither. Starring Renee Barnett, Darren Scharf and Daniel Cline.

Mystery-Bouffe 2016: A Comedy in Six Acts, by James E. Burnside. The Amerikan Ship of State is sinking as the Apocalypse begins. A One-Act play in Six Acts.

Ethyl Formate, written and performed by Sam Gorena. Sam will do a piece where he digests both food and liquid in a metaphorical interpretation of his relationship with his family. The piece's intention is that there's a stigma on mental health, and how we talk about it: how some things are faux pas and some are perfectly accepted. I hope to show the juxtaposition of how violent acts of consumption are more widely accepted than speaking to your friends/family.

Lady Without a Baby, written and performed by Molly Fonseca. Growing up Molly always felt she wasn't a top candidate for motherhood, but it can be harder explaining that feeling to those around her.

Shondee Superstar, by Lashonda Lester (Color Arc Productions).
Lashonda Lester is a Superstar. She was crowned Funniest Person in Austin in 2016, and she will show you why in her solo stand-up comedy piece Shondee Superstar.

room by Rosalyn Nasky. A movement solo.

Fishin’ For Love, written and directed by Morgan Wendlandt. Concerns the personal relationships discussed by a bus full of strangers after a man proclaims his love and a little girl asks, "What is love?"

God’s Rabbit Hole, written and directed by Anthony Ellison (Punchkin Repertory Theatre). Jean is married and in the middle of a sexual crisis; she is completely unfulfilled, so she turns to God for guidance to ultimate ecstasy.

Crying for Nothing, written and performed by Jack Williams. A heartfelt and funny one-man show that takes the audience inside the life of man struggling with unexplained bouts of crying. Through this journey, we discover what lies beneath his crying for nothing.

Nacho Forte, by Ali Meier, Casey Quinlan, John Mendell, Josh Farmer, Joy Parks, and Steve Jaffe, accompanied by piano man Ryan Fector (Nacho Forte). A high-energy musical improv troupe that performs improvised musical theatre that serves up musical awesome with a heaping helping of mirth!

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The Knight Games, by Beau Thompson and John Fennessy (Oceanus Productions). Who said playing games was a waste of time and effort? It's what we play for that makes the game interesting. Can the devil play fair? Would angels cheat? Are we truly just pieces in a cosmic game of chance? Short answer . . . YES! Four players, one table and the most powerful game in history, one that will change the course of it. Directed by Kat Albert.

The Epidemiologist, by Ramon Carver. The argument of the play is for an epidemiologist to determine the source of an incipient epidemic in the nick of time while preparing to appear on an afternoon TV talk show. Featuring Timothy Englert and Ralph Gill.

Lady in Red, a heavenly caffeinated tale, written and performed by Rhonda F. Kulhanek. A one-woman performance.

Hope House. Story by Chris Alonzo, Bina Chauhan, and Laura Maxwell-Scott. Written by Chris Alonzo and Laura Maxwell-Scott. Travel with us back in time to the early 21st century to learn about the Hope House residents who lived there, and hid there, during the regime of 45. Group tours are appropriate for both school students and adults. Brought to you by the team behind Hey Girl, It’s Ryan and Janus Geminus. Performed by Bina Chauhan and directed by Laura Maxwell-Scott.

The Fourth Wall Is Behind You, by Norman Tran, Brian Bonnet, and Catherine Grady (Inner Picnic). This show is a personal, experimental, and interactive mix of short plays written and performed by our ensemble. Inspired by NeoFuturism and Lucky Chaos' 30 Plays in 60 Minutes, we push the boundaries of theater while holding nothing back. This fast-paced series of short plays will leave the audience thinking about identity, culture, and family.

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Souvenirs From Tomorrow, by Kirk German, developed by Kirk German and Heather Huggins. Whose stories are retold, and whose stories are forgotten? In 1939, New York hosted an enormous World's Fair in Flushing, Queens, which promised a dazzling glimpse at "The World of Tomorrow" -- but for the city's immigrant pushcart peddlers, the promise was a broken one.

Freesome, by Greg Castillo. The play deals with two friends who encounter conflict with their personal ideological differences through an awkward sexual encounter. Dark humor.

Blue Spiral, by Nadine Mozon. Girlhood song lodged in grown woman's psyche gives rise to a chorus of events between the notes. Coming of Age reflection on the "Officer Friendly" song and . . . The what? . . . What went wrong? What is learned by rote leaves a lifetime and history to dissect. A blue-black upward spiral; upheaval gone viral; progress, lament unwrapped, celebration . . . Ascent . . . Performed by Nadine Mozon with Michael Steven on bass. Directed by Michael Rau.

SheSheSheShe, by SheSheSheShe. SheSheSheShe is an all-female-all-the-time improv troupe hailing from Austin, TX. Creating comedy gold from thin air for captivated audiences, these ladies can be found laugh-crying to old episodes of 30 Rock and drinking copious amounts of wine on any given night. Think women aren’t funny? Try us.

Your Neighborhood Association, by Max Langert (ScriptWorks Commission). Ripped from the headlines of your local Listserv. Hope you've paid your dues.

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Perspective, or, Cheeseburgers and a Bag of Ashes, by Christa French (The Weird Sisters Women's Theatre Collective). Maybe she wasn’t the worst mother in Corpus Christi Texas -- but she was up there. So we should definitely talk about all the great things she did to the ladies at church! I love this plan!
Hailey!
What?
Pushing.
Okay fine. She was the best mommy ever! Puppies and chocolate for all!
Hailey!
At least cheeseburgers then.
FINE.

Tametheon, written and performed by Alex Garza. A young hero discovers the leader he was meant to be. The story is told through a variety of wonderful characters including Snow Lions, Murphy the Unicorn, and Tobias Youngblood, the Wizard. The plot reveals themes of bravery, the ties between man and animals, and the value of believing in yourself. A great journey for the entire family. A full-length version will be performed at the Dougherty Arts Center in the Summer of 2017.

Mothering Apollo, by Katie Robinson. Mothering Apollo is a lecture-comedy-song-dance-anatomylesson-love story. While the performance is derived from mothering a medically fragile, chronically ill baby and a tender toddler, it is also about being human. It's about allowing things to fall apart, the relativity of anxiety, accepting limitations and desires, and being totally disoriented. To shift from fear and dread to joy, to light up my energy in the most alive way possible, I offer this performance.

In the Tallest Tower (Or For Princesses and the Dragons Who Guard Them), written by Tyler Kosmak. It’s a story we’ve all heard before: A Princess sleeps in a tall tower guarded by a fearsome Dragon waiting to be rescued by a chivalrous Knight. This time, however, something is different: the dragon is slain, but the Princess is awake, the Narrator is napping, and nothing is quite what it seems.

ChuTopp, by Topping Haggerty and Chuy Zarate. ChuTopp is doing a fully improvised narrative show that tells the story of an awkwardly brilliant, and much too complicated, caper that may, or may not, be a good thing.

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No One Dies in This Story, by Paul Normandin (Still Waters Theatre Productions). Joan Didion wrote, “We tell ourselves stories in order to live.” Paul Normandin tells stories and is not dead. Until his friends figured him out, Paul threw huge dinner parties to thank people for kindnesses they provided then used that time together to tell stories. Paul has a theory that stories beget stories. As you can see, it is true. Kenny, Johnny, Gloria, Ryan, and Victoria provided all of the encouragement this project needed.

Dog, by Marla Porter. A common problem threatens to tear a young family apart.

Crickets, by Kim Tran, Nicole Oglesby, Zac Carr, Jonathan Flanders, Jordan Taylor, Michelle Curry (Crickets). We explore and evaluate improvisational comedy and drama without any traditional constructs. One thing we can promise is that we will be traveling through multiple worlds, languages, theatricalities, and environments without scene changes. We pledge presence and risk. We're also hilarious.

Dime Show Diamonds, by Candyce Rusk (JayDub Productions). Dime Show Diamonds is a one-act and part of a trilogy of plays forming THE RIVERVIEW STORIES, set in Chicago's Riverview Amusement Park, circa 1950. Drawing on the history of the American sideshow, each character navigates life with lyric humor and objectivity. Directed by Julianna E. Wright.

The Knuckleball Now, by Lee Eddy, Craig Kotfas, Michael Joplin, and Ace Manning. The Knuckleball Now is an improv comedy troupe based in Austin . . . but first and foremost, TKN is a philosophy, an energy and a way of thinking. It's all about having fun with fearless enthusiasm. It's having an unwavering faith in each other, where the brain synapses are in sync, and there is a connection through chaos. A Finalist in Austin Chronicle's Best Improv Troupe 2016, 2015 B. Iden Payne Award, Rudy Kloptic Award for Outstanding Improv Troupe and 2016 FronteraFest Best of Fest.

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The Storyteller, by Liz Delaney. Actor relates and shares several stories and poems with the audience, using the author's words, along with creative props and universal movements. The poems and stories should touch upon shared, positive cultural memories, and/or evoke insight through new situations which are presented. Director/producer Vanessa Broussard.

Corporate Whore Thrift Store and Free Marijuana College, by Camille Euritt. A customer walks into a weirdo-cruel-intense thrift store to return her smart phones, which are messing with her lifestyle/psyche. A couple of college professors are plotting world domination through pot and corporate takeover.

Fully Living, by Louise Gallup-Roholt. A one-person show, created by Louise Gallup-Roholt and directed by Susannah Raulino. Fully Living is the poignant, heart-rending, and often funny stories of a family. A very unusual family.

Dare to Nap Greatly, by Nettie Reynolds. Three pieces from an upcoming one-woman show by the same name, with special guest appearance Brian Newton Fuller as Napping Man.

The Amenable Stage, by C.M. Gill. Eva is a woman with a problem: She is a playwright with no play. Identity crisis aside, she must come up with one, and soon—or she loses her grant. She turns to her friend (a theatre director) for help and inspiration, and together, they and their actor friends begin mining their own lives and the lives of those around them for inspiration. Much meta-analysis, comedy, and existential crises ensue . . . Directed by Elizabeth V. Newman

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Full Speed, by TILT Performance Group (TILT Performance Group). An exciting original performance developed by TILT Performance Group, showcasing incredible talents and unique abilities with no speed limit!

Down the Alley of Life by Mike Royko, by Mike Royko, adapted by Raymond V. Whelan. While backed by a Greek chorus, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Mike Royko recites an essay urging readers to show sanitation workers more respect.

The Anglers, by Sarah Loucks (ScriptWorks Commission). A boy and the Devil philosophize, play video games, and eat Cheetos along the banks of the Mississippi.

Christmas With The Kaubells, by Holly Bell. A humorous one-woman performance about the evolution of holiday traditions in one family, including food, family, and mug shots. Directed by Elota Patton.

Hamlet in Hiding, by Rich Rubin. Comedic one act play featuring three female Irish gangsters holed up in an old theatre in Dublin played by Heather Thiel, Kelly Stockwell, and Tara Chill.

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Polly's Playhouse, by Charley Devany and Rosalind Faires. The third installation of Charley Devany's one-man shows focusing on family history. EHD (2013) and All The Weight You Should Not Carry (2015) were FronteraFest Best of Week participants. This time his mother, Polly, gets center stage. Directed by Brooks Naylor, featuring Rosalind Faires.

Mean Mean Streets, by Brian Wittenbrook. A series of interlocking monologues from characters living in a comically noir hellscape filled with crime, misfortune, and occasional ghosts.

Bargainland, by Tristan Young Mercado. A farce that highlights the absurdity regarding bigotry and consumerism in America. Set in the security office of a mega super store, three customers battle it out while a security guard plays referee.

My Seasons With the Astros and the Expos. Award-winning actor/director Ken Webster explains his strange obsession with former major league catcher John Bateman. Webster's Twitter feed started as a diary of the 1966 Houston Astros season as seen through the eyes of Webster's favorite player from childhood, the late John Bateman. The diary, part fact and part fiction, part baseball and part history/popular culture, has been featured in several stories by sportswriters. Webster describes how he became an amateur historian, chronicling his favorite player and the years 1966-1972.

BettyMash, by BettyMash (BettyMash). BettyMash is an all-star improv show presented by BettyFest, an annual one-day event that features all-lady improv, sketch, and stand-up comedy. We aim to provide a safe space for sisters in comedy to perform without limitations.

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Jack Ace: Private Dick -- Episode 01: "Artsy Photographs," written and directed by Stephen Bittrich (Brain Fire Productions –– Earl Ameen and Stephen Bittrich, producers). An affectionate parody of the old-time radio serial, this piece set in the 1940s follows the first adventure of private detective, Jack Ace. The piece will be performed in the style of old-time radio where the actors created voice magic in a small studio with a couple of microphones.

There Will Be Bloods, by Aaron Zilbermann (Metamorphosis: a new living theatre). Andre and Trey are hanging out in their neighborhood in South Dallas. Andre is planning to leave the neighborhood to go to college. Trey is struggling with his sexual orientation and is afraid to face his community without Andre’s support. They’re both relaxing, dancing, and talking shit when their day is inexplicably cursed. When Andre feels it necessary to stand up to an abusive police officer, the situation escalates.

The Holidaze, improvised by Topping Haggerty, Julie Stainer, and Joy Masters (Foggy Daze Productions). The holidays are over and Xmas Tree, Snow Man, and Reindeer have to figure out what to do for the rest of the year.

Mad, written and performed by T. Lynn Mikeska. In this short play, transpiring in a trailer park, a present-day woman seeks and finds the counsel of the immortal Medea.

Duck, Duck, Goose, by Max Langert. Noah Martin directs this piece about feathers, funk, and fame. Originally written, cast, rehearsed, staged and performed all in one day as part of the 14/48 Austin Theatre Fest in October 2016. Check out 1448atx.wordpress.com for more info.

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A Woman's Work Is Never Done, by Lorene Stilwell. Through a mix of history, folklore, music, poetry, local legend and their own words, A Woman’s Work is Never Done explores tales of women who stirred the pot, wove communities together, and raised a ruckus -- you know: women’s work. WARNING: May contain revolutionary ideas, promote overthrow of governments and social orders through questionable behavior, salty language, transgressing social boundaries, and occasional violent insurrection.

Shift Change at the Palace of Freedom, by Lorenzo Martinez and Laura Creedle. Six superheroes leave a night of fighting crime behind and prepare for the day shift at a local hospital. Only the “Other” stands alone, trapped between day and night. Can the team truly accept the mysterious “Other”?

The Dyeing Woman, by Kyle John Schmidt. A group of beleaguered dyers at a textile mill clash with their boss over time off, quotas, and promotions. A comedy about the wonders and troubles of suffering in public by the five-time FronteraFest Best of Fest winning team of writer Kyle John Schmidt and director Elizabeth C. Lay.

We Hate You!, by Brian Newton Fuller. Stories of one night comedy gigs, in all their glory.

The Tale of the Songbird, by Rocky Hopson. Old West puppet show with live music. Cowgirl Mary tells the story of Thomas Smiths’ journey to the west and his rise and fall because of a bird.

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Space Station Sexy, by Topping Haggerty (Groovy McGrooverson Productions). Space Station Sexy is a great place to work, but sometimes being sexy can’t fix what needs to be fixed. Sometimes.

Becoming One With The Universe or How I Avoided Writing The Play, written and performed by J. Isabel Salazar.

Final Conversations, by Rita Anderson (ScriptWorks Commission). Final Conversations explores a mother's wish to have one real conversation with her son before he's accidentally killed. One morning before he leaves for school, she suddenly knows that he has one hour to live. With a kitchen-sink approach, Mother attempts to get it "right" in conversation after conversation, using comic and often absurd methods to reach Son, none of which alters destiny.

This Might Be The Place (Naïve Monologue), by Hank Schwemmer. It’s hard to say . . . .

Pigs Sweat, Men Perspire, Ladies Merely Glow, written and performed by Bernadette Nason. After four months of unfamiliar life in Tripoli, Libya, Nason gets a vacation in Malta, an island jewel in the middle of the Mediterranean between the North African coast and Italy's boot. Apart from relaxing with friends and downing gins and tonics, she has only one serious appointment: a leg wax. Desperate for pampering, she's almost looking forward to it. She soon learns waxing is done differently in Europe.

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Cross Planes, by Seth Andrew Miller. Set in the dream of a desert campsite, a cowboy trinity battles loneliness and indecision in an effort to get back to the way things were. It's your classic tale of man vs. himself vs. himself. A one man show -- played by three actors.

Before Breakfast, by Eugene O’Neill. One angry, lonely young woman browbeats her husband Alfred. Featuring Kristin DeGroot as Mrs. Rowland in one of Eugene O'Neill's earliest plays.

All of Usses, by Tristan Young Mercado. This piece highlights the relationship between a daughter and her mother, who suffers with a multiple personality disorder. The daughter's attempt to introduce her mother to her future in-laws throws the mother into an emotional tailspin.

The Apple Doesn't Fall, by Aaron Johnson and Anders Nerheim. A one-man show portraying the village it takes to raise a man--or lack thereof. Directed by Caitlin Taylor, featuring Aaron Johnson, with music by André Martin.

Franz & Dave, by Brad Hawkins and Ceej Allen. A totally unscripted, imagined collaboration between the masters of the surreal and the disturbing, Franz Kafka and David Lynch.

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Crawling with Monsters Now, by Latino Theatre Initiatives, Eric Wiley, Head Writer, with material gathered by the ensemble in Mexico (Latino Theatre Initiatives). Come along for the ride when a bunch of theatre nerds from a South Texas college decide to visit their friends and families in the crime-filled neighborhoods of Reynosa, Mexico, just across the Rio Grande. Check out the pictures and videos and listen to their stories of life among the outlaws in today's Mexico. Multimedia documentary.

105, by Daria Miyeko Marinelli (The 2017 Cohen New Works Festival). "If this trip doesn't kill you, I might." 105 is a post-apocalyptic radio dance play that follows siblings Jackson and Sybil as they travel cross-country in search of a mythic conclave. Combining radio play, dance, and original music, 105 explores sacrifice, survival, and who we become when faced with a broken world.

Christy (Act I), by Cindy Vining. Christy, powerhouse CEO, returns to her childhood home for her mother's funeral only to discover that Roger, Christy's high school flame, married her mother on her deathbed and has inherited the house. To make matters worse, Roger is sleeping with Christy's younger sister, Bev.

Bitches Anonymous, by Gloria C. Adams, Jennine "DOC" Wright, and Teresa Johnson. Bitch (n): a woman who doesn't give men what they want. Three Austin poets redefine, reinvent, and reclaim the word "bitch." When you call these women bitches, you'd better mean it as a compliment. Directed by Gloria C. Adams and produced by Teresa Johnson.

Girls Girls Girls, by Amy Averett, Caitlin Sweetlamb, Cynthia Oelkers, Kimberly Cox, Megan Flynn, Sarah Doering and Shana Merlin, accompanied by one of our musical improvisers (Girls Girls Girls). Girls Girls Girls is Austin, Texas’ longest running all-female musical theater improvisation troupe. Our specialty is creating full-length, improvised Broadway musicals from a single audience suggestion. In other words, the Girls and their live musician make up the songs, dances, characters and stories to create one complete, blow-your-socks-off musical . . . and we do it completely on the fly.