FronteraFest 2025 Short Fringe
Four to five short pieces of 25 minutes or less

The shows will be re-listed her in performance order by noon on Tuesday of the week they perform. 

Hey, What's Blazin'?, a one-woman show written and performed by Rachel Austin. Inspired by Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Hey, What's Blazin' is an afterschool program with how-to's, hand puppets, and life lessons, all taught by your friendly neighborhood stoner Papa Haskell. With life lessons like "when life is shit, take a hit," Papa Haskell speaks to the inner stoner in all of us. Performed in drag, Hey, What's Blazin' is a nostalgic show that never existed and yet it will feel familiar and get you excited to say Hey, what's blazin'?

The Social Me, by Taylor Damien Boykin and Ryan Parr. How does one integrate back into the modern world, after being comatose for the past 18 years?

PAZ by Patrick Aziz. Being comes before meaning. An exploration.

EscarGoat, by Patrick Lyons, Emily Jeanette, Adam Mueller, Dani Gonzalez, Will Isenberg, Margaret Becker, Stephanie Filipek, Jason Levitt, and Matthew Jordan. EscarGoat is Austin's best new long-form improv comedy troupe with decades of combined improv experience. We draw inspiration from a living room-style opener that inspires three scenes within our imagined reality, followed by recurring characters and themes drawing from the first three scenes. EscarGoat’s strength is balancing grounded realities with moments of fast-paced absurdism, playing on the concept of game with rapid fire speed. 

Low Tide, by Meret Slover. Taylor spends her evenings alone on the beaches of Galveston with a metal detector, searching for washed-up valuables. Her night takes a surreal turn when she encounters a stranger who claims to have prior claim to the seaborne treasure. An original piece written and directed by Meret Slover, produced by Dirty Gold Theatre.