Welcome to the 2023 FronteaFest Short Fringe! Below are the shows performing Thursday, January 19—each one is 25 minutes or less. This is NOT the final performance order: you can find that listed at this ticket link the day before the performance.  PLEASE NOTE: Some shows may be appropriate for ages 12 and up, but others may not. In the latter case we will post content warnings in the lobby for those specific shows. If you'd like to know in advance, please call 512-479-7529 on the day of performance. We are asking audiences to mask in our small space--if you forget yours, no worries, as we'll have some on hand. THE SHOWS: These shows are now listed in the order in which they will be performed. Uni-TED States of America: An Awesome Ted Cruz Story, by Peter Parsons. Directed by Mason Pitluk. There Are Butterflies in Cairo, by Raymond V. Whelan. Young Sharon Shaw writes a disturbing classroom essay about 9/11. Her mother sends her to Dr. Mansoor Kikihia Faiz for counseling. Featuring the Highland Lakes Players: Sebastian Garcia as Dr. Faiz, Samantha Levine as Shaw. Directed by Raymond V. Whelan, the playwright.   Future Past Tense, by Heather Thiel. In this comedic one-act play, a mother and daughter compare notes on the dating scene. Your Zany Valentine: Comedy Improv from the Heart!, by Dog Joggers. Our troupe has performed improv comedy throughout Central Texas for the last six years. We ask the audience for an idea and then present an improvised performance based on that idea—an experience that is both heartwarming and hilarious! ​Neil Dorsey Does Rap, by Neil Dorsey. Brace yourselves, comedy-music lovers. Neil Dorsey's thicc stanky beats and dumb absurdist rhymes are guaranteed to make you laugh so hard you'll never do drugs again.