FronteraFest 2025 Best of Fest

Thu Feb 13 2025

8:00 PM - 10:30 PM (Doors 7:30 PM)

Hyde Park Theatre

511 W. 43rd Austin, TX 78751

Ages 18+

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FronteraFest 2025 Short Fringe: Best of Fest Wild Card Night!

Five shows selected by festival staff as their favorites that were overlooked by the Best of Week panel.

Snowpacolypse, by Tristan Young Mercado. When five college freshmen get trapped in their dorm during a Texas snow storm and power outage, they find themselves having to make real life connections without social media.

A Girl Like Me, written and performed by Roxanne Schroder-Arce. A series of eight micro-memoirs performed by the author. The memoirs bring the audience into the trailer park where Roxanne grew up and take them on an intimate journey of the author/playwright's lived experience as a child. The micro-memoirs are weaved together with original music, and Roxanne plays many characters, including herself, her single mom, and the Pink-Lipped Lady on the Blue Baptist Bus.

The Skinny, written and performed by Holly Hart Raiborn. Through four vignettes, Hart Raiborn’s story unfolds, blending both humor and the bittersweet realities of weight loss. The Skinny, revolving around Hart Raiborn’s lived experience with obesity and weight loss of over 80 pounds, reveals a universal human experience—once you change some­thing about your­self, you assume every­thing about you will be fixed, only to real­ize, you either learn to accept your­self, or have to con­tin­ue chas­ing changes.

Taylor Made?, by Avery Erickson. After being fired from every broadcasting job ever held, Taylor's last chance is to make a go of it as the sole employee of the only radio/TV station at the North Pole.  Taylor literally has to do everything.  And I mean everything!  Hmmm . . . wonder how that will turn out.  Oh, and one more thing . . . the glacier is melting.

Rusty Lightnin’ Kick Starts, by Jack Kyser. Rusty Lightnin', a goofy cowboy spokesman for a local car dealership, will proudly screen his short film RUSTY LIGHTNIN’ KICK STARTS. Rusty is delighted to participate in a post-screening Q&A with the audience—all the while hiding the fact that he's an informant for ATF agents looking to bust the dealership’s owner for firearms trafficking!

This is a Wild Card night ticket.

FronteraFest 2025 Best of Fest

  • Sold Out. We will start an in-person waiting list at the theater at 7pm.
  • FronteraFest 2025 Best of Fest

    FronteraFest 2025 Best of Fest

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FronteraFest 2025 Best of Fest

Thu Feb 13 2025 8:00 PM - 10:30 PM

(Doors 7:30 PM)

Hyde Park Theatre Austin TX
FronteraFest 2025 Best of Fest
  • Sold Out. We will start an in-person waiting list at the theater at 7pm.

Ages 18+

FronteraFest 2025 Short Fringe: Best of Fest Wild Card Night!

Five shows selected by festival staff as their favorites that were overlooked by the Best of Week panel.

Snowpacolypse, by Tristan Young Mercado. When five college freshmen get trapped in their dorm during a Texas snow storm and power outage, they find themselves having to make real life connections without social media.

A Girl Like Me, written and performed by Roxanne Schroder-Arce. A series of eight micro-memoirs performed by the author. The memoirs bring the audience into the trailer park where Roxanne grew up and take them on an intimate journey of the author/playwright's lived experience as a child. The micro-memoirs are weaved together with original music, and Roxanne plays many characters, including herself, her single mom, and the Pink-Lipped Lady on the Blue Baptist Bus.

The Skinny, written and performed by Holly Hart Raiborn. Through four vignettes, Hart Raiborn’s story unfolds, blending both humor and the bittersweet realities of weight loss. The Skinny, revolving around Hart Raiborn’s lived experience with obesity and weight loss of over 80 pounds, reveals a universal human experience—once you change some­thing about your­self, you assume every­thing about you will be fixed, only to real­ize, you either learn to accept your­self, or have to con­tin­ue chas­ing changes.

Taylor Made?, by Avery Erickson. After being fired from every broadcasting job ever held, Taylor's last chance is to make a go of it as the sole employee of the only radio/TV station at the North Pole.  Taylor literally has to do everything.  And I mean everything!  Hmmm . . . wonder how that will turn out.  Oh, and one more thing . . . the glacier is melting.

Rusty Lightnin’ Kick Starts, by Jack Kyser. Rusty Lightnin', a goofy cowboy spokesman for a local car dealership, will proudly screen his short film RUSTY LIGHTNIN’ KICK STARTS. Rusty is delighted to participate in a post-screening Q&A with the audience—all the while hiding the fact that he's an informant for ATF agents looking to bust the dealership’s owner for firearms trafficking!

This is a Wild Card night ticket.

FronteraFest 2025 Best of Fest

FronteraFest 2025 Best of Fest

Other Arts & Theater