FronteraFest 2025 Short Fringe Four to five short pieces of 25 minutes or less Shows are listed in performance order.  PAZ by Patrick Aziz. Being comes before meaning. An exploration.  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. My Brain Is Hurting, by Taylor Damien Boykin and Ryan Parr. A musical comedy about an "artist" breaking through his own limitations.  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.