CTX3826. Austin's FronteraFest 2025 Opens Call for Entries

Austin’s longest-running performance festival hits 30th year; now accepting applications through November 1, 2024

 

FronteraFest (the “Fest”), Austin’s longest-running and best known performance festival, is currently accepting applications for performers of all styles and genres through November 1, 2024.

Now in its milestone 30th year, FronteraFest features three performance components:

The Short Fringe (pieces 25 minutes or less) will run the entirety of the festival (January 14 – February 15), taking place at Hyde Park Theatre, 511 West 43rd Street.

Bring Your Own Venue (B.Y.O.V.) runs January 20 through February 2, 2025 at various locations throughout Austin

Mi Casa es Su Teatro takes place one day only on Saturday, February 8, 2025 primarily in private Austin homes.

FronteraFest has long been an open opportunity for newly emerging artists to get their work on stage and for established artists to try new things.  For the duration of the Short Fringe, every night will feature a new, unjuried bill of four or five performances no more than 25 minutes each. Slots are limited and will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. To apply for Short Fringe, or B.Y.O.V., participants may complete and submit an application online (www.hydeparktheatre.org) with the non-refundable $50 fee by October 1, (note - after October 1, fee is $60).

Those interested in performing in Mi Casa or sharing their home for a performance can contact FronteraFest Producer Christina J. Moore directly at fronterafest@hydeparktheatre.org. 

This year, in celebration of its 30th year, FronteraFest has partnered with StoryCorps, to highlight, celebrate and archive its rich history of performance and community. StoryCorps is an independent national nonprofit that shares select stories with the public through a podcast, animated shorts digital platforms and best-selling books. Since its founding in 2003, StoryCorps has helped nearly 700,000 people across the country have meaningful conversations about their lives. These recordings are collected in the U.S. Library of Congress and in an online archive which is now the largest single collection of human voices ever gathered. There will be a public listening event on Wednesday, October 2nd at 8:00pm at Hyde Park Theatre(511 West 43rd Street), to celebrate the partnership and the 30th year of FronteraFest. Visitwww.hydeparktheatre.org for additional information. 

Moore, the executive artistic director of ScriptWorks, says, “This is a landmark year for FronteraFest and we are both thrilled and humbled that it remains one of Austin’s most popular performance events. The event has grown and evolved over the years, attracting new people each year, while retaining a dedicated following. We’re ready to celebrate that with a full slate of performances of all varieties: short plays, monologues, improv, dance, cabaret, performance art, and different kinds of experimentation.”

Hyde Park Theatre artistic director Ken Webster, who has been involved in every FronteraFest since the first Fest in 1993, adds, “FronteraFest has become a cornerstone of the Austin arts community with an eclectic and exciting blend of performers. We’re especially proud to partner with StoryCorps to archive the many voices and stories that have made FronteraFest what it is today.”

Full details, applications and payment information can be found at www.hydeparktheatre.org. 

In addition, Hyde Park Theatre and ScriptWorks are seeking a highly organized, unflappable, theatre person for the FronteraFest Short Fringe Coordinator. Details at https://tinyurl.com/2ddffn88. 

About Hyde Park Theatre: Hyde Park Theatre develops writers, designers, directors, and actors from within the Austin community, while at the same time producing works by exciting new and established voices of the alternative theatre scene. We will work with a broad and diverse base of local artists to produce theater that confronts, challenges, and entertains. We have a strong commitment to paying local writers, actors, and designers a decent wage for their work, and to expanding the base of working artists in Austin. We hope to diversify and expand the audience for theater in Austin, making theater accessible and essential across lines of income, class, race, sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression.www.hydeparktheatre.org  

About ScriptWorks: ScriptWorks is a playwright-driven organization that seeks to promote the craft of dramatic writing and to protect the playwright's integrity by encouraging playwright initiative and harnessing collective potential.www.scriptworks.org.