World Premiere

A stylish staged reading of the baffling, awkward, intelligent, immature, scary, heartbreaking, devious, honest, and provocative entries that make up the missed connections category of Craigslist.

SOMETIMES YOUR HEART HAS TO STOP FOR YOUR LIFE TO START. A one-woman dramedy about a pagan actress who dies on the operating table, awakens in "Heavens Waiting Room," and is led back thru her earthly life by the spirit of Sir Laurence Olivier. Will she give up on her dreams, or...?

How does a boy survive in a Midwestern farm culture ruled by guns and football when chess is his favorite sport? A humorous look at a childhood philosophy carried into a legal career and the consequences of that to one's love life, livelihood, and liver.

Misadventures in the art of Speed-Dating or: (How Not to Grieve) . . . One woman's hilarious, heartbreaking search for her place in a world altered, forever, by her brother's suicide.

"Pieces of Me" is a one-man musical that chronicles a young man's coming of age through songs and stories. As he examines his relationships, he is taken on a journey of understanding his own selfishness and finding love within himself and others.

BREAKING BARD posits one of humanity’s greatest questions: What if TV’s “Breaking Bad” was written by William Shakespeare? The Porters of Hellsgate present the most lamentable tragedie of Walter of Albuquerque: containing his treacherous plots, tyrannical rise to power, and most deserved death.

A chance encounter between two women at a bus stop takes an unexpected turn in this dark comedy at the intersection of catcalling and violence. A lady-centric ensemble explores the hilarious, frightening, bizarre experience of street harassment through sketch, song & even a streetwise fashion show.

A young Coast Guard officer defends her actions at sea, and makes a statement she may regret in "The Board," one of two one-person dramas from Jaeger Christian at this year's festival. This 50-minute whodunit is a perfect fit for fans of "Law & Order," "Homeland" and "Serial."

Now that it is legal for gays to get married, Miss Barbie Q is elated! Or is she? Follow her on her journey as she dives into what makes a marriage and what factors does she posess.

After the death of his beloved grandfather, 9-year-old Chris becomes terrified of his own mortality. Then he meets a skittish pony named Atom Ant. As two boys competing in English horse shows dominated by rich little girls, they learn that the world’s not as scary when you put yourself second.

A musical play and meta-exploration of the theatre scene about a struggling (and mostly terrible) theatre troupe attempting to put on a musical that maybe really should never have been written in the first place.

A wedding party in the Virginia summer heat takes a drastic turn when a debate goes too far, forcing a pair of high society siblings to examine burning questions about what lies ahead. As the ice sculptures melt, poetry and art are weapons and life is anything but ordinary. World Premiere.

The Fringiest of Fringe Shows from the Quirkiest of Querques, THE BEST OF ALBUQUERQUE FRINGE 2025 features mincing southern harpies, Belgian clowns, lost Elizabethan dramas, and an intrepid holiday goose -- all treading the boards to vie for the top prize at our whimsical festival.

Life is an amazing adventure filled with many ups and downs . Come take a trip around the world with Storytellers Les Kurkendaal and Marlene Nichols as the search for the answer to the question " Where is home ?"

Blue is hunting. She's tracking a very particular kind of happiness. Does it lie in the bear she’s luring through the wilds with blueberries?