World Premiere

Stories and songs about love, death, ashtrays, Joan Van Ark and much more. Critically acclaimed recording artist, Cynthia Carle teams with Second City Alum, Wendy Hopkins for a warm, witty, delightfully fun evening. Guaranteed laughs or a shitty sweater is yours!

An open-mike competition of personal storytelling pits contestants against each other for the chance to win Cowboy Soul of the Month.  This comic and musical romp marvels at the earthy gentility, the ‘cowboy soul’ that can still be found in our current age of irony and reality television. 

In Hollywood, it's who you are on the outside that matters! If an actress wants a big role, she’d better be prepared to get small. Or so you’d think. Sometimes you quite literally can’t win for losing.

Haunted by a mysterious song, one ordinary young man tries to escape an extraordinary day in his life... By any means necessary...

Are you a Cultaholic? Then the Cult Master will see you now! Steven Fales (Confessions of a Mormon Boy) takes Obsessive Cult Disorder to a whole new level with songs, parodies, stand-up and more. Leave your common sense at the door!

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.

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.

A young innocent Southern Belle falls for a mysterious "foreign" stranger and falls in love. Follow Donna as her whirlwind marriage turns from a fairy tale to discovering her "perfect" husband was a drug trafficker for the Cartel.

Ten years in the making comes the worldwide premiere of "The Count of Monte Cristo: The Musical" based off Alexandre Dumas' infamous novel, "The Count of Monte Cristo"

If you've seen THE SOUND OF MUSIC, you know what happens to Maria and the von Trapps – they do, in fact, climb ev'ry mountain. But what about Uncle Max and the Baroness? Come find out in MAX & ELSA, a subversive comedy featuring the two people for whom the hills were NOT alive with… well, you know.

Step into the world of Annabella, in this haunting romance following a reclusive witch of the woods who attempts to save a lonely puppeteer from disillusionment and the seduction of madness.

A One Woman Sketch Comedy Talk Show replete with visually defying interviews, Grammy Award worthy-ish singing, unhinged hilarity, naughty situations and must see commercials. You will laugh, cringe and probably pee your pants a little. The Miranda King George Show, starring Felice Heather Monteith.

HFF15 BEST ENSEMBLE THEATRE! A F*cked-Up Fact-Based Fairytale, Cookie is a bruise-black comedy full of sex, drugs, suburban angst, and one original song about the joys of cutting. Cookie...will make you laugh, cry, and wince, with a rockstar cast of Sacred Fools members.

Part irreverent comedy, part raucous theatrical event! WTF? 26 super-short plays brought to life by brave, fearless and quite possibly deranged Fierce Backbone actors. Audience commentary required. WTF? Come party with the Boners!

Voted Top of the Fringe & Best in Solo Performance!! Legend has it Shakespeare expired from a fever after a night of drinking. Raise your glass with the mysterious Bard of Avon on his "last night out" as he defends his authorship against doubting "canker blossoms" through a series of rowdy songs.