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.

Winner of 7 Hollywood Fringe Awards, Four Clowns returns for a 5th year to present an evening of comedy, music, and mayhem in The Halfwits' Last Hurrah. Part Vaudeville tribute, part showbiz farce – a fame-hungry showman and his troupe of halfwits struggle to keep their variety show alive.

It’s 1985. Madonna needs one more song for her album, and our band of musical misfits are all chasing that prized cover… when they’re not too busy chasing each other. Filled with fun, nostalgia and an original 80s style score, "POP!" is a love letter to one of music's most remarkable decades.

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.

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

Drums take center stage as these 5 short plays explore the reasons behind the rhythms. There will be RePercussions! Featuring Brighid Fleming & Michael McColl. With Michael Weissman on drums.

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.

STANDUPERA: How singing WRECKED my life... then saved it! Rated R. Swearing, sex, and opera. Stand-up, story-telling, and song! www.Standupera.com Press & Industry Comps Available

Like, seriously. He's super dead. Not coming back.

NOW WHAT? is a collection of one-act plays about life’s unexpected moments. When you’ve got the opportunity to steer into the skid, run away and hide, or just stare, slack-jawed at the sheer ridiculousness of life. Written and directed by Rachel Brethauer, Kara Costello, and Celeste Klaus.

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 ?"

The inseparable Lenore Sisters kept their harmonies tight from the vaudeville circuit to the recording studio. But their tune changed after the suspicious death of their promoter. Did one of the sisters get away with murder? Each sister tells her version of their fall from fame in words and song.

Based on the book “40 Crazy Years of Friendship” by Richard Hulse, this story is of one man's journey in dealing with the unexpected death of his best friend. They are reunited in the best friend's burnt condo to take a walk down the path of remembrance and reconciliation to the demons within.

An Iraq vet, a suspicious package, and a friendship gone awry come together in this show, one of two one-person dramas from Jaeger Christian at this year's festival. Starring Geordie Kieffer as the Iraq vet, this 50-minute whodunit is a perfect fit for fans of "Law & Order" and "Serial."

"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.