January 8 - 16 at ACT!!
The brutal combination of short deadlines, extreme talent, incredible speed, frayed nerves, and an overflowing fountain of inspiration serve to strip away creative inhibitions occasionally found in more traditional theater, proving that, contrary to popular opinion –sometimes the first idea is the best. 14/48 involves over 50 artists per weekend with at least 25% participating for the first time. Artistic participation is by invitation only and is predicated on the most rigorous professional standards. Here’s how 14/48 works:
Early Thursday Night, Before the Festival Begins: After tapping the ceremonial 14/48 Keg, all the participants choose a theme by completing this sentence: “Theatre would be a lot more interesting if there were seven 10-minute plays about _____.” One answer is chosen at random and that becomes the theme for the following evening.
Thursday Night: Seven caffeine-filled writers have one night to write a 10-minute play based on the theme.
The Next morning: Seven directors gather and each randomly draw one play. Thirty minutes later, the directors blindly choose actors and actresses to cast the show.
That Day: The band shows up to provide music and sound as the directors and their casts rehearse all day. Early that evening the groups struggle to squeeze in a tech rehearsal and at 8:00 p.m. the first show begins!
After the Seven World Premiere Plays Wrap: The audience chooses a new theme and the adrenaline-charged theater-a-thon kicks in again.
14/48 runs for two consecutive weekends January 8 -9 & 15-16, Friday and Saturday (8:00 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.) with a new group of artists each weekend. Tickets are $20 advance, $25 at the door and $40 for an All-Fest Pass. Tickets are available at the ACT Ticket Office, 700 Union Street , Downtown Seattle, (206) 292-7676 or online at www.acttheatre.org. For more info rmation on 14/48 visit www.1448fest.com, and www.1448fest.blogspot.com.
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