Northwest Ten

09/13/2024

Meet your producers! Amy Weinkauff

This is Amy’s (she/her) 2nd season as a producer. She is a Pacific Northwest-based actor and creative. Finding a home in devised theatre techniques, she brings this philosophy into her work to encourage fellow actors and playwrights to use their voices to curate fresh stories for the stage. As a NW10 acting and directing alum, this festival has become one of her favorite theatre experiences. If Amy isn’t at the theatre, she is laughing and creating with her artistic family while hugging on her beloved grandchild. 143.

09/09/2024

Meet your producers! Paul Dunckel

Paul (he/him) is going into his 3rd season as a NW10 producer. He is an actor, director, and musician who has worked in professional theater for 30 years. Upcoming projects include directing an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth at Lane Community College in the Spring of 2025.

09/05/2024

Meet your producers! Erica Towe

Erica (she/her) is an actor, director, educator, and applied improv facilitator who is passionate about making theatre and supporting theatre artists making theatre. Erica has been involved with NW10 since 2018 as an actor, director, and producer. She holds her M.Ed. degree and a BA in theatre and communication. In addition to her theatre work in the area, Erica is a part-time instructor of theatre at Lane Community College. She is a company member of Theatre 33 in Salem, OR. She is also a big fan of coffee and adventures.

09/01/2024

Play submissions now open !!

We are accepting only the first 100 submissions, open now. Click on the submission guidelines below on the link below and READ CAREFULLY before submitting.

Best of luck playwrights 🤙

NW10 2025!------------------------------- Check back for Audition Information. Auditions will be held in January 2025. Auditions for NW10 are open to adult actors (18+) of all abilities, identities and experience...

08/28/2024

If you haven’t seen No Script Society before, they are worth the price of admission! 🤙 Hilarious group!

So this is happening. Please mark you calendars. It will be a tortuously good time!

08/26/2024

- A History of Northwest10 -

Northwest10 (NW10) originated in 2008 from the creative mind of Paul Calandrino. Teaming up with Connie Bennett, Richard Leinaweaver, and with support from Lord Leebrick Theatre Company (now Oregon Contemporary Theatre) the original producers set out to put on an evening of original short form plays all by local writers. The focus of the festival was (and still is) on the playwrights’ work with emphasis on development and collaboration with neighboring artists.

Initially, submissions were solicited via invitation to local playwrights and included plays written by producers. The name NW10 reflects the festival’s intended audience and local roots. As the festival grew, submissions expanded to first include all of Oregon, then adding neighboring Washington State, then British Columbia, and more recently Idaho.

NW10 is now in its seventeenth year, with over eighty play submissions each year! The producing team has evolved over time; the original producers were joined by others, and when the founders stepped aside, new volunteers stepped forwards, always with the support of Oregon Contemporary Theatre. In recent years there has consistently been a group of four dedicated community producers with diverse and significant theater backgrounds. In addition to the producing team, NW10’s play selection committee includes hard working readers. Play enthusiast (and librarian) Wendy Beck has served as the volunteer literary coordinator almost since the start of the festival. Wendy ensures submissions adhere to the festival guidelines before distributing them to readers who spend many weeks reading and discussing each play before choosing a group of 18 to 20 top submissions which are forwarded to a guest judge. The guest judge, often a playwright, director, or literary manager, has the task of sifting through the top submissions to select the eight finalists and two alternates. There are over fifty talented and dedicated individuals (on stage and off) that go into making each season of NW10 possible!

08/21/2024

Volunteers needed ! Oregon Contemporary Theatre

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
OCT's season is kicking off with a VERY ambitious show—with opportunities to participate in making the magic! Our current production is seeking backstage volunteers. Learn the craft, gain valuable tech experience, and become an integral part of bringing the joy of theatre to the public.
If interested, please contact our production manager Amy ([email protected]) with the subject line "Volunteer"
📸: Laura Tuffli, wig stylist for HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH

08/10/2024

Happy ! 🏳️‍🌈 Come stop by our booth for stickers, candy, and a raffle to win tickets to THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG. Also, our neighbors are 💯!

08/09/2024

Go support The Seagull, running just for this weekend! You may see a couple actors from last years festival 🥳

08/08/2024

Please follow us on Instagram!

We will be expanding and adding to this page soon, as well as post updates/ notifications of our upcoming season, classes, and anything else related. We will plan on giving out tickets and other possible prizes too for those who follow us on social media and engage with us!

We so appreciate you friends, NW10 season 17 is right around the corner!!

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08/08/2024

08/02/2024

Hello friends!

Its been awhile huh! Last years NW10 festival was a big success while we experienced not only an amazing line up, but our most participants of recent date. As we gear up to begin next years festival, please look out for info here, the Oregon Contemporary Theatre website, and our NW10 Instagram page "NW10festival".

We will be adding more content to our social platforms and giving out free tickets (and other surprises) for those who follow us on social media and share our stories! Next up, will be the submission of plays for our 17th season! - more information coming soon!

04/15/2024

Final bow 🙏🙏🙏

04/15/2024

Thank you all!! ❤️

04/14/2024

Closing tomorrow at 2pm. It’s been a hell of a ride !

04/06/2024

Meet the playwright, director, and actors of "playwriting 101, assignment #1" for this year's Northwest 10-Minute Play Festival.

04/05/2024

Opening tonight!!!

04/04/2024

We are on pace to sell out our opening night performance tomorrow and we are way ahead compared to our ticket sales last year. If you are planning on coming, buy your tickets ASAP. Here is our current seating chart for Opening tomorrow night!

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04/04/2024

Reminder! "Pay what you can" preview is tonight (and opening night is tomorrow), we are so excited to finally perform in front of an audience. Tickets can be purchased online or in person at the box office. Cant wait to see you there !

Evening Performances begin at 7:30pm; Matinee Performances begin at 2:00pm Online ticket sales close 2 hours prior to showtime Box Office: (541) 465.1506       Administrative Office: (541) 684.6988  Theatre: 194 W Broadway, Eugene, OR 97401

04/01/2024

Tech week is upon us! We open this Friday and ticket sales are ahead of schedule, this year has proven to have its share of unexpected surprises. Themes include the afterlife, death of a loved one, q***r dating, sentimental ownership, misogyny in the workplace, and shrinking fathers!

Come see what all the talk is about 😜

03/26/2024

Our amazing lineup for this years festival! :
1) "Playwright 101 assignment 1" by Meg Schenk
2) "Search for an Ending" by Karissa Murrell Myers
3) "The Bench" by Romney Humphrey
4) "Cue" by Kate Danley
5) "Learning the Dance" by Nancy West
6) "Weekdays on the Blueline" by Carissa J. Ater
7) "Syzygy" by Rachael Carnes
8) "The Suitcase" by Holly Arsenault

03/07/2024

Spectacular show! Must see !!

Madeline Braun As Ocean O’Connell Rosenberg. Courtesy Photo. Plummeting into the Afterlife OCT’s ‘Ride the Cyclone’ is the best thing to happen on stage in Eugene this year Theater by Bob KeeferPosted on 03/07/2024Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Open...

02/13/2024

Audition day!

02/12/2024

Thank you to everyone who auditioned this past weekend! We had close to 40 folks come in to audition, for 21 roles available. If you were not chosen this year, please do not be discouraged. We were so very impressed with the talent that showed up, and unfortunately we could not cast everyone we wanted to this time.

02/07/2024

Final reminder! Auditions for NW10 are this Saturday at 10AM and Noon. Thank you for everyone who has signed up so far. All the festival details, audition form, and link to the plays are here.:

NW10: Sweet 16 (and a lil Salty) Live & in person, April 5 - 14, 2024 Name Your Own Price Preview April 4, 2024 Tickets on sale March 1,...