Northwest Ten

02/04/2025

We are so proud and excited to announce the cast list for Northwest10 2025 with their respective plays:

The Fabulists by
Directed by Scott Machado
Emily: Paige Walters
Mitchell: Bill Campbell
Pete: Josh Simpson
Bill: Larry Fried

Frank’s First Dance Recital by Martin Fogarty
Directed by Annie Craven
Frank: Max Arnold
Susie: Sabrina Haesche

The Ghostbot of Veronica Croft by Isaac Paris
Directed by Gil T. Rodello
Elizabeth: Zoe Holbo
Veronica/others: Jennifer Sellers

Happy Anniversary by Rich Rubin
Directed by Marla Norton
Colin: Lee Vogt
Dorothy: Diane DeBorde

Silver Sixpence by Jesse Pitts
Directed by Hailey Eckerdt
Eliza: Eryne Grant
Lily: Phoebe Thompson

Spread the Compost on the Weeds by Rose Heising
Directed by Jesse Merz
Myrtle: Pia Sosa Hildebrandt
Sue: Zepha Wright
Plantman: Michael Hoekstra

Stay by Amy Weinkauf
Directed by Paul Rhoden
Woman: Avery Eberardo
Delivery Person: David Arnold

The Whimsical Heartstrings of an Aging Child’s Plaything by Dale Light
Directed by Alex Holmes
Danny: Christopher Bucklew
Bear: Mark Van Barrick

01/28/2025

Fill out the audition form online if you have not already done so. This will help us be more efficient with your time, as we are expecting a large turnout Saturday.

Also:
We are aware of Misery auditions the same weekend of NW10 auditions. And we want you to know you can audition for both by selecting your time slot appropriately. We will work to accommodate you. If you have further concerns, please reach out to a producer!

01/25/2025

Announcing our directors for NW10 2025!

The Fabulists by Paul Lewis directed by Scott Machado
Frank’s First Dance Recital by Martin Fogarty directed by Annie Craven
The Ghostbot of Veronica Croft by Isaac Paris directed by Gil Rodello
Happy Anniversary by Rich Rubin directed by Marla Norton
Silver Sixpence by Jessi Pitts directed by Hailey Eckerdt
Spread the Compost on the Weeds by Rose Heising directed by Jesse Merz
Stay by Amy Weinkauf directed by Paul Rhoden
The Whimsical Heartstrings of a Child’s Plaything by Dale Light directed by Alexander Holmes

This year offers incredible, dynamic roles with a greater emphasis on storytelling and depth. If you plan on auditioning, it is important that you fill out the pre registration form. We are expecting a large turn out!

01/15/2025

Audition form for NW10!!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSePxiH0X7QGNamd-CwuzcAuwu53MqYBe2z9mslhuT-Az85s3g/viewform?fbclid=IwY2xjawH08lxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHce4BcfclWno9sIEJXw9SB9Ws9BPiHzZIFkJ5UlSJh-T3Hvch146xETPcw_aem_7p5ubaMDOy_IdMGeolZ96w

Thank you for your interest in auditioning for the 2025 Northwest 10-Minute Play Festival on Saturday, February 1, 2025 at Oregon Contemporary Theatre, 194 W Broadway. PLEASE READ THE COMPLETE NW10 2025 Audition Call BEFORE PROCEEDING. You will be asked to confirm you have read the information and a...

01/15/2025

2025 plays scripts are now available to read!! Link here:

https://www.octheatre.org/nw10

01/12/2025

After much deliberation and wait, we are excited to finally announce our 2025 festival of plays:

The Fabulists by Paul Lewis
Frank’s First Dance Recital by Martin Fogarty
The Ghostbot of Veronica Craft by Isaac Paris
Happy Anniversary by Rick Rubin
Silver Sixpence by Jessi Pitts
Spread the Compost on the Weeds by Rose Heising
Stay by Amy Weinkauf
The Whimsical Heartstrings of a Child’s Plaything by Dale Light

The eight plays included in this year’s lineup were chosen by our guest judge, Clarence Coo. Coo is a professional playwright who works and resides in New York City. The 2025 NW10 Festival promises to be highly entertaining, with exciting stories of AI, a live teddy bear, and a terrifying plant creature!

Open auditions will be held on February 1st. Stay tuned for more information and do not
hesitate to reach out if you have any questions!

01/12/2025

The ten-minute play. The reaction used to be “huh”? Now this tiny form has brought the one-act play back to the influence it had in the 20s and 30s. Most major playwrights have written them and many, many theatres and universities perform them. They are the American theatre’s haiku. They must, by nature, imply rather than explain. They often depend on metaphor to extend than reach. They stick like glue in the mind because the viewer remembers the whole play. As there is no mechanism for the ten-minute play to become “famous,” they aren’t subject to the backlash of disappointing the viewer. They, in a sense, escape the cultural trap of “the serious” while being very serious indeed. They thus have the immense advantage of flying below the level of the cultural radar and retaining the real possibility of surprise. This said, they are (except in the dimension of time) as hard to do really well as any other form of genre because not all minds are reductive and not everyone has a point or can put their finger on a mystery. These do, and they can!
- Jon Jory, Actors Theatre of Louisville (95’)

11/18/2024

5 hours of long deliberation today culminated in 18 chosen plays to be pushed through to our guest judge (Clarence Coo). This year we received a strong 70 submissions with a wide range of themes from playwrights from all around the northwest ! It is in the expert hands of our guest judge now to choose our line up for the 2025 season 🤙 Thank you to our 2025 reading committee:

Ari Aquila-Saund
Dale Light
Eryn Sherk
Wendy Beck (literally manager).
… plus the Producers.

11/06/2024

Director applications still open!

https://www.octheatre.org/nw10

11/04/2024

Review of The Last Yiddish Speaker currently playing at Oregon Contemporary Theatre. The play runs for one more weekend, highly recommended!

The Last Yiddish Speaker, now playing at Oregon Contemporary Theatre, offers a chilling version of the near future. This thoughtful new play by Deborah Zoe Laufer is reminiscent of dystopian works by Sinclair Lewis, George Orwell and Philip Roth.

10/29/2024

This play is absolutely terrific, extremely well written and brilliantly directed, and acted! Bravo to everyone involved.

Staring Payton Rosen as Sarah and Rebecca Nachison as Chava

"Powerful."
"All I can do is hold my heart..."
"Dark, upsetting, haunting, yet with humor and humanity. See it."
Audiences are being profoundly moved by THE LAST YIDDISH SPEAKER, an NNPN Rolling World Premiere. Two weekends left—see it before it's gone!
octheatre.org/lastyiddishspeaker

10/27/2024

Attention prospective Directors! NW10 is currently looking for directors for their upcoming 2025 season! No experience necessary, just a willingness to work with others and collaborate! Click here for more information and for the application. You will be contacted by a producer once we review applications!

https://www.octheatre.org/nw10

10/27/2024

DIRECTOR CALL!
Northwest 10 has opened their director interest form for the next annual festival of 10-minute plays. Extensive experience is NOT REQUIRED! Join a collaborative team of PNW playwrights, producers, actors, and technicians to create the next installment of a beloved tradition.
Please read more and fill out your interest form before November 17 by visiting octheatre.org/nw10.

10/23/2024

Here is a brilliant article about the World Premiere play of The Last Yiddish Speaker opening this Friday at Oregon Contemporary Theatre.

(photos from Interact Theatre in Philadelphia, not Oregon Contemporary Theatre fYI).

Deborah Zoe Laufer’s new play, now kicking off its rolling world premiere at Philadelphia’s InterAct Theatre, imagines an eerily plausible fascist future.

10/18/2024

Attention Directors!!

DIRECTOR CALL!
Northwest 10 has opened their director interest form for the next annual festival of 10-minute plays. Extensive experience is NOT REQUIRED! Join a collaborative team of PNW playwrights, producers, actors, and technicians to create the next installment of a beloved tradition.
Please read more and fill out your interest form before November 17 by visiting octheatre.org/nw10.

10/14/2024

Opening October 25th!!

Sarah is struggling to survive her senior year of high school - new town, new school, and new boyfriend. She and her father Paul are also struggling to survive...