The continuing fall out over 48NYC, New York City's new theater festival that bears more than passing resemblance to Seattle's 14/48. more ›

14/48: The World's Quickest Theater Festival is one of Seattle's most successful theatrical institutions, a feat that has taken 14 years of hard work to develop. The people involved would love to see it grow outside of the Emerald City, all they ask is a little recognition for their efforts. Along comes a rogue group from New York City, led by a veteran of the local version, offering a pale imitation. more ›

One has to assume that the folks at One World Theater and Three Card Monty like their productions to be a little dangerous. Their 14/48 is fraught with the stuff, and now that it's become something of a local institution, the two companies are bringing Theater Anonymous to Seattle. more ›

Seattlest's theater team has a pretty heavy presence during the men's weekend of 14/48: The World's Quickest Theater Festival. John Allis is blogging the event over on the 14/48 Blog, while Lit Contributor Jim Jewell and Arts Editor José Amador are participating as playwrights. We asked Jim (a veteran playwright at 14/48) and José (a virgin) to share their thoughts as they went through the process of creating their brand new 10 minute plays from Thursday night into Friday. more ›

Even when things are slow, you can count of the local theater scene to bring you several unique productions to tease, tempt and titillate; plus, if you ever wanted to see what our theater correspondents do in their chosen field, this would be a good weekend to do it. more ›

Arts Editor Jose Amador's weekly tour of the Theater companies who are beginning their production's run during the week ahead. This week features new solo work from an experimental performance artist, a sketch show from one of Seattle's newer groups, and the world's quickest theater festival, 14/48, who have decided to make this summer's offering a battle of the sexes. more ›

Theater artists are notoriously slow to create. A single production from the page to the stage often takes years, if it happens at all. The purpose of 14/48: The World's Quickest Theater Festival is, in some sense, to pose the question to theater artists: Can you put aside all your clichés; suspend all your perceived limitations of subject, ability and style; search beyond all your usual habits and resources—and just create something? Now? more ›

Amidst the hustle and bustle of the lobby at On the Boards last Friday night, as the audience exiting the 8 p.m. performance of 14/48: The World's Quickest Theatre Festival, clashed with the incoming patrons for the 10:30 show, we found ourselves in the back corner chatting with Seattle director Aimee Bruneau. more ›

RECOMMENDED 14/48: The World's Quickest Theatre Festival @ On the Boards. 14/48 has become a twice-yearly staple of Seattle theatre: dozens of actors, directors, and writers get together to throw together the best 10-minute plays they can pull off in 24 hours. The first weekend opens tonight with two showings of the first seven plays, based on themes divvied out to playwrights last night; tomorrow, there's a whole new set of plays--in total, 14 original plays in 48 hours. The festival runs for two weekends at OtB, with a new set of directors, writers, actors, and musicians next weekend. (100 W. Roy St. Fri. & Sat., 8 & 10:30 p.m. Tix $18-$35.) more ›

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First, the idea is totally insane and gave us anxiety just thinking about it. Fourteen plays, written, directed and performed in front of a live audience in 48 hours. If you're an actor, writer, performer, or have ever been on a stage, you'd certainly understand. Deep breaths. What is certainly a weekend of chaos for all parties involved in the production of the world's quickest theater festival however, composed itself into a relatively well oiled machine come the 8 p.m. curtain. more ›

It's been a long time since Kim had a tourist to show around, so she's looking forward to giving her father a stellar tour of Seattle and its environs. On the agenda: Chateau Ste. Michelle, Bainbridge Island, the Fremont troll, and plenty of great food--finally an excuse to go to the Kingfish! Before pops arrives, she'll kick the weekend off right, with Sera Cahoone and Zoe Muth tonight at the Tractor. more ›

To say that 14/48--the theater festival created entirely in the space of a weekend--is to the stage what blogging is to the written word would be more than a little insulting to 14/48, but the comparison does hold some water: in each ideas go, in the blink of an eye, from conception to the screen/stage where they fail or touch hearts without the benefit of a final (or second) draft. Local playwright Paul Mullin describes writing for the festival like this: more ›

If you avoided Seattle Center last weekend because of Bite of Seattle crowds, you'll want to make the trip this Saturday or Sunday for weekend two of 14/48: The World's Quickest Theatre Festival. 14/48 premieres 14 brand new plays. Plays are written, rehearsed, and scored by a live band, all within a mere 48 hours. The choices you see tend to be big, bold, and innovative. Sometimes brilliant, sometimes crappy, 14/48 is a no-holds barred experience, not to be missed. more ›

We've got less than totally positive feelings about the sate of theater today. In fact, last time the subject came up in the Seattlest newsroom, we were vociferous in our belief that it's a dead art form. But whenever we take such a dramatic and unwavering stance on one side of a debate, we're reminded that the world is not black and white and is actually shades of gray. more ›