ISLAND THEATRE
TEN-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL
OUR ANNUAL SHOWCASE OF ORIGINAL PLAYS BY LOCAL AUTHORS
Every August, Island Theatre presents THE TEN-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL, a celebration of ten-minute plays, playwrights, and play writing.
Over three days – and four performances – we present a juried selection of plays by Kitsap County playwrights, directed and performed by Kitsap locals. The plays, which have been selected from approximately 65 entries, are fully staged and performed in the beautiful Buxton Center at Bainbridge Performing Arts.
Prior to Festival performances, we host MEET THE PLAYWRIGHTS, a lively panel discussion and Q&A with the playwrights behind each year’s winning plays. This is the audience’s chance to talk with the playwrights about their plays, playwriting process, and theatre in general.
Each fall we offer the TEN-MINUTE PLAYWRITING WORKSHOP, a small-group, multi-session workshop led by a professional playwright and teacher that guides students through crafting a ten-minute play. Anyone with a strong connection to Kitsap County (because they live or work here) is welcome to submit a play. Our deadline is February 14th each year.
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The 2025 Island Theatre
Ten-Minute Play Festival!
Thursday, Aug 21 at 7:00 (pay-what-you-will preview)
Friday, August 22 at 7:00
Saturday, August 23 at 3:00 and 7:00
All performances at the Buxton Center (BPA)
200 Madison Avenue N., Bainbridge Island
Tickets $10 - $15
Tickets are now on sale for the 12th annual Island Theatre Ten-Minute Play Festival!
This year’s ten plays by Kitsap County playwrights were selected from over 65 submissions by a panel of theatre professionals, and are brought to life by 24 local actors. The program includes comedies and dramas, fantasy and reality—truly something for everyone, with a new play every ten minutes!
This year’s Festival theme is ESCAPE and our ten playwrights have interpreted that theme in intriguing and surprising ways. For some, it’s an escape from; for others an escape to. For some, it’s a physical escape; for others it’s psychological. For some, escape is an act of desperation; for others, a move of powerful self-assertion.
The 2025 play line-up
“Even Butterflies Aren't Perfect”
Author: Karen Polinsky
Director: Sabrina Fiander
Cast: Autumn McMurry, Jessica Khailo
“Mojave Lift”
Author: Aleks Merilo
Director: Jennifer Pippin Montanez
Cast: Wayne Purves, James Macpherson
“Your Chances of Winning”
Author: James Anderson
Director: Jeffrey Brown
Cast: Steve Crampton, Elissa Kratzer
“Hilltop”
Author: Nora Vitz Harrison
Director: Kristi Ann Jacobson
Cast: Sandi Spellman, Stacy Higginbotham, Ellery Hatfield
“Buffaloed”
Author: Doug O’Connor
Director: Kristi Ann Jacobson
Cast: George Shannon, Tyler Weaver, Jacob Freimark, Kathy Currie
“First Time Carmen”
Author: Jeffrey Brown
Director: Ruth Bookwalter
Cast: Alex Sanso, Dolly Courtway
“Lesser Known Snakes of the Bayou”
Author: Gina King
Director: Wilson Milam
Cast: Ali Lovie Zollo, Helen Heaslip, Ashley Duffy
“Time for a Chat”
Author: Jennifer Pippin-Montanez
Director: Fred Saas
Cast: Jackie O’Brien, Richard Gustafson
‘Barking Mad”
Author: Jason Erickson
Director: Tracy Dickerson
Cast: Matt Alder, Claudia Soisson
“Space or Time”
Author: Christopher Albrecht
Director: Steve Stolee
Cast: Carmen Pinto, Kim Hamilton
MEET THE PLAYWRIGHTS
Tuesday, August 5th
7:00 pm
at the Bainbridge Public Library
Join us for MEET THE PLAYWRIGHTS, our free, lively panel discussion and Q&A with the ten local authors behind this year's plays. No tickets or reservations necessary.
