Island Theatre’s
TEN-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL
OUR ANNUAL SHOWCASE OF ORIGINAL PLAYS BY KITSAP COUNTY PLAYWRIGHTS
Every August, Island Theatre presents the Ten-Minute Play Festival – a juried selection of plays by Kitsap County playwrights—both established and aspiring. The winning plays are fully staged and performed in both evening and matinee performances.
Before the Festival, we host MEET THE PLAYWRIGHTS, a panel discussion and Q&A with the playwrights behind each year’s winning plays. What inspires them? Why did they choose that topic? Do they always use the same pen? No question is off limits!
And because we hope you’ll be inspired to write a play, each fall we offer a TEN-MINUTE PLAYWRITING WORKSHOP led by a professional playwriting instructor to give you a jumpstart on writing a play for next year’s Festival.
The deadline for play submissions each year is Valentine's Day, February 14th. Sign up for our mailing list below to receive notifications.
Join our mailing list to get info about play submissions and other Ten-Minute Play Festival events.
ISLAND THEATRE PRESENTS
a two-session (8 hours total)
Ten-Minute Playwriting Workshop
October 6 and October 20
9:00 – 1:00 both days
held at the Bainbridge Public Library
Back by popular demand! Our annual ten-minute playwriting course – this year taught by professional playwright and teacher Catherine Rush.
This two-session, 8-hour course is for new and seasoned playwrights alike. Students will learn and experiment with the core fundamentals of playwriting while focusing on the ten-minute play format. A series of prompts, each designed to unlock the creative writer within, will support you in your journey toward creating specific, colorful characters, unique and engaging circumstances, and compelling, insightful stories. In our second class there will be time to discuss what you’ve been creating in the interim and any problems or concerns that have arisen. You will be given the opportunity to have fellow writers read your work aloud and the option to receive feedback if you so desire.
Class size is limited to 10 so that each student receives personal attention.
This course is perfect for anyone who wants to submit a play for Island Theatre’s 2025 Ten-Minute Play Festival, learn the fundamentals of playwriting, or brush up their playwriting skills.
Sunday, October 6, 9:00-1:00 AND Sunday, October 20, 9:00-1:00 (8 hours total)
Cost: $200
Location: Bainbridge Public Library, 1270 Madison Ave N., Bainbridge Island
About the instructor: Catherine Rush
If you saw the 2022 Ten-Minute Play Festival, you’ll remember Catherine Rush’s stand-out play “Hijab,” about a couple recently immigrated from Iraq grappling in different ways with anti-Muslim sentiment in the wake of 9/11.
Catherine’s full-length plays have been professionally produced, developed and read on both U.S. coasts and more than a few states in-between. She has won several domestic and international awards and contests for her full-length, one-act and ten-minute plays. Catherine is an adjunct professor at Spalding University in Louisville, Kentucky. She also teaches privately, conducts workshops, and consults with playwrights on revisions. For more details about Catherine and her work, please visit CatherineRush.com.
