The picture above says it.  I love 14/48!

What is 14/48, you may ask?  It’s a theater festival and one of my favorite things in the world.  I could never explain it better than they already have.  Here is a snippet from their website that explains the process:

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Early Thursday night:
After tapping the ceremonial 14/48 Keg, all the participants choose a theme by completing this sentence: “Theatre would be a lot more interesting if there were seven ten-minute plays about _____.” One answer is chosen at random and that becomes the theme for the following evening. Seven terrfied, excited, caffeinated writers must submit a brand new 10-minute play based on the theme by 8am Friday morning.

Friday morning:
Seven directors gather and each randomly draw one play. Thirty minutes later, the directors blindly choose actors and actresses’ names on slips of paper to cast the show.

That day:
The band shows up to provide music and sound, designers create all technical aspects of each show as the directors and their casts rehearse all day. Each play gets 20 minutes of tech rehearsal.

Friday evening:
The seven plays have their World Premiere at 8pm and Final Performance at 10:30pm. The 8pm audience provides the theme for Saturday’s show via a random drawing and the seven writers go home to start the process all over again to culminate with seven brand new scripts for Saturday evening at 8pm and 10:30pm, thus creating 14 plays in 48 hours.

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If you are a fan of theater, this is for you.  If you aren’t a fan of theater, this is DEFINITELY for you.  The stakes are high for all involved, and the audience is the beneficiary of that elevated level of adrenaline.   Many of the most powerful moments I’ve seen performed, period, have been onstage at 14/48.

I highly recommend that you pay a visit to their website.

I’m going to the 10:30 show tonight, and I can’t wait!