14/48: The World's Quickest Theater Festival
14 plays written, cast, directed, rehearsed, scored, designed, premiered in 48 hours.
14/48: The World's Quickest Theater Festival is back this Summer!
We'll be back inside the Seattle Center Armory for two weekends.
Come and see 14 plays written, cast, directed, rehearsed, scored, designed, and premiered in 48 hours! Seven new plays each day (performed twice: 7:30pm and 10:00pm), 14 new plays each weekend! Different artists each weekend.
July 10-11 and 17-18, 2026
Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30 and 10:00pm
at the Center Theater at the Seattle Center Armory
305 Harrison St.
ASL Interpretation on Friday July 10th at 7:30pm
This is the signature production of the The 14/48 Projects, the very first project that started it all.
Since 1997, we’ve graced many venues over the years, keeping ourselves mobile and connected to the community. From Seattle Rep to On the Boards, CHAC to ConWorks, Cornish College of the Arts to Seattle City Parks, we are always happy to bring the 14/48 energy to any neighborhood or venue we are in. Check current performance information to find out where we'll be next!
Want to know more?
Here’s how it all works…
Early Thursday Night
After tapping the ceremonial 14/48 Keg, all the participants choose a theme by completing this sentence: “Theater 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 terrified, excited, caffeinated writers must submit a brand new 10-minute play based on the theme by 8am Friday morning.
KATHY HSIEH
Friday Morning
Seven directors gather and each randomly draw one play. Thirty minutes later, the directors blindly choose actors names on slips of paper to cast the show.
MIMI KATANO
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.
ALLYSON LEE BROWN
Friday Evening
The seven plays have their World Premiere at 7:30pm and Final Performance at 10:00pm.
KENON VENO & RILEY GENE
MAHRIA ZOOK, AYO TUSHINDE, DEVON ALLEN, & JODI-PAUL WOOSTER
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 7:30pm and 10:00pm, thus creating 14 plays in 48 hours.