12 Minutes Max

12 Minutes Max, a showcase for new performance, gives regional artists the chance to test out new ideas and audiences the opportunity to see works-in-progress first. Each evening 5-8 artists have 12 minutes or less to try out new material in OtB’s studio theater. Performances are curated by different members of the arts community 5 times a year.

Since its inception in 1978, 12 Minutes Max has showcased as many as 100 performing artists each year, becoming known as one of the country’s best experimental performance labs and inspiring similar programs in Vancouver BC, Houston and Chicago. Over the years audiences at 12 Minutes Max have been the first to hear from our region’s most innovative voices, including artists such as Pat Graney, 33 Fainting Spells, Lauren Weedman, Catherine Cabeen and Allen Johnson.

To sign up for an audition download the 12 Minutes Max Application and email it back to sean@ontheboards.org. Questions? Call 206-217-9886.

$12 for 12 Minutes Max | Want to curate 12 Minutes Max? Win the chance to be co-curator by entering $12 for 12 Minutes Max. Every 12 bucks you donate online or in person gives you one more entry into the drawing!

Performance: Sep 25 – 26, 2011
Curated by Roger Benington (theater director, designer and playwright) & Marissa Rae Niederhauser (dancer, choreographer and filmmaker, Josephine’s Echopraxia)
Audition: Sep 11, 2011

Performance: Oct 23 – 24, 2011
Curated by Ben Putnam (writer, performer and director, “BenDeLaCreme Presents”) & Mallery Avidon (playwright, director and artistic associate, Pavement Group)
Audition: Oct 2, 2011

Performance: Dec 11 – 12, 2011
Curated by Kyle Loven (puppeteer) & $12 for 12 Minutes Max curator Alyson McCrink
Audition: Nov 13, 2011

Performance: Feb 19 – 20, 2012
Curated by Allie Hankins (dancer and choreographer/artistic director, Part & Parcel) & $12 for 12 Minutes Max curator Aaron Grady-Brown (Principal Test Manager for the Windows Phone Marketplace and amatuer videographer)
Audition: Jan 29, 2012

Performance: Apr 8 – 9, 2012
Curated by Markeith Wiley (dancer and choreographer/artistic director, The New Animals) & $12 for 12 Minutes Max curator
Audition: Mar 11, 2012

The 11/12 Season of 12 Minutes Max is graciously sponsored by