Call or visit the Box Office to get discounts on multiple tickets: 
$14 for 1 showcase | $20 for 2 showcases
$24 for 3 showcases | $30 for all 4 showcases

OtB’s annual festival of the best experimental theater, music and dance from around the Pacific Northwest.  Seventeen brand new performances are featured on 2 stages over 2 weekends, all under 20 minutes.  Artists are chosen by a panel of artists and administrators from around the region.  

Festival Dates: Fri - Sun | Jun 8 - 10 & 15 - 17

Click on the artist names to listen to their interviews!

Weekend 1 | Studio Theater *
June 8 at 8pm & June 9 – 10 at 5pm
Danny Herter – Theater | Dance 
Catherine Cabeen & Company - Dance 
Corrie Befort – Dance
Tahni Holt – Dance (Portland) 

Weekend 1 | Mainstage Theater *
June 9 – 10 at 8pm
Kate Wallich & Crew – Dance 
Hand2Mouth – Theater (Portland)
Mike Pham – Dance 
Sara Edwards & The People's Grand Opera – Music | Theater 
 

Weekends 1 & 2 | Install Performance
June 10 & 17 | 5:30pm
KT Niehoff / Lingo Productions - Dance

Weekend 2 | Studio Theater
June 15 at 8pm & June 16 – 17 at 5pm
zoe | juniper & the feath3r theory - Dance 
Erin Pike – Theater
Maureen Whiting Company – Dance 
Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble – Theater

Weekend 2 | Mainstage Theater
June 16 – 17 at 8pm
Vanessa DeWolf - Dance 
Richard Lefebvre – Music | Theater
Waxie Moon – Dance | Theater
Ulrich | Graczyk | Baldoz – Music | Dance

* Please note the use of strobe during this performance 

The festival lineup was curated by a panel of peer artists and arts administrators including:
Donna Belmont Isobel | Choreographer & Artistic Director, Aluminum Siding
Erin Boberg Doughton | Performing Arts Program Director, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art
Lane Czaplinski | Artistic Director, On the Boards
Evan Flory Barnes | composer, musician
George Lewis | performer, theater director, and Freehold faculty
Tonya Lockyer | Executive Director, Velocity Dance Center
Kyle Loven | image theater artist & puppeteer
Jessica Massart | Communications Director, On the Boards
Mark Meuter | Production Manager, On the Boards
Jerry Tischleder | Producer, Risk/Reward Festival; company member, Hand2Mouth
Shasti Walsh | Operations Manager, On the Boards
Chelsea Williams | performer; House Manager, On the Boards