presents

Unconventional
Shorts

Unconventional Shorts is a platform for artist connection and new script development. Each Unconventional Shorts event will feature different short form performances. Some will involve new work created via prompts provided by Theatre Crude. Some will involve works in progress from emerging local playwrights. Others may involve cabaret style performances from local artists looking to show off and flex their talent in front of a live audience.

Unconventional Shorts is an audience development program. It introduces audiences to never before seen work in a short form and at no upfront cost (the event is available to attend via suggested donation instead of a fixed ticket price) so that they will be less intimidated when we ask them to attend long form new work at our annual Theatre Crude Fringe Festival.

Unconventional Shorts is a live performance event series that serves as a fundraiser for Theatre Crude.

COMING UP

Monologue Roulette

Speedy, randomized monologue karaoke

Thursday, April 24 at 7 pm

Literati Press Bookshop & Creative Writing Center
3022 Paseo
Oklahoma City, OK 73103

$10 suggested donation

Donate Here to Reserve a Spot

How The Evening Works: Performers will be randomly assigned original monologues to read from a collection of works by local playwrights. The evening will continue until all of the monologues have been read, we run out of willing performers, or the venue kicks us out.

How to Participate:

As Audience: enjoy a show.
As Playwright: bring one or more original 2-minute monologues. Stuck?
As Performer: bring yourself and be ready for anything.
We encourage participation as all three!

10 Minute Plays

Brief, brand-new plays by local playwrights

Tuesday, May 20 at 7 pm

OK Cider Co.
705 W Sheridan Ave.
Oklahoma City, OK 73102

$10 suggested donation

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How It Works: A return to last year’s crowd favorite format, this event will feature ten minute plays by local playwrights, read by local performers. Each playwright will be given the same prompt and three weeks to write their play. We have no idea what these plays will ultimately contain. We will find out live, in front of an eager and adventurous audience, just what our local theatre creators are capable of. We expected the unexpected. That's Fringe, Baby!

How to Participate: Wanna come play? Sign ups to participate as a playwright and/or performer will open mid-April. Follow us on socials or sign up for our mailing list for updates!

Exquisite Corpse

Creative experimentation and collaboration

Monday, July 21 at 7 pm

OK Cider Co.
705 W Sheridan Ave.
Oklahoma City, OK 73102

$10 suggested donation

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How It Works: Several of Oklahoma City's playwrights will "collaboratively" create a completely original piece of theatre - without knowing what their collaborators have written! Join us on Monday, July 21 at 7 pm to witness what genius or chaos ensues from this creative experiment in the Surrealist tradition.

How to Participate: Wanna come play? Sign ups to participate as a playwright and/or performer will open mid-June. Follow us on socials or sign up for our mailing list for updates!

Five Fifths

Inventive reimagination of a classic movie

Monday, August 18 at 7 pm

OK Cider Co.
705 W Sheridan Ave.
Oklahoma City, OK 73102

$10 suggested donation

Donate Here to Reserve a Spot

How It Works: We take a well known movie or cult classic, break it into five parts and give each part to a different creative team. We ask them to devise an interpretation of that section without the knowledge of what the other teams are doing. All five parts will be brought together and performed in sequence during this one night only event. This year's movie will be announced soon! Follow us on socials or sign up for our mailing list for updates!

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