June 5 – 7 & 12 – 14, 2009

$14 - 1 showcase | $20 - 2 showcases
$24 - 3 showcases | $30 - 4 showcases
Call the Box Office at 206.217.9888 to get multiple show discounts
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Download the Festival line-up with descriptions [PDF]

Click on an artist's name below to hear an audio interview [mp3]
Weekend 1
Studio Theater Showcase | Jun 5 at 8pm & Jun 6 - 7 at 5pm
Byron Au Yong – Music (Seattle)
Helsinki Syndrome – Performance Art (Seattle)
Umami Performance – Dance (Seattle)
Queen Shmooquan – Theater | Solo Performance (Seattle)

Mainstage Theater Showcase | Jun 6 - 7 at 8pm
Hot Little Hands – Dance Theater (Portland)
Headwaters Dance Company – Dance (Missoula)
Salt Horse – Dance (Seattle)
SANDSTROMMOVEMENT – Dance (Seattle)

Lobby Installation
Prior to Mainstage showcase Jun 6 - 7 at 7:30pm
Sara Osebold – Interactive Visual Art (Seattle)

Weekend 2
Studio Theater Showcase | Jun 12 at 8pm & Jun 13 - 14 at 5pm
Sunday Service - Music (Seattle)
Jürg Koch | Lyn Goeringer – Dance | Video (Seattle)
Angela Fair – Solo Performance (Portland)
Rush-N-Disco – Theater (Portland)

Mainstage Theater Showcase | Jun 13 - 14 at 8pm
Amelia Reeber - Dance (Seattle)
Scott | Powell Performance - Dance (Seattle)
The 605 Collective - Dance (Vancouver, BC)
zoe | juniper – Dance (Seattle)

Lobby Installation
Prior to Mainstage showcase June 13 - 14 at 7:30pm
the response – Dance Installation (Vancouver, BC)

About the Festival

OtB celebrates over 25 years of showcasing regional artists in the Northwest’s longest-running and most-beloved festival for new performance. Over the course of 2 weekends on 2 stages, audiences see nearly 20 brand-new performances and works-in-progress, each under 20 minutes!

The festival lineup was curated by a panel of peer artists and arts administrators from the region.

Questions? Contact Sean Ryan, Regional Programs Coordinator, 206.217.9886 x1021 or sean@ontheboards.org

“ What an arts festival should be: two weekends of new dance, music and difficult-to-describe performances…”
- The Stranger (2007)

“ …a genuine atmosphere of possibility. NWNW still feels like a place where you might be witnessing the next big thing.”
- Seattle Times (2007)

“ …the festival has really exploded as a showcase for the best of our region’s creative community….”
- Seattle PI (2007)