Getting Ready for 2025-2026
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Founded in 2009 as an ensemble theater, Winding Road Theater is now focused on operating as a traditional production company with a core leadership team committed to engaging Tucson’s broad and diverse talent pool in all its shows.
However, several key principles carry over from our origins, most notably our commitment to:
The Odyssey LabWinding Road Theater has created The Odyssey Lab, a formal program to foster the creation of new works, especially those created by artists with a connection to Tucson and Southern Arizona.
From its inception, Winding Road Theater included productions of new works. One of its founders, Toni Press-Coffman, had numerous full-length plays staged by the Company, and that tradition continued for many years. The Odyssey Lab revives this creative cornerstone by establishing a supportive environment for playwrights and creative teams to refine and realize their vision (and simultaneously honing their technical, improvisational, and creative skills). There's certainly no shortage of enthusiastic performing artists available and interested in helping with the development of new works. The Odyssey Lab integrates staged readings and extensive real-time workshopping, culminating in a fully staged production of a brand new play. Eight 10s in TucsonWinding Road Theater will also provide a platform for new voices with the return of its ten-minute play festival, Eight 10s in Tucson.
Eight 10s gives audiences an evening's worth of short stories - comedies, dramas, and everything in between - with perspectives from across America. More than 300 scripts are read, scored, and reviewed to yield eight ten-minute plays certain to entertain. And we engage multiple directors and actors to stage each show, providing opportunities for many Tucson artists to showcase their talent. |
