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The Champion Ten Minute Play Festival

It is Monkey With a Hat On's 30th Ten Minute Play Festival! After doing this show for the past 11 years in Portland, we are so excited to reach this milestone. And what a perfect theme to have for our 30th 10MPF... CHAMPION!

In the Champion 10MPF, you will experience: a gruff 1950s boxing trainer and his dark premonitions about his cat-loving prize fighter; the epic, age-old, cosmic battle between the moon and the fabulous sun; a quiz champion who falls asleep while studying, only to wake up and meet a new friend who tells her all is not what it seems; what happens after a zany zealot hides in a Congresswoman's closet for a year; a famous over-the-top movie star and her practical daughter try to work out their stark differences before a trip to the lake; a money-loving, crazy politician running for president is confronted by his life-long bouncy and friendly companion: his soul.

This play festival will also feature NEW music from the awesome local musical act, Junglecorp - with their new, Champion-themed rock opera story performed in-between each of the plays! Junglecorp leaves the audience thoroughly entertained and they are excited to grace the Monkey stage for the 30th 10MPF! Check out their music for previous play festivals, fun videos and connect with them at junglecorp.org

The Portland 10MPF is an event MWHAO produces 2-3 times a year. We feature new plays written, directed and performed by Portland artists - with a live musical act, Junglecorp, performing in-between each play! Every play is ten minutes or less and all of the plays are performed every performance night. It's a very fun, well attended event and there is nothing else like it in the city. We are theater for everybody: never turning away audience members for lack of funds and we have an open-door policy where anyone can submit a play or try out to be involved. These are your stories, Portland!

The Champion Ten Minute Play Festival will run about 2 hours with a 15 minute intermission.

Join us this fall to complete the Trilogy from Underdog to Phoenix and now to... Champion! Woohoo, our 30th Ten Minute Play Festival!

Thank you all very much for your support!