The first ever Ojai-5 is slated for March 26th, 2011. Part of the 1st Annual Ojai WordFest, a nine day festival of words, ideas and stories taking place in and around Ojai from March 19-27, the Ojai-5 is a mad dash to write, stage and perform five new plays in one day. It works like this: five writers (or writing teams) will start at seven AM, each receiving the photographs of two participating ac
tors and a writing prompt. They will have five hours to write five short plays. At noon, the five plays will be handed over to five directors, and the five pairs of actors. These five teams will have five hours to rehearse the five plays, and after a dinner break, the five newly-minted productions will be performed before a live audience. Five dollars, of course. The whole thing takes place at Theater 150.
