OCTAFest 2025
The Oklahoma Community Theatre Association Festival (OCTAfest) is a state-wide play festival that is the organization’s signature event. Following OCTA’s mission to encourage excellence in theatre arts, the festival allows theatres to present their best artistic productions to the state, be adjudicated by nationally known theatre experts, and for audiences to see the best of community theatre performances. The 2025 OCTAFest will be held in Enid, Oklahoma at the Gaslight Theatre and will take place March 20-22, 2025.
OCTAFest 2025 Schedule
THURSDAY, MARCH 20
FRIDAY, MARCH 21
SATURDAY, MARCH 22
10 AM – Registration Table Open
3:00 PM – House Opens for the OCTA Youth Camp Production
3:30 PM – OCTA Youth Camp Production
5:00 PM – Dinner Break
6:00 – 6:30 PM – Tech Tournament Orientation
6:30 PM – House Opens for OCTAFest 2025 First Show
7:00 PM – Performance of Aesop’s Afoot by Julie Tattershall
And
1st Tech Tournament Event
9:00 PM – Afterglow – more information coming soon!
9 AM – Registration Table Open
10:00 AM – Cast Cohesion: Team Building with Fun workshop presented by Kay Armstrong
11:00 PM – Lunch Break
12:00 PM – House Opens for the OCTAFest 2025 Second Show
12:30 PM – Performance of Winter Flowers by World Stage Theatre Company
3:00 PM – Tickets to the City presented by Greg Ricks
6:00 PM – House Opens for OCTAFest 2025 Third Show
And
2nd Tech Tournament Event
7:00 PM – Performance of Natural Shocks by Untitled Pop Up Theatre
9:00 PM – Afterglow – more information coming soon!
9 AM – Registration Table Open
10:00 AM – Audition Preparation workshop presented by Scott Ricard Klein
11:00 PM – Lunch Break
12:00 PM – House Opens for the OCTAFest 2025 4th Show
12:30 PM – Performance of Pariah by Centre Theatre for the Arts
3:00 PM – Don’t Stop Believin’, The Penguin Project presented by Tiphani Henderson
6:00 PM – House Opens for OCTAFest 2025 Fifth Show
And
3rd Tech Tournament Event
6:30 PM – Performance of Sorry, Wrong Number by OnStage Woodward
8:30 PM – 4th Tech Tournament Event / Awards & Afterglow
Tentative Schedule. All events are at the Gaslight Theatre, Enid, unless noted.
Click HERE for a printable Schedule!
Gaslight Theatre, Enid
221 N Independence St.
Enid, OK 73701
Hotel Information
Recommended Lodging:
GLō Best Western Enid
123 W Maine St.
Enid, OK 73701
The hotel offers an OCTA group rate which includes a full complimentary breakfast. Book a room by calling the front desk at (580) 540-4172. Or click the Link below. The cut-off date for this rate will be February 20, 2025.