NOT WITHOUT COMPANY: Film Festival
May
31
10:00 AM10:00

NOT WITHOUT COMPANY: Film Festival

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Not Without Company Film Festival marks the launch of Nothing Without a Company’s new Film Department and the beginning of an expanded vision for how we tell stories on screen.

Program Overview

Our inaugural lineup showcases nine short films created in collaboration with partners including BearCat Productions and Rishi Productions, originally produced for the 48 Hour Film Project Chicago competition. Some films will screen in their original 48-hour cut, while others have been re-edited for festival submissions and new audiences.

Panelists - 10 AM Showing

  • Hannah Ii-Epstein is the writer of all nine films featured in the festival and, among other roles, a producer on every film from Proximity (2016) through Queer Up the Details (2025).

  • Jill Sandmire is an actor and makeup artist on Sweet (2015) and Proximity (2016), a producer on Green Time Machine (2021), and assistant director on Mom & Pop Shop (2023).

  • Cameron Downing introduced NWaC to the 48 Hour Film Project Chicago and served as director, cinematographer, and editor on Sweet (2015) and Proximity (2016), and as cinematographer and editor on The Box (2017), he also contributed to the story team on all three films.

  • Kevin Sparrow is the script supervisor on Proximity (2016) and a story team member and script supervisor on Redesign Your Life (2019).

  • Marie Molina is an actor on Mom & Pop Shop (2023), and an actor and story team member on Queer Up the Details (2025).

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NOT WITHOUT COMPANY: Film Festival
May
31
12:00 PM12:00

NOT WITHOUT COMPANY: Film Festival

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Not Without Company Film Festival marks the launch of Nothing Without a Company’s new Film Department and the beginning of an expanded vision for how we tell stories on screen.

For over a decade, Nothing Without a Company has built immersive, site-specific theatre in Chicago. With the creation of our Film Department, we are deepening that commitment to storytelling through film. This inaugural festival is both a celebration of where we have been and a fundraiser for where we are headed. Proceeds from this event will directly support the development of future NWaC film projects.

Program Overview

Our inaugural lineup showcases nine short films created in collaboration with partners including BearCat Productions and Rishi Productions, originally produced for the 48 Hour Film Project Chicago competition. Some films will screen in their original 48-hour cut, while others have been re-edited for festival submissions and new audiences.

Note from the Festival

The Not Without Company Film Festival is rooted in experimentation and partnership. Whether you have been part of our theatrical journey or are just discovering our work, we invite you to celebrate this next chapter with us, because storytelling is never created alone.

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Pink Ribbon Plays
Apr
18
7:30 PM19:30

Pink Ribbon Plays

Pink Ribbon Plays presented by CIRCA-Pintig and Nothing Without a Company is fast-paced 24-Hour Play Festival bringing together 30 AANHPI artists to create six original short plays in just one day, centering community storytelling around breast cancer, healing, and collective care, supported by the SCREEN Project and the Asian Health Coalition.

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What is a 24-Hour Play Fest?

A 24-Hour Play Fest at the Rizal Center brings together six playwrights, six directors, and eighteen actors who are randomly sorted into six teams composed of a writer, director, and three actors. Every team is assigned a specific location within the building and given 24 hours to devise a brand-new ten-minute play inspired by their space. The festival celebrates collaboration, site-responsive storytelling, and the excitement of creating live theatre under a shared deadline.

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MANA WAHINE
Apr
12
7:30 PM19:30

MANA WAHINE

NOTHING WITHOUT A COMPANY TEAMS UP WITH CREATIVES FROM HAWAI‘I TO PRESENT 24-HOUR PLAY FESTIVAL: MANA WAHINE

Collaboration bringing brand new plays and performances to life in one day premieres April 12, 2026 HONOLULU - In an exhilarating celebration of creativity, collaboration, and women-centered storytelling, "Kumu Kahua Theatre teams up with Tree Moss Hawai‘i and Chicago’s Nothing Without a Company to present" MANA WAHINE: A 24-Hour Play Festival on Sunday, April 12, 2026.

How it Works

Six playwrights, six directors, and 18 actors will be randomly sorted into teams, with each team assigned a specific space to devise, write, and rehearse brand-new 10-minute plays. At the end of 24 hours, a final public performance of the six resulting plays immediately follows!" 

When: Performance, showcasing results of last 24 hour, held April 12, 2026 at 7:30 p.m. 

Where: Kumu Kahua Theatre, located at 46 Merchant Street in downtown Honolulu. 

Tickets: Available now at Kumu Kahua Theatre’s website,  www.kumukahua.org, tickets are $24—just one dollar for every hour put into creating the festival process!

Check out the artist!

The festival’s theme will be centered around women’s voices and experiences, highlighting the strength, complexity, and creativity of women both onstage and behind-the-scenes. This dynamic, fast paced event will bring together 30 Hawai’i-based theatre artists to create and perform six brand new 10-minute plays all within a single 24-hour period.

Now in its 10th iteration from the innovative minds at Nothing Without a Company, the upcoming 24-hour fest marks the company’s third collaboration with Kumu Kahua Theatre. Tree Moss Hawai‘i, a collective of playwrights of Hawai‘i focused on new play development and advocacy, will join in the festival for the first time. 

“The 24-hour festival is such a creative rush—not only for the organizations and artists coming together and producing pure theatre magic, but also for the audiences taking in the results at showtime,” said Kumu Kahua Theatre Managing Director, Donna Blanchard. “We’re honored to be invited back for a new round by Nothing Without a Company and to join forces with our friends at Tree Moss Hawai‘i as we explore where 24 little hours takes us!”

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