Bennett Campbell Ferguson

Bennett Campbell Ferguson is a Portland-based arts journalist. In addition to writing for Oregon Arts Watch, he writes about plays and movies for Willamette Week and is the editor in chief of the blog and podcast T.H.O. Movie Reviews. He first tried his hand at journalism when he was 13 years old and decided to start reviewing science fiction and fantasy movies – a hobby that, over the course of a decade, expanded into a passion for writing about the arts to engage, entertain, and, above, spark conversation. Bennett is also a graduate of Portland State University (where he studied film) and the University of Oregon (where he studied journalism).

PlayWrite: Using theater to transform the lives of at-risk Portland youth

An interview with the founder and creatives behind the non-profit PlayWrite

You have to evoke the feeling: How composing freed Nancy Ives

The acclaimed Portland composer and cellist discusses her creative renaissance

A ‘Mystery Science Theatre’ host’s journey from fan to star

Emily Marsh discusses her madcap adventures in the cult movie spoof show, which will be live in Eugene on Jan. 3 and Portland on Jan. 4.

Whatever the music needs, whatever the story needs

Looking back with Katherine FitzGibbon on Resonance Ensemble’s year of provocative choral music

Dance review: Putting the Body in BodyVox

"Serious Cupcakes" is one of the contemporary dance company’s most physically adventurous shows.

Film review: An ocean of stories from Pacific Islanders

The moving, imaginative film "Stories of Oceania" is the centerpiece of MediaRites and Theatre Diaspora’s Oceania Celebration.

The many musical faces of Stacey Philipps

From Brahms to the Eagles, one of Portland’s most versatile choral composers explains her multifaceted influences and methods.

The Phoenix Project rises: Jennifer Wright and the Skeleton Piano at BodyVox Theater

Composer and pianist Wright explains how she and her students are fighting climate change using instruments made from trash

In ‘One Man Star Wars Trilogy,’ the Force is with Charles Ross

The star of the rapid-fire one-man show coming Nov. 14 to Portland's Newmark Theatre talks in an ArtsWatch Q&A about the method behind his miraculous madness.

Dance review: A BodyVox Halloween

The Portland contemporary dance company gets spooky—and silly—with "BloodyVox," its seasonal splurge of the macabre.

From Spiders to Sandworms: A Guide to the Cinema of Denis Villeneuve

How does the French-Canadian director of "Dune" terrify, thrill, and inspire audiences? Let us count the ways, from 1998 to now.

Review: Bojangles ascending at Stumptown Stages

Jarran Muse becomes the dancing legend Bill Robinson in the ebullient premiere of the new musical "Bojangles of Harlem."

The Rebuild: Milagro Theatre

José González and Dañel Malán lead the resurgence of the Northwest’s only Latinx theater company.

The natural and supernatural music of Lisa Ann Marsh

A tale of time: The Oregon composer gave herself 10 years to decide if she was good at this. She is.

High roads, high notes

Broadway Rose’s new "Loch Lomond" is a majestic musical tragedy about love, obsessions, and duty.

Bond fan picks the brain of ‘Dr. 007’

As the Daniel Craig era ends, a talk on James Bond's past, present and future with expert Dr. Lisa Funnell.

The end of an era for Artists Rep

After nine years as the company's artistic director, Dámaso Rodríguez explains why he’s stepping down.

The cancer monologues

At Triangle, the author of "The Vagina Monologues" takes on her own journey into the trials of cancer.

The Rebuild: triangle productions!

Theater founder and executive director Donald Horn explains how he’s waging war on COVID-19.

On the Nature of Earth and Grief

Andrea Reinkemeyer’s music isn’t daunted by nature—even when nature is at its most disgusting, frightening and overwhelming.

Four strangers, a jazz bar, and a missing wife

Maeve Z O’Connor talks about her stuck-in-a-storm play "Omission," opening at the Keizer Cultural Center.

Playwright, provocateur, and more

As "The Oldest Profession" nears an end, a look at the method that shapes Paula Vogel’s incendiary work.

The Rebuild: Broadway Rose

Part one in a series about how theater companies are transitioning back to in-person performances.

Opera: There and Back Again

Renegade Opera’s "Orfeo in Underland" chronicles a tragic and transcendent journey to the afterlife.

Rosetta: The making of a musical

Jenn Grinels and Merideth Kaye Clark discuss the concert version of a musical about a woman who fought in the Civil War.

An operatic fade of memory

A singer grapples with Alzheimer’s in the new chamber opera "A Song by Mahler" at Chamber Music Northwest.

Bringing Grit and Guts to Opera

On an overcast morning last March, Dr. Lisa Neher took to the streets of Tigard to film a short opera she had composed called Momentum.

Theater: Playing in the park

Making magic in Laurelhurst Park with the family-friendly play "Hannah + the Healing Stone."

Imagining the Portland of tomorrow

Diana Burbano's audio play "The Vertical City" is a tragic (and triumphant) vision of a futuristic PDX.

The Endurance of The -Ism Project

How a monologue series about race, gender, and sexual identity leapt from stage to screen.