Fertile Ground 4: The one-act itch

March 18, 2020Jae Carlsson

Fertile Ground, the final look back: scratching an "Itch," diving into one-acts and other rabbit holes.

Fertile Ground 3: Herstories

March 7, 2020Jae Carlsson

A very fertile festival: How to Really, Really? Really! Love a Woman, and other vulvagyric herstories.

Fertile Ground 2: ‘Dorothy’s Dictionary,’ etc.

February 26, 2020Jae Carlsson

In E.M. Lewis's newest play and several others at the new-works fest, the key question is "talking it thru."

Fertile Ground 1: ‘Vortex’ and more

February 24, 2020Jae Carlsson

Looking back on Portland's new-works festival: Tom McCall, the Roosevelts, & MLK Jr., too.

A neoclassical stage? Or a theater off-kilter?

February 18, 2020Jae Carlsson

Will Paula Vogel’s "Indecent" do justice to Sholem Asch’s "God of Vengeance"?

December notes: A world apart

January 3, 2020Jae Carlsson

Reality, virtual and otherwise, mingles with fantasy, virtual and otherwise, on Portland streets, theater and galleries. Jae Carlsson takes the trip.