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June 10, 2025Linda Ferguson
Review: Triangle’s encore production of "That’s No Lady" pays tribute to Darcelle/Walter Cole, as well as his love for Roxy Neuhardt and drag performance.
Review: Tour de Force Productions turns the trainwrecked relationship at the center of Sam Shepard’s desert drama into thrilling theater.
June 9, 2025Bob Hicks
Escola, from Clatskanie, Oregon, won for best leading actor in a play and was also nominated for writing the much-praised farce about Mary Todd Lincoln. Four others with Northwest roots were also Tony nominees.
June 7, 2025Bob Hicks
Actors Brooks Ashmanskas and Megan Hilty, producers Corey Brunish and Brian Rooney, and actor/playwright Cole Escola are up for awards in Sunday's Tonys ceremony.
June 5, 2025Dmae Lo Roberts
Stage & Studio: Dmae Lo Roberts talks in her new podcast with writer/director Don Horn and actor Kevin Loomis about Triangle's revival of the show celebrating Cole/Darcelle.
June 4, 2025Bobby Bermea
Daaboul, founder of Tour de Force Productions, finally steps into the shoes of May in Sam Shepard's American classic of ill-fated love on the edge of the Mojave Desert.
June 3, 2025Linda Ferguson
illioo Native Theatre’s workshop performance of ‘BlueJay’s Canoe’; Profile Theatre’s upcoming ‘Mother Russia’ and its scenic designer Alex Meyer. Plus other openings, an extended run for Portland Playhouse’s ‘Joe Turner,’ new season announcements, and Nik Whitcomb’s departure from Bag&Baggage Productions.
June 1, 2025Linda Ferguson
Fuse Theatre Ensemble lights up Reed College’s Black Box Theatre with a sizzling production of Stephen Sondheim’s musical about presidential assassins.
May 30, 2025Amy Leona Havin
Cygnet Salon presents a one-night performance by Bruce Burkhartsmeier, David Meyers, Vana O’Brien, and Kathleen Worley on the work and friendship of the two men.
May 30, 2025Jim Flint
While the current season continues through October, the Ashland festival announces a sweeping 2026 lineup of magic, music, and the messiness of being human.
May 29, 2025Bobby Bermea
Trans actors Juliet Mylan and Ethan Feider talk about the risks and rewards of queer theater and their roles for Salt & Sage in Gillette's "Tears and Glitter" and "Mimetic Desire."
May 28, 2025Bob Hicks
In vibrant music and compelling stories of immigration, The Reser hosts an evening of blending cultural traditions and finding fresh starts in Oregon.
May 27, 2025Linda Ferguson
Twilight Theater Company turns the witty 1950 play into a charming antidote to contemporary American meanness.
May 27, 2025Dmae Lo Roberts
Comedian/actor Chris Grace talks on Dmae Lo Roberts' Stage & Studio podcast about race, who gets to play what roles, and his solo turn at Portland Center Stage in "Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson."
May 23, 2025Darleen Ortega
In review: Damaris Webb goes camping in "Precipice: re-membering, forgetting, and claiming home"; comic actor Chris Grace cuts to racial realities in "Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johannson."
May 20, 2025Linda Ferguson
Despite funding cuts, vibrant stories are busting out all over, from "The Book of Mormon" to Ten Fifteen’s "Again! The Art of Perfection" to "Assassins" and other continuing shows.
May 16, 2025Linda Ferguson
A look inside the making of Triffle's "Happyness (The Wrecking Ball)" and Webb's "Precipice: re-remembering, forgetting, and claiming home."
May 12, 2025Dmae Lo Roberts
The "memory activism" festival, established to tell stories of the lasting cultural effects of the 1948 Vanport Flood, continues with a rich tapestry of music and theater. Dmae Lo Roberts talks with the Mosaic's leaders and co-founders.
May 9, 2025Brett Campbell
The Hillsboro Youth Performance Ensemble offers youth hands-on experience in theater craft and management through a paid workforce development program.
May 8, 2025Darleen Ortega
As its grant goes on the chopping block, August Wilson's American classic gets a transcendent performance in a tale of people wrestling with profound human questions.
May 8, 2025Bob Hicks
The city's biggest theater company aims to shore up its finances by June 2026 – and needs $2.5 million by the end of August to keep its doors open and begin its next season.
May 6, 2025Linda Ferguson
Plus: More openings and continuing shows; Native Theater Project awards; a look ahead as theaters begin to announce their 2025-26 seasons.
May 2, 2025Linda Ferguson
Premiering at Artists Repertory Theatre, Sara Jean Accuardi’s play explores the complexities of life and of storytelling, which is both dangerous and delightful.
May 1, 2025Darleen Ortega
Tarell Alvin McCraney's poetical play at Portland Center Stage embodies memories of prison and mystical characters from the Yoruba traditions of West Africa.
April 28, 2025Linda Ferguson
The lively and thoughtful stage musical, based on the 1993 movie, creates its own magic at Lakewood Theatre.
April 27, 2025Jim Flint
The company, which features many current and former Oregon Shakespeare Festival actors, draws a loyal and growing audience for contemporary plays in the heart of Shakespeare territory.
April 25, 2025Dmae Lo Roberts
In her new podcast, Dmae Lo Roberts talks with the playwright about her world premiere at Artists Rep and the play's inspiration in Shakespeare's "The Tempest."
April 25, 2025Caitlin Nolan
... and the bucket, and a hero and a villain, and a few good songs and an ode to fairy tales and the Brothers Grimm in Elliot Lorenc's new stage spectacle at Bag&Baggage.
April 23, 2025Darleen Ortega
In Marshall Welch's promising play from Rogue Pack, two girls "meet" through notes left 70 years ago in a library copy of "Who's Who."
