As Portland’s sprawling 10-day festival of new performance prepares to hit the stage running, the creators of half a dozen fresh shows talk about what they’re doing and why.
The troubled festival calls on a favored prince to be its new artistic director. Plus: A new Josie Seid play, 76 trombones in Eugene, last call for gothic cabaret, and more.
In Suzan-Lori Parks’ drama “Fucking A,” the “A” is for “abortionist,” not “adulterer.” Actor Kayla Hanson talks about the issues and the action.
Stage notes: A conservatory throws a musical-theater gala, mystery theater and Lea Salonga at the Reser, the slap heard ’round the world.
Wake up. Put on your game face. Ready or not, theater doors are open and a strange revival’s under way.
PassinArt’s Pacific Northwest Multi-Cultural Festival serves a virtual feast of stories by and for artists of color.
How a monologue series about race, gender, and sexual identity leapt from stage to screen.
Fertile Ground 2021: An overlooked character from “A Christmas Carol” gets his close-up in “Fezziwig’s Fortune.”
ArtsWatch Weekly: Passing art forward, Josie Seid’s America, Don Latarski’s wild art, remembering Bruce Browne.
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