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Dorothy Velasco

Author: Dorothy Velasco

A Holiday Visit

Jane Austen fans — and people who have never read her books — are in for a holiday treat at OCT

Theater 9 hours ago

Calling all Jane Austen fans: Oregon Contemporary Theatre is serving a feast of a play that promises to lighten the gloom of winter and revitalize … Continue reading →

No Answers

Lucas Hnath’s The Thin Place serves up cerebral horror at Oregon Contemporary Theatre

Theater 1 month ago

Halloween is almost here, and Oregon Contemporary Theatre has a play that’s just right for the season. The Thin Place, according to the script by … Continue reading →

Constitutional Drama

A play about politics by a former Eugenean kicks off the season at Oregon Contemporary Theatre

Theater 3 months ago

Who knew that we could laugh so much about our nation’s Constitution — and take it so seriously at the same time? The opening show … Continue reading →

A Brilliant Con Job

The Shedd’s Music Man marches straight into the heart 

Theater 5 months ago

Once in a while professional stage director Kirk Boyd comes out of retirement to give local theater lovers a welcome taste of his theatrical magic. … Continue reading →

The World According to Cats 

Jen Ferro’s ‘Cat Lady’ at VLT has claws but could use development

ArtsTheater 8 months ago

Stage Left at The Very Little Theatre is proving to be an incubator for new plays by local playwrights. Cat Lady, a comedy by Eugene … Continue reading →

Family Affair

In Something Clean, Selina Fillinger examines rape from a mother’s viewpoint

Theater 9 months ago

Remember this name: Selina Fillinger. It’s the name of a young playwright — very young, precocious and prolific. And, a playwright who happened to be … Continue reading →

To Die Like a Man

A powerful production at VLT explores the art of facing an unjust death

Theater 11 months ago

A Lesson Before Dying, Romulus Linney’s drama based on the acclaimed 1993 novel by Ernest J. Gaines, is now playing in a heart-wrenching production at The … Continue reading →

Hot Pajamas

The Shedd Theatricals production brings a jazzy energy to a classic Broadway hit about unions

Theater 1 year ago

If you’re of a certain age and you like musical comedy, you can probably sing along with the multitude of hit songs in The Pajama … Continue reading →

The Lasting Charm of ‘Little Women’

A musical version of the much-loved novel at the remodeled VLT reminds us that we never outgrow the classics

ArtsPerforming ArtsTheater 1 year ago

How many times have you read or seen Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women? Or A Christmas Carol, or Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice? In such … Continue reading →

Seeing Their Scars

Two women — and two goats — confront trauma in a bright new play at OCT

Theater 2 years ago

In Alabaster, a comic drama concocted by the prolific Southern writer Audrey Cefaly, Alabaster is a fictional town in Alabama, blown to smithereens by a … Continue reading →

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