Queer Compass
Poet Andrea Gibson speaks their truth
Coming out is a second puberty. If you’re lucky, you have a support network and a warm home to drink tea in at the end … Continue reading
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NW10 ‘Squared’
Festival of new plays at OCT celebrates its 10-year anniversary
Northwest Ten galloped onto the stage of Oregon Contemporary Theatre last weekend, featuring new works from Oregon, Washington and British Columbia playwrights. Dale Light’s These, … Continue reading
Over a Barrel
A marriage falls to shit in VLT’s production of David Lindsay-Abaire dark comedy Wonder of the World
Not that anybody’s clamoring for my approval, but let me begin by congratulating Very Little Theatre for daring to step afoul of the staid, risk-averse … Continue reading
Magillas in the Mist
Two Americans stumble upon a time-travelling Scottish village in ACE’s production of Lerner and Loewe’s mid-century musical Brigadoon
Lerner and Loewe’s 1947 fantasia Brigadoon contains all the familiar hallmarks of a seminal mid-20th century musical: romantic complications of a twee and slightly saucy … Continue reading
The Wages of War
University Theatre mounts a timely production of Bertolt Brecht’s political masterpiece Mother Courage and Her Children
Shock, horror! A three-and-a-half hour reminder about how we haven’t changed much as a society in more than 300 years. My babysitter was none too … Continue reading
On the Boards
Tragedy, farce and a bit of Jane Austen take the stage at this year’s Oregon Shakespeare Festival
The buzz in Ashland last weekend at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s season openings should, by all rights, have been about Bill Rauch. The popular and … Continue reading
Wine in the Valley
Portland playwright Andrea Stolowitz's Successful Strategies opens at OCT
Now receiving its world premiere at Oregon Contemporary Theatre under the direction of Elizabeth Helman, Successful Strategies is a romantic comedy set right in the … Continue reading
The Habit of Grace
Playwright Timothy Andrew McIntosh debuts his new existential thriller Sister of the Dark Heart
Playwright Timothy Andrew McIntosh’s latest drama is a strange beast indeed. Part speculative fiction, part old-fashioned detective story, the play runs its course like a … Continue reading
Divine Acceptance
Tony-winning musical Kinky Boots kicks up its heels at the Hult
Winner of the 2013 Tony award for best musical, Kinky Boots resonates with audiences worldwide. Based on a true story — the UK’s Steve Pateman was … Continue reading
Just Being Dan
Local legend stars in a play about himself with My Happy Hour with Pegoda
When I heard that Paul Calandrino had written a new play called My Happy Hour with Pegoda — as in the Dan Pegoda, as in … Continue reading