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Oregon Contemporary Theatre

Oregon Contemporary Theatre unveils a biting new comedy

Explore cultural appropriation and food all at once in 'Colonialism Is Terrible, But Phở Is Delicious' at OCT May 19 through June 4. 

ArtsTheater 2 years ago

The satiric comedy provides insight into historical colonialism conflicts and the traditional Vietnamese dish, phở. The story begins in 1880s French Indochina, where a willful … Continue reading →

Family Affair

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

Theater 2 years 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 →

Christmas May Yet Come to Pemberley

OCT's COVID-delayed production of the holiday show is now set to open Dec. 14

BlogTheater 2 years ago

The Grinch known as COVID has done its best to steal Christmas this year at Eugene’s Oregon Contemporary Theatre. But OCT is fighting back and … Continue reading →

Staging the Holidays

A little something for everyone in this year’s offering of Christmas productions by local theaters

Theater 6 years ago

The sheer intimacy and immediacy of theater lends itself splendidly to the holidays. It’s as though, facing the stage, we are basking as one in … Continue reading →

Flesh and Blood

Dark secrets haunt an American family in OCT’s production of Sam Shepard’s Buried Child

Theater 7 years ago

Between my two favorite American playwrights, Tennessee Williams and Sam Shepard, I find Shepard to be, inexplicably, the more familiar but less accessible of the … Continue reading →

NW10 ‘Squared’

Festival of new plays at OCT celebrates its 10-year anniversary 

Theater 7 years ago

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 →

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