Review: Third Rail's potent 'A Case for the Existence of God' Darleen OrtegaActors Isaac Lamb and Charles Grant shine in Samuel D. Butler's empathetic drama about two men struggling to disco…
'Notes from the Field': A play for today Darleen OrtegaPortland Playhouse's sterling production of Anna Deavere Smith's play about the school-to-prison pipeline meets the nation's political …
Review: Lauren Yee's 'Samsara' at Profile is not to be missed Darleen OrtegaPlayful and richly unsettling, Yee's drama about surrogacy and impending parenthood and a kind of colonialism is a…
'Twelfth Night': High comedy & big ideas Darleen OrtegaReview: Shakespeare's mind-bending comedy at Portland Center Stage ripples with laughter as the play explores fascinating facets of…
'The Event!' " Artists Rep unveils a mystery Darleen OrtegaReview: In its first full production in its home space since 2019, the company creates a cluster of intriguing small-town Oregon ch…
Review: A razor-sharp 'Sweeney Todd' Darleen OrtegaPortland Center Stage mounts a compellingly sung version of Stephen Sondheim's penny-dreadful tale of meat pies, murder, and revenge on the…
Review: The new Native Theater Project gets a strong start with 'Diné Nishłį' Darleen OrtegaThe premiere of Blossom Johnson's "Diné Nishłį (I Am A Sacred Being) or, A Boardin…
'Reggie Hoops': It's much more than basketball Darleen OrtegaProfile Theatre's world premiere of Kristoffer Diaz' play wrestles fascinatingly with questions of family, professional striving,…
Ashland on the big stage: light yet bright Darleen OrtegaThe Oregon Shakespeare Festival's outdoor-theater "Jane Eyre" and "Much Ado About Nothing" don't plumb all the depths, but both succe…
Ashland's 'Lizard Boy,' 'Virgins to Villains' Darleen OrtegaReview: Robin Goodrin Nordli's trek through a lifetime of playing Shakespeare's women and Justin Huertas' superhero musical about …
'Clyde's': Imperfect people striving for a perfect sandwich Darleen OrtegaReview: In Portland Center Stage's heart-filled production of Lynn Nottage's truck-stop diner comedy/drama, ex-inmat…
Seeing America in a hazy orange tone Darleen OrtegaReview: Profile Theatre's premiere of christopher oscar peña's "our orange sky" tells an immigrant story steeped in ambition, family dis…