Stage & Studio: Sara Jean Accuardi on launching 'The Storyteller' Dmae Lo RobertsIn her new podcast, Dmae Lo Roberts talks with the playwright about her world premiere at Artists Rep an…
A Grimm 'Iron Jo': Send in the puppets Caitlin Nolan... and the bucket, and a hero and a villain, and a few good songs and an ode to fairy tales and the Brothers Grimm in Elliot Lorenc's new…
Fertile Ground: 'Who's Who' across the decades Darleen OrtegaIn Marshall Welch's promising play from Rogue Pack, two girls "meet" through notes left 70 years ago in a library copy of "Who's …
DramaWatch: Meaning and music in 'Another Dialogue' and 'Ballad of Iron Jo' Linda FergusonMusic is key in productions from Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble and Bag&Baggage. Plu…
Fertile Ground wrap-up: Four shows from a vibrant festival Linda Ferguson"Rogues," "545," "Unbound: A Bookish Musical," and "Camp Fire Stories" offered a rich array of theater at this year's…
Salomé's spellbinding strangeness Linda FergusonImago Theatre's mesmerizing production embraces the wonderful weirdness of Oscar Wilde's verse play … and then some.
The bouyant absurdity of 'Melancholy Play' Linda FergusonA parachute keeps the comic action moving in Blinking Eye Theatre's production of Sarah Ruhl's oddly uplifting play about sadness.
Fertile Ground: Homegrown plays, west of the hills Brett CampbellThis year's greater Portland festival of new works inspires creation of original theater pieces in Beaverton, Hillsboro and b…
'You Can't Be Serious': Andrea Parson's solo show inspired by her sister's death comes to Astoria Lori TobiasThe choreographer will present her award-winning performance of dance and storyte…
Catherine E. Coulson: 'The Log Lady' and so much more Jim FlintThe Ashland Independent Film Festival will honor the "Twin Peaks" star and one of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's most belov…
A farewell to James Edmondson, longtime star at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival Jim FlintEdmondson, who began his long OSF career in 1972 by playing Petruchio in "Taming of the Shrew," died …
'Life of Pi:' A shipwreck and a tiger's tale Linda FergusonThe Broadway in Portland show at Keller Auditorium sates our hunger for spectacle by offering a sumptuous feast of projections and …
Spark Plug: Taking risks, building trust Brett CampbellLoading its sets in and out of a coffee shop via U-Haul with each performance, the intimate theater company brings new and homegrown th…
Drew Pisarra: How (and why) I updated Oscar Wilde's 'Salome' for Imago Theatre Drew PisarraWilde's wildly witty 1890s play, a scandal in its time, is rooted in 19th century melodrama. Pisarr…
High times, low comedy: Theatre in the Grove's 'Reefer Madness: The Musical' spoofs drug war hysteria Brett CampbellCampy modern musical adaptation of the notorious 1936 film brings illegal …
DramaWatch: Rain, shine, & Fertile Ground Linda FergusonOregon theaters will flourish under an invigorating shower of shows this month, with big attractions like Oscar Wilde's "Salome" a…
Oregon theater giant Denis Arndt, 1939-2025 Jim FlintThe Northwest actor, who spent 15 seasons as a star at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and co-founded Seattle's Intiman Theatre, leaves a…
'Julius Caesar' & 'The Importance of Being Earnest': Ashland reinvents the classics Darleen OrtegaWith a women and nonbinary cast for "Caesar" and an "Earnest" transported to the Malay P…
Stage & Studio: Exploring personal diasporas at Fertile Ground Dmae Lo RobertsDmae Lo Roberts talks in this podcast with Laotian-American theatermaker Samson Syharath and Indo-American w…
Oregon Shakespeare Festival strikes gold with a pair of plays about Black life Darleen OrtegaJames Ijames' "Fat Ham" and August Wilson's "Jitney" kick off the Ashland festival's 90th season …
Fertile Ground: An early look at three new plays in this year's festival Linda FergusonIn Portland's festival of dozens of new works April 4-19, "Conciliation" reckons with the continuing ef…
Oregon Children's Theatre to pause all shows and activities Linda FergusonDue to financial troubles, the nationally recognized company will suspend its productions and educational programs b…
Stumptown's 'Tootsie': Naughty and nice Linda FergusonTheater review: Stumptown Stages presents a salty, witty, and musical update of the comic 1982 movie.
DramaWatch: A bevy of absorbing and socially significant shows Linda FergusonPortland Center Stage presents a stirring production of "The Light." Fuse prepares "Great White Goes Down" for Fe…
August Wilson & Kevin Kenerly help kick off Oregon Shakespeare Festival's 90th season Jim FlintKenerly, a 26-year veteran of the Ashland festival who has starred in other works by the gr…