A cry against forgetting
Enheduanna (Dre Slaman), a Sumerian high priest circa 2300 BC and first known author of the world, has returned and summoned women from around the globe to tell their stories of violence and [...]
Of Baking and a Slave Insurrection that never happened
When Martha Washington (Melanie Moseley) appears bound and gagged with an apple, in her own kitchen, a mere few days after the death of her husband and our first President George Washington, [...]
September theatre events
We’re into month seven of this thing. Ugh. Who woulda thought, right? That hasn’t slowed down Portland area creatives. The theatre scene is bursting at the seams with great ideas to [...]
Theatre happenings around town
Picture the greater Portland theatre scene as a duck on a pond. Placidly, said duck glides across the pond barely causing a ripple. Underwater, those little duck feet are paddling like crazy. In [...]
CoHo Productions’ Aberdeen livestreams this weekend
Live performance is happening! It’s as close as your electronic device. Tonight and Friday evening, and Sunday afternoon, CoHo Productions presents Aberdeen, a musical storytelling [...]
The loneliness we inhabit
Given the rampant loneliness in our culture, it only made sense that Norma (Beth Thompson) would become a professional cuddler. When he gets lonely, Norm (Tom Mounsey) likes to dance in his [...]
House of horrors
Max (Samson Syharath) needs to pay the rent, and with no prospects in sight, he starts an Asian ghostbuster business with his brother Visarut (Lidet Viravong). “I’ll do the [...]
July 2019 Newsletter
The State of the State Omar and I met twelve years and three months ago at the Oregon Humane Society. After looking at all the cats in the place, some of them twice, I happened to glance into the [...]