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Somewhere in the not too distant dystopian future, an unnamed disaster has separated humans into a socially isolated indoor world where the only means of interaction is via digital channels. In [...]

There are the plays for fun and entertainment. There are important plays that focus on universal issues–grief, love, old resentments. Then there are the messy social plays that take on some [...]

Tick, Tick…BOOM! Jon’s (Jesse Weil) clock is ticking toward his 30th birthday. In Tom Wolfe’s book The Pump House Gang, 30 is the age above which people become untrustworthy. [...]

In June, on a whim, a dear friend and I took a day trip to Eugene Oregon. We both are University of Oregon grads and have been known to bleed green during football season. But more than the U of [...]

The young always inherit the revolution.  –Huey Newton In another time, in a historic North Portland neighborhood, a revolution was taking place. It began with young Black men in the [...]

“Rent is about a community celebrating life, in the face of death and AIDS….” –Jonathan Larson It’s Christmas Eve, 1989, in a garret in the East Village. Roger [...]

The myth of King Arthur is just that–a myth–patched together by ancient Welsh and British folklore. That much is known. Myths have undeniably long lives. And from this myth sprang [...]

“I consider myself an artist,” says Tim Finnegan (Tom O’Leary) early in Corrib Theatre‘s most recent production The Smuggler. He’s also an out-of-work bartender, a [...]