Two types of extinction
E.M. Lewis‘s play Song of Extinction opens with a guy messing with a slide projector, and a teenager playing a violin. Then the action moves to a classroom where biology teacher Khim Phan [...]
Taking it to the limit
It’s a familiar trope. Relatives gather at the home place after the death of the patriarch or matriarch to gnaw the bones, remember what a character he/she was, and fight over money and who [...]
Mala-a meditation for the sandwich generation
Melinda Lopez‘s Mala, now onstage at CoHo Theatre, is a very difficult play for those of us at a certain age to watch. This 80-minute one-act details the life of Mala (Julana [...]
Wolf seeks pack….
Wolf Play begins with a most unsuitable premise. Peter (Chris Harder) and his wife have decided they no longer want their adopted son Wolf (Christopher Larkin). The kid is called Peter, by the [...]
The House on Maple Avenue–Fun Home at Portland Center Stage
The house on Maple Avenue is a brilliantly restored Victorian, beautiful, perfect inside and out. It’s on the local historic tours. Alison Bechdel’s (Allison Mickelson) father Bruce [...]
26 Miles at Profile Theatre
When 15-year-old Olivia (Alex Ramirez de Cruz) storms out on her father Aaron (Chris Harder) and his wife Deborah, the only person she can turn to is her mother, Beatriz (Julana Torres). The two [...]
Miller revival is worth The Price
During the first act of Artists Repertory Theatre’s astute revival of The Price by Arthur Miller, the audience is led to believe that we may get a break from the usual Miller world of [...]
Palm Springs comes to Portland
There’s nothing quite like watching a play that is so good and true and real that one squirms in one’s seat.Yes, that would be me, as Other Desert Cities dredged up memories of one [...]