Five old friends enjoy the sunshine
Five old friends sit on a park bench enjoying the sunshine. Vera (JoAnn Johnson) wears fishnet stockings; Lillian (Jane Bement Geesman) sports sparkly wedges; Ursula (Elizabeth Elias Huffman) is [...]
Not your usual dinner theatre–The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart
We’re in a pub. A Scottish pub. Here’s your food. The bar is over there. Big, round tables. Gobs of jolly people. Fine, energizing, Scottish music provided by Katie Jane Lubiens and [...]
I and You–a small miracle of a play
When a tall, dark stranger, Anthony (Blake Stone) walks into Caroline’s (Emily Eisele) bedroom unannounced and uninvited, carrying a book and some kind of fried snack, she does what any [...]
The very essence of romance–The Importance of Being Earnest at Artists Repertory Theatre
One of the most brilliant, and certainly funniest, plays in the English language has invaded the stage at Artists Repertory Theatre! The Importance of Being Earnest, written by Oscar Wilde [...]
The Bronx comes to Portland
Heidi Schreck’s new play Grand Concourse enjoyed its West Coast premiere at Artists Repertory Theatre last Saturday. The title refers to an area formerly known as Grand at Concourse in the [...]
An unsuitable vengeance
I looked at the wedding band on my left hand, fourth finger, and began [writing Mothers and Sons]. I thought about the young man who had come to New York to be the gay man he knew he already was. [...]