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Shows tagged as: theater

Wed, May 1 2013

Putting The Left Hand Of Darkness On Stage

Portland author Ursula K. Le Guin's groundbreaking 1969 science fiction novel is being staged by Hand2mouth Theatre and Portland Playhouse. 

Wed, Jan 30 2013

Bringing The Issue Of Homelessness To The Stage

Feral is a play highlighting the lives of hundreds of Portlanders who are experiencing homelessness.

Thu, Dec 6 2012

Red Door Project Prompts Dialogue About Race

The August Wilson Red Door Project is using August Wilson's plays to prompt dialogue about race in Portland.

Thu, Sep 27 2012

Culture Club

Our weekly conversation about some of the most talked about stories of the week.

Mon, Sep 10 2012

TBA: Andrew Dickson

Artist, advertiser, and occasional auctioneer, Andrew Dickson, performs live life coaching at this year's TBA Festival.

Thu, Jun 14 2012

Writing Myself

Portland filmmaker Brian Lindstrom's new documentary offers a window into a playwriting class at an alternative high school.

Fri, May 11 2012

A Carlin Home Companion

The daughter of the late comedy icon George Carlin is swinging through Portland. We'll talk to her about her one woman show about her relationship with her dad.  

Tue, Mar 20 2012

TAL's Mike Daisey Retraction

What does This American Life's retraction of its Mike Daisey hour tell us about journalism, theater, and our expectations of truth?

Thu, Jan 19 2012

Weekend Look-Ahead

It's time for the Weekend Look-Ahead. What are you planning on doing this weekend?

Tue, Nov 22 2011

The Portland Ballet

This weekend the Portland Ballet performs a world premiere of A Midsummer Night's Dream. We'll find out about the school, the show, and what these young people hope to get from a youth dedicated to ballet.

Fri, Oct 28 2011

The Class of Shakespeare

The new movie "Anonymous" is about to bring a long-standing debate about the authorship of Shakespeare's plays and sonnets to a popular audience. What are the class implications of the fight?

Fri, Jul 15 2011

JAW: A Playwrights Festival

What makes Portland's annual playwrights festival, JAW, worth experiencing?

Wed, Jun 22 2011

Shakespeare Festival Disrupted

What will a damaged theater mean for patrons of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival?

Fri, Apr 29 2011

Northwest Passages: Susan Mach

Playwright Susan Mach won an Oregon Book Award this week for her story about an 1874 kidnapping, The Lost Boy.

Fri, Jun 4 2010

The Bard in Oregon

Exploring the legacy of the Bard, as the Oregon Shakespeare Festival turns 75.

Thu, Mar 19 2009

Not At School

What plays and books are appropriate on school grounds?

Thu, Sep 11 2008

All In The Timing

What statement does time-based art make?

Wed, Jun 11 2008

Nine Iraqi Women

How do bring Iraqi lives live onstage?

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