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Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Alice in Jazzland: Northwest Children's Theater's jazzy take on the Lewis Carroll classic returns by Brett Campbell

Ezra Weiss & Sarah Jane Hardy's popular 'Alice in Wonderland: a Jazz Musical' makes its first appearance at The Judy.

SOURCE: Oregon ArtsWatch at 08:28PM[SHARE]

Sunday, March 15, 2026

Experience Theatre Project immerses audiences in stories by Brett Campbell

Recently moved into a new warehouse space in Aloha, the company mounts "Flanagan's Wake," a new production that thrusts viewers into a comical Irish wake.

SOURCE: Oregon ArtsWatch at 09:19AM[SHARE]

Sunday, March 8, 2026

April Aasheim: telling stories on pages and stages by Brett Campbell

The prolific Hillsboro novelist finds new success in original plays at HART Theatre.

SOURCE: Oregon ArtsWatch at 11:01AM[SHARE]

Friday, December 5, 2025

Northwest Theatre Workshop's Creative Evolution by Brett Campbell

As its founding leader steps down after a decade, the Portland theatrical innovator celebrates its play development model with a two-play showcase this weekend and next " and a coming new mo…

SOURCE: Oregon ArtsWatch at 06:39PM[SHARE]

Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Salem's Theatre 33 finds a bigger stage by Brett Campbell

The Willamette University-based theater development program expands its offerings, and brings them to Portland this weekend.

SOURCE: Oregon ArtsWatch at 01:34PM[SHARE]

Friday, May 9, 2025

Believe the HYPE: Bag&Baggage's new youth performance group exemplifies a company that looks to theater's future by Brett Campbell

Believe the HYPE: Bag&Baggage's new youth performance group exemplifies a company that looks to theater's future Brett CampbellThe Hillsboro Youth Performance Ensemble offers youth hands…

SOURCE: Oregon ArtsWatch at 06:18PM[SHARE]

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Fertile Ground: Homegrown plays, west of the hills by Brett Campbell

Fertile Ground: Homegrown plays, west of the hills Brett CampbellThis year's greater Portland festival of new works inspires creation of original theater pieces in Beaverton, Hillsboro and b…

SOURCE: Oregon ArtsWatch at 01:32PM[SHARE]

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Spark Plug: Taking risks, building trust by Brett Campbell

Spark Plug: Taking risks, building trust Brett CampbellLoading its sets in and out of a coffee shop via U-Haul with each performance, the intimate theater company brings new and homegrown th…

SOURCE: Oregon ArtsWatch at 11:44AM[SHARE]

Thursday, April 3, 2025

High times, low comedy: Theatre in the Grove's 'Reefer Madness: The Musical' spoofs drug war hysteria by Brett Campbell

High times, low comedy: Theatre in the Grove's 'Reefer Madness: The Musical' spoofs drug war hysteria Brett CampbellCampy modern musical adaptation of the notorious 1936 film brings illegal …

SOURCE: Oregon ArtsWatch at 09:12PM[SHARE]

Saturday, March 8, 2025

Unexpected connections, onstage and off by Brett Campbell

Unexpected connections, onstage and off Brett CampbellBringing authenticity to neurodiversity: PHAME Academy and Artists Rep collaborate on Diana Burbano's "Sapience," a play that deals in p…

SOURCE: Oregon ArtsWatch at 11:00AM[SHARE]

Friday, February 28, 2025

Shakespeare, minimalist and feminist by Brett Campbell

Shakespeare, minimalist and feminist Brett CampbellBag&Baggage Productions' snappy "Beginnings & Endings" presents a stripped-down "Richard III" and a modern look at the Bard's women.

SOURCE: Oregon ArtsWatch at 07:25PM[SHARE]

Wednesday, December 18, 2024

'Hard Boiled Eggnog': Who offed Santa? by Brett Campbell

'Hard Boiled Eggnog': Who offed Santa? Brett CampbellNoel meets Noir in Bag & Baggage's new family friendly holiday play.

SOURCE: Oregon ArtsWatch at 08:39PM[SHARE]

Saturday, September 21, 2024

Harrison Butler leads HART Theatre back from the brink " and into the future by Brett Campbell

Harrison Butler leads HART Theatre back from the brink " and into the future Brett CampbellThe Hillsboro theater's dynamic artistic director brings an inclusive vision that embraces new work…

SOURCE: Oregon ArtsWatch at 12:45PM[SHARE]

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

A new stage for telling Native stories by Brett Campbell

A new stage for telling Native stories Brett CampbellDirector Jeanette Harrison's new Native Theater Project, in an innovative partnership with Hillsboro's Bag & Baggage Productions, de…

SOURCE: Oregon ArtsWatch at 07:10PM[SHARE]

Tuesday, July 23, 2024

New plays from an old place: Northwest Theatre Workshop's 'Fragments' by Brett Campbell

New plays from an old place: Northwest Theatre Workshop's 'Fragments' Brett CampbellA rural Oregon grocery store-cum-creative hub provides a source of freshly devised plays " and a showcase …

SOURCE: Oregon ArtsWatch at 01:32PM[SHARE]

Friday, June 28, 2024

Light Opera of Portland's 'Iolanthe' throws Gilbert & Sullivan for a LOoP by Brett Campbell

Light Opera of Portland's 'Iolanthe' throws Gilbert & Sullivan for a LOoP Brett CampbellThe company brings its comic operettas to downtown Portland and Hillsboro.

SOURCE: Oregon ArtsWatch at 04:08AM[SHARE]

Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Theatre 33's Intoxicating Vision by Brett Campbell

Theatre 33's Intoxicating VisionÂ Â Brett CampbellAs it begins its second decade, the Salem company based at Willamette University is creating new opportunities for Oregon dramatists

SOURCE: Oregon ArtsWatch at 10:43AM[SHARE]

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