349 stories from Oregon ArtsWatch
As Portland's 2026 festival of new works kicks off, Jonathan Hernandez' "The Mask I Wear" and Stefan Feurherdt's "Tethered" get ready to unveil themselves to the world.
Theater review: E.M. Lewis's warm and profound new play is the culmination of her six-year residency with Artists Repertory Theatre.
The city's annual festival of new works, a co-production between Portland Center Stage and Portland Playhouse, and new shows from Carol Triffle and Samantha Van Der Merwe will quench our thi…
From beginnings in Talent to Mary Poppins on Broadway, Steffanie Leigh brings it all back home with a new cabaret and an Agatha Christie mystery in Ashland.
Absurdist extraordinaire Triffle's newest play at Imago flirts with Sontag's famous definitions of Camp, with zaniness and affection for her characters amid a world gone mad.
Theater review: Triangle Productions' "The Savannah Sipping Society" offers a sweet comedic escape.
Ezra Weiss & Sarah Jane Hardy's popular 'Alice in Wonderland: a Jazz Musical' makes its first appearance at The Judy.
In her new podcast, Dmae Lo Roberts talks with Sandra de Helen, Josie Seid, Alisha Christiansen, and Erin Rachel about their projects in the April 10-26 new works festival.
Spring shows include powerful and inspiring performances of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream,' 'Come From Away,' and 'A Raisin in the Sun.'
Lindsay Heather Pearce stars in Broadway touring show, which stages at Keller Auditorium, March 31-April 5.
Overmyer, the writer on prestige TV shows such as "Bosch" and "Treme" who died March 16, was also a gifted playwright who began his prolific career at Reed College.
Theater review: The Tigard musical theater company presents a beautiful but devastating look at isolation in adolescence and beyond.
Theater review: In Gracie Gardner's play about two teenage fencers, a desire to win duels with a desire to be friends.
Corrib, triangle and Twilight theaters are all cultivating comedies this spring. Plus: Fertile Ground and Hand2Mouth's New2You festivals are gearing up.
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.
The three-actor musical tale of a green-skinned boy emerging from his "outsider" shell soars with an intimate comic-book aura and a garbage-band vibe.
Merging theater and dance, "When We Slept in Trees" tells a tale of friends, grief, a pair of homes and a mischievous cat, with a Chorus that functions like an animated canvas.
Review: The solo show "Sojourner" from PassinArt calls for justice as it celebrates one of the great leaders of the abolitionist and feminist movements.
Review: Mikki Gillette's new play for Fuse Theatre Ensemble traces the beginnings of the trans rights movement.
Lakewood's "The Glass Menagerie," an American classic now more than 80 years old, is a good time, even if the cast can't agree on a regional accent.
With lots of songs and three actors playing dogs, Marv Ross's ruff-and-ready new musical comedy is out of the kennel and getting its premiere at The Armory.
The prolific Hillsboro novelist finds new success in original plays at HART Theatre.
Review: In Sam Holcroft's tense and shifting drama at Third Rail Rep, truth is elusive and seeps out furtively, poking beyond the sharp eyes of the state's official censor.
A trio of shows on the indoor Bowmer stage " "A Midsummer Night's Dream," "Come From Away," and "A Raisin in the Sun" " kick things off starting March 13.
Producers recreate memorable intimacy and emotion, and it shows at Keller Auditorium, March 10-15.
