335 stories from Oregon ArtsWatch
The extravaganza received help from the Siletz Tribe and Oregon Coast Aquarium. "The county is all-in on this production," says director Morgan Locklear.
Review: Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Third Rail Rep's pitch-perfect revival of its inaugural show sheds light on the events of 2025.
Ashland to host its first-ever Sarcasm Festival Dec. 5"7 as a host of comedians converge on Shakespeare territory and aim for audiences' funny bones.
The theme of the community theater's next season is "America the Beautiful?" And, yes, the question mark is intentional.
Review: The world premiere at 21ten Theatre of Sue Mach's play filling in the 16-year gap in Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale" uses fantasy and whimsy to explore real-life woes.
As it enters its 20th season, the company brings back its very first show, Craig Wright's "Recent Tragic Events," for another go-around with original director Scott Yarbrough.
Former festival producers are spreading their roots and wings this month with new and revised productions. Plus: Season openers from Third Rail Rep and Corrib Theatre.
As the Portland actress approaches the final week in the title role of Profile Theatre's hit show, she looks back on the highs and lows of her creative career and her return to the stage fro…
The Ashland festival announces key cast members for next year's 10-play season; tickets go on sale for members in November and for the general public Dec. 2.
Podcast host Dmae Lo Roberts talks with playwright Sue Mach and director Gemma Whelan about Mach's play that creatively fills in the gaps in Shakespeare's "Winter's Tale."
In a musical split between town and country, star Miki Abraham declares: "Getting to play a strong Southern woman pays homage to all the matriarchy in my life."
Review: Like an irresistible layer cake, Profile Theatre's staging of Jen Silverman's devilishly humorous "Witch" is a rich and tasty experience.
Review: In Ashland, Samuel Beckett's classic delivers humor, humanity and introspection, leaving audiences deeply moved.
Oregon's theaters are offering a host of innovative entertainment in the coming weeks. Plus, continuing shows, a peek at early November offerings, and theater news.
Review: With delightful music and motion, Light Opera of Portland's production of Gilbert and Sullivan's tragicomedy is a perfect October treat.
In Imago Theatre's production of Noël Coward's 1933 play, a three-way affair is cause for comedy as well as angst for its characters.
"Parcel From America," based on a story Tomáseen Foley told in Ashland in 1998, is green-lighted for a musical production in New York
The Yamhill County theater takes on the challenge of Edward Albee's great and gritty American drama, and photographer Dee Moore follows the process from beginning of rehearsal to final previ…
The playwright and novelist's tale, riffing off a Jacobean tragicomedy about community and outcasts, takes "risks with humor, and what can be funny" at Profile Theatre.
Review: Portland Center Stage kicks off its season with Eboni Booth's 2024 Pulitzer winner, featuring Larry Owens of "Abbott Elementary" as a surprising and complex hero.
Keiko Green's contemporary Shakespearean riff of a play, set in a college dorm, keeps the mood mostly light in Artists Rep's entertaining season-opener.
Mikki Gillette's first musical premieres at Fuse Theatre Ensemble, while Shaking the Tree Theatre stages a dancing rebellion. Plus the Stage Fright Festival, other opening shows, continuing …
Portland Playhouse's not-to-be-missed production of Dominique Morisseau's brilliant "Paradise Blue" sets a private drama against the larger cultural crisis of a thriving Black community on t…
The juggling and acrobatic stars of the California-based touring circus troupe bring their physical marvels to Vancouver, Wash., for seven shows Oct. 2-5.
In William Thomas Berk's new play "Anno Machina: An Apocalyptic Elegy," a surviving Human Service Unit is left to find its own emotions and meaning in life.
