Studio Series Announces Latest Production NOT ALWAYS HAPPY

Portland Stage Announces Not Always Happy by blogger/memoirist Kari Wagner-Peck and Directed by Bess Welden Nov. 8-12, 7pm, $18 (Pay-What-You-Can Nov. 8) in the Studio Theater at Portland Stage 25A Forest Avenue. For tickets and information visit portlandstage.org or call the box office Tue-Sun 12pm-6pm 207.774.0465. The production is generously supported by Michael Thorne and AskInside, LLC.

Portland Stage Affiliate Artist, Bess Welden and Portland-based blogger/memoirist Kari Wagner-Peck team up to bring you a live storytelling performance featuring a dozen funny, touching, and subversive true-life tales about finding and raising the mighty Thorin. Director Bess Welden says, "This collection of stories will take you on a journey into a family that is dealing with, and coping with, and loving a person with Down syndrome, and we think it is going to make you laugh, and probably change your mind about what you think of people with cognitive disabilities."

This past June, PortFringe featured two workshop readings of Not Always Happy, which won the festival's 2017 PortFringe Pulitzer Award. Audience members found the story accessible on many levels, "I related to these stories because they are universally about what it's like to be a parent," and "I felt like I was in her living room listening to an intimate story that touched and changed me..."

STUDIO SERIES

The Studio Series is an ongoing program consisting of performances hosted by Portland Stage featuring Affiliate Artists that are performed in the Studio Theater at Portland Stage. These performances range from readings of fledgling plays, more focused and rehearsed workshops, and even full productions.

Our Affiliate Artists present and participate in a diverse range of programs each season, dedicated to exploring new theatrical works, bringing the written word to the stage, and welcoming the community into the theater.

PORTLAND STAGE

Portland Stage is a hub of creative activity and energy that engages and contributes to the entire community. Located in the heart of the Arts District on Forest Avenue, Portland Stage is known for its professional Mainstage Theater Productions, its creation of vital Education Programs, both in-schools and in-house, and for cultivating new voices in theater through its New Work Programs that foster experimentation and artistic risk. Visit www.portlandstage.org to see all of our upcoming plays and events.

AFFILIATE ARTISTS

Portland Stage's Affiliate Artists are an artistic collective of local theater professionals who choose to devote themselves to this community. During each season, these actors, directors, and educators present and participate in a range of programs dedicated to exploring new theatrical works, bringing the written word to the stage, and welcoming the community into the theater.

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