Gretchen Corbett

BWW Review: Wife, Mistress Reflect on the Past in THE BREATH OF LIFE at Portland Center Stage

David Hare's THE BREATH OF LIFE tells the story of a meeting between Frances Beale, the ex-wife of hotshot lawyer Martin, and Madeleine Palmer, Martin's ex-mistress. Now in their 60s, the women reflect on their past and the future to come.

Cast Change Announced For THE BREATHE OF LIFE At The Armory

Broadway actor Julia Brothers' will join Portland favorite Gretchen Corbett in David Hare's The Breath of Life, a two-woman play The Daily Telegraph called bitingly funny.

Photo Flash: Portland Center Stage Presents THE BREATH OF LIFE

Portland favorites Gretchen Corbett and Sharonlee McLean take the stage beginning May 4 to star in David Hare's The Breath of Life, a two-woman play The Daily Telegraph called "bitingly funny." When Francis Beale (McLean) decides she wants one last word with her ex-husband's ex-lover (Corbett), both women are forced to confront their past, their failed relationships, dashed ideals and the lens through which they choose to view their futures. Ken Rus Schmoll (readings in six of the last ten JAW Festivals at The Armory, productions at Playwrights Horizons and New York Theatre Workshop) will direct.

BREATH OF LIFE to Open at The Armory this May

Portland favorites Gretchen Corbett and Sharonlee McLean take the stage beginning May 4 to star in David Hare's The Breath of Life, a two-woman play The Daily Telegraph called "bitingly funny." When Francis Beale (McLean) decides she wants one last word with her ex-husband's ex-lover (Corbett), both women are forced to confront their past, their failed relationships, dashed ideals and the lens through which they choose to view their futures. Ken Rus Schmoll (readings in six of the last ten JAW Festivals at The Armory, productions at Playwrights Horizons and New York Theatre Workshop) will direct.

Will Eno's WAKEY, WAKEY Comes to Portland Playhouse

Portland Playhouse kicks off its 11th Season with Will Eno's Wakey, Wakey. Written during Eno's five year residency at New York's Signature Theatre Company, Wakey, Wakey asks What are we here for? Is time a friend or an enemy? Do we all eventually end up in the same place, but take different routes to get there? This funny, moving, and thought-provoking new play challenges the notion of what really matters and recognizes the importance of life's simple pleasures. (All of which might sound dreary, but there's a chance this will be a really good experience.)

2018-2019 Season Announced At The Armory!

Portland Center Stage at The Armory's 2018-2019 season will feature 11 productions along with a special 10th anniversary return engagement of Storm Large in Crazy Enough, a show that had its world premiere at The Armory in 2009 and became one of the company's biggest hits.

Van Quattro to Lead Amphibian Stage's SMART PRETTY FUNNY

Amphibian Stage Productions has announced the final cast member for its fourth main stage play of the 2016 season, Smart Pretty Funny by Kathleen Culebro. Starring Gretchen Corbett, Van Quattro, Vanessa DeSilvio, Ivan Jasso, and Anastasia Muñoz, the play will run Today, October 20 through Sunday, November 13 at the Berlene T. and Jarrell R. Milburn Theatre at Amphibian Stage Productions.

Van Quattro to Lead Amphibian Stage's SMART PRETTY FUNNY

Amphibian Stage Productions has announced the final cast member for its fourth main stage play of the 2016 season, Smart Pretty Funny by Kathleen Culebro. Starring Gretchen Corbett, Van Quattro, Vanessa DeSilvio, Ivan Jasso, and Anastasia Muñoz, the play will run Thursday, October 20 through Sunday, November 13 at the Berlene T. and Jarrell R. Milburn Theatre at Amphibian Stage Productions.

Greenbrier Valley Theatre's ON GOLDEN POND Begins Performances Today

Greenbrier Valley Theatre, the State Professional Theatre of West Virginia, presents Ernest Thompson's On Golden Pond, running today, June 17 & tomorrow June, 18, 23-24 and June 29-July 2 at 7:30 p.m. with a Pay-What-You-Can Preview Performance on June 16 at 7:30 p.m. and a matinee performance June 25 at 2:30 p.m.

Greenbrier Valley Theatre's ON GOLDEN POND Begins Today

Greenbrier Valley Theatre, the State Professional Theatre of West Virginia, presents Ernest Thompson's On Golden Pond. This touching drama runs June 17 & 18, 23-24 and June 29-July 2 at 7:30 p.m. with a Pay-What-You-Can Preview Performance today June 16 at 7:30 p.m. and a matinee performance June 25 at 2:30 p.m.

Greenbrier Valley Theatre to Present ON GOLDEN POND

Lewisburg, W.Va., June 8, 2016- Greenbrier Valley Theatre, the State Professional Theatre of West Virginia, presents Ernest Thompson's On Golden Pond. This touching drama runs June 17 & 18, 23-24 and June 29-July 2 at 7:30 p.m. with a Pay-What-You-Can Preview Performance on June 16 at 7:30 p.m. and a matinee performance June 25 at 2:30 p.m.

Amphibian Stage Productions to Present SMART PRETTY FUNNY, Casting Announced!

Amphibian Stage Productions has announced the cast and creative team for its fourth main stage play of the 2016 season, Smart Pretty Funny by Kathleen Culebro.  Starring Gretchen Corbett, Rene Moreno, Vanessa DeSilvio, Ivan Jasso, and Anastasia Muñoz, the play will run Thursday, October 20 through Sunday, November 13 at the Berlene T. and Jarrell R. Milburn Theatre at Amphibian Stage Productions.

Amphibian Sets Second Staged Reading of 2015

Amphibian Stage Productions presents the second installment of its newly-formatted staged reading series. This year the series will host three playwrights in residence and exclusively feature unpublished works. Not Medea is written by award-winning Austin playwright Allison Gregory and will be directed by Gretchen Corbett.

CoHo Presents MATCH.COM MONOLOGUES, 7/19 - 7/28

CoHo presents 'The Match.com Monologues,' 'Continuum' and more!

Portland Playhouse Presents ANGELS IN AMERICA: Millennium Approaches

For the holidays this season, Portland Playhouse brings audiences a transcendent, pivotal play that reaches into the human heart seeking to find a tether during a season rife with memory and in anticipation of change in the year to come.

Portland Playhouse Presents ANGELS IN AMERICA: Millennium Approaches

For the holidays this season, Portland Playhouse brings audiences a transcendent, pivotal play that reaches into the human heart seeking to find a tether during a season rife with memory and in anticipation of change in the year to come.

CoHo Presents THIS LIME TREE BOWER Opens 5/7

This Lime Tree Bower by Conor McPherson opens Friday! How many Irishmen does it take to create a vision of the Emerald Isle in Portland? In this case, just one, and we've got him three times over!

CoHo Presents THIS LIME TREE BOWER Opens 5/7

This Lime Tree Bower by Conor McPherson opens Friday! How many Irishmen does it take to create a vision of the Emerald Isle in Portland? In this case, just one, and we've got him three times over!

CoHo Productions Announces Its 2010 World Premiere Summer

CoHo Productions Announces Its 2010 World Premiere Summer.

Rubicon Theatre Presents Joanna McClelland Glass’ TRYING, 3/13-4/4

Rubicon Theatre Company continues its 2009-2010 Season with the Central Coast Premiere of a timely drama about a fascinating and enigmatic figure in American history. TRYING, which opens March 13 and runs through April 4th (with low-priced previews March 11 and 12), is a poignant, poetic and powerful story about a relationship between Francis Biddle, Attorney General under Roosevelt and Chief Judge at the Nuremburg trials; and Sarah, a tenacious 25-year-old woman from the Canadian plains, one of a string of secretaries Biddle's wife has hired to help him put his affairs in order at the end of his long an illustrious career. Biddle, 81, is in poor health, proud and cantankerous as he begins to confront his own mortality. Sarah, however, is also headstrong, and from her early life on the prairie has developed a strength and wisdom beyond her years. Despite the difference in ideologies and age, the two forge a friendship. The play is autobiographical in nature and is written by Joanna McClelland Glass, who worked for Biddle in the late 60s.