The Barrow Group Extends Scott Organ's DIVERSION Off-Broadway
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 1, 2025
The Barrow Group has extended the New York premiere of Diversion, a new play by Scott Organ. Directed by Seth Barrish, Diversion centers on a team of ICU nurses and is set against the backdrop of the opioid crisis.
TARTUFFE By Molière to be Presented at Portland State University
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 21, 2025
Deception, false piety, and hypocrisy are at the heart of Molière's scathing comedy, Tartuffe, translated from the original French into English by Richard Wilbur. Presented by Portland State University Theater Arts. Learn more!
Writers Theatre Adds Performances For THE BAND'S VISIT
by Stephi Wild - Feb 21, 2024
Writers Theatre has announced an additional week of performances to the run of The Band’s Visit, featuring music and lyrics by David Yazbek, book by Itamar Moses, and based on the screenplay by Eran Kolirin.
Photos: First Look At THE BAND'S VISIT At Writers Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 13, 2023
Writers Theatre, under the leadership of Executive Director Kathryn M. Lipuma and Artistic Director Braden Abraham, continues its 2023/24 Season with The Band’s Visit, featuring music and lyrics by David Yazbek, book by Itamar Moses, and based on the screenplay by Eran Kolirin. See photos from the production.
Orpheus|PDX Announces Works By Mozart And Nico Muhly Its Second Season
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 23, 2023
OrpheusPDX General and Artistic Director, Christopher Mattaliano, has officially announced the details of the 2023 season, the company's second. Performances of Mozart's masterwork The Royal Shepherd (Il Re Pastore) and Nico Muhly's compelling Dark Sisters will take place in Portland's 475-seat Lincoln Hall, where opera is experienced at its best—up close and personal.
Cast Announced for the Los Angeles Premiere of SANCTUARY CITY at Pasadena Playhouse
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 2, 2022
Pasadena Playhouse will present the Los Angeles premiere of Sanctuary City by Pulitzer Prize-winner Martyna Majok (Cost of Living). Performances are scheduled from September 14 through October 9. The production stars Ana Nicolle Chavez (Apple TV +’s Truth Be Told) as “G,” and Miles Fowler (HBO’sWinning Time) as “B.”
Cast and Creatives Announced for ANTIGONE at Redtwist Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 13, 2022
Redtwist Theatre has announced the cast and creative team for its next production, Antigone, adapted by Anne Carson and directed by Christine Freije, June 23 – July 31, at Redtwist Theatre, 1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave.
Creative Teams and Casts Announced For 2022 Oregon Shakespeare Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 2, 2022
The imminent start of the 2022 Oregon Shakespeare Festival season—Artistic Director Nataki Garrett’s first full season—marks a celebratory return to repertory producing. The 2022 lineup features eight on-stage plays and musicals, from classic Shakespeare to works by some of today’s most exciting playwrights.
Portland Opera Presents The U.S. Premiere Of WHEN THE SUN COMES OUT
by Stephi Wild - Dec 17, 2021
Portland Opera will begin 2022 with performances of the 2013 opera When the Sun Comes Out, composed by Leslie Uyeda with a libretto by the poet Rachel Rose. This piece, originally commissioned by the Vancouver Queer Arts Festival, is set in a place and time where gender expression is oppressed by the state and being gay is a death sentence. It is here that Solana finds her lost love Lilah, who is now a wife and mother.
Quintessence Theatre Group Readies First-Ever Three Show Repertory
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 4, 2020
Quintessence Theatre Group, Philadelphia's professional classic repertory theatre, closes out its 10th Anniversary season with its first-ever three show repertory. From March 25-May 17, 2020 the company is presenting the Dreams and Madness Repertory. Each of these three plays explores the danger of love, the difference between dreams and madness, and the destructive power of authority and government.
The Barrow Group Has Extended 17 MINUTES
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 13, 2020
In response to popular demand and critical acclaim, The Barrow Group, under the leadership of Co-Artistic Directors Seth Barrish and Lee Brock and Executive Director Robert Serrell, is proud to extend the world premiere of 17 Minutes to March 1, 2020. This spellbinding new play by Scott Organ, which opened on January 22, takes an intimate look at how gun violence reverberates across a community.