An anti-social piece about friends, intuitive storytelling, comedy capers and more are being offered this summer by CoHo Productions in its first ever summer programming: Endless Summer.
Thursday's performances is the final chance for you to pay-what-you-can.
Every production has at least one performance in which ticket prices start at $5.
To celebrate Endless Summers' first year, CoHo Productions is also introducing the *Festival Ten Pass - the most exciting and cost effective way to participate in Endless Summer. This punch card equals ten tickets that can be used in whatever way you prefer, for example: You could use your ten passes to attend ten different performances or you and a theater buddy could attend five different performances or you and nine of your closest friends could attend one performance, you decide what works for you! The Festival Four Pass ($25) can be used in a similar manner.
Please be advised there are a limited number of festival passes available.
*This pass Does Not include admission to the Dog Sees God.
Below is the July calendar of events, please see CoHo Productions' website or stay tuned for August's calendar which includes the return of The 24s and so much more!:
Under The Table ( "...heroes of modern comedy" nytheater) presents the West Coast Tour of their show The Only Friends We Have - An Anti-Social Comedy come see dark physical comedy about three eccentric friends trying to wrestle the world into submission... featuring slapstick, rapid-fire word play and giant bedbug puppets.
July 9-11 10:30 pm Suggested Ticket Price $10
Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead
by
Bert V. RoyalCo-Produced and Directed by Brian Allard
Thru August 1; Thurs-Sun @ 7:30; Sun @ 2.
All Thursdays: Pay-What-You-Will. $10 Stu, Ed, 60+; Groups 8+, CoHo Subscribers;
$18 Adults
What would happen if you plucked the beloved, simple characters of the PEANUTS comic strip and rudely deposited them into a reality show exploiting the agony of modern adolescence? Good GRIEF! "Peanuts" meets "South Park" in this hilarious black comedy about the treacherous high school ordeals of all your favorite characters. As CB and his pals deal with death, sex, drugs, violence, homosexuality and their writhing teenage insecurities, the audience is treated to one last shockingly delightful, wickedly funny romp with the gang. Don't miss this LMAO send-up of PEANUTS - roasted!
This production has not been authorized or approved by United Features Syndicate or the estate of
Charles M. Schulz.
Warning!: This production contains adult language, content, and situations.
My Dog Died...
Hijinx Hilarity Happening Here
Tuesdays July 14-August 25@ 10pm; Suggested Ticket Price $10
featuring CoHo's own improvisation group - Daisy Chain! Come for the laughs leave to change your undies!- Because you wet them from laughing so hard! Guest groups featuring sketch and improv comedy stylings make each Tuesday night a veritable laugh riot!
Copperheads and Common Women
by Sandra de Helen; Suggested Ticket Price $10
Tuesdays July 20-July 22@ 7:30pm; Suggested Ticket Price $10
A one-woman show by Sandra de Helen will be performed by the playwright. This play brings to life a country woman and her eight year-old granddaughter in rural Missouri.
I Am My Own Wife
July 27-29 @ 7:30pm; No Charge
In cooperation with Northwest Academy, I Am My Own Wife, a 2003 play by
Doug Wright which won a Tony Award and a Pulitzer Prize. 18-year-old Jacob Storms, whose theatrical promise has earned him a scholarship to the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York revisits his senior project.
Tickets are available now!
For more information, visit www.cohoproductions.org or phone (503) 205-0715.
Coho Productions is a non-profit theatre company located just off NW 23rd Avenue in Portland, Oregon. Coho's mission is unique in that it co-produces with Portland area theatre artists. Each year Coho solicits submissions and selects three shows for its main season. Since 1995, Coho has produced or co-produced 32 plays, including five world premieres, and won 15 Drammy Awards for outstanding achievement in Portland theatre. Supporting new plays remains a major part of Coho's mission.
What's Next at CoHo:
CoHo's 2009/2010 Season of Big Hitters!
Hey, what's not to like? Vintage
Sam Shepard. Vintage Wm. Shakespeare. Vintage
Conor McPherson. Check out our season line up at cohoproductions.org and look for the brochure in your mailbox. Or download, print, and mail the 2009/2010 order form to CoHo Productions, 2257 NW Raleigh St. Portland, OR 97210.
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