REMME'S RUN and More Set for CoHo Productions' 2015-2016 Season
By: BWW News Desk Mar. 19, 2015
CoHo Productions is proud to announce our 20th Season for 2015/16: Remme's Run co-produced with Wayne Harrell and Jerry Green, The Yellow Wallpaper co-produced with Grace Carter and Sue Mach, and The Few co-produced with Brandon Woolley and Val Landrum. These three shows were rigorously selected by CoHo's Artistic Council (Mead Hunter, Karin Magaldi, Chris Murray, Liane Hilling Shah, Laura Faye Smith, Stephen Weeks) and Producing Artistic Director Philip Cuomo for their bold artistic vision, original storytelling, and impressive production teams. This exciting season includes two world premieres by local playwrights Wayne Harrel and Sue Mach, and a new play by regional favorite and JAW playwright Samuel D. Hunter. A high-tech wild-west adventure, an immersive movement-rich literary adaptation, and a genius compact contemporary play are all in store for saavy Portland theatre audiences at CoHo Productions.
CoHo Theatre is located at 2257 NW Raleigh St., Portland, OR 97210. Call (503) 220 - 2646 for tickets and more information. Tickets: $65 Season Subscription; $55 Season Subscription Over 65/Under 30; $28 Single Show ticket; $17.50 Thrifty Thursday ticket. For more, go to www.cohoproductions.org.
Performance Dates & Times:
Remme's Run : Oct 16 - Nov 8, 2015
The Yellow Wallpaper : Jan 4 - Feb 7
The Few : March 14 - April 17, 2016
Performance Times: Thursday - Saturday at 7:30pm & Sunday at 2pm
OCTOBER 16 - NOVEMBER 8
CoHo Productions & Wayne Harrel present the world premiere of
Remme's Run
Written by Wayne Harrel
Directed by Jeremey Catterton
Technical Direction by Jerry Green
ABOUT THE PRODUCTION
A high-tech, wild west multi-media performance based on the true story of French-Canadian frontiersman Louis Remme who raced on horseback from Sacramento to Portland in six days to rescue his life's savings from a bank gone bust in 1855. Meanwhile, Remme's trailhand pals escort his faro-dealing lady love north by steamboat, making their own justice with wit, cunning and crooked cards. This anticipated world premiere is a daring, diverse and interactive adventure ride.
PRODUCTION HISTORY
CoHo Productions co-presents the full-length world premiere of Remme's Run after it's ambitious and well-received RACC-funded workshop production staged at Portland Playhouse in the 2014 Fertile Ground Festival. www.remmesrun.com
JANUARY 15 - FEBRUARY 7, 2016
CoHo Productions & Grace Carter and Sue Mach present the world premiere of
The Yellow Wallpaper
Conceived by Grace Carter
Written by Sue Mach
Adapted from the short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Featuring Grace Carter as Charlotte
ABOUT THE PRODUCTION
A new expressionistic performance adaptation of The Yellow Wallpaper by Sue Mach, from the American short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The story follows Charlotte, a woman confined to a single bedroom for three months in 1890 - a "rest cure" for her nervous depression. Isolated and under-stimulated, Charlotte turns to an interior world of imagination, obsessing on the room's ghastly wallpaper, until a trapped woman appears to her in the pattern. This multi-disciplinary installation descends to Charlotte's inner landscape, following her "mad" journey through constraint, to creativity, transformation and freedom.
PRODUCTION HISTORY
CoHo Productions co-presents the world premiere contemporary performance adaptation of a classic work from the collaborative duo of Sue Mach and Grace Carter, acclaimed theatre-artists continuing their creative work exploring women's mental health and systemic injustice.
MARCH 25 - APRIL 17, 2016
CoHo Productions & Brandon Woolley and Val Landrum present
The Few
Directed by Brandon Woolley
Featuring: Val Landrum as QZ
ABOUT THE PRODUCTION
It's 1999 and Y2K panic looms over a small town in northern Idaho where QZ struggles to keep a grassroots newspaper for long-haul truckers alive. When Bryan, the paper's founding publisher and QZ's ex-lover, returns after an unexplained four-year absence, he finds the paper full of personal ads from lonely truckers, his former partner full of rage and regret, and his double-wide trailer/office occupied by Matthew, a sensitive young misfit full of misplaced hero-worship. A compact, compassionate play from NW-native and MacArthur genius playwright Samuel D. Hunter about the struggle to keep hope alive, the search for human connection, and the barriers and detours on the way there.
PRODUCTION HISTORY
CoHo Productions co-presents Samuel D. Hunter's The Few, which was workshopped as part of Portland Center Stage's 2012 JAW festival. It since premiered in 2013 at The Old Globe in San Diego, followed by a NYC production in 2014 at Rattlesnake Playwright's Theatre.
ABOUT COHO PRODUCTIONS - For 20 years, CoHo Productions has pioneered artist led co-production as a model of creating theatre. Each season, CoHo solicits scripts and project proposals from Portland's community of theatre professionals and selects three to produce in partnership. The artistic vision is democratic, reflecting the tastes of the Portland theatre community from the ground up. Seasons are diverse and unpredictable; the sole quality nurtured and insisted on is excellence.
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