Samsara
1/23 - 2/9/2025
Samsara, a play by Lauren Yee, explores the complexities of modern-day colonialism through the story of suburban couple Katie and Craig, who hire surrogate mother ...
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Past Shows
awe/struck.
11/9 - 11/19/2023
A World Premiere play from a witer of "Jane the Virgin," and "Insecure." To save his daughter from the violence of their home country, Julio ...
awe/struck.
11/9 - 11/19/2023
A World Premiere play from a witer of "Jane the Virgin," and "Insecure." To save his daughter from the violence of their home country, Julio ...
awe/struck.
11/9 - 11/19/2023
A World Premiere play from a witer of "Jane the Virgin," and "Insecure." To save his daughter from the violence of their home country, Julio ...
awe/struck.
11/9 - 11/19/2023
A World Premiere play from a witer of "Jane the Virgin," and "Insecure." To save his daughter from the violence of their home country, Julio ...
awe/struck.
11/9 - 11/19/2023
A World Premiere play from a witer of "Jane the Virgin," and "Insecure." To save his daughter from the violence of their home country, Julio ...
awe/struck.
11/9 - 11/19/2023
A World Premiere play from a witer of "Jane the Virgin," and "Insecure." To save his daughter from the violence of their home country, Julio ...
awe/struck.
11/9 - 11/19/2023
A World Premiere play from a witer of "Jane the Virgin," and "Insecure." To save his daughter from the violence of their home country, Julio ...
awe/struck.
11/9 - 11/19/2023
A World Premiere play from a witer of "Jane the Virgin," and "Insecure." To save his daughter from the violence of their home country, Julio ...
awe/struck.
11/9 - 11/19/2023
A World Premiere play from a witer of "Jane the Virgin," and "Insecure." To save his daughter from the violence of their home country, Julio ...
Playwright Convening
5/5 - 5/7/2023
The Playwright Convening brings together Profile’s Featured Playwrights in residence in Portland April 28-May 8, 2023. While in town, they will work with local actors ...
Welcome to Arroyo's
2/9 - 2/26/2023
Kristoffer Diaz Grand Rapids Community College...
THE ELABORATE ENTRANCE OF CHAD DEITY
10/5 - 10/23/2022
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Diety by Kristoffer Diaz Directed by Josh Hecht October 5-23 (Affinity Nights: Pride Night – Oct 7; Soul Night ...
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
10/4 - 10/23/2022
In the wild world of professional wrestling, bruh, there are rules to follow and sacrifices to make! But how far will you go, and what ...
Appropriate
5/5 - 5/22/2022
Every estranged member of the Lafayette family has descended upon their late fathers plantation estate to settle his accounts. As his three adult children sort ...
Gloria
1/13 - 1/30/2022
This funny, trenchant, and powerful play follows an ambitious group of editorial assistants at a notorious Manhattan magazine, each of whom hopes for a starry ...
Hot 'N' Throbbing
11/4 - 6/20/2021
On November 4, Profile Theatre will release the second audio play in their 2020-2021 season. Paula Vogels Hot N Throbbing is the story of a ...
Las Meninas
12/2 - 1/5/2021
On December 2, Profile Theatre will release the third and final audio play of their Fall 2020 season. Set in the court of Louis XIV, ...
Mlima's Tale (Audio Play)
10/7 - 11/4/2020
What deals will we make to get what we most desire? Meet Mlima, last of the big-tusker elephants in Kenya, trapped by the underground international ...
Mlima's Tale
10/7 - 11/3/2020
Mlima is a magnificent elephant trapped by the underground international ivory market. As he follows a trail littered by a history of greed, Mlima takes ...
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
5/28 - 6/21/2020
Lynn Nottage Profile Theatre...
Sweat
1/16 - 2/2/2020
Commissioned by Oregon Shakespeare Festival and winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize. In the industrial town of Reading, Pennsylvania, a group of friends spend their ...
Ruined
12/5 - 12/8/2019
In war-torn Congo, Mama Nadi keeps the peace between customers on both sides of the civil war by serving everything from cold beers to warm ...
Ruined & Mother Courage (Concert Stagings)
12/4 - 12/8/2019
Profile Theatre presents concert stagings of RUINED, Lynn Nottages Pulitzer Prize-winning play alongside Brechts modernist classic that inspired it. The same cast of 11 powerhouse ...
Baltimore Waltz
10/16 - 11/3/2019
Baltimore Waltz by Paula Vogel won an Obie for Best New Play in 1991. When Anna, an unmarried school-teacher in the prime of life, is ...
The Baltimore Waltz
10/17 - 11/3/2019
Paula Vogel Profile Theatre...
Let Me Down Easy
5/16 - 6/16/2019
Anna Deveare Smith's emotional powerhouse of a play that investigates human resiliency, healthcare and a tendency in American culture to shy away from mortality. Smith ...
Well
5/9 - 6/15/2019
Portland Playhouse: Lisa Kron; dir: Josh Hecht....
Ping Chong + Company Commission
2/8 - 2/15/2019
Morrision Stage: dir: Sarah Zatz....
(Un)Conditional
2/8 - 1/17/2019
(Un)Conditional features real stories told by the people who live them about living with a chronic condition or caring for someone who does. The stories, ...
In the Wake
11/29 - 12/16/2018
In the Wake (2010) by Lisa Kron It’s Thanksgiving of 2000 and the presidential election still has not been decided. Ellen insists that her friends ...
In the Wake
11/28 - 12/16/2018
Lisa Kron....
Come meet the theatre artist who Ben Brantley called "the best stand-up memoirist of the American theater". Featured playwright Lisa Kron is traveling to Portland ...
Fires in the Mirror
10/12 - 10/21/2018
Anna Deavere Smith; dir: J. Nicole Brooks....
The Secretaries
6/14 - 7/1/2018
Alder Stage: Maureen Angelos, Babs Davy, Dominique Dibbell, Peg Healey, Lisa Kron....
2.5 Minute Ride
1/25 - 2/11/2018
Lisa Kron. Alder Stage:...
26 Miles
6/15 - 7/2/2017
Eight years after a Cuban mother loses custody of her Jewish daughter, she is given a second chance. At 4:30 in the morning, she kidnaps ...
Elliot; A Soldier's Fugue
2/2 - 2/19/2017
Quiaria Alegría Hudes. Morrison Stage:...
Bright Half Life
10/27 - 11/13/2016
A moving love story that spans decades in an instant—from marriage, children, skydiving, and the infinite moments that make a life together....
Bright Half Life
10/27 - 11/13/2016
A moving love story that spans decades in an instant—from marriage, children, skydiving, and the infinite moments that make a life together....
Antigone Project
9/7 - 9/11/2016
Tanya Barfield, Karen Hartman, Chiori Miyagawa, Lynn Nottage, Caridad Svich....
Antigone Project
9/7 - 9/11/2016
Tanya Barfield, Karen Hartman, Chiori Miyagawa, Lynn Nottage, Caridad Svich....
TBD
6/6 - 6/7/2016
Capitol Theatre: -...
Blue Door
4/7 - 4/24/2016
Tanya Barfield; dir: Bobby Bermea....
Of Equal Measure
3/14 - 3/15/2016
Tanya Barfield....
The Call
2/4 - 2/21/2016
Tanya Barfield; dir: Jennifer Nelson....
Orlando
11/5 - 11/22/2015
Sarah Ruhl....
The Oldest Boy
10/5 - 10/6/2015
Sarah Ruhl....
Fall Festival: Passion Play
9/10 - 9/13/2015
Sarah Ruhl....
The Lady Onstage
7/13 - 7/14/2015
Erin Bregman....
In the Next Room, or The Vibrator Play
6/11 - 6/28/2015
At the dawn of the electrical age, a new medical device is developed to pacify "hysterical" women, but it produces a shockingly different result. This ...
The Revolutionists
5/4 - 5/5/2015
Four beautiful, badass women lose their heads in this irreverent, girl-powered comedy set during the French Revolution. At the height of the Reign of Terror, ...
Three Sisters
3/2 - 3/3/2015
Discover the humor and heartbreak of one of the world’s greatest plays by Anton Chekhov, revealed through the lyricism of one of the leading voices ...
Dead Man's Cellphone
1/29 - 2/15/2015
Sarah Ruhl; dir: Adriana Baer....
Morrison Stage:
9/3 - 9/8/2014
Sam Shepard Festival Sam Shepard....
Eyes for Consuela
1/15 - 2/2/2014
Morrison Stage: Sam Shepard; dir: Mikhael Tara Garver....
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The Maltese Falcon
Lakewood Theatre Company (1/3 - 2/9) NEW PLAY
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Hairspray
Stumptown Stages (1/17 - 2/9) | |
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Tootsie
Stumptown Stages (3/21 - 4/13) NEW MUSICAL | |
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Grupo Arga Detectives Privados
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Kimberly Akimbo
Keller Auditorium (1/14 - 1/19) | |
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The Book of Mormon (Non-Equity)
Keller Auditorium (5/27 - 6/1) | |
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Fiction
Mask & Mirror Community Theatre (1/17 - 2/8) | |
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MJ
Hult Center (7/22 - 7/27) | |
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Life of Pi
Keller Auditorium (4/8 - 4/13) | |
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Hamilton (Philip Company)
Keller Auditorium (3/4 - 3/23) | |
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