Stage&Studio

Olga Kravtsova

Olga Kravtsova’s Harvest of Woman

Olga Kravtsova is a Russian-born movement director, performer, and interdisciplinary artist artist who lives in Portland. She is opening a new solo show called “Harvest of Woman” which she describes as a “raw excavation of women’s unseen labor, endurance, and survival.” … Read the rest

That’s No Lady-Remembering Walter Cole

Theater can be ephemeral with only the veteran artists holding memories alive of the history and the history makers. Donald Horn, the founder and managing artistic director of Triangle Productions (https://www.trianglepro.org/darcelle-thats-no-lady), brings back an encore production of “That’s … Read the rest

Chris Grace As Scarlett Johansson

When Scarlett Johansson took on an anime character role in a live action version of The Ghost In The Shell in 2016, Actor, writer and comedian got the spark to perform as Scarlett Johansson. Asian American groups instantly protested … Read the rest

Exploring Personal Diasporas

Dmae talks with Jane Vogel Mantiri (Indo writer/actor and founder of Advance Gender Equity) and Samson Syharath (theater artist and co-founder of Theatre Diaspora) about their journeys with cultural diaspora. Both are performing personal solo plays dramatizing their explorations into … Read the rest

Portland Playhouse’s “Notes From The Field”

"...these are heavy issues, but there's moments of light and hope. And joy.”

End of Year Review

As we close 2023, we reflect on the state of the arts in Oregon. This was a year in which many theater companies in Portland went back to a reduced season of plays or delayed their season openings. Dance, opera, … Read the rest