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GAMBATTE at Vanport Mosaic
Dmae talked with activist, choreographer and dancer Chisao Hata who debuts a performance piece called GAMBATTE: An American Legacy at the Vanport Mosaic Festival which currently has events throughout Portland and runs through June 5th. GAMBATTE, a Japanese phrase that … Read the rest
A Certain Age
Dmae talks with JoAnn Johnson and Jane Bement Geesman, two of Portland’s respected veteran actresses who are working together in Caryl Churchill’s Escaped Alone at Shaking The Tree Theatre directed by Samantha Van de Merwe. The two are joined onstage … Read the rest
Corrib & Vertigo
Dmae features two all-female theatre productions opening on the same weekend. We talk with actress Sara Hennessy in How to Keep an Alien at Corrib Theatre and director Jocelyn Seid of A Dark Sky Full of Stars at Theatre Vertigo. … Read the rest
Linda Austin & Ordinary Devotions
Dmae talks with award-winning veteran dance artist Linda Austin about her newest original show Ordinary Devotions running March 14-23 at Performance Works Northwest. Austin says this experimental dance work honors the particularities of her 65-year old body and its hunger … Read the rest
Hazardous Beauty
Dmae features Hazardous Beauty at Passin Art Theatre (running till Feb. 17th at the IFCC). She talks with playwright Bonnie Ratner and director Josie Seid about the play, the production and the intersections of race, class, aging, work, art and … Read the rest
Fuse Theatre 10th Anniversary
Dmae highlights Fuse Theatre Ensemble‘s 10th Anniversary original celebration works which are also part of the Fertile Ground Festival. She features Jane Comer and her piece I am an Actress and Rusty Newton Tennant, creator and director of … Read the rest