Stage&Studio

Bonnie Ratner & her “Hobo Rules”

Bonnie Ratner is a playwright, an educator and a mainstay for Portland nonprofit theater groups. Ratner has consulted with and worked with many of the latter either creating a play or helping with advice on management, fundraising and board development. … Read the rest

Special Series: The -Ism Storytellers, Queer Elders

((L-R) Storytellers: Tim Seelig, choir director, Reid Vanderburgh, singer, Kathleen Saadat, poet/activist, Horatio Hung-Yan Law, visual artist and Host/Curator Sandra de Helen, writer.)

Stories bring people together in shared humanity. Personal stories can uplift, move and connect. In 2025, Dmae … Read the rest

Kristina Wong-food bank influencer

Kristina Wong, #foodbankinfluencer

Kristina Wong, actor, playwright and performance artist is a Doris Duke Artist Award winner, Guggenheim Fellow and the first Asian American woman to be named a Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Drama. She’s brought three of her solo shows to Portland. … Read the rest

Four Playwrights at Fertile Ground

Dmae Lo Roberts decided to focus on four female playwrights in the festival: Sandra de Helen, Josie Seid, Alisha Christiansen and Erin Rachel. 

Daniel H. Wilson, author

Dmae Lo Roberts talks with Wilson is a Cherokee citizen and Portland author of about several novels including the New York Times bestseller Robopocalypse, as well as many nonfiction books, and countless short stories and graphic novels.

A Timely Christmas Carol

Portland Playhouse has been bringing this classic play back a non-traditional thoroughly multiracial and often cross gender adaptation for the last three years which feels timely and relevant to today. Dmae Lo Roberts met with director Charles Grant and actor La'Tevin Alexander who portrays Scrooge.