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 Bag&Baggage Productions has announced their 2023-2024 season, the first under new Artistic Director Nik Whitcomb.

Bag&Baggage now begins a new exciting chapter, ushered in by the appointment of their new Artistic Director Nik Whitcomb.

Bag&Baggage Productions, Hillsboro’s resident professional theatre company, continues their work of interrogating Sheakespeare’s lasting impact with their upcoming production of The Last White Man by Bill Cain, Directed by B&B Founding Artistic Director Scott Palmer in his first return to The Vault stage since 2019.

Company of Fools, the professional theatre arm of Sun Valley Museum of Art, announced today the cancellation of all programming for its 25th Anniversary Season due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic health precautions, actor safety concerns and community feedback. The Fools will plan to reopen in 2021 with a full offering of live performance experiences.

Just because theatres are closed doesn't mean we can't have theatre! Here are some fun initiatives from Portland's awesome theatre artists.

In the midst of current theatre closures and social distancing efforts, Bag&Baggage Productions, Hillsboro's resident professional theatre, is looking to the future. While B&B's typical theatre season begins in the summer months, the company's plans for the 2020/21 Season are shifting in response to the current state of the world, with the new season slated to open in September of 2020.

Following a record number of nominations and votes, winners have been announced for the 2019 BroadwayWorld Portland Awards, brought to you by TodayTix!! The nominees were set, audiences voted, and now we get to recognize local theatres and performers for their outstanding achievement!

There's just one final week to submit votes for the 2019 BroadwayWorld Portland Awards, brought to you by TodayTix! Vote today to make sure your favorite local theatre's achievements and performers are recognized!

We're heading into the final week of voting for the 2019 BroadwayWorld Portland Awards, brought to you by TodayTix! Vote today to make sure your favorite local theatre's achievements and performers are recognized!

There's just two weeks left to vote for the 2019 BroadwayWorld Portland Awards, brought to you by TodayTix! The people have spoken nominations are set, and now you can vote to make sure your favorite local theatre's achievements and performers are recognized!

There's just a few weeks left to make your voice heard and submit your votes for the 2019 BroadwayWorld Portland Awards, brought to you by TodayTix! The people have spoken nominations are set, and now you can vote to make sure your favorite local theatre's achievements and performers are recognized!

It's December! Voting is now underway for the 2019 BroadwayWorld Portland Awards, brought to you by TodayTix! Now you can vote to make sure your favorite local theatres and performers are recognized. Check out the first set of stats below.

Voting is NOW OPEN and the first votes are in for the 2019 BroadwayWorld Portland Awards, brought to you by TodayTix! The nominees are set, and now you can vote to make sure your favorite local theatres and performers are recognized!

Company of Fools (COF) is delighted to announce its first-ever a?oesensory-friendlya?? theatre performancea?"an a?oeinvited dress rehearsala?? of the charming holiday show Miss Bennet: Christmas At Pemberley. The Monday, Dec. 9, performance is specially designed to accommodate audiences with autism spectrum disorders or sensitivity issues. The performance will take place at 7:30 p.m. at the Liberty Theatre in Hailey.

This holiday season, Company of Fools (COF) continues the a?oeWelcome to the Familya?? theme of its 24th season with a production of Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley a?" a charming a?oeimagined sequela?? to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice that focuses attention on the bookish, dutiful middle Bennet sister, Mary, and picks up the action two years after the novel's end. The play, co-written by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon, is directed by COF Producing Artistic Director Scott Palmer and will run Dec. 11a?"29 at the Liberty Theatre in Hailey. 

Company of Fools' (COF) 24th theatre season continues this fall with Cry It Out a?" Molly Smith Metzler's powerful, uplifting and moving play about the realities of motherhood in the 21st century. COF's 24th season focuses on familya?"the family that we choose, the family we are born into, the family that we make and, in the case of Cry It Out, the family that we find.

As part of its longstanding commitment to theatre education, Company of Fools (COF) is proud to offer a series of three-day acting INTENSIVES, two of which will be led by Scott Palmer, the company's new Producing Artistic Director. The workshops feature a range of skill-building opportunities for theatre artists and performers. 

Company of Fools (COF) has made two major announcements honoring former Artistic Director John Coleman Glenn. Glenn, who moved to Hailey, Idaho, in 2000, oversaw 21 seasons and more than 150 productions at the Liberty Theatre during his tenure. Glenn passed away June 9, 2017, at age 55.

Company of Fools (COF) is proud to announce that it is the first theater in Idaho to join the ranks of the country's most prestigious supporters of new theatrical work - the National New Play Network (NNPN). COF joins American Shakespeare Center, Florida Repertory Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Native Voices at the Autry, San Francisco Playhouse, Skylight Theatre Company, South Coast Repertory, The Public Theater and another 50 or so internationally recognized theatres across the United States as one of NNPN's associate members. Membership in NNPN will help COF expand its longstanding commitment to supporting new plays and commissioning new theatrical work.

Company of Fools (COF) will kick off its 24th theatre season with a production of Crimes of the Heart - the 1981 Tony Award nominee for best play and Pulitzer Prize-winner for Drama. Written by celebrated playwright Beth Henley and directed by Scott Palmer, the production will run June 26-July 13 at the Liberty Theatre in Hailey.