Review: PRIMARY TRUST at Portland Center Stage
by Krista Garver - Oct 10, 2025
When I saw Portland Center Stage lineup for this season, the show I was most excited about was Eboni Booth’s PRIMARY TRUST. I’d heard nothing but good things about this play, which won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The plot is deceptively simple, but underneath flows a current of kindness, human connection, and the possibility of transformation – all themes that feel urgently necessary.
Photos: LAVENDER MEN Premieres At Micheaux Film Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 30, 2024
On Saturday, October 26, Lavender Men, a new film directed by Lovell Holder and written by Holder and Roger Q. Mason based on Mason’s critically acclaimed stage play, premiered at the Micheaux Film Festival in Los Angeles, CA at the Culver Theater. Learn how to purchase tickets.
LAVENDER MEN To Screen At Micheaux Film Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 27, 2024
Lavender Men, directed by Lovell Holder and written by Holder and Roger Q. Mason, will screen at the Micheaux Film Festival in Los Angeles. The film reimagines Abraham Lincoln's life through the eyes of a stage manager. Learn how to attend the screening.
LAVENDER MEN To Premiere At OutSouth Queer Film Festival In August
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 11, 2024
Lavender Men, a new film directed by Lovell Holder and written by Holder and Roger Q. Mason, based on Mason’s critically acclaimed stage play, will receive its World Premiere at the OutSouth Queer Film Festival in Durham, North Carolina, one of the largest queer film festivals in America.
21ten to Present UNCLE VANYA in May
by Blair Ingenthron - Apr 7, 2024
Uncle Vanya is directed by Chris Conner and translated by local translator Stepan S. Simek. It is the final production in 21ten's second season, following A Number in the winter of 2024.
BWW Review: NECESSARY SACRIFICES at Taproot Theatre
by Kelly Rogers Flynt - Sep 22, 2019
NECESSARY SACRIFICES at Taproot Theater is both necessary and a gift to audiences. In a time of great division, this show reaches deep into the psyche of our nation and reminds us how even those with great differences can work together. With compelling dialogue, witty and heartfelt performances, and the absence of distractions, NECESSARY SACRIFCIES wastes no time in showing us what it means to be guided by the better angels of our nature.
Photo Flash: Artists Repertory Theatre Presents EVERYBODY
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 30, 2018
Artists Repertory Theatre presents Everybody, by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, a Pulitzer Prize finalist for Drama. The production is co-directed by Jessica Wallenfels and Damaso Rodriguez, and is an inventive twist on a medieval morality play. Everybody runs from November 25 through December 30 on the Alder Stage.
Photo Flash: First Look at QUIETLY by Owen McCafferty from Corrib Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Apr 14, 2018
Corrib Theatre presents Owen McCafferty's Quietly, directed by Artistic Director Gemma Whelan, a play that grapples with the carnage, consequences and hope for healing following Ireland's decades-long, bloody conflict referred to as the Troubles. The production features Ted Rooney, Tim Blough and Murri Lazaroff-Babin and runs for four weeks, April 13 through May 6, at New Expressive Works.
STAGE TUBE: First Look - Trailer for Amanda Seyfried's GONE
by Caryn Robbins - Nov 18, 2011
GONE is coming to theaters nationwide on February 24, 2012 from Summit Entertainment. The action thriller was written by Allison Burnett and directed by Heitor Dhalia. The cast includes Amanda Seyfried, Sebastian Stan, Jennifer Carpenter and Wes Bentley