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Lakewood Theatre Company’s Lost Treasures Collection, a series of rarely performed musical gems, adds a midweek musical attraction, By George, It’s Laura, by Laura Ward Collins and Steven Gross.

The Hillsboro Artists' Regional Theatre (HART) selected Chari Smith's new rock musical Freedom to be a part of their Fertile Ground Festival of New Works lineup.

On May 5, over 10 Indigenous writers will be featured in readings across 21 companies in 11 cities, marking a significant event in Native American theater.

Portland Playhouse is not known for playing it safe, so it's fitting that their latest production centers on a woman, Anna Campbell, who built her entire legend on one audacious act.

Cappella Romana has announced that the Board of Directors has accepted the request of Founder and Music Director Alexander Lingas to move into a new role as Music Director Emeritus.

Geography of a Horse Dreamer by Sam Shepard wrestles with artistic value, exploitation, power, and control.

Gallery Theater will present BYE BYE BIRDIE on its Main Stage in March 2026.

THE NOTEBOOK will play Keller Auditorium in Portland from March 10–15, 2026.

In Kallan Dana’s RACECAR RACECAR RACECAR, now running at Artists Repertory Theatre, a father (Anthony Green Caloca) and his adult daughter (Jerilyn Armstrong) head off on a cross-country drive from New York to California to clean out a storage unit.

It took about 10 seconds for tears to well up in my eyes during the opening monologue of THE BODY'S MIDNIGHT.

How do we carry on when everything is falling apart? In YOU STUPID DARKNESS!, Sam Steiner's funny and touching dramedy now running at 21ten Theatre, four volunteers spend their Tuesday nights answering calls at Brightline, a listening service for people who need someone to tell them everything is go

 Fuse Theatre Ensemble will present Mikki Gillette's Riot Queens.

Portland State University's Theater Arts program will present the electrifying Tony Award-winning rock musical Spring Awakening, with book and lyrics by Steven Sater and an explosive score by Duncan Sheik.

Mt Hood Repertory Theatre has announced that THE LIFE OF GALILEO by Bertolt Brecht, adapted and directed by Patrick Walsh, will be presented at the Kendall Planetarium at OMSI during the first two weeks of March.

Experience Theatre Project will present FLANAGAN'S WAKE, a hilarious interactive Irish show that is part scripted, part improvised, opening Friday, March 6, 2026 at 18850 SW Alexander, in Aloha, Oregon.

Portland State University's Theater Arts program will present the electrifying Tony Award-winning rock musical Spring Awakening, with book and lyrics by Steven Sater and a score by Duncan Sheik.

BACK TO THE FUTURE: The Musical will arrive in Portland as part of the 2025-26 Broadway Season.

For years, I'd written off THE WIZ.

New photos have been released for It's Not All About Me: The Gert Boyle Story from Portland's Triangle Productions! The show runs from January 29 to February 14.

The Book of Mormon, a nine-time Tony Award-winning musical, will return to The Granada Theatre.

Lakewood Theatre Company will present Tennessee Williams' poignant drama THE GLASS MENAGERIE, starting February 27, 2026, at the Lakewood Center for the Arts in Lake Oswego.

I can't remember the last time I laughed so hard, or heard an entire packed audience laugh so hard.

There aren't many full-length one-person musicals, which makes IN CLAY particularly intriguing even before you discover how exquisite it is.

Native Performing Arts Network, which began as a pilot program called Native Theater Project, launched its first season of year-round programming and announced an expanded mission and new leadership team.

The North American Tour of Mrs.