PORTLAND THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 55

The Hult Center for the Performing Arts is seeking submissions for the first (and hopefully last) Stay Home Talent Show and are encouraging all performers including musicians, actors, singers, dancers, comedians and more to submit a video no longer than 3-minutes for consideration.

Oregon Shakespeare Festival has released the following statement on their website regarding the upcoming season:

Due to COVID-19 CoHo will hold no gatherings for the foreseeable future.

Artslandia launches campaigns across all platforms offering arts-centered content to elevate artistry, lift spirits, and promote connection.

Corrib Theatre cancels the Northwest Premiere of Kissing the Witch, directed by Lava Alapai, and written by Emma Donoghue, an award-winner Irish writer.

Passinart: A Theatre Company announces the cancellation of Seven Guitars by August Wilson at the Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center.

Portland Opera has announced that it is cancelling all performances of Vivaldi's Bajazet at the Newmark Theatre, scheduled from March 20 - 28th.

In keeping with Oregon's temporary public health restrictions on public gatherings, Portland Center Stage at The Armory will cancel or reschedule all performances and large community events through Apr.

Hult Center for the Performing Arts has released a statement regarding the cancellation of upcoming performances: 

Due to unforeseen circumstances and travel disruptions, two upcoming performances in the Just Kidding series at Symphony Space have been postponed:

StageWorks Ink's starts it's 7th Season off at CLINTON STREET THEATRE with a live stage adaptation of Popeye beginning April 10th 2020.

Heather Raffo's critically acclaimed, 9 Parts of Desire, will open this month at Portland Center Stage at The Armory, starring Nora el Samahy.

Portland Center Stage at The Armory announced its 2020-2021 ten-show season, featuring music, humor, Tony Award-winning classics, and a Northwest Stories commissioned world premiere from nationally renowned playwright Lauren Yee.

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival today announced Branden Jacobs-Jenkins as the 37th and final commissioned artist as part of American Revolutions: the United States History Cycle, OSF's multi-decade program for developing new plays about moments of change in United States history.

On April 8th, 2020 Join Portland Theatre veterans Norman Wilson and Courtney Freed for a glittering musical exploration of love, laughter and everything in between.

Broadway in Portland has announced its 2020/21 Season with a schedule full of classics, brand-new productions, and hit musicals direct from Broadway.

The Tony award-winning play based on the 2003 best-selling novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time will open at Portland Center Stage at The Armory this March.

Oregon Children's Theatre (OCT), Oregon's largest non-profit professional theater for young audiences, has added two evening performances and panel discussions to its run of The Journal of Ben Uchida: Citizen 13559, now playing at the Winningstad Theatre.

On the eve of her twenty-fifth birthday, Catherine (Linnaea Rusaw), a troubled young woman, has spent years caring for her brilliant but unstable father (Tim Jaeger), a famous mathematician.

Portland Stage transforms into a blooming garden for its Mainstage comedy that challenges audiences to look beyond our differences and find our common decency: Native Gardens by Karen Zacarías.

Oregon Children's Theatre (OCT), Oregon's largest non-profit professional theater for young audiences, announces the appointment of Marcella (Marci) Crowson as its Artistic Director effective immediately.