Written by Dan Kitrosser and directed by Luan Schooler, this buoyant, crackling comedy follows Marsha Blovotnik, an angry Leftie Jewish Lesbian whose sister Janice shows up three minutes early to Shabbos dinner. Just before her sister arrives, a mysterious ancestor gives Marsha...
A world premiere play by Yussef El Guindi, directed by Melory Mirashrafi, Slay is a quick-witted dark comedy about the absurd nature of contemporary times and the complicated nature of pet ownership. Hossam, a recently fired arts journalist, and Rachel, an optometrist, discover...
Written and originally performed by Samuel Yakura, The Perfect Immigrant is a West Coast Premiere solo performance following Levi, a young Nigerian man pursuing a master's degree in Dublin, as he navigates migration, family expectations, racism, and the growing distance between...
Written by Brendan Healy, this warm, heartfelt comedy about mortality, survival, and joie de vivre follows Healy, who was diagnosed with a terminal illness as a baby and was expected to die by age 5, then 8, then 16, and beyond. He invites audiences to a memorial service like no...
NEWSIES is a big, joyful, high-energy dance spectacular at the theatre with a message about how to successfully stand up to corporate greed. Recommended for all.…
Andrea Parson's solo show turns a very personal search for love into a funny, engaging, and highly relatable journey, whether or not you’ve ever stood at the altar of your own expectations about finding the one.…
Three young women in Louisiana in 1943 whose lives are upended when a Life magazine reporter arrives to tell their story and is changed by it herself. Funny, warm, and quietly devastating, a tribute to female friendship and the search for self-worth.…
Part interactive, part clowning, part not-so-distant dystopian future imagining, Julia Bray’s new solo show LOBOTOMOMMY, performed as part of the 2026 CoHo Residency Program, is dark comedy at its sharpest.…
Directed by Rebecca Lingafelter, this production by Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble (PETE) tackles the slippery uncertainty of how much gets lost, or invented, in transmission.…
Storm Large is back, and her new cabaret memoir explores what makes a home. Like all of us, she's still working it out, and the show is as raw and funny as her voice is powerful.…
Profile Theatre's THE ROOMMATE is a dark comedy that surprises, moves, and lingers, with knockout performances by Gail Dartez and Eleanor O'Brien. One week left, don't miss it.…
Performances that draw you in from the first exchange and hold you, off-balance, until the lights go down. ARBUS & WEST at Triangle Productions a must see about how women see themselves and others. On stage now through June 20th.…
A jukebox musical based on the music of ABBA, MAMMA MIA! knows exactly what it is and makes absolutely no apologies for it. It’s fun!…
What did our critic think of KRISTINA WONG, #FOODBANKINFLUENCER at Portland Center Stage?…
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In this riveting performance, Smith unravels the myth of “the first reality TV star.” Rodney King tells the story of a flawed, good-hearted everyman - from his harsh entry into the national spotlight to a lonely death at the bottom of his swimming pool. Twenty-five years after...
The fairytale concoction of teen angst and devastating loss makes for a grisly good time in this crackling new “thrilledy” — a stew of dark comedy, family drama and fantastical carnage. It’s 1978 and young Chris is reeling from her mom’s illness and recent death. Throw in dad’s...
Is Joe Biden a loser? Is Kanye West a winner? What about microwave ovens, Goldman Sachs or Mexico? Old friends Marcus Youssef and James Long dissect a series of people, places and things in a seemingly harmless game called Winners and Losers. What starts out as a friendly...
In this tender and inquisitive new drama, a family grapples with the difference between a life lived and a life remembered as 85-year-old Marjorie struggles to keep hold of her memories and identity, gently assisted by an artificial version of her late husband, Walter. An...
Set during a time when the country is divided by conflicting ideologies and convictions following a contentious presidential election, Vogel’s sweeping, music-rich story plays out one frigid Christmas Eve on the banks of the Potomac River. Amid the hubbub of holiday...
“As soon as I finish speaking you will clap. Even those of you who were a bit bored will clap because it’s a comfortable way to signal an ending.” With these words, Deborah Pearson begins to tell the future in one sitting; starting with the end of the performance and finishing...
When the American Dream is dashed, try making a sandwich! A trio of disparate and desperate ‘sandwich artists’ find themselves abandoned by their fast-food franchise and left to their own devices in this utterly amusing and ridiculously believable story of making ends “meat and...
The star of this hilarious and heart-wrenching new comedy is Trevor, a 200-pound chimp intent on reviving his showbiz career. He worked with Morgan Fairchild, for crying out loud! He lives with his human “mom” — just a regular family, trying to get by in spite of neighbors who...
Morrison Stage: - Andrea Stolowitz; dir: Gemma Whelan.
Alder Stage: - Jeffrey Hatcher; dir: Damaso Rodriguez.
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