Geography of a Horse Dreamer
Feb 13 – Mar 1, 2026
Geography of a Horse DreamerBy Sam ShepardMystery, Satire, Fantasy, Parody, Comedic, Horrific"Imago’s remounting rescues a thrilling thoroughbred of a work sadly stabled for far too...
Review: ANGRY, RAUCOUS, AND SHAMELESSLY GORGEOUS at Portland Playhouse
by Krista Garver - February 19, 2026
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. ...
Review: GEOGRAPHY OF A HORSE DREAMER at Imago Theatre
by Dawn Sellers - February 16, 2026
Geography of a Horse Dreamer by Sam Shepard wrestles with artistic value, exploitation, power, and control. You will never dream the same again. On stage at Imago Theatre through March 1, 2026...
Review: RACECAR RACECAR RACECAR at Artists Rep
by Krista Garver - February 12, 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....
Review: THE BODY'S MIDNIGHT at 100 Lives Repertory
by Krista Garver - February 11, 2026
It took about 10 seconds for tears to well up in my eyes during the opening monologue of THE BODY'S MIDNIGHT. They stayed there, occasionally spilling over, for the rest of Tira Palmquist's exquisite play. This show is just the second production by 100 Lives Repertory, but it firmly establishes them...
Review: YOU STUPID DARKNESS! at 21ten Theatre
by Krista Garver - February 11, 2026
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...
Review: THE WIZ at Keller Auditorium
by Krista Garver - February 04, 2026
For years, I'd written off THE WIZ. My only prior experience with the show had been a disappointing production that left me confused about why the original had swept the Tony Awards in 1975, winning Best Musical and Best Original Score among other honors. ...
Review: THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG at Portland Center Stage
by Krista Garver - January 29, 2026
I can't remember the last time I laughed so hard, or heard an entire packed audience laugh so hard. In a world that feels very heavy, Portland Center Stage's production of THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG offers something we desperately need: two hours of pure, unrelenting fun....
Review: IN CLAY at Broadway Rose
by Krista Garver - January 29, 2026
There aren't many full-length one-person musicals, which makes IN CLAY particularly intriguing even before you discover how exquisite it is. This fairly new musical by Jack Miles and Rebecca Simmonds excavates the true story of Marie-Berthe Cazin, a French painter and sculptor in the late 19th and e...
Review: TIGER STYLE! at Profile Theatre
by Krista Garver - January 27, 2026
What did our critic think of TIGER STYLE! at Profile Theatre?...
Review: NERVOUS LAUGHTER at 21ten Theatre
by Dawn Sellers - January 13, 2026
In times like these laughter is not a luxury. It is a lifeline. Peter Lundquist’s Nervous Laughter reminds you of that as an invitation to exhale and laugh even when life feels heavy. Come for the laughs, stay for the performance, and leave a little lighter. On stage through January 24th....
Past Shows
ZooZoo
Dec 19 – Jan 4, 2026
ZOOZOODecember 19th through January 4th at Imago TheatreZOOZOOHaving toured everywhere from Los Angeles to Chicago, from New York City to Iowa City, Imago's crowd-pleasing ZooZoo...
Design for Living
Oct 10 – Oct 26, 2025
Design for Living – Champagne Kisses from a Kinky Love Triangle, at Imago TheatreOctober 10 – 26Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30Sundays at 2:00Imago Theatre, 17 SE...
Happyness (The Wrecking Ball)
May 16 – May 31, 2025
Imago Co-Founder Carol Triffle premieres her newest show: Happyness (The Wrecking Ball)May 16 – 31Friday and Saturday at 7:30Sunday at 2:00 Imago Theatre, 17 SE 8th Avenueimagotheatre.com TICKETS https://www.onthestage.tickets/show/imago-theatre/670ef4d1f392d26c3b9ca2b4 Tickets...
Salome
Apr 11 – Apr 27, 2025
SALOMEBy Oscar Wilde Adapted by Drew Pisarra Live at Imago TheatreAPRIL 11 to 27, Fri/Sat 7:30, Sun at 2:00Recommended for Ages 16 and OlderTickets $30TICKETS:onthestage.tickets/imago-theatreImago Theatreimagotheatre.com17 SE...
A Streetcar Named Desire
Jan 17 – Feb 2, 2025
Imago Theatre revives Tennessee Williams's iconic tragedy, A Streetcar Named DesireJanuary 17 – February 2Friday and Saturday at 7:30Sunday at 2:00 Imago Theatre, 17 SE 8th Avenueimagotheatre.com TICKETS https://www.onthestage.tickets/show/imago-theatre/670eb5a5cadebc0f5799d72f Tickets...
ZooZoo
Dec 13 – Jan 1, 2025
ZOOZOODecember 13th through January 1st at Imago TheatreZOOZOOHaving toured everywhere from Los Angeles to Chicago, from New York City to Iowa City, Imago's crowd-pleasing ZooZoo...
Mission Gibbons
Apr 12 – Apr 27, 2024
Mission GibbonsApril 12th thru April 27thAt Imago Theatre, 17 SE 8th AvenueTICKETS at imagotheatretickets.comImago Co-Founder Carol Triffle premieres her newest show: Mission Gibbons The time has...
Port Authority
Mar 8 – Mar 24, 2024
Port Authority by Conor McPhersonWhat if the one who got away, got away three times?With Conor McPherson's Port Authority, you might ask yourself, “What the heck do...
ZooZoo
Dec 8 – Jan 1, 2024
Imago is bringing back to Portland its globe-trotting production ZooZoo this holiday season. Bugeyes, hippos with insomnia, arrogant anteaters, introverted frogs, paradoxical polar bears, acrobatic...
Where's Bruno?
May 12 – May 27, 2023
WORLD PREMIERE! Live at Imago Theatre, 17 SE 8th Ave., Portland, Oregon 97214May 12 to 27, Thursdays – Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., with one Sunday...
Lumen Odyssey
Aug 26 – Sep 17, 2022
World Premiere by Imago Theatre August 26 - September 17, Thursday - Saturday at 7:30 p.m., with one Sunday matinee on August 28 at 2:00...
VOICEOVER
Jul 22 – Jul 30, 2022
AN ORIGINAL WORK BY IMAGO THEATRE WITH PLAYWRIGHT DREW PISARRASix shows only! Live at Imago Theatre, 17 SE 8th Ave., Portland, Oregon 97214July 22 -...
Julia's Place
Jun 3 – Jun 18, 2022
Imago's writer/director Jerry Mouawad entered the world of Beckett when he opened To Fly Again (2018), creating a Mad Max world infused with clown and...
Pebble
May 10 – May 25, 2019
Pebble is an outsider - or an artist until one day, a mysterious visitor comes and things begin to unravel through song, dance, and pills...
To Fly Again
Mar 22 – Apr 6, 2019
Mad Max, Ionesco and Beckett are inspirations for Mouawads desert playground where "there is nothing to be done." A revival of last springs smash hit,...
Leonard Cohen is Dead
Mar 1 – Mar 16, 2019
Crime is acceptable and dead singers lead the world. Physical, explosive and with the mania of a Richard Foreman wild universe, Jerry Mouawad's newest original...
Boom Arts presents Silencio Blanco's "Pescador" (Chile)
Feb 1 – Feb 9, 2019
PESCADOR/FISHERMAN Silencio Blanco (Chile) Contemporary puppet theatre returns February 1-2 & 8-9, 2019 Venue: Imago Theatre, 17 SE 8th Ave, Portland Educational Outreach Programming presented...
Dear Marna
Jan 18 – Jan 26, 2019
Marna's boyfriend is a philanderer.Her best friend is an enigmatic camera man who listens about as well as her philandering boyfriend, and worst of all,...
Evening at the Talk House
Jan 2 – Jan 9, 2019
THIS SHOW HAS BEEN INDEFINITLY POSTPONED EVENING AT THE TALK HOUSE by Wallace Shawn Directed by Jerry Mouawad THIS SHOW HAS BEEN INDEFINITLY POSTPONED...
ZooZoo
Dec 7 – Jan 6, 2019
Premiering this Holiday season in Imago’s acclaimed production of ZooZoo will be “The Magic Cloth”- A new work created by Imago and designed by Michael...
Boom Arts presents Penny Arcade's "Longing Lasts Longer" + more!
Nov 29 – Dec 1, 2018
LONGING LASTS LONGER & OTHER WORKS Penny Arcade (NYC) Conceived, Written, and Performed by Penny Arcade (NYC) Designed and Directed by Steve Zehentner and Penny...
Title and Deed
Aug 10 – Aug 25, 2018
IMAGO THEATRE PRESENTS TITLE AND DEED by Will Eno "Samuel Beckett for the Jon Stewart Generation" The NY Times Starring Todd Van Voris Directed by...
Fallout
Jun 1 – Jun 9, 2018
Carol Triffle, Portland’s premier absurdist playwright, has penned a darkly stirring comedy called Fallout. When three characters are trapped in a fallout shelter, their identities...
To Fly Again
May 4 – May 12, 2018
A zany group of clown musicians and a clan of clay tossed dancers roam a barren land in this new Imago work. The clowns’ thoughts...
La Belle, Lost in the World of the Automaton
Apr 6 – Apr 29, 2018
Back from a national tour, from the creators of FROGZ and ZooZoo, comes La Belle, Lost in the World of the Automaton. A grimy engine...
FROGZ
Dec 8 – Jan 7, 2018
IMAGO THEATRE presents the return of FROGZ by Carol Triffle and Jerry Mouawad FROGZ is Imago Theatre’s signature work. It has been described as Cirque...
Hotel Gone
Dec 14 – Dec 23, 2017
Choreographer Jerry Mouawad pushes, pulls and shoves five characters into a hotel lobby where identities shift, love is uncertain, and souls search for substance. Check-in...
La Belle, Lost in the World of the Automaton
Oct 6 – Oct 7, 2017
Sneak Preview October 6-7 Imago Theatre – 17 SE 8th Avenue Only three performances before it goes on tour! Friday at 7pm Saturday at 2pm...
The Reunion
Jun 9 – Jun 24, 2017
John, her husband, is continually ignored. Delores, his wife, tells all she meets that she’s dying. The soon-to-be-gone and the invisible, Carol Triffle’s motifs, are...
Videos