Review: DISNEY'S NEWSIES at Broadway Rose Theater Company
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.…
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17 SE 8th Ave., Portland, OR 97214Portland, OR
Review: THE ONE at The Boiler Room
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.…
Review: THE COVER OF LIFE at Mask & Mirror
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.…
Review: LOBOTOMOMMY at CoHo Theatre
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.…
Review: TELEPHONE at Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble
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.…
Review: STORM LARGE MAKES IT HOME at Portland Center Stage
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.…
Review: THE ROOMMATE at Profile Theatre
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.…
Review: ARBUS & WEST at Triangle Productions
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.…
Review: MAMMA MIA! at Keller Auditorium
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!…
Review: KRISTINA WONG, #FOODBANKINFLUENCER at Portland Center Stage
What did our critic think of KRISTINA WONG, #FOODBANKINFLUENCER at Portland Center Stage?…
Past Shows
Nice People
Portland’s Premier Absurdist Returns at Imago with Nice People April 10 - 19 Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 Sundays at 2:00 Imago Theatre, 17 SE 8th Avenue imagotheatre.com 503-231-9581 TICKETS https://onthestage.tickets/show/imago-theatre/68a0cc38697b7810063af4d0 Tickets also...
Geography of a Horse Dreamer
Geography of a Horse Dreamer By Sam Shepard Mystery, Satire, Fantasy, Parody, Comedic, Horrific "Imago’s remounting rescues a thrilling thoroughbred of a work sadly stabled for far too long." The Oregonian February 13 – March 1 Friday and Saturday at 7:30 Sunday at 2:00 Imago...
ZooZoo
ZOOZOO December 19th through January 4th at Imago Theatre ZOOZOO Having toured everywhere from Los Angeles to Chicago, from New York City to Iowa City, Imago's crowd-pleasing ZooZoo is back in Portland, the city where it was born. This enchanting show – a truly magical revue...
Design for Living
Design for Living – Champagne Kisses from a Kinky Love Triangle, at Imago Theatre October 10 – 26 Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 Sundays at 2:00 Imago Theatre, 17 SE 8th Avenue Imagotheatre.com TICKETS https://onthestage.tickets/show/imago-theatre/689df8dd67571e4dfcd28728 Tickets...
Happyness (The Wrecking Ball)
Imago Co-Founder Carol Triffle premieres her newest show: Happyness (The Wrecking Ball) May 16 – 31 Friday and Saturday at 7:30 Sunday at 2:00 Imago Theatre, 17 SE 8th Avenue imagotheatre.com TICKETS https://www.onthestage.tickets/show/imago-theatre/670ef4d1f392d26c3b9ca2b4...
Salome
SALOME By Oscar Wilde Adapted by Drew Pisarra Live at Imago Theatre APRIL 11 to 27, Fri/Sat 7:30, Sun at 2:00 Recommended for Ages 16 and Older Tickets $30 TICKETS: onthestage.tickets/imago-theatre Imago Theatre imagotheatre.com 17 SE 8th Portland, OR 97214 Tel: 503.231.9581...
A Streetcar Named Desire
Imago Theatre revives Tennessee Williams's iconic tragedy, A Streetcar Named Desire January 17 – February 2 Friday and Saturday at 7:30 Sunday at 2:00 Imago Theatre, 17 SE 8th Avenue imagotheatre.com TICKETS...
ZooZoo
ZOOZOO December 13th through January 1st at Imago Theatre ZOOZOO Having toured everywhere from Los Angeles to Chicago, from New York City to Iowa City, Imago's crowd-pleasing ZooZoo is back in Portland, the city where it was born. This enchanting show – a truly magical revue...
Mission Gibbons
Mission Gibbons April 12th thru April 27th At Imago Theatre, 17 SE 8th Avenue TICKETS at imagotheatretickets.com Imago Co-Founder Carol Triffle premieres her newest show: Mission Gibbons The time has come to listen to the Cavemen sing. Is humankind moving forwards or backwards?...
Port Authority
Port Authority by Conor McPherson What if the one who got away, got away three times? With Conor McPherson's Port Authority , you might ask yourself, “What the heck do these three Irishmen have in common?” Kevin's crushing on a new roommate whose eyes are directed elsewhere...
ZooZoo
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 worms, self-touting accordions and tricky penguins fill the stage with wonder...
Where's Bruno?
WORLD PREMIERE! Live at Imago Theatre, 17 SE 8th Ave., Portland, Oregon 97214 May 12 to 27, Thursdays – Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., with one Sunday matinee on May 14 at 2:00 p.m. How to describe Where's Bruno?, the latest creation by Imago Theatre's Carol Triffle? Is it an absurdist...
Lumen Odyssey
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 p.m. (No shows September 1 - 4) A metaphysical jaunt from earth to the outer limits of the soul. On stage, as in life, mother-daughter...
VOICEOVER
AN ORIGINAL WORK BY IMAGO THEATRE WITH PLAYWRIGHT DREW PISARRASix shows only! Live at Imago Theatre, 17 SE 8th Ave., Portland, Oregon 97214July 22 - 30, Thursday - Saturday at 7:30 p.m., with one Sunday matinee on July 24 at 2:00 p.m. A collage of soliloquy, choreography, and...
Julia's Place
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 dance theatre. With Julia's Place, Mouawad pays homage to Ionesco's Rhinoceros. Here's how it works...His wife turned into a...
Pebble
Pebble is an outsider - or an artist until one day, a mysterious visitor comes and things begin to unravel through song, dance, and pills shared like snacks, hilarious and heartbreaking. From the creator of The Reunion, The Dinner and Fallout, Carol Triffle puts up her latest...
To Fly Again
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, four dancers and a roaming percussionist clash and collide with a clan of four clowns ( la Marx Brothers) in a beautiful, yet...
Leonard Cohen is Dead
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 mash-up takes influences from Quentin Tarantinos Reservoir Dogs, Jean Genets Splendid's and sci-fi horror. (This play...
Boom Arts presents Silencio Blanco's "Pescador" (Chile)
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 in collaboration with Young Audiences Inc. “…these young creators take another step...
Dear Marna
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, Marna Martin can't figure out when she's dreaming and when she's awake.Stuck in the recurrent horror of making a perfect...
Evening at the Talk House
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
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 Curry co-designer of Broadway’s “The Lion King.” Imago Theatre, best known for FROGZ and internationally acclaimed for its...
Boom Arts presents Penny Arcade's "Longing Lasts Longer" + more!
LONGING LASTS LONGER & OTHER WORKS Penny Arcade (NYC) Conceived, Written, and Performed by Penny Arcade (NYC) Designed and Directed by Steve Zehentner and Penny Arcade Back by Popular Demand November 29-December 1, 2018 November 29—The Faghag and Her Friends in the Summer of...
Title and Deed
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 Jerry Mouawad Aug 10 to Aug 25, nine shows Thurs/Fri/Sat 7:30; With one matinee on Sat, Aug 25th at 2PM Fri/Sat Tickets $20...
Fallout
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 slide from doom to zany, and all perspective on life is confused. Will Jackie Ann ever find her...
To Fly Again
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 arise and pass like clouds, with outbursts of absurdity that clash with absurdity as the dating game appears out of no where, and thoughts further a...
FeaturedLa Belle, Lost in the World of the Automaton
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 room of a 1920 steamship becomes an enchanted theatrical playground where Beauty and the Beast comes to life with puppetry, shadow theatre, a...
FeaturedFROGZ
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 Du Soleil-evoking acrobatics mixed with Mummenschanz-like mime, set in a unique –yet accessible- French-influenced avant-garde...
Hotel Gone
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 and check-out become a commitment to live or run away. Live music drifts through HOTEL GONE as motifs...
La Belle, Lost in the World of the Automaton
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 and 7pm ABOUT THE SHOW A grimy engine room of a 1920 steamship becomes an enchanted theatrical playground where Beauty and the Beast comes to...
The Reunion
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 lightly cloaked in this existential comedy of bad manners at a high school reunion. Triffle’s universe...
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Join us for the 2026–2027 Season Portland Center Stage at The Armory (9/27-6/27) |
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Hands on a Hardbody Lakewood Theatre Company (7/10-8/16) |
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Into the Woods Mt Hood Repertory Theatre (8/07-8/23) |
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Glass. Kill. Bluebeard. Imp. by Caryl Churchill Shaking the Tree Theatre (10/08-11/07) |
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Jaja's African Hair Braiding Clackamas Repertory Theatre (9/10-10/04) |
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MrBallen: Lights out Live Chevalier Theatre (10/10-10/10) |
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Bad Seed Twilight Theater Company (10/15-11/01) |
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Barefoot In The Park Bag&Baggage Productions (9/03-9/20) |
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Pink Martini Britt Festival Pavilion & Gardens (9/03-9/03) |
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Sound Of Music Keller Auditorium (5/11-5/16) |