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Review: CHRIS GRACE: AS SCARLETT JOHANSSON at Portland Center Stage


by Krista Garver - May 18, 2025

Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson, currently playing at Portland Center Stage, is a delightfully disorienting theatrical experience that defies categorization and expectations. ...

Portland Center Stage Launches Emergency Campaign To Avoid Closure


by A.A. Cristi - May 08, 2025

Portland Center Stage, the largest theater company in Portland and one of the most influential regional theaters in the country, has launched an urgent fundraising campaign to raise $9 million by June 2026. ...

World Premiere Of Kamilah Bush's THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST Comes to Portland


by Stephi Wild - May 02, 2025

Portland Center Stage will present the world premiere of The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde's iconic comedy of manners, newly adapted by playwright Kamilah Bush....

CHRIS GRACE: AS SCARLETT JOHANSSON Comes to Portland


by Stephi Wild - April 10, 2025

Portland Center Stage and Boom Arts will present Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson, a sharp, one-person farce that takes on the absurdities of Hollywood's casting choices with biting humor and a whole lot of wigs....

PRIMARY TRUST and More Set for Portland Center Stage 2025-26 Season


by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 26, 2025

Portland Center Stage’s 2025-2026 season will celebrate The Stories That Bind Us — a range of plays that connect us to ourselves and each other. See the seven show lineup and learn more!...

THE BROTHERS SIZE Comes to Portland Center Stage


by Stephi Wild - March 26, 2025

Portland Center Stage will present The Brothers Size, an evocative and powerful play by Tarell Alvin McCraney, beginning next month, at the U.S. Bank Main Stage....

Review: THE LIGHT at Portland Center Stage


by Krista Garver - March 25, 2025

What did our critic think of THE LIGHT at Portland Center Stage?...

Review: WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? at Portland Center Stage


by Krista Garver - March 14, 2025

This darkly humorous and devastating exploration of relationships, illusion, and human fragility remains as relevant and impactful today as it was over 60 years ago....

THE LIGHT Comes to Portland Center Stage in March


by Stephi Wild - February 12, 2025

Portland Center Stage will present The Light, a searing and deeply moving two-person drama by Loy A. Webb, directed by Chip Miller. Performances begin in March. Learn more here!...

Review: MRS. HARRISON at Portland Center Stage


by Krista Garver - January 29, 2025

MRS. HARRISON is one of those rare productions that succeeds in entertaining while also forcing us to examine our assumptions, in this case about the stories we claim as our own....

Past Shows

A Christmas Memory -paired with- Winter Song


An Evening of Holiday Story and Song featuring A Christmas Memory An autobiographical recollection of Truman Capote's rural Alabama boyhood, A Christmas Memory is a ...

Twist Your Dickens
Twist Your Dickens
12/5 - 12/31/2017


A complete send-up of the holiday classic, this adult comedy is adorned with the improvisational genius of the legendary comedy troupe The Second City, and ...

Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles
Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles
11/4 - 11/26/2017


In this retelling of Medea, playwright Luis Alfaro blends tragedy, wry humor, Mexican folklore and a bracingly modern setting to unleash the power of Euripides’ ...

Every Brilliant Thing
Every Brilliant Thing
9/23 - 11/5/2017


A kid makes a list for his mom. A list of everything worth living for in the world. He needs her to read the list ...

Fun Home
Fun Home
9/16 - 10/22/2017


Based on Alison Bechdel’s witty and wistful illustrated autobiography of the same name, the Tony Award-winning musical Fun Home ushers us inside Alison’s head — ...

A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire
5/14 - 6/19/2016


A Streetcar Named Desire May 14 – June 19, 2016 Written by Tennessee Williams Adaptation by Emily Mann Directed by Chris Coleman “Mr. Williams has ...

The Pianist of Willesden Lane


The Pianist of Willesden Lane Apr 2 – May 1 Based on the book The Children of Willesden Lane by Mona Golabek and Lee Cohen ...

Each and Every Thing
Each and Every Thing
2/6 - 3/27/2016


Each and Every Thing by Dan Hoyle Feb 6 – Mar 27 Directed by Charlie Varon “He doesn’t have to tell us that theater is ...

Stupid F**king Bird
Stupid F**king Bird
2/27 - 3/27/2016


Stupid Fucking Bird Feb 27 – Mar 27 Written by Aaron Posner Directed by Howard Shalwitz “This splendid, irreverent adaptation is certainly a refreshing splash ...

Forever
Forever
1/30 - 3/20/2016


Forever begins in Paris at the famed Père Lachaise Cemetery, where strangers from around the world make pilgrimages to the graves of legendary artists such ...

Forever
Forever
1/30 - 3/20/2016


Forever Jan 30 – Mar 20, 2016 Written by Dael Orlandersmith Directed by Neel Keller “In language that is always spare and simple, with rhythms ...

Great Expectations
Great Expectations
1/16 - 2/14/2016


Great Expectations Jan 16 – Feb 14 Adapted from Charles Dickens by Lucinda Stroud Directed by Jane Jones “A superb script by Lucinda Stroud … ...

The Second City's A Christmas Carol: Twist Your Dickens


The Second City’s A Christmas Carol: Twist Your Dickens Dec 9 – Dec 31 by Peter Gwinn and Bobby Mort Directed by Ron West “The ...

Santaland Diaries
Santaland Diaries
12/2 - 12/27/2015


The Santaland Diaries Dec 2 – Dec 27 Written by David Sedaris Adapted for the stage by Joe Mantello Directed by Wendy Knox “An alternative ...

Twist Your Giving: A Holiday Bazaar


See live holiday music, comedy, and more in our lobby while shopping locally this holiday season. Support our PCS-affiliated artisans, who will be on hand ...

Ain't Misbehavin'
Ain't Misbehavin'
10/24 - 11/29/2015


Ain’t Misbehavin’ Oct 24 – Nov 29 Written by Murray Horwitz and Richard Maltby, Jr. Directed by Chris Coleman “The music of jazz legend Thomas ...

Ella: The Musical
5/28 - 6/23/2013


Main Stage: - Rob Ruggiero; book: Jeffery Hatcher; dir: Rob Ruggiero....


Ellyn Bye Studio: - Lauren Weedman; dir: Rose Riordan....

Clybourne Park
4/9 - 5/5/2013


Home is where the heart—and history—is in Clybourne Park, a "buzz-saw sharp new comedy" (The Washington Post) that cleverly spins the events of A Raisin ...

The Whipping Man
2/26 - 3/24/2013


Main Stage: - Matthew Lopez; dir: Rose Riordan....

Venus in Fur
1/29 - 3/10/2013


Ellyn Bye Studio: - David Ives; dir: Nancy Keystone....

I Love to Eat
1/8 - 2/3/2013


Before Rachel Ray, before Julia Child, there was James Beard, the first TV chef! He brought fine cooking to the small screen in 1946 and ...

Black Pearl Sings!
4/24 - 6/17/2012


In 1935 Texas, Susannah, an academic and song collector for the Library of Congress, visits a high-security prison where she meets Pearl, an African-American woman ...

Red
2/12 - 3/18/2012

Videos


Groundhog Day: The Musical in Portland Groundhog Day: The Musical
Lakewood Theatre Company (4/25 - 6/8)

NEW MUSICAL PORTLAND PREMIERE Tracker
PHOTOS
Darcelle: That's No Lady in Portland Darcelle: That's No Lady
triangle productions (6/5 - 6/22) Tracker
PHOTOS
Spongebob, The Musical in Portland Spongebob, The Musical
HART Theatre (5/9 - 5/25)
SORDID LIVES in Portland SORDID LIVES
NCRD Performing Arts Center (5/30 - 6/15)
Damn Yankees in Portland Damn Yankees
Clackamas Repertory Theatre (7/31 - 8/24)
Ride The Cyclone in Portland Ride The Cyclone
Twilight Theater Company (10/16 - 11/2)
Patience in Portland Patience
Brunish Theater (5/30 - 6/15)
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra USA Presents Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” in Portland Vancouver Symphony Orchestra USA Presents Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring”
Skyview Concert Hall (5/31 - 6/1)
Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka in Portland Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka
Gallery Theater (5/2 - 5/25)
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