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Video: Louisa May Alcott's LITTLE WOMEN at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park


by Joshua Wright - December 16, 2025

Get a first look at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park's upcoming production of Little Women, co-produced with Portland Center Stage. Experience the classic novel you adore as it’s being written in this playful and theatrical new adaptation that puts the author in the spotlight. Louisa May Alcott play...

Portland Center Stage Will Present Lauren Gunderson’s LOUISA MAY ALCOTT’S LITTLE WOMEN


by A.A. Cristi - October 27, 2025

Portland Center Stage will present Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women by Lauren Gunderson this holiday season, directed by Joanie Schultz (Frida…A Self Portrait), in co-production with Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. The adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s iconic novel will feature original music, mov...

JAW New Play Festival Returns with Pride Themed Weekend


by Emmy Rice - July 06, 2025

Portland Center Stage’s annual JAW New Play Festival is back July 25–27, 2025, at The Armory. A summer tradition for over two decades, JAW is a vibrant, community-powered celebration of new work, featuring staged readings, workshops, and performances from local musicians, dancers, and creators. All ...

Photos: THE JANEIAD World Premiere Opens at The Old Globe


by A.A. Cristi - June 26, 2025

First look at The Janeiad by Anna Ziegler and directed by Maggie Burrows. The world premiere production opens tonight at The Old Globe and runs through July 13, 2025. Check out photos from the production....

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....

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


A Gift to Remember in Portland A Gift to Remember
Hillsboro Artists' Regional Theatre (12/6 - 12/21)
Los Empeños de una Casa in Portland Los Empeños de una Casa
Milagro MainStage (2/19 - 3/8)
Mamma Mia! in Portland Mamma Mia!
Keller Auditorium (6/2 - 6/7)
As You Like It in Portland As You Like It
Metropolitan Performing Arts (6/27 - 7/19)
Bee Bee's Cabaret Supper Club: Solstice Saturnalia in Portland Bee Bee's Cabaret Supper Club: Solstice Saturnalia
Hoku Events on Madison (12/21 - 12/21)
Footloose in Portland Footloose
Magenta Theater (4/18 - 4/18)
Dirty Dancing In Concert
Keller Auditorium (1/20 - 1/20)
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