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Clyde's, written by the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage, is a powerful dramedy that takes a comedic yet poignant look at redemption and second ...


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Review: NASSIM at Portland Center Stage


by Krista Garver - April 09, 2024

NASSIM is more than an incredible piece of theatre. It’s an incredible experience. And one I recommend to anyone and everyone, especially if you’re feeling a little lonely and in need of some community....

Portland Center Stage Receives $1 Million From the Mellon Foundation


by Stephi Wild - April 01, 2024

Portland Center Stage has received a $1 million grant from the Mellon Foundation....

Review: QUIXOTE NUEVO at Portland Center Stage


by Krista Garver - March 23, 2024

This gorgeous show is exactly the kind of thing we need more of right now – a celebration of the indomitable human spirit and a challenge to us all to not just imagine a better world but to make that world a reality....

CORIOLANUS to be Presented at Portland Center Stage This Spring


by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 15, 2024

From April 20 through May 19, 2024, Shakespeare’s study of political power and folly, Coriolanus, takes the stage at Portland Center Stage. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets....

Experimental NASSIM Brings a New Performer To Portland Center Stage Every Night


by A.A. Cristi - March 04, 2024

Experience the captivating performance of NASSIM at the Portland Center Stage from March 30 to May 12, 2024. Don't miss this unique theatrical event that promises to engage and inspire....

Review: WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME at Portland Center Stage


by Krista Garver - February 01, 2024

Especially in an election year, this play isn’t just a must-see, but a civic duty....

Don Quixote With a Modern Twist, QUIXOTE NUEVO, is Coming to Portland Center Stage


by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 30, 2024

In its third and final stop on a captivating tour of the West Coast, Portland Center Stage will welcome this brilliant adaptation of the classic 17th century novel by Miguel Cervantes. ...

Profile Theatre Announces Lauren Yee Festival And 2024 Season Changes 


by A.A. Cristi - January 12, 2024

PROFILE THEATRE, has announced the Lauren Yee Festival of new works February 23-25. The weekend festival will consist of three enhanced staged readings of new plays from Lauren Yee and will take place at Imago Theatre. ...

Profile Theatre Hosts Lauren Yee Festival in February


by Stephi Wild - January 12, 2024

Profile Theatre has announced the Lauren Yee Festival of new works, taking place February 23-25. The weekend festival will consist of three enhanced staged readings of new plays from Lauren Yee and will take place at Imago Theatre. ...

Portland Center Stage's Next Show Asks Audiences: Uphold or Abolish? WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME Starts January 20


by A.A. Cristi - January 02, 2024

Catch the Opening Night of 'What the Constitution Means to Me' on Jan 20, 2024. This solo show explores Heidi Schreck's connection to the Constitution, from her teenage debate days to the personal impact of America's founding document. Don't miss the live debate and coin flip!...

Past Shows

Choir Boy
4/15 - 5/14/2023


The Charles R. Drew Prep School for Boys is dedicated to the creation of strong, ethical black men. Pharus wants nothing more than to take ...

Rent
5/21 - 6/26/2022


RENT: DOWNTOWN LA takes place in a warehouse in industrial downtown Los Angeles, where an artistic renaissance is underway in the vein of 1990s Alphabet ...

9 Parts of Desire
3/14 - 4/26/2020


This Off Broadway hit was inspired by the playwright's trip to a modern art museum in Baghdad in August 1993, and details the lives of ...


based on the novel by Mark Haddon, adapted by Simon Stephens Portland Center Stage...

Hedwig and the Angry Inch
12/28 - 2/23/2020


Hedwig and the Angry Inch is a rock musical that electrifies audiences with its unique blend of glam, punk, and rock and roll. Fronted by ...


Jocelyn Bioh Portland Center Stage...


A sequel to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice set two years after the novel ends, MISS BENNET continues the story, only this time with bookish ...

Macbeth
9/28 - 11/24/2019


adapt: Lee Sunday Evans from William Shakespeare; music: Heather Christian; dir: Adriana Baer....

Redwood
10/26 - 11/17/2019


Brittany K. Allen; dir: Chip Miller. World Premiere...

In the Heights
8/31 - 10/13/2019


book: Quiara Alegr?_a Hudes; lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda; music: Lin-Manuel Miranda; dir: May Adrales....

Crazy Enough
6/25 - 6/30/2019


U.S. Bank Main Stage: Storm Large; dir: Daniel Stern....

Native Gardens
5/18 - 6/16/2019


Gardens and cultures clash, turning friendly neighbors into feuding enemies in this funny world premiere by the author of The Book Club Play. Pablo, a ...

The Breath of Life
5/4 - 6/16/2019


director — Elena Nevezhina set designer — Anastasiya Glebova designer — Kseniya Peretruhina composer — Vladimir Tsirinsky ass. director — Lyudmila Sushkova...

Crossing Mnisose
4/13 - 5/5/2019


U.S. Bank Main Stage: Mary Kathryn Nagle; dir: Molly Smith....

Until the Flood
3/16 - 4/21/2019


Dael Orlandersmith; dir: Neel Keller. World Premiere...

Buyer & Cellar
1/19 - 3/3/2019


Buyer & Cellar is a one-man comedy play written by Jonathan Tolins. It premiered in 2013 and quickly gained critical acclaim for its humor and ...

Sense and Sensibility
1/12 - 2/20/2019


Kate Hamill, based on the novel by Jane Austen Portland Center Stage...

Sense & Sensibility
1/12 - 2/10/2019


U.S. Bank Main Stage: Kate Hamill; dir: Eric Tucker....


Truman Capote, Merideth Kaye Clark, Brandon Woolley; dir: Brandon Woolley....

A Life
9/29 - 11/11/2018


Adam Bock; dir: Rose Riordan....

THE COLOR PURPLE
9/15 - 10/21/2018


A teenager gives birth to two of her father's children and then is married off to a man who sought her sister. The man convinces ...


Lanie Robertson; dir: J. Barry Lewis....

And So We Walked
3/31 - 5/13/2018


DeLanna Studi....

The Magic Play
3/3 - 4/1/2018


Andrew Hinderaker; dir: Halena Kays. World Premiere...

Kodachrome
2/3 - 3/18/2018


Welcome to Colchester, a small town where everybody knows each other and the pace of life allows the pursuit of love to take up as ...

Astoria: Part Two
1/20 - 2/18/2018


adapt: Chris Coleman; dir: Chris Coleman. U.S. Bank Main Stage:...

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 — ...

Constellations
5/13 - 6/18/2017


This spellbinding, romantic journey begins with a simple encounter between a man and a woman. But what happens next defies the boundaries of the world ...

Mary’s Wedding
4/15 - 5/28/2017


Stephen Massicotte; dir: Brandon Woolley....


Lauren Weedman; dir: Rose Riordan. U.S. Bank Main Stage:...


Eric Earley; dir: Liam Kaas-Lentz, Rose Riordan. U.S. Bank Main Stage:...

His Eye is on the Sparrow
2/4 - 3/19/2017


From a rough and spirit-breaking childhood to being an unwilling teen bride, Ethel Waters became a Vaudeville success, a recording sensation and crossed racial barriers ...

Astoria: Part One
1/14 - 2/12/2017


A World Premiere! Adapted from the best-selling book by Peter Stark, this harrowing dual journey — one over land, one by sea — will be ...

Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin
11/30 - 12/30/2016


Called “the greatest songwriter that has ever lived,” by George Gershwin, Irving Berlin is known for innumerable American classics such as “White Christmas,” “God Bless ...

Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin
11/30 - 12/30/2016


Called “the greatest songwriter that has ever lived,” by George Gershwin, Irving Berlin is known for innumerable American classics such as “White Christmas,” “God Bless ...

The Oregon Trail
10/29 - 11/20/2016


California State Content Standards are the foundation of this play that follows the experiences of three families along the overland trails to the West: noting ...

The Oregon Trail
10/29 - 11/20/2016


California State Content Standards are the foundation of this play that follows the experiences of three families along the overland trails to the West: noting ...

Hold These Truths
10/1 - 11/13/2016


Elizabeth Price Kenan Theatre: Jeanne Sakata; dir: Lisa Rothe....

Little Shop of Horrors
9/10 - 10/16/2016


A down-and out skid row floral assistant becomes an overnight sensation when he discovers an exotic plant with a mysterious craving for fresh blood. Soon ...

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 ...


adapt: Hershey Felder from Lee Cohen, Mona Golabek; dir: Hershey Felder....

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 ...

Stupid Fing Bird
2/27 - 3/27/2016


WORLD PREMIERE by Aaron Posner Sort of adapted from The Seagull by Anton Chekhov Directed by Howard Shalwitz An aspiring young theatre director named Conrad ...

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 ...

Sex With Strangers
10/10 - 11/22/2015


Laura Eason; dir: Brandon Woolley....

Our Town
9/12 - 10/11/2015


Described by Edward Albee as “the greatest American play ever written,” Our Town presents the small town of Grover’s Corners in three acts: “Daily Life,” ...

JAW: A Playwrights Festival
7/24 - 7/25/2015


Three Days of Rain
5/17 - 6/21/2015


Richard Greenberg; dir: Chris Coleman....

The Lion
5/2 - 6/14/2015


Benjamin Scheuer; dir: Sean Daniels....

Cyrano
4/4 - 5/3/2015


Edmond Rostand's classic love story, Cyrano de Bergerac, has captivated the romantic in us all for more than a century, inspiring countless stage and film ...

Other Desert Cities
2/21 - 3/22/2015


In Jon Robin Baitz's OTHER DESERT CITIES, Brooke Wyeth returns home to Palm Springs after a six year absence to celebrate Christmas with her parents, ...

Threesome
1/24 - 3/8/2015


Yussef El Guindi; dir: Chris Coleman....


Middle-aged siblings Vanya and Sonia share a home in Bucks County, PA, where they bicker and complain about the circumstances of their lives. Suddenly, their ...

THE LAST FIVE YEARS
4/26 - 6/22/2014


THE LAST FIVE YEARS is a contemporary song-cycle musical that ingeniously chronicles the five year life of a marriage, from meeting to break-up... or from ...

Othello
4/5 - 5/11/2014


William Shakespeare; dir: Chris Coleman....

A Small Fire
2/22 - 3/23/2014


Main Stage: Adam Bock; dir: Rose Riordan....

Bo-Nita
2/1 - 3/16/2014


Leo K. Theatre: Elizabeth Heffron; dir: Paul Budraitis....


Main Stage: Peter Gwinn, Bobby Mort; dir: Matt Hovde....

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
9/14 - 10/27/2013


In the little village of Anatevka, Tevye, a poor dairyman, tries to instill in his five daughters the traditions of his tight-knit Jewish community in ...

The Mountaintop
8/31 - 10/27/2013


The night before his untimely death, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. returns to his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis after delivering a speech ...

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 ...

Black Pearl Sings!
Black Pearl Sings!
4/27 - 6/7/2012


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 ...

Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina
4/3 - 4/29/2012


Tolstoy’s classic story of love and marriage in Imperial Russia comes to our Main Stage in a new adaptation by Kevin McKeon, adaptor of Snow ...

Cymbeline
Cymbeline
1/31 - 4/8/2012


Based on legends about early Celtic kings, Cymbeline is one of Shakespeare’s most fantastical creations—familiar Shakespearean themes of jealousy and innocence wronged are joined with ...

Red
2/12 - 3/18/2012

Red
Red
2/21 - 3/18/2012


An intense bio-drama of the renowned modern artist (and Oregon-raised) Mark Rothko, Red earned critical laurels in its New York run last season. Set in ...

The North Plan
The North Plan
1/10 - 2/5/2012


After a ruthless cabal seizes power in Washington, Carlton Berg, a bureaucrat for the State Department, runs off with the new regime’s top secret Enemies ...

The Santaland Diaries
The Santaland Diaries
11/21 - 12/31/2011


Based on the true chronicles of David Sedaris’ experience as Crumpet the Elf in Macy’s Santaland display, this cult classic riffs on a few of ...

A Christmas Story
A Christmas Story
11/20 - 12/24/2011


The only thing little Ralphie Parker hopes to find under the tree is a Daisy Brand Red Ryder BB rifle. He doesn’t simply want it—he’s ...

The Real Americans
The Real Americans
9/6 - 11/6/2011


Frequently described as an actor/journalist, Dan Hoyle has focused his form of “theater journalism” in this new piece on a months-long road trip to some ...

Oklahoma!
Oklahoma!
9/20 - 10/30/2011


Those words express familiar sentiments often heard these days, but are spoken in this case not by a politician of 2011, but by Curly, the ...

Oklahoma!
Oklahoma!
9/23 - 10/23/2011


Rodgers & Hammerstein's first collaboration remains, in many ways, their most innovative, having set the standards and established the rules of musical theatre still being ...

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