by Melory Mirashrafi In May of 2023, during ART’s production of True Story by E. M. Lewis, actor Maria Porter experienced a health emergency that led to actor and writer Lolly Ward stepping into her role leading up to opening night. Director Luan Schooler, Porter, and...
As a Chinese immigrant, I identify a great deal with Afong, the main character of THE CHINESE LADY by Lloyd Suh. The play touches on so many of the same issues I experienced as a young man. I arrived in the US when I was just turning 16 — my naïveté and my enthusiasm...
It's my honor to welcome you today to Artists Repertory Theatre and to our production of The Chinese Lady by Lloyd Suh. I want to immediately thank our hosts at Portland Center Stage for the chance to present our work this year in the Ellyn Bye Studio, while our home...
From audio dramas to short films, and plays written for post-pandemic production, a repertory company of over 90 artists were hired to create 20 projects in a six-week period in October and November of 2020 READ FULL PRESS RELEASE HEREProduced by ShutterSky Pictures,...
From audio dramas to short films, and plays written for post-pandemic production, a repertory company of over 50 artists were hired with PPP Funds to create 12 projects in June 2020 READ FULL PRESS RELEASE HEREProduced by ShutterSky Pictures, 2020For the month of...
Indecent by Paula Vogel, directed by Josh Hecht, and choreographed by Adin Walker A co-production with Profile Theatre, in association with Portland State University Opens February 9th Meet the cast! Michael Mendelson as LEMMLMiriam Schwartz as CHANAJoshua J....
The French Revolution was one of the greatest upheavals in European history. In just over ten years, the people of France destroyed and redesigned the country’s political structure, eliminating the absolute monarchy and feudal system that had dominated the population...
William Boles is a Chicago-based Scenic Designer who has designed at theaters all over the country. He has collaborated previously with Hansol Jung on CARDBOARD PIANO (Actors Theatre of Louisville) and NO MORE SAD THINGS (Sideshow Theater), and with Dámaso Rodríguez...
When I was fifteen, I played Nora in the East Anchorage High School winter production of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House. No doubt I brought the same understanding and nuance to this role as I had to my performance as the Mayor of Whoville in Horton Hears a Who a few...
Artistic Director Dámaso Rodríguez had the chance to sit down with playwright Mike Lew to discuss the origin story of Teenage Dick, disabled representation on stage, and what the rehearsal process can add to his playwriting process. DR: Teenage Dick is a retelling of...