2021-22 Interpreted Performances Quick List

Here is a quick list of interpreted performance dates for  the 2021-22 season at several Portland, OR theaters. The show titles link to the specific production page (when available). Below the season is a key to the theatre abbreviations. Check back for updates. You can also follow Performing Arts Interpreting Alliance on Facebook [paiaPDX] and/or Instagram [paia_pdx] for additional information, insights, play reviews, and more.

Check COVID-19 and other health protocols currently in place for each location you plan to visit. These are updated by the theatres according to their policies and current local and nation health commission recommendations. Check the theatres' websites for the most up to date information. (Updated 6/15/2022)

Available online on-demand with ASL interpretation 

ART: Mercury Company     Berlin Diaries

ART: Mercury Company     Magellanica 

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JUN 2022

6/7/2022           PCS     Young Playwrights Showcase *free*

6/9/2022          PCS  Rent

6/11/2022         PLC     Hold Fast to Dreams *Concert*

6/11/2022         PCC    The Me Nobody Knows *free; live-stream (Zoom)

6/18/2022         B&B   Troy USA *interpreters canceled due to possible COVID-19*

6/19/2022        CORR  Kissing the Witch *interpreters canceled due to COVID-19*

JUL 2022
7/1/2022          TRR     Meredith Willson's The Music Man

July 22-24        PCS     JAW - playwright festival public readings

*Key to Theater Abbreviations, with links*

ART        Artists Repertory Theatre

B&B        Bag&Baggage Productions

CORR     Corrib Theatre

MODA    Rose Quarter/Moda Center/Veterans Memorial Coliseum

PacU       Pacific University
PCC        Portland Community College, Sylvania 
PCS         Portland Center Stage at The Armory

PGMC     Portland Gay Men's Chorus

PLC         Portland Lesbian Choir
PPH         Portland Playhouse

TRR        Third Rail Repertory Theatre

Earlier interpreted performances this season:

OCT 2021
10/23/2021 PacU    Far Away
10/28/2021 PCS      Frida  

NOV 2021
11/11/2021 PPH  Barbecue

11/14/2021      ART      The Chinese Lady

11/20/2021      PCC     The Odyssey Part 1 (live streaming on Zoom)

DEC 2021
12/09/2021 PPH     Christmas Carol (evening)

12/10/2021      PGMC  Gather at 8 pm

12/11/2021      PGMC  Gather at 8 pm

12/12/2021      PGMC  Gather at 3 pm
12/11/2021 PPH     Christmas Carol (matinee at 2 pm)
12/15/2021 PCS     Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (school matinee, 11 am)
12/16/2021 PCS     Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (evening)

JAN 2022
1/29/2022       PLC     Be The Light (concert) *rescheduled due to rising COVID cases*

FEB 2022
2/3/2022         PCS     The Great Leap  
2/10/2022 PCS     Hedwig and the Angry Inch   

2/17/2022 PPH     Thurgood

MAR 2022
3/12/2022        PCC     Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind (livestream via Zoom)

3/24/2022        PCS     Gem of the Ocean 

3/25-26/2022  PGMC  Learn to Fly
3/31/2022 PPH     Titus Andronicus

APR 2022

4/21/2022 PCS     Freestyle Love Supreme 

MAY 2022

5/04/2022        ART     The Children

5/26/2022 PPH     Bella: An American tall tale

JUN 2022

Hannah & the Healing Stone - 2 shows; both interpreted!

 Asteroid B612 & LineStorm Playwrights presents

Saturday, June 19th and Sunday June 20th at 5pm

@ Laurelhurst Park in Portland, Oregon

ASL interpretation provided at both performances.

Watch the sneak preview HERE.

The event is FREE to the public, RSVP HERE to confirm your spot!

Can I tell you some other cool things about it?

It’s directed by KISHA JARRETT, the managing director of Artists Repertory Theater, who is also about to go on a huge 1200 mile hike after the show. Follow her: blackgirlinthewoods.org/

It’s going to star HEATH HYUN HOUGHTON who unleashes a flood by squeezing a stone!!!  BARBIE WU gets to make a big wish!!! JORDAN SIEGEL learns to fly!!! JOSIE SEID gets swallowed by a flood!!!  NICOLE ACCUARDI turns into a goldfish !!! and KAYLA HANSON is Hannah, the only person could possibly save us all. 

Oh, I have to tell you that DR. JIYU YANG will be playing ERHU!!! And did I tell you that KAYLA KELLY is our Assistant Director? And we have DOT HEARN!!!! And KASSIE HUGHES!!! Providing ASL interpretation!

KEEP UP WITH THE SHOW on FACEBOOK & INSTAGRAM

LineStorm Playwrights at Fertile Ground

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LineStorm Playwrights present a *free* and *interpreted* reading of a new play every day of Fertile Ground. Yes, beginning January 30th and continuing through February 9th, there is a reading of a different new script. The readings begin at noon, except the two Sunday readings are at 6:00 pm.

All of the readings are at Chapel Theatre. See the poster for the script and playwright(s) presented each day, as well as theatre address.

This Facebook event page also contains a link to each play's listing on the Fertile Ground online schedule on the discussion tab.

See and support new theater by local playwrights, performed by local actors.

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reminder: "Dorothy's Dictionary" *free* staged reading

LineStorm Playwrights
in association with Lakewood Center for the Arts
presents

"Dorothy's Dictionary"

by E.M. Lewis

Tickets: FREE - reservation requested

Date & Time: Wednesday, May 29th at 7:30 pm 

Location: Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368 S State St., Lake Oswego 97034

Interpreters: Dot Hearn and Kassie Hughes

Synopsis:
In this intimate two-character play -- a new work in progress by E. M. Lewis -- Zan is forced to choose between community service and juvenile detention after a violent incident in his high school. He picks community service. But when he's assigned to read to Dorothy, a librarian who has just entered hospice care, neither of them is sure he's made the right decision. Between difficult conversations and battles over books, they build an unbreakable bond.

Playwright:
E. M. Lewis is an award-winning playwright, teacher, and opera librettist. Her work has been produced around the world and has been published by Samuel French.

DOROTHY'S DICTIONARY is funded in part by the Regional Arts & Culture Council.

Reminder: "Scarlet" interpreted 3/14 at 7:30 pm

Portland Playhouse presents
an interpreted performance of

"Scarlet" 

(a musical)

By Michelle Horgen

Directed by Brian Weaver and Jessica Wallenfels

 

DATE & TIME: Wed March 14th at 7:30 pm

LOCATION: 602 NE Prescott, Portland OR

    *parking available in the school lot, 1 1/2 blocks north*

TICKETS: available online or call the Box Office (503) 488-5822

INTERPRETERS: Dot Hearn & Kassie Hughes

"Condemned by her community, Hester fights to build a life for her and her daughter in Puritan Boston, Massachusetts. Funny, sweet, and heroic; this new musical based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter stars Rebecca Teran, Isaac Lamb, Susannah Mars, Darius Pierce, Dana Green and many other Portland favorites!"

Produced in Partnership with Bitch Media and PHAME!

"...here, in 2018, as women are still fighting to be viewed by legislators, religious leaders, and employers as fully human, with the same liberties and opportunities as men, the time seems more than right for an update of Hester Prynne’s story." - Andi Zeisler, co-founder and creative/editorial director of Bitch Media

"Astoria, part two" interpreted 2/8/18

Portland Center Stage at The Armory
presents
an interpreted performance of

"Astoria, part two"

Adapted and directed by Chris Coleman

 Based on the book ASTORIA: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire, A Story of Wealth, Ambition, and Survival by Peter Stark

DATE & TIME: Thursday, February 8th at 7:30 pm

LOCATION: 128 NW Eleventh, Portland OR

TICKETS: order online with promo code SIGN or call the box office

INTERPRETERS: Krista Harmon and Andrew Weaver

SIGN COACH: Justin Coleman

World Premiere!
Continuing the ambitious adventure of Part One, which told the stories of the Astor expeditions by land and sea to establish trade routes to the Pacific Northwest, Part Two is about the extraordinary endeavors that lead to the establishment of Astoria, the first permanent United States settlement on the West Coast.


Run Time:  Approximately 2 hours and 35 minutes, including one intermission.


Note:  Recommended for ages 14 and up. Contains gunshot sound effects, and some mature content and language. The actors in this production will be using tobacco-free herbal pipes. Children under 6 are not permitted at any production at The Armory.

Kodachrome - interpreted performance 2/22

Portland Center Stage at The Armory presents
an interpreted performance of

"Kodachrome"

By Adam Szymkowicz

Directed by Rose Riordan

DATE & TIME: Thursday, February 22nd at 7:30 pm

LOCATION: 128 NW Eleventh, Portland OR

TICKETS: order with promo code SIGN online
*you may qualify for other discounts, check the website here*

INTERPRETERS: KT Corlett and Kassie Hughes

SIGN COACH: Justin Coleman

SUMMARY:

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 much space as it needs. Our tour guide is Suzanne, the town photographer, who lets us peek into her neighbors’ lives to catch glimpses of romance in all its stages of development. A play about love, nostalgia, the seasons and how we learn to say goodbye.
A world premiere from our 2015 JAW festival

Run Time:  Approximately 1 hour and 50 minutes, including one intermission.
Note:  Recommended for ages 12 and up. Children under 6 are not permitted at any production at The Armory.

Portland Playhouse,
in partnership with Bitch Media and PHAME,
present an interpreted performance of

"Scarlet"

a new musical

By Michelle Horgen
Directed by Brian Weaver

DATE & TIME: Wednesday, March 14th at 7:30 pm

LOCATION: 602 NE Prescott, Portland, OR 97211

TICKETS: available online; select from the YELLOW seats

INTERPRETERS: Dot Hearn and Kassie Hughes

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION:

Funny, sweet, and heroic; a new musical based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter featuring Portland favorites: Susannah Mars, Isaac Lamb, Darius Pierce, Dana Green, Rebecca Teran and many more.

A new musical in partnership with Bitch Media and PHAME!


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Weaving Women Together - interpreted 1/24/18

Portland Playhouse presents
an interpreted performance of

Weaving Women Together

written and performed by Nikki Weaver

Date: Wednesday, January 24, 2018  

Time: 7:30 pm

Location: Hampton Opera Center, 211 SE Caruthers St, Portland.

Tickets: General seating $20; purchase online or at the door

Interpreter: Dot Hearn

Summary:

"In October 2015, Nikki Weaver sent a letter to 60 women - some she knew and some she didn’t - requesting a piece of fabric and an explanation of its sentimental value. The result is Weaving Women Together, an entirely female-driven piece about the loss of Weaver’s mother and how she has collected her in other women, and a magic skirt made entirely of the tales - and fabric - shared by these women."

Running Time: 75 minutes

Theatre as Fresh as it Gets: interpreted

Portland Center Stage at The Armory
presents



JAW

(Just Add Water)

a playwright festival

Sat July 29 & Sun July 30

4:00 and 8:00 pm each day

(see full schedule below)

All reading are free and open to the public (no reservation required)

Portland Center Stage at The Armory

128 NW Eleventh Ave, Portland, OR

 Four new plays. Four playwrights. Ten days of workshop. A large company of stage managers and actors, directors and productions assistants, and more.

Four readings in two days. One performance of each and all four will be interpreted.

Be among the first to see these fresh off the computer plays.

THE SCHEDULE

Saturday July 29

4 p.m. – Tiny Houses by Stefanie Zadravec

8 p.m. – Testmatch by Kate Attwell

Sunday, July 30

4 p.m. – In Old Age by Mfoniso Udofia

8 p.m. – Small Steps by Briandaniel Oglesby

THE PLAYS

Tiny Houses
by Stefanie Zadravec

On July 17, 2014, Malaysian Flight MH-17 rained down upon a tiny, war-torn Eastern Ukraine village after being targeted by a surface-to-air missile launched by pro-Russian Separatists. Bodies and objects alike become fodder for those trying to escape the circumstances in which they were born. TINY HOUSES is a comic riff on Pandora’s Box that explores the ripple effect on several women who suddenly realize they can disrupt the status quo.


Testmatch
by Kate Attwell

Present day: A rained out women's cricket match between India and England leaves tensions bare and as the rainy day drones relentlessly on, no one can play nice any more. Then: The British East India Company rules in eighteenth century West Bengal, as two members of the Royal Cricket Team, ardent players of the game, debate the rules of engagement, the problem of the women, the trouble with mosquitoes, all against the backdrop of a country that they are destroying through famine. And before that?... Testmatch is a new play about women’s sports, mangos, cricket, and ever present legacy of colonialism; written for an all-female cast.


In Old Age
by Mfoniso Udofia

Isolated within the walls of her derelict New England home and suffering the residual pain of years of abuse, an ancient Abasiama Ufot makes an unlikely spiritual connection with an elder stranger, Azell Abernarthy. Just as life takes a new turn, Abasiama and Azell learn the true nature of love and forgiveness.


Small Steps
by Briandaniel Oglesby

Finally fed up with the bot-and-disappointment-filled world of online gay dating, Skip Powers volunteers to go to Mars. And NASA says, “You'll do.” This is a comedy that traverses 50 million miles and a million years.