2024-25 Season interpreted performances

 

The 2024-25 season quick list of signed performance is below. This list will be updated soon, to include links to each production's website and more information. Check back for updates throughout the season, as well;  new plays, concerts, readings, and so on are added as they are known. You can also follow PAIA on Facebook [paiaPDX] and/or Instagram [paia_pdx]. [updated 10/4/2024]

KEY to abbreviations

ART :  Artists Repertory Theatre

B&B : Bag and Baggage Productions

 LinS: LineStorm Playwrights

PacU: Pacific University  

PCC : Portland Community College 

PCS : Portland Center State

TRR : Third Rail Repertory

SEPTEMBER

9/28 VAN's  7:30p  Lizzie: The Musical (at Chapel Theatre)

OCTOBER

10/24 PCS   7:30p  [musical]  Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

10/27 PacU  Sun 2:00p  The Lantern of Jack

10/27 LinS  Sun 7:00p Go Play Outside - 6 short play readings

NOVEMBER

11/8  TRR  7:30p  Infinite Life

11/8  ART   FRI. 7:30p  The Event!  

11/23 PCC  SAT 7:00p  A Christmas Carol  

DECEMBER

12/5 PCS  7:30p   Liberace & Liza: Holiday at the Mansion (A Tribute)

12/5   PCS  11:00a  Twelfth Night, Or What You Will : student matinee

12/12  B&B  7:30p  Hardboiled Eggnog (music, puppets, more)

12/12 PCS  7:30p    Twelfth Night, Or What You Will

FEBRUARY

2/6   PCS  7:30p     Jaja’s African Hair Braiding

2/13 PCS  11:00a  Jaja’s African Hair Braiding :student matinee

2/20 B&B  7:30p  Beginnings & Endings

TBD STT.   tbd 7:30p/Su 5* The Antipodes by Annie Baker (late Feb/early Mar)

MARCH

3/8   PCC  7:00p Orlando (by Sarah Ruhl) 

3/14  TRR 7:30p  A CASE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD

3/16 PacU  2:00p  39 Steps   

3/20 PCS   7:30p  Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

3/21 ART   FRI. 7:30p  Sapience

APRIL

4/3 PCS   11:00a  The Light   student matinee

4/3 PCS   7:30p    The Light  

MAY

5/1  B&B  7:30p   Ballad of Iron Joe

5/1  PCS   11:00a  The Brothers Size   : student matinee

5/8  PCS   7:30p   The Brothers Size  

5/16  ART   FRI. 7:30p  The Storyteller

5/17  PCC   SAT. 7:30p  12 Angry Jurors   

5/22 PCS   11:00a  Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson : student matinee

5/23 TRR 7:30p PRECIPICE

JUNE

6/5 PCS  7:30p  Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson 

6/26 PCS  7:30p  The Importance of Being Earnest

Updates coming soon, which will include links to get ticketing and more production information.

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

W 1/29/2021 "Community" by Anya Pearson - interpreted

 DG Footlights Oregon presents

an interpreted virtual reading of

Community

by Anya Pearson

DG Footlights™ Oregon continues with a virtual reading of COMMUNITY, a new performance by Anya Pearson at 7:00 pm on Wednesday, January 29, 2021. This event will be interpreted and is free; registration required.

This play is about 2020. Need we say more?

Okay, maybe a little: 2020 has taught us so much about grief, loss, sadness, isolation, anger, rage, fury, community, more isolation, longing, loneliness, friendship, laughter, skin-shedding, cocoons, hiding under beds, growth, retreat, silence, gratitude, radical acceptance, claustrophobia, unexpected minor miracles amid so much catastrophe.

The more we settle into the truth of ourselves, the more room we create for joy despite the despair.

Join us for an exploration of what it means to make theatre during the pandemic – what it means to create new forms, evolve, retreat, and reemerge with a renewed commitment to truth-telling.

Rated PG-13, the play discusses modern relationships and living/surviving/adulting during the pandemic.

*Free* but Registration required.

Interpreters: Taiwo Olopade and Dana Walls

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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Jan and Feb interpreted dates

This is a quick recap of some interpreted performances happening in the beginning of the new year, the new decade. More information about individual shows will be posted soon. But, for now, an updated overview. There have been several additions since the original posting.

To see the rest of this season's offerings as of 1/08/2020, click here.

JAN 2020
Sa 01/11/20   benefit   Home: Songs for the Border  benefit concert
Mo 01/13/20  PCS     "Visions & Voices Winter Showcase" - free
Th 01/16/20   PCS       Hedwig and the Angry Inch  
Fr 01/24/20    PROF    Sweat    
Th 01/30-31   LINE     *free* Fertile Ground lunchtime concert readings. *1/30-2/9 a different new play will be presented each day Mon-Sat 12-1:30 pm; Sun 6-7:30 pm at Chapel Theatre*

FEB 2020
Su 02/01-09  LINE    *free* Fertile Ground readings continue [12-1:30p Mon-Sat; 6-7:30p Sun]
Th 02/06/20  PCS       School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play
Sa 02/22/20  NWCT    Jungle Book  (noon)
Sa 02/22/20  CORR    James X  


*Key to Theater Abbreviations, with links*

CORR  Corrib Theatre
LINE     LineStorm Playwrights
NWCT  Northwest Childrens Theater and School
PCS     Portland Center Stage at The Armory
PROF  Profile Theatre

reminder: October 2019 interpreted performances

There are many interpreted plays in October 2019, so I decided to post one reminder for all of them. The quick list first, then more information for each play below. The quick list title links to the theatre's production page for that show.

Sat   10/05/19   Eclipsed  - Corrib Theatre 7:30 pm
Sat   10/05/19   How I Became a Pirate - NW Children's Theater 11:00 am
Sun  10/06/19   Welcome to Zion  *free* - LineStorm & Broadway Rose 7:30 pm
Wed 10/09/19   The Wolves - Portland Playhouse  7:30 pm
Thu  10/17/19   Macbeth  - Portland Center Stage 7:30 pm
Sun  10/20/19   Orlando - Pacific University  2:00 pm
Sun  10/20/19   Bakkhai  - Shaking the Tree 5:30 pm
Fri    10/25/19   The Baltimore Waltz  - Profile Theatre at Image 7:30 pm
Thu  10/31/19   Women of Will  - Portland Playhouse 7:30 pm

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The title for each of the plays below links to the Facebook event page, which contains additional information, such as photos, reviews, videos, tickets, interpreters, and more.

Sat   10/05/19   Eclipsed  - Corrib Theatre 7:30 pm
"Nobody wants these women.
In a Magdalene Laundry in Ireland, where the nuns regard them as mindless vessels of evil and their infants are forcibly put up for adoption, a group of young unwed Irish mothers struggle, resist, and strive to overcome the onerous conditions imposed on them. Based on true accounts and written by an ex-nun who worked there, it’s a story of both pain and hope. Opened in the late 1800s, the last Magdalene Laundry didn’t close until 1996."

Sat   10/05/19   How I Became a Pirate - NW Children's Theater 11:00 am
"Avast, ye mateys! Set sail on a high-seas adventure with a motley crew of bumbling pirates as the fearsome Captain Braid Beard lands at a quiet family vacation spot in search of an expert digger to join the crew. This slapstick swashbuckler will delight children, parents, and every pirate-at-heart." *important ticket information on the Facebook event page*

Sun  10/06/19   Welcome to Zion  *free* - LineStorm & Broadway Rose 7:30 pm
"The teen suicide rate in Utah has been rising exponentially in the last decade, especially among LGBTQ+ youth. WELCOME TO ZION follows one Mormon family who, upon learning their son is gay, must try to reconcile this new reality with the beliefs that form the foundation of their faith."

Wed 10/09/19   The Wolves - Portland Playhouse  7:30 pm
"From the safety of their suburban stretch circle, a girls' soccer team navigates big questions and wages tiny battles with all the vim and vigor of a pack of adolescent warriors. A portrait of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for nine American girls who just want to score some goals."

Thu  10/17/19   Macbeth  - Portland Center Stage 7:30 pm
"Shakespeare’s infamous tale of political gluttony and supernatural vengeance finds refreshing new life in this piercing, stripped-down adaptation that creates a taut, contemporary thrill ride. Three women tackle all the roles. Perennially relevant and breathtaking, Macbeth is a drama that demands to be seen — whether it’s your first or five hundredth time."

Sun  10/20/19   Orlando - Pacific University  2:00 pm
"Virginia Woolf’s novel Orlando is the sexy, ever-surprising epic of a life that spans centuries, shifts genders, and defies labels. Adapted for the stage by Sarah Ruhl, a brilliant contemporary playwright." *Free* for students.

Sun  10/20/19   Bakkhai  - Shaking the Tree 5:30 pm
“Euripides was a playwright of the fifth century BC who reinvented Greek tragedy, setting it on a path that leads straight to reality TV. His plays broke all the rules, upended convention and outraged conservative critics. The Bakkhai is his most subversive play, telling the story of a man who cannot admit he would rather live in the skin of a woman, and a god who seems to combine all sexualities into a single ruinous demand for adoration. Dionysus is the god of intoxication. Once you fall under his influence, there is no telling where you will end up.”

 Fri    10/25/19   The Baltimore Waltz  - Profile Theatre at Image 7:30 pm
"Paula Vogel’s fantastical satire takes us on a whirlwind odyssey through Paris, Amsterdam, Munich and Vienna, and is part heartfelt tribute, part political indictment written at the height of the AIDS crisis."

Thu  10/31/19   Women of Will  - Portland Playhouse 7:30 pm
"Part masterclass / part performance: Funny, fierce, deep and accessible, Women of Will is the bonus content to Shakespeare’s plays that you have been searching for. Join master Shakespearean actor/dramaturg, Tina Packer as she conjures up and deconstructs William Shakespeare’s most famous female characters."