List of Upcoming Interpreted Plays Feb - August 2023

 (Updated 07/07/2023) A quick list of interpreted performance dates for January to July 2023 at several Portland Metro area venues. 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.

Portland Center Stage's JAW Festival is happening later this month, July 29-30. All public readings are free and will be interpreted. Join us for these incredible new plays at the end of an intensive theatrical workshopping week! Link below for more information.

NOTE: Interpreted performance dates for some theatres will be available in late August. Schedules and interpreters are being arranged for several theater companies right now.  *The first play interpreted for the 2023-24 season will be at Bag and Baggage Productions on 8/3 - see the link below!

Check the theatres' websites for the most up to date information regarding safety protocols or programming updates. 

The following two productions are available from Artists Repertory Theatre for streaming on-demand with ASL interpretation:

ART: Mercury Company     Berlin Diaries

ART: Mercury Company     Magellanica 

Upcoming interpreted performances 

JUL 2023

July 28-30     PCS    JAW New Play Festival 

AUG 2023

8/3/2023       B&B   Red Velvet

      

*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

RES        The Reser

TRR        Third Rail Repertory Theatre

10/20: "Chicken & Biscuits" interpreted at Portland Playhouse

Portland Playhouse presents
an interpreted performance of

Chicken & Biscuits

By Douglas Lyons

Date & Time: October 20, 2022 at 7:30p; doors at 6:30p

Location: 602 NE Prescott Street, Portland 97211

Tickets: $25 (select ACCESS)

Interpreters: Pamela and Edwin Cancel

Coming to Portland Playhouse from Broadway, A family comedy that’ll leave you begging for seconds…

Join Baneatta and Beverly as they gather to celebrate the life of Daddy. Baneatta’s praying for a peaceful reunion, despite all the spice her family brings. But, in the middle of all the chaos, a family secret walks in and the pot boils over.  

Meet The Family

Baneatta: Just wants to bury Daddy right…

Reginald: Baneatta’s husband, who’s trying to keep the peace & write the eulogy…

Simone: Baneatta & Reginald’s daughter, and Baneatta’s favorite (that’s not the secret)…

Kenny: Baneatta & Reginald’s son. He’s fabulous and knows it…

Logan: Kenny’s very white, very Jewish Boyfriend…

Beverly: Baneatta’s sister, showing up to church ready to show just what God has blessed her with…

La’Trice: Beverly’s daughter, who just can’t help but stir the pot…

And… a family secret that’s been cooking for SO. MANY. YEARS.

2022-23 Interpreted Performance: the quick list

(Updated 07/07/2023) A quick list of interpreted performance dates for the 2022-23 season at several Portland OR metro area venues. 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 the theatres' websites for the most up to date information regarding safety protocols or programming updates. 

The following two productions are available for streaming on-demand with ASL interpretation 

ART: Mercury Company     Berlin Diaries

ART: Mercury Company     Magellanica 

The following interpreted performance list will be updated as new productions are added.

JUL 2023

July 28-30     PCS       JAW New Play Festival 

*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

RES        The Reser

TRR        Third Rail Repertory Theatre

PREVIOUS 2022-23 INTERPRETED PERFORMANCES

SEPT 2022

09/08/2022    PCS    tick, tick, BOOM!

09/23/2022    "Biased Brains" at The Siren Theater

09/30/2022    ART    The Hombres cancelled due to interpreter COVID infection

OCT 2022

10/20/2022  PPH     Chicken & Biscuits

10/23/2022    PacU    How I Learned to Drive

10/27/2022    B&B    The Last White Man

10/27/2022    PCS      the ripple, the wave that carried me home

10/30/2022    Fuse     Story Share: Origin Stories 

NOV 2022

11/11/2022    RES     Caroline Shaw & SŌ Percussion  

11/18/2022    TRR     Blink    

11/19/2022    PCC     Wrong Number & The Hitchhiker 

DEC 2021

12/01/2022   PCS       Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord

12/01/2022   CORR   Metaverse

12/3-4/2022  PLC       Be A Light

12/08/2022   PPH       A Christmas Carol   

12/08/2022   PCS       It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play

12/9-11/22    PGMC   Light the Way Home 

12/15/2022   B&B      Danny and the Deep Blue Sea

JAN 2023

01/20/2023   ART       American Fast

01/29/2023   PLC       Breaking the Ice

FEB 2023

02/02/2023   PCS       Ms Holmes & Ms Watson, Apt 2B cancelled due to interpreter illness

02/22/2023   PPH       What I Learned in Paris    cancelled

MAR 2023

...

03/31/2023   TRR       I'm Black when I'm Singing, I'm Blue when I Ain't  cancelled due to loss of interpreting team

MAR 2023

03/09/2023   PCS       Young Americans

03/10/2023   CORR    Trade

03/11/2022   PCC       Dekalog

03/16/2023   B&B      I F#@!ing Hate Shakespeare

03/19/2023   PacU      Importance of Being Earnest *matinee at 2:00p*

03/16/2023   PCS       Where We Belong 

03/23/2023   B&B      Apples in Winter

APR 2023

04/26/2023   PPH       Great Wide Open

MAY 2022

05/04/2023    PCS       Choir Boy *not interpreted: interpreter emergency*

05/19/2023   CORR    Myra's Story

05/20/2022    PCC      Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde

05/26/2023    ART      True Story 

JUN 2023

06/02/2023    TRR      Mary Jane 

06/07/2023    PPH      The Sounds of Afrolitical Movement *not interpreted; interpreter emergency*

06/22/2023    PCS      A Midsummer Night’s Dream

2021-22 Season ASL Interpreted Performances

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 02/24/2022)

Available online on-demand with ASL interpretation 

ART: Mercury Company     Berlin Diaries

ART: Mercury Company     Magellanica 

*

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
6/1-5/2022       ART-Mercury Company Festival (will link when information is available)

6/9/2022          PCS  Rent

June 2022         PLC    Concert (will link when information is available)

JUL 2022
July 22-24       PCS     JAW - playwright festival public readings

*Key to Theater Abbreviations, with links*

ART        Artists Repertory Theatre

B&B        Bag&Baggage Productions

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

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) *canceled due to covid-19 surge*

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

2/17/2022 PPH     Thurgood

COVID-19 related update

[update July 15, 2020] In-person theater for the remainder of the 2019-20 season was cancelled or postponed. The medical  and scientific communities are still monitoring the coronavirus, watching trends, making predictions. We are living in a time of constant flux - globally, nationwide, and locally. There are many conversations happening around performances of all kinds, with the exploration of options and possibilities. New forms are being created or old ones revised. But, for now, live theater in a closed space with 100 or 200 or 800 people is months away; current predictions are 6-18 months. Broadway in NYC announced there will be no productions for the remainder of 2020; other performance venues and companies are following suit. There may not be a 2020-21 season; or there may be a shortened one.

I am continuing to work with a few local theater on providing access for productions as things change. And change again. There are some exciting possibilities ahead - which I can't tell you, yet, because there is still so much which is unknown. Theatre is not dead - it is being adapted to this requirements of this current time we are living in. I will continue to try to share online opportunities as they become available, as new forms are created and shared, as I find new Deaf productions being shared. I look forward to the time when we can be in the room together, sharing laughter and breath and tears and surprise and wonder with the actors on the stage and tech crew in the booth and backstage. Until that time, let's keep our creativity alive and support the efforts of each other as we navigate distancing and face masks and large gathering bans.

You can also check us out on Facebook @paiaPDX, where there are links to Deaf productions, conversations about signing in theatre, online Deaf film and arts events, Deaf improv comedy, and more.


[update 3/20/2020]  As the US tries to flatten the curve, slow the spread and respond to COVID-19, many people are feeling the impact as there are curfews and gathering bans. Theater and other arts organizations are making difficult decisions or being mandated to close. As of 3/18/2020 it is unknown how long the current level of crisis will last, or when we can begin returning to theatres and movies and soccer matches and more.

Here is an updated list of interpreted performances which are still on the schedule, some cancellations and postponements. I do expect that many of the plays through the rest of the season will be cancelled; but, for now, we wait and see what happens.

MAR 2020
*cxld* Th 03/19/20  PCS      The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
*postponed* Sa 03/21/20  PGMC   Reflections  (8:00 pm)
*postponed*  Su 03/22/20  PGMC   Reflections  (3:00 pm)
*cxld* Th 03/26/20  PCS       9 Parts of Desire
*cxld* Sa 03/28/20  NWCT  Elephant & Piggie’s, We are in a Play – On Tour (Portland 11AM)

APR 2020
*cxld* Sa 04/18/20  CORR    Kissing the Witch  
*postponed* W 04/22/20   PPH      Thurgood   

MAY 2020
Th 05/07/20   PCS      Howards End
*cxld* Su 05/10/20   STT      The Antipodes
Sa 05/1620   NWCT    Elephant & Piggie’s, We are in a Play – On Tour (Salem 11AM)
Sa 05/16/20   PCC      In The Blood (7:00 pm)
Sa 05/16/20   NWCT   Seussical (at noon)
M 05/18/20   PCS       Teen Program Spring Showcase - free

JUN 2020
*postponed*  Fr 06/05/20   PROF    By the Way, Meet Vera Stark        
Th 06/18/20  PCS       Cambodian Rock Band


*Key to Theater Abbreviations, with links*

CORR   Corrib Theatre
NWCT   Northwest Childrens Theater and School
PCC      Portland Community College, Sylvania
PCS      Portland Center Stage at The Armory
PGMC  Portland Gay Men's Chorus
PPH      Portland Playhouse
PROF   Profile Theatre
STT      Shaking the Tree Theatre

March 2020 Interpreted Performances Summary

MARCH 2020 Interpreted Performances - the short list. Click the links for more information!





W 03/04/20   PPH      Pipeline  

Fr 03/13/20   PacU     This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing

Sa 03/14/20   PCC      Our Town  (7:00 pm)








Th 03/19/20  PCS      The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time




Sa 03/21/20  PGMC   Reflections  
(8:00 pm)
Su 03/22/20  PGMC   Reflections
(3:00 pm)









Th 03/26/20  PCS       9 Parts of Desire

Sa 03/28/20  NWCT  Elephant & Piggie’s, We are in a Play – On Tour 
(Portland 11AM)







*Key to Theater Abbreviations*

NWCT   Northwest Childrens Theater and School
PacU     Pacific University
PCC      Portland Community College, Sylvania
PCS      Portland Center Stage at The Armory
PGMC  Portland Gay Men's Chorus
PPH      Portland Playhouse

A Christmas Carol *2 interpreted dates*

Portland Playhouse presents
two interpreted performances of

A Christmas Carol

By Charles Dickens

DATES & TIMES: Wed Dec 11 at 7:00 pm

and Sat Dec 14 at 2:00 pm

LOCATION: 602 NE Prescott, Portland 97211

TICKETS: Choose ASL ticket ($25) so the theater knows to save you a seat

with sightlines to the interpreters. Get yours before they're gone!

INTERPRETERS: Dot Hearn and Kassie Hughes

"Join Ebenezer Scrooge and the ghostly spirits who visit on Christmas Eve to guide the grumpy miser through a redemptive and transformative journey towards friendship and love. The traditional ghost story surprisingly staged and contemporarily cast. Hopeful, musical, and, above all, fun!" Run time: Approximately 2 hours including one 15 minute intermission.

 "A Christmas Carol" Written by Charles Dickens Adaptation and Original Lyrics by Rick Lombardo Original Music by Anna Lackaff and Rick Lombardo Music Arrangements by Anna Lackaff Directed by Brian Weaver

October - second half interpreted performances

Interpreted plays for the second half of October 2019 - many excellent options to choose from! The quick list title links to the theatre's production page for that show.

Thu  10/17/19   Macbeth  - Portland Center Stage 7:30 pm [*only 2 tickets left*] 
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

★    ★    ★ 

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.

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 Imago 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."