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She's got it: Kayla Kelly tangos with self-doubt in her comedic show "You Got It, Girl' " Oregon Arts Watch
2+ hour, 19+ min ago (1001+ words) Beyonc, a preacher, and a talk show host are just a few of the personas Kayla Kelly takes on in her show You Got It, Girl, part of Co Ho Theatre's 2026 residency program. Oh, and she also plays a character…...
A trio of new Fertile Ground Festival plays " Oregon Arts Watch
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1422+ words) 2020. The Year That Changed Everything; a year that roiled and convulsed and finally erupted, spewing its miasma of rage and racism, disease and dread, shame and resentment, a year of reckoning. In those days of quarantine, when we were all…...
Drama Watch: On a lighter note, musicals and comedies blossom on Oregon stages " Oregon Arts Watch
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (1786+ words) Meanwhile, musicals, both comedic and more serious fare, are in abundance, with Something Rotten! at Pentacle Theatre, Dear Evan Hansen at Broadway Rose, Les Mis'rables on tour at Keller Auditorium, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 at Greenhouse Cabaret in…...
A magical "Lizard Boy" at Center Stage " Oregon Arts Watch
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (593+ words) I am among the fortunate souls to have seen the original cast of Lizard Boy perform the musical, which they did originally in Seattle, then in San Diego and Silicon Valley, in the UK and off-Broadway, and most recently at…...
April Aasheim: telling stories on pages and stages " Oregon Arts Watch
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1858+ words) At last year's Fertile Ground Festival, budding playwright April Aasheim was introducing HART Theatre's staged reading of her new play, The Pros and Cons of Killing Your Husband, when her voice caught. She'd spotted an unexpected audience member, Marie Buckley,…...
Oregon Shakespeare Festival's 2026 season springs to life " Oregon Arts Watch
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (1369+ words) The Oregon Shakespeare Festival's 2026 season opens the weekend of March 13 with three productions, launching the first phase of a 10-show repertory lineup that will run through Oct. 25 across the festival's three theaters. The season begins in the Angus Bowmer Theatre…...
Puzzle Watch: What the Dickens " Oregon Arts Watch
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (164+ words) P. S. Do you have a favorite Dickens character? Mine is Mr. Barkis. Download the puzzle as a printable PDF Download the answer key Daryl Browne is a music educator, alto, flutist and writer who lives in Beaverton, Oregon. If you prefer…...