November 2019
Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley
The U.S. Bank Main Stage | Portland Center Stage Delicious as a mug of frothy eggnog – meet your new favorite holiday classic! Middle sister Mary finally takes center stage in this charming and clever sequel to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. While happy in the company of books and her piano, Mary has grown tired of her role as the dutiful daughter. When the Bennet sisters gather at the home of Lizzy and Darcy for…
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Hedwig and the Angry Inch
The U.S. Bank Main Stage | Portland Center Stage Winner of 4 Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Musical Brilliantly innovative, heartbreaking, and wickedly funny, this genre-bending, fourth-wall-smashing musical sensation tells the story of one of the most unique characters to ever hit the stage. Hedwig, a German immigrant, is out to set the record straight about her life, her loves, and the operation that left her with that “angry inch.” Part rock concert, part…
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School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play
The U.S. Bank Main Stage | Portland Center Stage Paulina, the reigning Queen Bee at Ghana's most exclusive boarding school, has her sights set on the Miss Universe pageant. But the arrival of Ericka (a new student with undeniable talent, beauty, and light skin) captures the attention of the pageant recruiter — and nearly topples the social order of Paulina’s hive-minded friends. Jocelyn Bioh's biting comedy explores the challenges facing teenage girls across the globe and…
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The U.S. Bank Main Stage | Portland Center Stage This Broadway smash hit takes you inside the mind of 15-year-old Christopher, a boy with an extraordinary brain. He is exceptional at mathematics, incapable of lying, detests being touched, and distrusts strangers. Now, it is seven minutes after midnight and Christopher is under suspicion of killing his neighbor’s dog, Wellington, with a garden fork. Determined to find the true culprit, Christopher carefully records each fact of the…
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9 Parts of Desire
The Ellyn Bye Studio | Portland Center Stage An intimate and complex portrait of the extraordinary (and ordinary) lives of nine Iraqi women, this remarkable solo work offers a meditation on what it means to be a woman in a country overshadowed by war. Based on her interviews with real women during the reign and fall of Saddam Hussein, Heather Raffo weaves nine utterly distinct voices into a tapestry of humanity, love, and endurance in the…
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Howards End
The U.S. Bank Main Stage | Portland Center Stage A World Premiere! Margaret and Helen Schlegel are savvy, intellectual women struggling to be heard over the stubborn dominance of England's early 20th century social strictures. When their lives intersect with two very different men, the sisters’ relationship to each other, themselves, and the way they see the world, changes forever. Four actors play 20 characters learning how to connect with each other in a landscape of…
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Cambodian Rock Band
The U.S. Bank Main Stage | Portland Center Stage Dubbed “fierce, gorgeous, and heartwarming” by the Los Angeles Times, this play (part comedy, part mystery, part rock concert) follows a young woman trying to piece together her family history 30 years after her father fled Cambodia. Featuring a cast that performs a mix of contemporary Dengue Fever hits and classic Cambodian oldies, Lauren Yee vividly brings to life the Cambodian rock scene of the ‘60s…
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