Val Landrum, Vana O'Brien and Joshua Weinstein in Red Herring. Photo by Owen Carey

Our 30th season is brimming with OSF favorites...

Artistic Director Allen Nause started his acting career at Oregon Shakespeare Festival in 1975 and appeared in dozens of shows on the festival’s many stages. Throughout the past 30 years, many OSF actors, designers and directors have brought their talent to Artists Rep stages and we are thrilled that this season is keeping in that tradition.

On stage now: Red Herring by Michael Hollinger. Directed by OSF’s Christopher Liam Moore (Director of August: Osage County and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, among others) with set design by OSF veteran Richard Hay (he has been designing for the festival for the last 55 seasons!). Opening night was on Friday and the laughter and praise for the cast, crew and design team had the lobby abuzz. 

  • “The acting, the directing, the set, the play – everything about it is incredible!”
  •   “…A rollicking good time: tightly written, fast paced, I can’t believe the actors can keep up with it.  And it has a happy ending, a beautiful ending.  Love triumphs over all!”

Read the preview Marty Hughley wrote for The Oregonian’s A&E section here.

Abe of BePortland.com calls Red Herring a “...gut-busting hilarious” look at one of our most prized and mocked institutions – marriage – through a '50s crime-noir lens. Read that review here.

Red Herring runs through March 17 on the Alder Stage and tickets are going fast! Click here to get yours today!

More OSF sightings on the horizon!
The Gin Game by D.L. Coburn will feature former OSF company member and Artists Rep Artistic Director, Allen Nause and Artists Rep Resident Actor Vana O’Brien. March 26-April 28.

Ten Chimneys by Jeffery Hatcher, directed by incoming Artistic Director Damaso Rodriguez, featuring OSF favorite Linda Alper as the famous Lynn Fontanne and Artists Rep Resident Actor Michael Mendelson as Alfred Lunt. April 23-May 26.

Red Herring is presented with support from United Airlines and Marcy & Richard Schwartz.

Portland theatre abounds! Theatre Vertigo presents The Velvet Sky

Poor Bethany Palmer hasn't slept in 13 years. When her husband steals their son away in the middle of the night, her already fragile grip on reality starts to weaken, and she sets off on a nightmarish phantasmagoria through an urban dreamscape. Chronicling Bethany's desperate flight, The Velvet Sky is a dark fairytale for grown-ups about the stories and lies adults tell children to keep them safe from the things that lurk in the dark.

“Aguirre-Sacasa's The Velvet Sky blends childhood fantasies with adult nightmares into a dark and surreal adventure laced with just enough honesty that it's absolutely, terrifically terrifying…”
 – Metroweekly

Theatre Vertigo Presents The Velvet Sky written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and directed by Jane Bement Geesman. The cast includes the familiar face of Andy Lee-Hillstrom (And So It Goes…) and Jade Hobbes (Artists Rep concessions), along with Karen Wennstrom, Tom Mounsey, Andrew Palmer, Beth Thompson, Mario Calcagno and Joanna Tyler

The Velvet Sky runs through March 16 at Theater Theatre! with performances Thursday through Saturday at 8pm. For more information, visit www.theatrevertigo.org. For reservations, call 503.306.0870 or email vertigo@theatrevertigo.org

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And So It Goes...
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Red Herring
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The 2012/13 Artists Repertory Theatre season is presented by the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation. Premiere season sponsors are Ronni Lacroute/WillaKenzie Estate and The Oregonian. Season hotel sponsors are Mark Spencer Hotel and Hotel deLuxe. The 2012/13 radio sponsor is KINK.FM. Other support comes from Regional Arts Culture Council, Work for Art, Oregon Arts Commission, Harold and Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation, Fred Fields Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation, All Classical and Maletis Beverage.

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1515 SW Morrison St.
Portland, Oregon 97205
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