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Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson
2025-05-30 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-05-31 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-06-01 14:00 - 16:30, 2025-06-01 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-06-04 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-06-05 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-06-06 19:30 - 22:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Ellyn Bye Studio, 128 NW Eleventh Ave, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
Chris Grace is Scarlett Johansson. Or maybe Scarlett Johansson is Chris Grace. Either way, only one of them played a Japanese cyborg in Ghost in the Shell. In a tour-de-force one-person farce that The Guardian describes as “mind and character bending,” Asian American actor and comedian Chris Grace explores the bounds of an artist’s identity. With the help of an ever-growing pile of wigs, Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson celebrates two of Hollywood’s most beloved Asian actors.
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26 Little Deaths
2025-05-30 19:30 - 22:00 | Patricia Reser Center for the Arts, 12625 SW Crescent St, Beaverton, OR, 97005, United States
The definition of epic. 26 Little Deaths by Carla Kihlstedt weaves a sweeping song cycle inspired by Edward Gorey’s Gashlycrumb Tinies, a delightfully dark alphabet book. A gifted singer and violinist, Kihlstedt will perform alongside musicians from your Oregon Symphony as they guide the audience through 26 songs that are part Tim Burton, part Edgar Allan Poe, and part art song all while Gorey’s iconic images are projected on screen.

Joe Turner's Come and Gone
2025-05-30 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-05-31 14:00 - 16:30, 2025-05-31 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-06-01 14:00 - 16:30, 2025-06-01 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-06-04 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-06-05 14:00 - 16:30, 2025-06-05 19:30 - 22:00 and 1 more date | Portland Playhouse, 602 NE Prescott St, Portland, OR, 97211, United States
Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, set in a 1911 Pittsburgh boarding house, follows Herald Loomis’ search for identity and belonging. This August Wilson masterpiece captures the essence of the African American post- slavery experience, weaving together themes of heritage, freedom, and the deep yearning for a place to call home.
As Loomis searches for his lost family, his journey mirrors the broader African American pursuit of identity and cultural grounding following the abolition of slavery. This narrative is a profound reflection on resilience, community bonds, and the indomitable spirit of freedom.
Joe Turner’s Come and Gone is a powerful exploration of the significance of community in guiding individual journeys, and the unbreakable desire to find where one truly belongs. It is a story of rebirth & a celebration of African American resilience and a reminder of the power of discovering where you belong.

Precipice: re-membering, forgetting and claiming home
2025-05-30 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-05-31 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-06-01 14:00 - 16:30 | CoHo Theatre, 2257 NW Raleigh St, Portland, OR, 97210, United States
Precipice is a magical-realist, fluid poem that tenderly holds place, house/home and mementos as doorways to connection, while deeply questioning materialistic notions of ownership. This one-woman show presses against the boundaries of media reports, geological truths, legacy, DNA reports, and the value of listening to the land as a third-generation Black Portlander and Oregonian. Who owns your idea of belonging? What is the legacy of the place you call home? As far as you can tell, is everyone free?
Conceived and performed by Damaris Webb; written by Chris Gonzalez.

Lost Freedom: A Memory with George Takei
2025-05-31 19:00 - 22:00 | Portland Japanese Garden, 611 SW Kingston Avenue, Portland, OR, 97205, United States
Inspired by autobiographical accounts of the incarceration of Japanese-American citizens in World War II, Lost Freedom: A Memory weaves together music and spoken word in a profound exploration of a chilling time in American history. Actor, author, and activist, George Takei (Star Trek), narrates his own story as one of the citizens forced from their homes and made to live in desolate camps thousands of miles away. Set to music by Oregon composer Kenji Bunch, this poignant program will also include music by Oregon’s Japanese-American composer/percussionist Andy Akiho.
Lost Freedom: A Memory is a co-presentation with the Portland Japanese Garden, and is part of a weekend-long festival remembering and celebrating the rich legacies of Portland’s Japanese and Vanport communities through visual art, music, theater, and dance, in collaboration with the Japanese American Museum of Oregon, Resonance Ensemble, and Vanport Mosaic.
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Peter & the Wolf
2025-06-01 14:00 - 16:30 | Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 SW Broadway Ave, Portland, OR, 97205, United States
Discover the instruments of the symphony through Prokofiev’s beloved children’s work Peter and the Wolf—the tale of a young boy who confronts a menacing wolf with the help of his animal friends! Experience the Oregon Symphony play the delightful score that cleverly introduces young audience members to the different musical instruments while the charming story is narrated live.

The Importance of Being Earnest
2025-06-01 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-06-03 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-06-04 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-06-05 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-06-06 19:30 - 22:00 | U.S. Bank Main Stage, 128 NW Eleventh Ave, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
A world-premiere adaptation!
What’s in a name? For some people—everything. A new, exciting spin on an old classic, this adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s satire sparkles with wit and whimsy. To become the gentlemen they believe they’re meant to be, Jack and Algernon must live double lives. Country mice and city mice collide in this comedy that will woo you from the very start!
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The OBT Collection
2025-06-05 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-06-06 19:30 - 21:30 | Newmark Theatre, 1111 SW Broadway, Portland, OR, 97205, United States
For Pixie
A haunting pas de deux set to Nina Simone’s Wild is the Wind, For Pixie is inspired by Dani Rowe’s own grandparents’ fierce and unconventional love story.
“Intimate and captivating.” –San Francisco Chronicle
Quartet for Five
Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber infuse warmth and tenderness into this intensely physical contemporary work, set to music by Philip Glass performed by members of the OBT Orchestra.
“Expressive, dramatic and intriguing…beautiful emotional connections.” – VailDaily
New Work from Nicolas Blanc
A world premiere from Nicolas Blanc is sure to thrill audiences with its marriage of pure classicism and fresh, contemporary edge.
“The next big find.” – Classical Voice SF
To Be Revealed
A surprise from 2024’s OBT by Design finishes off this unforgettable collection.

Mother Russia
2025-06-05 19:30 - 22:00 | Artists Repertory Theatre, 1515 SW Morrison Street, Portland, OR, 97205, United States
Evgeny and Dmitri are just two average guys who dream of cushy government jobs—but when the fall of the Soviet Union puts hiring on hold, they find work surveilling a former pop star instead. As they bumble their way through the assignment, both spying and life under capitalism prove harder than they thought. This prescient and thought-provoking world-premiere comedy by Lauren Yee (The Great Leap, Cambodian Rock Band) reveals what happens when old systems and strongmen fall away, and we let the free market decide—but freedom doesn’t taste as good as we thought it would.
Profile Theatre is producing Mother Russia in association with Desert Island Studios, founded and run by Ashley Song and Joe Bowden, who will be creating pre-recorded and live-stream video featured within the production.
