Impressions of the Sea
2025-05-11 14:00 - 16:30, 2025-05-12 19:30 - 22:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 SW Broadway Ave, Portland, OR, 97205, United States
Inspired by a lifelong passion for the sea, Debussy’s La Mer shimmers with orchestral colors in musical portraits of tranquil waves, brewing storms, and the sun’s celestial journey across a radiant sky. And soloist Paul Huang brings his “stylish and polished playing” (Strad) to Korngold’s Violin Concerto, which marries European romanticism with the gilded glamour of Hollywood film scores.
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Grease
2025-05-11 14:00 - 16:30, 2025-05-15 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-05-16 19:30 - 22:00 | Broadway Rose New Stage, 12850 SW Grant Avenue, Tigard, OR, 97223, United States
Get ready to rock n’ roll with Rydell High’s senior class! Grease picks up the story of head “greaser” Danny and girl-next-door Sandy where their summer lovin’ left off: the start of a new school year. Amongst “Burger Palace Boys,” “Pink Ladies,” fast cars, and teen angst, this musical evokes the looks and sounds of the 1950s. Grease has earned its place among the world’s most popular musicals, and is filled with favorite songs and dance numbers such as “Greased Lightnin’,” “We Go Together,” “Hopelessly Devoted to You,” and “You’re the One That I Want.”

Joe Turner's Come and Gone
2025-05-11 14:00 - 16:30, 2025-05-14 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-05-15 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-05-16 19:30 - 22:00 | 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.

The Brothers Size
2025-05-11 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-05-14 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-05-15 14:00 - 16:30, 2025-05-15 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-05-16 19:30 - 22:00 | U.S. Bank Main Stage, 128 NW Eleventh Ave, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
From Academy Award winner Tarell Alvin McCraney (Moonlight, Choir Boy) comes a story of freedom and family. Steadfast and responsible, Ogun Size fights to connect with Oshoosi, his aimless younger brother, who has recently been released from prison. Weaving together the mundane and the mystic, this play invites us into the Louisiana Bayou, showing us a world of poetry, African mythology, and music. A fresh and contemporary tale of belonging, brotherhood and the ties that bind.
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Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson
2025-05-11 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-05-13 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-05-14 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-05-15 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-05-16 19:30 - 22:00 | 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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Precipice: re-membering, forgetting and claiming home
2025-05-14 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-05-15 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-05-16 19:30 - 22:00 | 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.

Camerata PYP: Sound Garden Series
2025-05-14 19:30 - 22:00 | Patricia Reser Center for the Arts, 12625 SW Crescent St, Beaverton, OR, 97005, United States
Portland Youth Philharmonic’s Chamber Orchestra Camerata continues its 101st season with a mesmerizing program featuring both contemporary and classical works. The concert opens with the highly anticipated performance by the Concerto Competition Runner-up, Haruka Sakiyama, showcasing one of PYP’s emerging talents.
The evening then moves into the reflective tones of Isolation for String Orchestra by Dinah Bianchi, a contemplative piece that explores solitude through haunting melodies. Next, Eric Simonson’s Short Variations for String Orchestra presents a fresh and intricate take on theme and variation, offering both complexity and beauty.
Howard Hanson’s Fantasy for String Orchestra: Variations on a Theme of Youth delivers a nostalgic and poignant journey, while Polina Nazaykinskaya’s Symphony No. 2 brings the program into the present, with a work that captures the emotional depth and power of modern orchestral music. Kamyar Mohajer’s work (TBD) and Farhad Poupel’s Dance of the Blossoms add to the evening’s dynamic range, balancing traditional forms with contemporary energy.

The Secret Garden
2025-05-15 17:00 - 18:30, 2025-05-16 17:00 - 18:30 | PSU Lincoln Performance Hall, 1620 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR, 97201, United States
Please join Classical Ballet academy for this hour-and-a-half long dance adventure into The Secret Garden. This performance features our Children’s Ballet, Ballet 1, 2, 4, 5, and Pre-Ballet 3 classes. The dancers in this show are all between the ages of five and thirteen.
This show will be approximately one and half hours long including intermission and is recommended for friends and family of the dancers involved. You will be impressed with all that these young, talented dancers can do!

Spring Concert
2025-05-15 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-05-16 19:00 - 21:30 | PSU Lincoln Performance Hall, 1620 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR, 97201, United States
Please join Classical Ballet Academy for this high energy and exciting production featuring CBA’s higher level Contemporary, Jazz, Improv/Modern, Inclusive Dance, Hip Hop, and Studio Company dancers. This alternative dance production is approximately one hour and fifteen minutes long.

Sheen.
2025-05-16 19:30 - 21:30 | Open Space Creative Container, 9371 N Interstate Ave, Portland, OR, 97217, United States
We are thrilled to welcome back Keelan Whitmore, Ballet X’s current Rehearsal Director, and a former dancer with Alonzo King LINES Ballet. Keelan will be re-setting his previous work, “Who lights the Sun?” which enjoyed its world premiere with Open Space in 2022.
Sheen. will also include original creations by Open Space Resident Choreographer Noelle Kayser, and Artistic Director Franco Nieto.

Falstaff
2025-05-16 19:30 - 22:00 | Keller Auditorium, 222 SW Clay St, Portland, OR, 97201, United States
This fast-paced and rollicking comedy revolves around the witty yet scheming Sir John Falstaff. Vanity gets the better of our knight as he attempts to woo two wealthy married women with the hopes of financial gain. After sending identical love letters, Falstaff’s flimsy plan is revealed, and Alice Ford and Meg Page hatch a plan of their own to expose him. Merriment and mischief are at the heart of this opera, as our beloved buffoon endures humiliations (such as being thrown into the Thames in a laundry basket) but ultimately uncovers his humility and in the end, love prevails.
Verdi ended his prolific career with this final masterpiece, considered one of the best comedic operas ever written, based on Shakespeare’s Henry IV and The Merry Wives of Windsor. This new production reimagines Shakespeare’s Windsor with projections.

Le Petit Jardin
2025-05-17 09:00 - 10:00 | PSU Lincoln Performance Hall, 1620 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR, 97201, United States
Please join Classical Ballet Academy for this adorable showcase in a beautiful spring garden. This show features our Pre-Ballet 1, 2, and Pre-Ballet en Español dancers ages three to six. For many dancers it will be their first time on stage.
This forty-five minute show is designed for friends and family of the young dancers involved.
