Fat Ham
2026-04-19 19:30 - 22:00, 2026-04-21 19:30 - 22:00, 2026-04-22 19:30 - 22:00, 2026-04-23 19:30 - 22:00, 2026-04-24 19:30 - 22:00, 2026-04-25 19:30 - 22:00, 2026-04-26 14:00 - 17:00, 2026-04-26 19:30 - 22:00 (America/Los_Angeles) and 14 more dates | Portland Center Stage at the Armory, 128 NW Eleventh Ave, Portland, 97209, United States
Fat Ham

By James Ijames
Directed by Charles Grant

A week after Juicy’s father dies, he finds himself at a backyard barbecue celebrating the marriage of his mother and uncle—sound familiar? James Ijames’s Pulitzer Prize-winning reimagining of Hamlet casts the sweet prince of Denmark as a queer, Black boy from the South. In this comedy born from tragedy, Juicy must choose between seeking vengeance for his father’s death or staying true to his own heart—a story of identity, family, and liberation as we become our truest selves.

“[Fat Ham] will keep you howling from beginning to end. DO NOT MISS THIS SHOW!!!” — Broadway World

An Evening with Yo-Yo Ma
2026-04-20 19:30 - 22:00 | Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 SW Broadway Ave, Portland, OR, 97205, United States
This special performance from Yo-Yo Ma pairs repertoire from the center of his musical firmament with reflections on how it has shaped his thinking about art, human nature, and our search for meaning.
The Oregon Symphony does not perform.

Walls Come Down: 1980s
2026-04-24 19:30 - 22:00, 2026-04-25 14:00 - 16:30, 2026-04-25 19:30 - 22:00, 2026-04-26 16:00 - 18:30 | Portland Community College PAC, SW 49th Avenue, Portland, OR, 97219, United States
Always surprising, delightfully entertaining, utterly original, Chamber Music Northwest and BodyVox will unite live chamber music and innovative contemporary dance for their 15th anniversary and 10th collaboration together. This World Premiere production is musically headlined by the one of our favorite wind ensembles, the dynamic and innovative WindSync. Following our most recent collaborations, Nineteen|Twenty (Akropolis Wind Quintet, 2022) and Beautiful Everything (Imani Winds, 2024), WindSync will join forces with BodyVox’s choreographers and dancers for an evening that celebrates both the voice of the soul (music) and of the body (dance).

Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4
2026-04-25 19:30 - 22:00, 2026-04-26 14:00 - 16:30 | Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 SW Broadway Ave, Portland, OR, 97205, United States
Bask in Beethoven’s sun-infused, high-spirited Fourth Symphony, whose second movement, said Berlioz, sounds like “an angel singing at the gates of Paradise.” Plus, saxophonist Steven Banks performs Childs’ Diaspora, which the composer describes as “a symphonic poem which strives to chronicle the paradigm of the forced black American diaspora, as sifted through the prism of my own experience as a black man in America.”

OBT By Design
2026-04-25 19:30 - 22:00 | Patricia Reser Center for the Arts, 12625 SW Crescent St, Beaverton, OR, 97005, United States
From Dancers to Designers
In this annual choreographic tradition, the OBT company artists collaborate with our second company, OBT2, on a collection of world premieres. Join us as our rising stars step into the spotlight to share something breathtakingly new.
One night only!
