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Mother Russia
2025-06-08 14:00 - 16:30, 2025-06-07 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-06-06 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-06-05 19:30 - 22:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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.

Joe Turner's Come and Gone
2025-06-08 14:00 - 16:30, 2025-06-07 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-06-07 14:00 - 16:30, 2025-06-06 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-06-05 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-06-05 14:00 - 16:30, 2025-06-04 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.

Scheherazade and Celilo Falls
2025-06-08 14:00 - 16:30, 2025-06-07 19:30 - 22:00 | Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 SW Broadway Ave, Portland, OR, 97205, United States
Featuring fantastical worlds of bewitching lovers and swashbuckling sailors, Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade recalls the queen who saves her life—and those of 1,000 women—with her stories. And Principal Cello and composer Nancy Ives merges music, poetry, and photography to tell the story of the majestic falls of Celilo, Oregon, Although the construction of the Dalles Dam destroyed this central site of Native American life for over 15,000 years, the traditions and resilience of the community live on today.
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The Importance of Being Earnest
2025-06-08 14:00 - 16:30, 2025-06-07 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-06-06 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-06-05 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-06-04 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-06-03 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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Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson
2025-06-08 14:00 - 16:30, 2025-06-07 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-06-07 14:00 - 16:30, 2025-06-06 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-06-05 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-06-04 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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The OBT Collection
2025-06-08 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-06-07 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-06-07 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-06-06 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-06-05 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.
