Can you believe we are at the end of the First Period of shows in our 2014-2015 Drammy season already? We had a highly informative and fascinating meeting last Monday night, 22 September, once again in the comfortable offices of Tonkon Torp (thank you, TT! We are so grateful). I know I seem to say this every year, but only because it is true: Portland theatre gets better, and better, and BETTER! And we Drammarians are honored to play a tiny role in celebrating that fact.
Here, as always, is the list of shows that were discussed and considered by the Drammy Committee, this time on Monday, 22 September, 2014, marking the end of the First Period of this year’s Drammy Season. Remember that a show must have CLOSED before we can consider it (so those of you who are still running will be considered NEXT time, on November 17, 2014). Do let us know if you think something is missing.
FIRST PERIOD PLAYS: 2014-2015 DRAMMY SEASON
A Midsummer Night’s Dream/Portland Actors Ensemble
After the Revolution/ Portland Playhouse
Ain’t Misbehavin’/Stumptown Stages
Antony & Cleopatra/Portland Actors Ensemble
Betty’s Summer Vacation/Defunkt Theatre
Buried Child/Profile Theatre
Fancy Nancy: The Musical/Oregon Children’s Theatre
Fewer Emergencies/Defunkt Theatre
*Hamlet/Anon It Moves/String House Theatre
Learn to be Latina/Milagro
Little Red “Riding Hood”/nw children’s theater and school
Lizzie/Portland Center Stage
Love’s Labour’s Lost/Post Five Theatre
Macbeth/Northwest Classical Theatre Company
Maple and Vine/CoHo Productions
Relatively Speaking/North End Players Theater Company
*Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead/Anon It Moves/String House Theatre
Show Boat/Lakewood Theatre Company
The 39 Steps/Lakewood Theatre Company
The Beauty Queen of Leenane/Third Rail Repertory Theatre
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas/Broadway Rose Theatre Company
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare [abridged] REVISED/Post Five Theatre
The Hen Night Epiphany/Corrib Theatre
The Jim Pepper Project/Triangle Productions!
The Last Five Years/Portland Center Stage
The Music Man/Broadway Rose Theatre Company
The Playboy of the Western World/Artists Repertory Theatre
The Sweatermakers/Playwrights West in association with CoHo Productions
The Tempest/Portland Shakespeare Project
The Three Sisters/Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble (PETE)
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*NOTE THAT Hamlet and R&G played in repertory, but were each eligible, individually, for Drammy consideration. For more on eligibility, please visit our “About” page.
What a great list! And there is much more terrific stuff to come. This is going to be an outstanding year.
See you in the theatre!
