Drammy Committee: Second Period Plays

Photo by Win Goodbody: portlandtheatrescene.com We are getting closer, dear friends in theatre. We are getting closer to that wonderful event in the Crystal Ballroom! I’m already excited. So many great productions, so little time! And on that note…I know I am a bit late with this, but here is the list of plays we […]

First Drammy Committee meeting…imminent! And we are going rogue!

We are pretty excited over here at Drammy Towers. Our first committee meeting of the new season is coming up on Monday, 23 September, and we can’t wait to discuss the thirty or so productions that are already on our books from this mid-May to mid-September period. For those of you who don’t realize this, […]

Jack’s photo

And now…although we will carry him forever in our hearts…. the wonderful Celebration of Life for our dear friend and colleague Jack Featheringill has come and gone. What a joyous time, really, it was. Such a treat to see all his old playbills, newspaper cuttings, and photographs, and even more, to hear his voice […]

Please Celebrate Jack’s Life with us, this evening

My dear friend and former Drammy Committee colleague Jack Featheringill is famously quoted as saying that a good performance makes you cry, but a great performance leaves you with a lump in your throat. So I suppose that the painful feeling I’ve had in my chest since he died, on July 3, must be a tribute […]

Remembering legends

It feels so odd, so mysteriously strange and almost bittersweet, to read, sadly, of the death of the wonderful Julie Harris, and to remember, on the eve of his Celebration of Life, this photograph of her that she sent to our beloved Jack Featheringill. This is what she wrote: “To Jack – who kept me […]

Oregon ArtsWatch pens a tribute to Jack Featheringill

We thank our old friend and colleague Bob Hicks for his warm and beautiful tribute to our beloved former committee member Jack Featheringill in today’s Oregon ArtsWatch. We do hope you will join Bob, ourselves, and all of Jack’s friends on Monday evening, August 26th, at Portland Center Stage. The celebration starts at 7, but […]

Join us on 26 August, 2013, please.

Just a reminder to join us one week from tonight to celebrate the life of our friend and colleague Jack Featheringill. The Celebration of Life will be held at Portland Centre Stage (our thanks to PCS for such great generosity) on Monday, August 26, at 7 P.M. (Doors open at around 6.30; bar and cafe […]

Celebrating a Life together

We hope you will join us two weeks from tonight as we celebrate the amazing life of our beloved late friend and Drammy Committee member Jack Featheringill. Please come to Portland Center Stage with us at 7 P.M. on Monday, August 26, 2013 (doors will open around 6.30). We look forward to seeing you there, […]

Jack Featheringill: Celebrating a Life

From Broadway to PSU: Commemorating Local Theater Legend Jack Featheringill Celebration of Life will take place on August 26th at Portland Center StagePORTLAND, ORE. Although the most passionate man in the Portland theater community passed away on July 3, his influence on actors, directors, writers, and stage technicians will endure for years to come. In […]