Drammy Awards: What a night! Thank you EVERYONE!

What a night that was! Best Drammy Awards Celebration ever, in my experience! I can’t even begin to sum up the highlights, for me. There were so many. Was it MC Dan Murphy, who must have changed costume about 17 times (into costumes from various nominated shows)? Hilarious. Wow! That man can communicate so […]

Drammy Committee: 2014-2015

We are pleased to announce the membership of the 2014-2015 Drammy Committee. We are sorry to lose Laura Faye Smith and Tim Stapleton, but delighted that Charmian Creagle and Glenn Gauer will be joining us, to make the 37th (yes, the 37th!) Drammy Awards Celebration better than ever! Thank you for sharing your wonderful work […]

A few Drammy pleas!

And so the Fall Season is upon us (though there has been so much summer theatre, both indoors and outdoors, it’s hard to tell where an old season ends and a new one begins)! So today, a few pleas: 1. PLEASE like our Drammy Awards Facebook page! You can find us at http://tinyurl.com/la9er8f I know it […]

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 […]

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 […]