Drammy Awards: First Period Plays of the 2014/2015 Drammy Season

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 […]

Drammy Awards: Holding Ben in our hearts

Photo (above) by Mario Calcagno, for Romance ,Theatre Vertigo Holding Ben in our thoughts and hearts, and sending love to his family, his friends, and the theatre community to which we all belong. Photo (left) by Steve Patterson, for The Sweatermakers, Playwrights West Photo (above, right) by Jason Maniccia, The Seagull, NWCTC

Drammys tomorrow! Read ArtsWatch Tribute to Grant Turner HERE!

SEE YOU TOMORROW! Monday, June 9, 2014 CRYSTAL BALLROOM 1332 W Burnside DOORS OPEN AT 6; CEREMONY AT 7 BE THERE! Meanwhile, just to whet your appetite further, click here for a lovely tribute by ArtsWatch writer (and Drammy Committee Member) Marty Hughley, to this year’s Drammy Special Achievement Award recipient, outgoing NWCTC Artistic Director […]

Drammy Awards FINALISTS: Check-in instructions and MORE! PLEASE READ!

WE ARE JUST A WEEK AWAY! Are you as excited as I am?? 1. FINALISTS! PLEASE check in early on Monday, June 9, at the Crystal Ballroom, to receive your lovely Finalists’ certificates AND to let us know you have arrived. PLEASE CHECK IN BETWEEN 6.30 and 6.45 PM at the latest. There will be a desk for […]

Drammy Special Achievement Award recipient 2014 will be….

DRAMMY SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RECIPIENT 2014 We are thrilled to announce that the 2014 Special Achievement Award recipient will be Northwest Classical Theatre Company’s Artistic Director (drum roll please!)… MR GRANT TURNER! (seen above as Richard III) As most of you know, Grant co-founded (with his lovely wife Nicole) the NWCTC in 1998. This June, he […]

Drammy Archive Headshots? A Doodle Will Do!

caricature by Bill Papas ABOUT THOSE HEADSHOTS! A Doodle’ll Do It! Thank you SO much to those of you who have already sent headshots and bios this morning! Wonderful! This idea may not work, but we do want to give it the good old college try! And we can’t do it without you! Two things […]

CALLING ALL THEATRE ARTISTS, onstage and off! Please send us headshots and short bios for Drammy/artslandia archive!

Calling all theatres and theatre artists, both onstage and off! We would love to create an archive of your headshots and short bios for Drammy programs and website, now, and in future! In our ceaseless quest to make the Drammys even better, we have, with our super collaborator artslandia, decided to try to compile an archive of headshots […]

Drammy Awards: Fourth Period Plays

Photo by Win Goodbody: portlandtheatrescene.com Can you believe we are at the end of the Fourth Period of shows in our 2013-2014 Drammy season already? Astonishing, isn’t it? Anyway, we had a great meeting last night, once again in the comfortable offices of Tonkon Torp (thank you, TT! We are so grateful). We will have all […]

Drammy Awards: Third Period Plays

Photo by Win Goodbody: portlandtheatrescene.com Here, as promised, is the list of the shows that were discussed and considered by the Drammy Committee on Monday, 20 January, 2014, at the end of the Third Period of this year’s Drammy Season. Remember that a show must have CLOSED before we can consider it. Do let us know […]

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 […]