EDUCATION & COMMUNITY IMPACT
Portland Playhouse encourages students of all ages to explore human behavior in a safe and nurturing environment. We commit ourselves to strengthening the voices of tomorrow through immersion in the dramatic arts by providing a visceral learning experience. Our programs build confidence and self esteem, challenge and examine social perspectives, foster relationships through artistic collaboration, and create empathy through storytelling.
EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH
Encouraging students of all ages to explore human behavior in a safe and nurturing environment.
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
Providing professional experience and training for emerging artists both on stage and off.
SOCIAL JUSTICE FESTIVAL
Connecting students with a community that extends beyond their school walls.
FALL FESTIVAL OF SHAKESPEARE
Inspiring middle and high school students to produce and perform the work of Shakespeare.
YOU CAN BE PART OF A GOOD THING
Portland playhouse is a nonprofit theatre dedicated to artistic excellence and community engagement. Our mission is grounded in the belief that theatre is a space where people of all backgrounds can come together to celebrate the complexity of our shared human experience.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
CONFRONTATION THEATRE
MEGAPHONE BACK Share on facebook Share on google Share on twitter Share on email Confrontation Theatre’s mission is to provoke all-inclusive audiences through excellent, affordable theatre as we confront the unique experiences and perspective of the Black diaspora by focusing on and supporting works by artists of African descent. With a slew of theatre companies
TOP DOG / UNDERDOG
MEGAPHONE BACK Share on facebook Share on google Share on twitter Share on email November 9 – December 1, 20187:30 p.m. / Sundays 5 p.m. The Chapel Theatre 4107 SE Harrison Street, Milwaukie www.boxofficetickets.com/go/event?id=329383This original Pulitzer Prize winning play of sibling rivalry is told with African-American brothers that grapple in a turbulentrelationship interrupted with dark humor.
FADE TO BLACK 2, PART 2
MEGAPHONE BACK Share on facebook Share on google Share on twitter Share on email IS YOUR BLACK BLACK ENOUGH? Guest speaker and panel who?………….That would be YOU! Saturday, November 10, 2018, 11am-3pm, we’re hosting a facilitated affinity space where engaging and interactive dialogue/conversation, with those you have shared identity with, sets the “stage” for creating