pipeline
Pipeline
By Dominique Morisseau
Directed by Damaris Webb
A co-production with
February 19 – March 15
Wednesday – Friday, Feb 19-21: Preview performances. Tickets just $19!
Saturday, Feb 22: Opening Night. Tickets – $55. All Opening Night patrons are invited to the post-show reception with the cast, creative team, and crew.
Wednesday, Mar 4: ASL Interpreted performance. Tickets – $25
Show Supporter
The Collins Foundation
Show Sponsor
Jon Betlinski & Kimberly Howard
ABOUT
Nya, an inner-city public high school teacher, is committed to her students but desperate to give her only son Omari opportunities they’ll never have. When a controversial incident at his upstate private school threatens to get him expelled, Nya must confront his rage and her own choices as a parent. But will she be able to reach him before a world beyond her control pulls him away?
With profound compassion and lyricism, Pipeline brings an urgent conversation powerfully to the fore. Morisseau pens a deeply moving story of a mother’s fight to give her son a future — without turning her back on the community that made him who he is.
The show runs approximately 90 minutes with no intermission.
Cast
Nya – Ramona Lisa Alexander*
Omari – La’ Tevin Alexander^
Jasmine – Tyharra Cozier
Xavier – Reggie Lee Wilson
Laurie – Alissa Jessup
Dun – Jasper Howard
Understudy – Omari -Auntais Faulkner+
Understudy – Jasmine – Ash Heffernan+
*Appears courtesy of Actors’ Equity
+Current Portland Playhouse Apprentice Company member
^Former Portland Playhouse Apprentice Company member
Creative Team
Playwright – Dominique Morisseau
Director – Damaris Webb
Assistant Director – Andrea Vernae
Directing Apprentice – Taylor Stark+
Stage Manager – Lilo Alfaro*
Asst Stage Manager – Riley Lozano+
Scenic Designer – Ruben Arana-Downs
Costume Designer – Wanda Walden
Lighting Designer – Blanca Forzan
Sound Designer – Phil Johnson
Properties Designer – Kyra Sanford
Master Carpenter – Molly Gardner
Master Electrician – Jeff Ruggiero
Electrician/Carpenter – Melanie Owens
Sound Engineer – Rory Breshears
Scenic Artist – David Pritchard
Design Apprentice – Bei Yi Teo+
Show image by Brandon Morayo
Join us for Opening Night Dinner with Director Damaris Webb
About Confrontation Theatre
IN THEIR OWN WORDS
Our mission is to present excellent, affordable theatre by and about the African diaspora. Our purpose is to provide black youth access and opportunities to creatively express themselves unapologetically through theatre, strengthen connections within our culture, and establish long-term artistic development.
We explore the Black experience from a Black perspective. So all of our stories showcase the reality of being an African American. Our plays are for us and by us, but we welcome all to come and experience a perspective that may be different than their own. On top of a genuine Black experience, we proudly display new work. By staying current, Confrontation Theatre can explore new playwrights and tell stories that you may have never heard before. Our goal? To create a window into what Black life in America is actually like.
For more information visit www.confrontationtheatre.org
PRESS
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
Dmae Roberts of Stage and Studio talks with La’Tevin Alexander, star of Pipeline and Artistic Director of Confrontation Theatre, our co-producers of the show.
Click on the image to listen in.
- "This play demands attention. And earns it." - Krista Garver for Broadway World
- "PIPELINE: Looking for space" - Daniel Pollack-Pelzner for Oregon ArtsWatch
- “Pipeline confirms Dominique Morisseau’s reputation as a playwright of piercing eloquence.” —Ben Brantley, New York Times
- "...emotionally harrowing, ethically ambiguous drama that raises barbed questions about class, race, parental duty, and the state of American education." - Variety
