CAST BACK Jeanette/Yemaya Julana Torres is a Portland local with an extensive career in dance, music, and theatre. She has recently returned to the stage after a long hiatus of teaching with Portland Public Schools where she established the full time dance program for Franklin High School. Since returning, she has been seen in Cop […]
CAST BACK Wanda/Oshun Ithica is delighted for another go round at Portland Playhouse, where she was last seen in How We Got On. Other roles including: Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar (PAMTA Award) Othello in Othello; Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing. Ithica has appeared on Grimm, The Librarians, The Benefits of Gusbandry, and Life
CAST BACK Yolanda/Ogun Kelli is incredibly humbled to lead this production of Crowns at Portland Playhouse. She was last seen in Dreamgirls with Stumptown Stages. Previous musical theatre credits include Rock of Ages (Justice u/s), Annie (Lily St. Regis), Bare: A Pop Opera (Kyra), Hairspray (Dynamite), Ragtime (Ensemble), The Wiz (Glinda), Rent (Ensemble), and Urinetown
CAST BACK Mia Zara is a Croatian born actress. She trained at AADA (Australian Academy of Dramatic Arts) and shortly after moved to London, UK where she became a resident actress at Second SkinTheatre. Her leading role in Blood Privilege, portraying the life of Hungarian Countess Elizabeth Bathory was her biggest career success. Upon her
CAST BACK Some of the theatre’s you may have seen Sharonlee perform at are Portland Center Stage, Artists Repertory Theatre, CoHo Productions, Clackamas Repertory, Portland Repertory Theatre. Drammy Awards: Won for A Question Of Mercy (Artists Repertory Theatre, 1999), The Thugs (PCS, 2007), The Receptionist (PCS, 2009) Body Awareness (CoHo, 2013). Nominated for
CAST BACK Previous Portland Playhouse credits include The Missing Pieces and Twelfth Night. Originally from Chicago, Val is a Resident Artist Company Member at Artists Repertory theatre where her most recent credits include Between Riverside and Crazy and The Humans. Some other Portland credits include shows at Third Rail Repertory, Profile, CoHo and Portland Center
CAST BACK Jessica is so happy to be returning to No Candy after taking part in Portland Playhouse’s 2017 Fall Reading Series presentation. Born and raised in Portland, her most recent credits include Anatomy of a Hug (Chapel Theatre Collective), Men On Boats (Third Rail Repertory Theatre), and That Pretty Pretty (Defunkt Theatre). She holds
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CAST BACK Agatha Day Olson is very excited to be portraying Asja in her first show with Portland Playhouse. Her favorite theatre experiences have been playing Chris in Feathers and Teeth and Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker (Artists Repertory Theatre). She has also appeared as Iris in The Nether (Third Rail Repertory Theatre) and
CAST BACK Ben is a theatre artist and fly fisherman based out of Portland, OR. He is delighted to be making his Portland Playhouse debut. International: Edinburgh Fringe Festival ’13 (Underbelly, High Plains, A Western Myth, The List: Best Solo Performance). New York: Classic Stage Company (Henry VI, P3), Columbia Stages (Romeo and Juliet), Wide Eyed Productions (One Flew
CAST BACK Michael O’Connell previous appeared on the Playhouse stage in Telethon, and The Huntsmen. Other theatre work includes: PETE: Three Sisters. Artists Repertory Theater: The Thanksgiving Play, House and Garden, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, An Owen Meany Christmas Pageant, Art, The Weir, and Three Days of Rain. CoHo Theatre: The Few. Third Rail: The
