“These are our stories. They are good to tell, and good to hear…catch a slice of important history, and some engaging theater, if you can.”
Past Productions
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“These are our stories. They are good to tell, and good to hear…catch a slice of important history, and some engaging theater, if you can.”
The Box Marked Black is a tender solo performance piece, tracing the experience of growing up mulatto in the pre-Huxtable era. With only Jenny Willis from The Jeffersons as a guide, our multi-disciplinary storyteller creates narrative from the perspective of both sides of her interracial family, embodying multiple characters, childhood memories (including a “Roots” sock puppet re-enactment) and fantasy.
A new performance piece, conceived by Damaris Webb and devised by a cohort of local African American performers and designers who are engaging with the questions of how our black bodies have participated in the American Economy.
Staged readings of two new one-act plays about the American Dream, displacement & Hurricane Katrina from the African American perspective.
A two-act drama about gentrification and community displacement in1970’s Portland, set in an Albina boxing club.
A new drama about the African American experience in 1940s Oregon and the rapid rise—and even more rapid fall—of the city of Vanport.
June 1st through June 5th, 2019
The Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center
Portland, OR
An original performance taking audiences on a journey through the history, emotions and stories of the Japanese American experience in Oregon.