New works from Portland, OR Company-in-residence at Artists Repertory Theatre

Celebrate spring with us at Fertile Ground!

Read all about our offerings in the Willamette Week and Oregon ArtsWatch or watch our KOIN TV interview, and then get your FREE tickets here.

April 4-6, 2025 at Artists Repertory Theatre.

Rubin shares BRAVE BLOOD

Rich Rubin’s one-act drama BRAVE BLOOD will be performed at the 2025 Scotopia Festival at the Mouths of Babes Theatre (Wilmington, NC) from March 8-23.

Those STRANGE BIRDS are back!

This Monday, March 3rd at 7:30 PM, Strange Birds by E. M. Lewis will have a one-night-only reading before it heads to Eastern Oregon for a weeklong workshop at Fishtrap.

In a remote mountain cabin, five women reckon with dark forces in this fierce and funny feminist thriller. Strange Birds is about women and wolves… and sisters… and secrets.

Written by E. M. Lewis

Directed by Melory Mirashrafi

Featuring:

Kayla Hanson as Lou

R.L. Routh as Phoebe

Sofía Marks as Gwylan

Crystal Muñoz as Jo

Taya Dixon as Whitney

Brave Sohacki as The Wolf

Stage Directions and Soundscape by Matt Cherub

Produced by Shawn Lee (ART) and Shannon McNerney (Fishtrap)

Join us at the Fertile Ground Festival!

We have five funny and moving readings this year. Find all info on our Special Events page and reserve your FREE tickets here.

Need a monologue?

Choose from the many incredible options in the new Smith & Kraus collection: The Best Women’s Stage Monologues 2024, featuring our own E. M. Lewis and Rich Rubin.