Bimonthly Reading Series: GROUP; OR MARLENE IS DEAD by Sofia Molimbi

Welcome to our first Bimonthly Reading of the year!

LineStorm Playwrights
in association with
Portland Center Stage 
and Artists Repertory Theatre
present:

GROUP; or Marlene is Dead
By Sofia Molimbi

Directed by Francisco Garcia

Featuring:
Marlene: Barbie Wu*
Professor Stump/Axel: Jimmy Garcia*
Leonore: Tricia Castañeda-Guevara
Ben: Chris Conner*
Carmen: Kate Ming T’ien Duffly
Stacy Ann: Eleanor Amorós
Stage Directions: Holly Richards

*Actors’ Equity Association

ASL Interpretation Provided by:
Ruth Nardecchia and Trani Morton

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Sunday, February 4
5:00 p.m.

Portland Center Stage
128 NW 11th Ave. Portland, OR

SYNOPSIS:

“Group; or Marlene is Dead,” by Sofia Molimbi, is not your typical parenthood comedy. Set in modern day Portland, Oregon, “Group” follows the lives of five parents and two professors, who are all desperate to salvage their rocky home lives. Professor Marlene’s parenting class becomes an incubator that either kills you or saves you. This fast-paced tragicomedy is an honest portrayal of the struggles of relationships, divorce, fertility, and motherhood.

Rubin investigates SHAKESPEARE’S SKULL

21ten’s Sunday reading series returns with a presentation of a comedy by Rich Rubin. The winner of the 2019 Portland Civic Theatre Guild New Play Award, Shakespeare’s Skull is a rollicking comedy about William Shakespeare and the grave-robbers who loved him.

January 21, 2024, 7-9:00 p.m.

21ten Theatre, Portland, OR