Page 12 – New works from Portland, OR Company-in-residence at Artists Repertory Theatre

Seid’s film featured in PassinArt’s new festival

Read about Josie Seid’s short film BEING ME IN THE CURRENT AMERICA and the Pacific Northwest Multi-Cultural Festival in this Oregon ArtsWatch article.

Rubin’s SWIMMING wins Shawnee’s top prize

Rich Rubin’s SWIMMING UPSTREAM was the full-length Grand Winner of Shawnee Playhouse’s 2021-22 new play competition.

Accuardi and Rubin deliver comedy for Smith & Kraus

Read Sara Jean Accuardi’s JOY FRICKIN’ HATES HER DUMB STUPID ROOM and Rich Rubin’s A NEW ME in a new Smith & Kraus anthology, Laughter Is the Best Medicine.

Rubin springs an OCTOBER SURPRISE

Tune into the Inkwell Theater’s Virtual Playwrights’ Night for an excerpt of Rich Rubin’s new full-length drama, OCTOBER SURPRISE.

To register to attend: inkw.in/pn-audience

SHAKESPEARE gets a podcast

Dean Productions produced a podcast version of Rich Rubin’s comedy SHAKESPEARE’S SKULL with an all-female cast.

This full-length play was the winner of the 2019 Portland Civic Theatre Guild New Play Award. The two-performance reading in January 2019 at Portland’s Sanctuary Theatre was directed by Matt Pavik.

Check out the podcast starting August 10, 2021.
Preview the trailer here.

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Rubin uncovers WILL’S DRAMATURG

Tune in for Rich Rubin’s comedy, produced online by Jakespeare Virtual Theatre Company for their Summer Shorts Festival:

Streaming August 7-21, 2021

Rubin’s Portland plays in online course

Two of Rich Rubin’s full-length plays that examine Portland’s troubled racial history, LEFT HOOK and COTTONWOOD IN THE FLOOD, will be featured in an online course.

Offered August 2–6, 2021, by Lewis & Clark’s Oregon Writing Project in collaboration with Vanport Mosaic.

The course is designed as a curriculum-building exercise for educators, with the goal of encouraging students to write about local history as well as their personal experiences. Facilitated by OWP director Linda Christensen and Damaris Webb, co-director of Vanport Mosaic.