Rubin shines LIGHT in the desert

Rich Rubin’s full-length drama DISPERSION OF LIGHT will receive a world premiere production at the Desert Ensemble Theatre (Palm Springs, CA), January 23 – February 1, 2026.

DISPERSION OF LIGHT provides a behind-the-scenes look at the tumultuous marriage between two titanic twentieth-century icons — artist Georgia O’Keeffe and photographer Alfred Stieglitz.

Lewis enjoys bountiful APPLE harvest

The fruit is ripe this year, as E. M. Lewis has two apple-themed plays in Portland:

21Ten Theatre is producing APPLE SEASON, August 29 – September 21, 2025, directed by Francisco Garcia.

Read Bobby Bermea’s glowing profile in Oregon ArtsWatch!

ART is producing APPLE HUNTERS!, March 31 – April 26, 2026.

Yoshikawa selected as first Ellen Pullen Family Playwriting Resident

Congratulations to Ken Yoshikawa! As the pilot playwright in Corrib Theatre’s Pullen Family Residency, Ken will develop a new work inspired by Irish culture, history, or themes.

Ken and Corrib Artistic Director Holly Griffith will be co-writing a play inspired by the Irish Bean Sídhe (banshee).

CESSAIR flies again at August Bimonthly Reading Series

Join the journey as we present a workshop reading of a new musical:

CESSAIR: The Birth of Ireland

Music & Lyrics by Holly Richards

Book & Lyrics by Lolly Ward

Sunday, August 10, 5pm @ Artists Repertory Theatre

SOLD OUT! Please sign up for the waitlist on the ticket site or try at the door for available tickets on the day. We hope to see you!

Reserve your FREE ticket here.

See you at Rubin’s June Bimonthly!

Rich Rubin presents a reading of CLINTON’S SUMMIT, directed by Matt Pavik.

The time, mid-July 2000. The place, the Camp David compound, a bucolic presidential retreat in the Maryland foothills. Over a span of 15 days, a trio of world leaders — Yasser Arafat, Ehud Barak and Bill Clinton — employ reason and rage in equal measure as they struggle to determine the fate of two peoples, the Israelis and the Palestinians, and one entire region, the Middle East. Meanwhile — in the world beyond their cabins — time is running out.

ASL interpretation provided by Marie Groshans. Coordinated by Dot Hearn.

June 29, 2025 @ 5pm

Artists Repertory Theatre, 1515 SW Morrison St.

Reserve your FREE ticket here.

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.

Junior Year Abroad