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.
Celebrate spring with us at Fertile Ground!
Category: Fertile Ground Festival
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.
Fertile Ground is here!
Check out LineStorm’s whole festival schedule and reserve your seats:
4/12, 12pm: SUBE Y BAJA by Francisco Garcia
4/12, 6pm: SMALL BITES, 10-minute plays by Lolly Ward, Holly Richards, Heath Hyun Houghton, Ken Yoshikawa, and Brianna Barrett
4/13, 12pm: FLOATING NAKED WITH PIRANHAS (HOW I LEARNED TO LOVE WORKING AT AMAZON) by Rich Rubin
4/14, 12pm: FINDING WILD by Susan Faust
4/17, 5pm: PULL by Sara Jean Accuardi
4/18, 12pm: STRANGE BIRDS by E. M. Lewis
4/19, 12pm: CESSAIR: HOW IRELAND WAS BORN, act one of a new musical by Holly Richards and Lolly Ward
4/20, 12pm: THE ALCHEMY OF STEAM by Josie Seid
4/21, 5pm: REMOTE by Sofia Molimbi and WHITE NOISE by Audrey Block
Best Fest Press
Some LineStorm mentions to kick off your Fertile Ground:
Willamette Week on Francisco Garcia’s SUBE Y BAJA.
Oregon ArtsWatch on Josie Seid’s THE ALCHEMY OF STEAM and Sara Jean Accuardi’s PULL.
The Ground is super Fertile!
We have planted 11 new readings for the Fertile Ground Festival, from April 12-21, 2024. Grab your pass and check out all of the fresh offerings.
Portland Civic Theatre Guild reads DOROTHY’S DICTIONARY
The Portland Civic Theatre Guild presents DOROTHY’S DICTIONARY by E. M. Lewis, their 2022 New Play Award Winner.
FERTILE GROUND FESTIVAL: Jan 27-Feb 6 at 7pm
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Lewis’ DICTIONARY wins PCTG’s top new play prize
Watch the Portland Civic Theatre Guild’s awards announcement honoring E. M. Lewis and DOROTHY’S DICTIONARY.
Congratulations also go to the finalists, two by LineStorm members: ACTS OF CREATION by Brianna Barrett, and FOUR SPARROWS by Rich Rubin.
Ready for some fresh Fertile Ground?
LineStorm has three delicious lunchtime offerings this year.
ONE PIG, TWO PIG, THREE PIG, BLUE PIG
by Matthew Miller
Thursday, January 28 @ NOON
COPPING OUT: SHORT FILMS
by
Sara Jean Accuardi, Audrey Block, Susan Faust,
Dan Kitrosser, E. M. Lewis, Matt Pavik, Josie Seid, and Lolly Ward
Thursday, February 4 @ NOON
FEZZIWIG’S FORTUNE
by Sara Jean Accuardi & Josie Seid
Saturday, February 6 @ NOON
The ground is getting fertile…
LineStorm is busy preparing for PATA’s Fertile Ground!
Special Fundraiser Performance at The Sanctuary at Sandy Plaza
You Ruined My Play or, Svetlana! Svetlana!
by Dan Kitrosser
Starring: Dan Kitrosser & Alissa Jessup
Directed by Josh Hecht
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Jan. 26, Doors 6:30 p.m., Staged reading 7:30 p.m.
Purchase tickets for $20 or PWYW: Box Office Tickets
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Lunchtime (and Evening) Readings @ Artists Rep
Jan. 24 – Jan. 31, NOON, and Feb. 1, 5:30 p.m., 2019
FREE! Just show up.
New ten-minute and full-length plays by LineStorm Playwrights.
1/24: To the Moon by Matthew Miller
1/25: 38 Minutes by Audrey Block
1/28: Small Bites: 10-Minute Plays by Sara Jean Accuardi, Heath Hyun Houghton, Kisha Jarrett, E. M. Lewis, Matthew Miller, Rich Rubin, and Lolly Ward
1/29: Welcome to Zion a new musical by friend of LineStorm Holly Harmon
1/30: Mate by Lolly Ward
1/31: Confabulous by Susan Faust
2/1 (5:30 p.m.): The Great God of the Dark Storm Cloud by Josie Seid
World premiere announced for HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN
Congratulations to E.M. Lewis and Boston Court theater, where HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN will have its world premiere in 2019! An early version was presented as a LineStorm Lunchtime Reading during the 2018 Fertile Ground Festival.