April 26 – May 19, 2024
Take in Ken Yoshikawa’s FROM A HOLE IN THE GROUND with Corrib Theatre at Alberta House.
Artwork by Karl Hanover
Yoshikawa emerges from Corrib’s magical HOLE IN THE GROUND
The blossoming of homegrown work
Thank you to Brett Campbell for profiling LineStorm, PDX Playwrights, and the cultivation of new plays in our own backyard. Cheers to seeing more local playwrights on local stages!
Oregon ArtsWatch: Oregon Playwrights, Seeding Fertile Ground
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.
Rubin’s HAMLET and KAFKA appear in new publications
Rich Rubin’s short comedy HAMLET IN HIDING has been selected for inclusion in the anthology Best Ten-Minute Plays 2024 (Smith & Kraus), and a monologue from his play KAFKA’S JOKE has been selected for inclusion in the anthology Best Women’s Stage Monologues 2024 (Smith & Kraus).
Rubin joins the podcast universe
A podcast of Rich Rubin’s short comedy WILL’S DRAMATURG is up and running through Open-Door Playhouse.
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.
Catch Rubin on air and online
Down under? Tune in for Rich Rubin’s WILL’S DRAMATURG, broadcast on Australian radio (Keppel FM 91.3, Queensland) on Thursday February 29 and Saturday March 2, 2024.
Rubin’s full-length drama DISPERSION OF LIGHT was selected as a semifinalist in the 2024 ScreenCraft Stage Play competition.
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
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.
Get TWISTED with Ward and meet Barrett’s OLIVIA at the Chapel Theatre Co. Play Festival
Come see fresh ten-minute plays by Northwest writers!
January 26 – February 4, 2024
7:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. performances; please check the schedule.
