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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 5, 1996)
ju s« o u t ▼ J a n u a ry 5 . 1 9 9 6 ▼ 13 AVVINTIMI [SCAPI Let's duet Two Portland theater companies set up shop together and create a community space Jan. 5 - Feb. 3 Thurs, Fri.Sa t-8 pm F I J I Main Street Playhouse M AN FRIDAY RESORT 904 SW Main Street ...If your parents knew everything about you before you were born, would you be here? ▼ by Inga Sorensen THE PHOTO BY U N D A KU EWER ■4* ■** Grand Opening Special TWILIGHT Be among the first to experience the South Pacific's most exclusive all gay resort- in Tropical Fiji! OF THE Located in its own private peninsula, G m LDS MAN FRIDAY offers secluded white coral sand beaches and a myriad of included activities. Escape to our warm tropical breezes and crystal blue waters... only steps owoy from A NEW PLAY BY \ JONATHAN TOLINS your private Fijian buret. NOVEMBER 1995- APRIL 1996 7 DAYS/6 NIGHTS $349 DOUBLE OCCUPANCY $250 SINGLE OCCUPANCY = Directed By Sue Parks-Hilden S ta r r in g z (PLUS AIR FARE) o PACKAGE INCLUDES Susannah Mars (Falsettos) Nicholas Pepper •Airport trandsfers TICKETS: FASTIXX locations and by phone at mm 224-8499 & triangle g r j productions! box TRIANGLE office at 223-6790 productions ! •Daily tropical breakfast •All activities supplied at the Resort, including: •water skiing •glass bottom boot •windsurfing •fishing •sea kayaking •tennis Not ready fo r show time: Don Horn at the future home o f triangle productions! and Stark Raving Theatre Company •volleyball ...and much more! •A day trip to one of the local islands including a BBQ lunch D Lx Jo»' ° ° m I? i r o a n i . >0 f* « " in situs *sson\nr*^ M E Wayne Boulette M B E R " tm talunettaed i* ,\ v . a i i a Gey Traed AasedaNae PARKING VALIDATED atwcLÿSp a r i smorti^ Michael Scott One SW Columbia Suite 1010 Portland, OR 97258 (503) 227-3639 FAX (503) 227-0602 JM -800-248-0624 1 David Tarver All fares A rates subject to cbsnge • Some restrictions apply. TRAVEL SERVICE » « f e e p e s e * * * • « i i * t « I II « Beaverton 646-3824 4000 SW 117th Corbett 244-3934 5909 SW Corbett Division 233-7374 .3016 SE Division Fremont 288-3414 3449 NE 24th Hillsdale 244-3110 6344 SW Capitol Highway Marketplace at Mill Plain (360) 695-8878 8024 E. Mill Plain Vancouver, WA Ì Y T Y Y M T ? T T T T T | < ► ◄ ► M onthly S tep o rt Groups For Parents, Vbuth & Children ► (Meets second Monday ot monOi) ► The Parent Teacher Panel Dialogue for Educators ► ► ► ► V A FAMILY Opening Hearts A Minds Speaker Empowerment Vtorkshops A Public Voice for ► Lesbian and Gay Families ‘ lo v e Makes a faulty" Weekly Tak Radio Program KKEY1150 AM *7 -9 8 .0 1 Wed ► ► 503/228-3892 ► Fax: 503/228-3970 ► ◄ ◄ ◄ ◄ ◄ ◄ ◄ ◄ T T read and write in as a way of remembering those who have died from complications of AIDS. Horn says he has spoken with the Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest, which gathers historical data relevant to the region’s sexual minorities community, about storing its reality. materials in the Archives Room. ‘T h at’s definitely true,” says Horn, who hap Horn says he’d also like to set up a videotaping pily reports that a funding group has approved a system so that people from the sexual minorities loan which will allow him and Myra A. Donnelley community can come in and record their oral of Stark Raving Theatre Company—and their histories, which in turn can be preserved for future corporation called MY-DON, LLC— to purchase generations. a 15,000-square-foot building at 3040 SE Belmont “Can you imagine all of the stories that Darcelle St. in Portland. can tell?” he laughs. “Our community has so The space, formerly the Montag Oil building, much to offer, and we have to preserve and share will house, among other things, two theaters, an this treasure chest of information.” AIDS Memorial Room, an Archives Room con According to Horn, a great deal of renovation taining historical materials about the sexual mi must occur before Theater norities community, and Theatre can be opened to the permanent office space Horn says he ’d also like to public. U ntil then, his for both triangle produc set up a videotaping system company’s productions— tions! and Stark Raving including the upcoming run Theatre Company. The so that people from the of The Night Larry Kramer establishm ent will be sexual minorities Kissed Me—will be held at called Theater Theatre. “It really is like a community can come in and the Main Street Playhouse in Portland. dream come true,” says Horn says September record their oral histories. Horn, who this past sum 1996 is the target date for mer stood before audi theater productions at the new location, but he ences attending his theater company’s run of the says he is striving to make the AIDS Memorial popular gay-themed play Jeffrey to ask for their Room and Archives Room available to the public support in making his vision become a reality. much sooner. “And they did come through,” says Horn, who “But there remains a lot work to do,” he says. estimates $3,000 was raised by his personal ap Among Horn’s biggest renovation needs are build peal. ing insulation, drywall, and electrical materials Rob Buckmaster, a talented and well-received and installation, as well as the required earth Portland actor who recently died from AIDS quake retrofitting of the 4,500-square-foot area complications, starred in Jeffrey. for the two theaters. “I feel like I needed to do this for him,” says Horn says in-kind or financial contributions to Horn about his decision to create an AIDS Me assist with the effort are greatly appreciated. morial Room at the Belmont site. “Rob was dear “I want this to be a place where gays and to me, and many of us have lost loved ones to this lesbians can celebrate pride every day—not just disease. This room will be for all people—women, once a year,” he says. “I want this to be valuable men, children— who want a safe place to remem to the whole community.” ber their loved ones.” Anyone wishing to help out should contact According to Horn, the AIDS Memorial Room, Horn at (503) 246-8967. slated for dedication on June 21, 1996, may include photographs and booklets that people can on Horn, executive producer and founder of the Portland-based avant garde theater company triangle pro ductions!, can tell you there’s noth ing like seeing a dream become a PO Box 11694 Portland, OR 97211 E a A A A A A Ä - A r r ^ i _T ffl
