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Two Portland theater companies set up shop together
and create a community space
Jan. 5 - Feb. 3
Thurs, Fri.Sa t-8 pm
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Main Street
Playhouse
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904 SW Main Street
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Not ready fo r show time: Don Horn at the future home o f triangle productions! and Stark Raving
Theatre Company
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•A day trip to one of the local islands including a BBQ lunch
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(503) 227-3639
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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
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