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based on the prescribed program and protocol
set forth in its stated purpose and bylaws. Troen
does N O T follow these stated rules.
A segment of each church service is for the
lighting of our “wellness and liberation candle”
by a single speaker reflecting on enlightening
points of our spiritual journey as gay, lesbian,
bisexual, transgendered and straight people. The
Rev. Roy Cole does N O T then invite “everyone
to say some words on the subject.”
Troen stands; he does not “sit quietly” during
this part of the service. The candle he insists on
lighting is not a prescribed part of the church
service.
Christ left us one instruction: “to love one
another.” Perhaps Troen should consider that
his abusive oppression of the church’s congrega
tion feeds the refusal and rejection he severely
complains about.
R ich K ibbons
Portland
Poison pen
To the E ditor :
Steffen Silvis should have left well enough
alone and not responded with his “Equal Time”
[Sept. 15], because he obviously hurt his credi
bility even more. Why does he care who gets
funding for their theaters and who doesn’t?
Seems to me that should be up to the indi
vidual boards— and only them. Maybe he is jeal
ous because he really wants to have his own the
ater company.
He’s a critic; that’s his job. Period.
As far as his attacks on triangle productions!
owner/director Don Horn go, he needs to get
over it. This theater company is a business.
Horn is not a stupid man; I believe he has a
master’s degree in business. He’s going to pro
duce entertainment that fills the seats; thus, in
turn, he stays in business!
Sometimes nudity and language, in the right
context or not, will attract an audience. It’s too
had Silvis doesn’t understand that fact. Being
part of the “queer community,” I, for one, appre
ciate Horn’s hard work and endless hours at the
theater to put on mostly gay works— something
Portland desperately needed.
W hat really buries Silvis’ defense is when he
calls residents of Gresham “slumming” and Port
landers “ignorant” when they come to Horn’s
theater. He should know most gay men, and the
straight community for that matter, have taste
and know what they like. They are not force-fed
anything, as Silvis implies.
1 have seen many outstanding plays and
musicals at Theater! Theatre! Among them
were Forbidden Broadway and Blood Brothers.
And for Silvis to knock the acting is hilari
ous. Just this year, a superb actress named Kellie
Johnston won the Drammy for triangle’s pro
duction of Blood Brothers.
1 don’t see him up there on stage. O f course,
he probably wouldn’t “fill the seats.”
And really, the large grants triangle receives
benefit us all. They now can produce more
work, and we can pick and choose what we want
to see and what we don’t. Silvis wants to cut off
the theater’s nose to spite its face!
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Get over it
To the E ditor :
“Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it do singe yourself.”
— William Shakespeare
I am a triangle productions! season ticket
holder.
I never read reviews— not anybody’s. I have
been to stinkers and good performances there.
1 never let a critic be my guide to good enter
tainment. I let the performance speak for itself.
Hear! Hear!
I enjoy lowbrow entertainment. Life is low
brow.
I often find the highest ideals expressed in
the lowest places. Don Horn’s shows have given
us many laughs. I don’t think it is avant-garde,
just fun and periodically very moving.
Although I agree Steffen Silvis’ calling of
grant funders as well Mark Zusman’s approval
were inappropriate, I have found that in life,
some people will give themselves a hernia trying
to overhear and meddle in other people’s busi
ness. It’s going to happen.
No one else can be the arbiter of their
morals. This is the nature of voyeurism, muck
raking and gossip.
If triangle productions! has contacted the
granting organizations and the relationship is
still amicable, what more could be wanted? If
triangle’s funding is a concern for other theater
companies, triangle productions! cannot be held
responsible for any demoralization they might or
might not be experiencing. Perhaps some low
brow entertainment will serve to hook more
grant money and boost those other theaters’
ticket sales.
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To the E ditor :
Thanks so much for your coverage of the dis
pute between triangle productions! and
Willamette Week theater critic Steffen Silvis. It’s
good to see a publication giving equal time to
both parties in this dispute.
I’d also like to thank you for your interesting
article on Chris Coleman’s plans for Portland
Center Stage and on his general philosophy.
Many people are anxious to see what he will do,
and I found Marc Acito’s article enlightening.
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