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Artists Repertory Theatre presents Orson's Shadow, a comedy
about the colliding egos of screen legends Orson Welles and
Laurence Olivier, through July 1. (Call for times. 1516 SW Alder St.
$32.50447 50 from 503-241-1278.)
Arts Equity presents Steve Martin's Picasso at the Lapin Agile
through July 8. (Call for times. 606 Main St., Vancouver, Wash.
$10424 from 360-695-3770.)
Conduit presents Tere Mathern Dance's Show Me the Body, a new
work drawn from a literal interpretation of the Latin phrase habeas
corpus, June 22-30. (8 pm Thursday-Saturday. 918 SW Yamhill St
77401. $13-$16 from 503-221-5857.)
Hillsboro Artists' Regional Theatre presents the wildly popular
rock 'n' roll musical Grease through June 30. (8 pm Friday and
Saturday, 2 pm Sunday. 230 E Main St. $15 from 503-693-7815.)
Insight Out Theatre Collective presents a special engagement of
Men on the Verge 2, a hilarious and poignant one-man show
starring Drammy Award winner Andy Alcalá as an artist tripping
over himself to uncover a host of Latino identities within him
struggling to come out, through June 16 at Q Center. Playwright
Guillermo Reyes will sign his newly published script at the open
ing night post-show mixer! (8 pm. 69 SE Taylor St. $15.)
Integrity Productions presents Wonder of the World, a comedy
about a runaway bride who takes a wild ride over Niagara Falls in
a frantic search for the life she thinks she missed out on, through
July 1 at Theater Theatre. (8 pm Thursday-Saturday, 4 pm Sunday
3430 SE Belmont St. $12-$ 15 from 503-286-3456; Thursdays are
$5 $ 1,000 sliding scale.)
Northwest Professional Dance Project presents Live Dance Live
Art Live, a festive collaboration of dance, music and art featuring
gay guest choreographer James Canfield, Oregon Ballet Theatre's
founding director, June 29 at Lawrence Gallery. Proceeds benefit
Dance Moves, a community outreach program introducing dance
to underserved and challenged young people. (7 pm. 903 NW
Davis St. $35 from www.nwpdp.com.)
Performance Works Northwest presents La Lee Lee
Performance's dance and physical theater inspired by imagery of
order and chaos, along with a piece showcasing the ebullient
twists and turns of performance collective Woolly Mammoth
Comes to Dinner, June 23. (8 pm. 4625 SE 67th Ave. $10.)
Portland State University presents a staged reading of lesbian
playwright A.R. Jackson's Lipstick and Other Cosmetics, includ
ing songs and monologues to describe the journey of female
sexuality in today's society, June 15 at Lincoln Hall's Studio
Theater. (7:30 pm.)
Profile Theatre Project continues its Wendy Wasserstein
season with Uncommon Women and Others, her break
through play about students at an all-female college who graduate
in the late 1960s with high hopes for—and uncertainty about—
what the future holds, through June 17 at Theater Theatre.
An exceptional cast executes Wasserstein's first play in fine form.
Act 1 gets us going even if the stakes are relatively low to start;
Act 2 finds the brass tacks hidden beneath nascent 1970s femi
nism. How have they changed? Vai Landrum, Cecily Overman and
Amanda Soden anchor what must have been a story ahead of its
time. (8 pm Friday and Saturday, 2 and 7 pm Sunday. 3430 SE
Belmont St. $10428 from 503-242-0080.)
Skylark Tappers present Classic Rhythm, expanding their repertoire
with both contemporary and classical dance pieces incorporating
rhythm tap, swing, jazz and show tap June 28 at Portland
Community College's Sylvania Campus Performing Arts Center.
(7:30 pm 12000 SW 49th Ave. $25 from www skylarktappers org.)
Slocum House Theatre presents He and She, a 1911 play about
two artists whose marriage is threatened when the wife wins
a commission for which both had competed, through July 1. (8 pm
Friday and Saturday, 4 pm Sunday 605 Esther St., Vancouver,
Wash. $8410 from 360-696-2427.)
Stumptown Stages revives Grease with a twist—featuring an all-
star Portland cast resurrecting their roles in the musical 30 years
later—through June 30 at World Trade Center Theatre. (8 pm Friday
and Saturday 121 SW Salmon St. $25427 from 503-381-8686.)
Stumptown Stages presents Floyd Collins, a haunting musical
telling the transcendent tale of a Kentucky man trapped 200 feet
underground in 1925, exploding into the first genuine media circus,
through June 30 at Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center. (8 pm
Friday and Saturday, 2 pm Sunday 5340 N Interstate Ave. $25427
from 503-381-8686.)
Super Project Lab: Experiments in Improvisational Theater
presents Meet Your___ I, improvised plays inspired by Portland
personalities, including gay award-winning novelist Marc Acito,
June 22-30 in Gerding Theater at the Armory. (7:30 pm Friday and
Saturday. 128 NW 11th Ave. $10 from 503-445-3700.)
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Enter if you dare: The Core, Portland's shortest walk-in gallery at only 3.5 feet high, presents the group
show Voyeur through June 30.
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