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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 3, 2007)
AU^5.IJL¿fig¿,juSt|OUt gl on stage Alan LaDuca presents Triumph of Love, his passion-filled comedy mixing fast-paced melodrama with modem humor and featunng a gay character and a wonderfully supportive mother giving a queer twist to a classic love story, Aug 4-11 at various venues in Portland and Gresham. (For times and locations call 503-981-2179.) Arts Equity presents Steve Martin's Picasso at the Lapin Agile extended through Aug. 11. (Call for times. 606 Main St., Vancouver, Wash. $10424 from 360-695-3770.) Broadway Rose Theatre Company pre sents No Way to Treat a Lady, a musical comedy thriller about a publicity-crazed actor turned killer who'll go to any lengths to get a New York Times review, through Aug. 19 at Deb Fennell Auditorium in Tigard. (Call for times. 9000 SW Durham Road. $ 19426 from 503-620-5262.) Masque Alfresco updates Modère s social satire The Misanthrope through Aug. 26 in Lake Oswego. CoHo Theater presents Border Crossings, Rick Huddle's solo performance piece about one man travel ing to Mexico and discovering his barriers for love, Aug. 16. (8 pm. 2257 NW Raleigh St.) a new generation of young performers, Aug. 17-19. (7 pm Friday and Saturday, 2 pm Saturday and Sunday. 1819 NW Everett St. $5 from 503-222-4480.) Conduit Dance presents the West Coast debut of Gerald Casel Dance with The Scheme of Things, a collection of three contemporary pieces from the award-winning former Stephen Petronio dancer, through Aug. 4. (8 pm. 918 SW Yamhill Ave. 77401. $13415 from 503-221-5857.) Northwest Classical Theatre Company presents a free production of William Shakespeare's As You Like It through Aug. 11 at Terry Schrunk Federal Plaza and Aug. 18 at Willamette Park in West Linn. (3 pm Saturday. For directions visit www.nwctc.org.) Horne Planet Productions presents Almost, Maine, a "charming midwinter night’s dream" about a small, mythi cal town where residents are falling in and out of love at an alarming rate, through Aug. 12 at CoHo Theater. (8 pm Thursday-Saturday, 2 pm Sunday. 2257 NW Raleigh St. $10- $15 from 888-287-6318.) Performance Works Northwest presents the fifth annual Richard Foreman Mini-Festival—featuring a scintillating array of theater, dance and media artists creating a piece in 10 days by adapting text selected from avant-garde writer/director Foreman's online notebooks—Aug. 17 and 18. (8:30 pm. 4625 SE 67th Ave. $15-$50 sliding scale for one night, $25- $90 sliding scale for both nights from 503-777-1907.) Key Turn Project presents The Distance Between Comfort and Home, an evening of dance duets and live music with free eats and drinks and fund-raising raffles, Aug. 10 and 11 at Conduit Dance Studio. (8 pm Friday, 3 pm Saturday. 918 SW Yamhill Ave. 77401. $8415 sliding scale from 503-984-2219.) Lakewood Theatre Company presents Noises Off, a hilarious comedy about the backstage antics of a touring theater troupe in England, through Aug. 19. (Call for times. 368 S State St., Lake Oswego. $23-$25 from 503-635-3901.) Masque Alfresco presents a free performance of The Misanthrope, Moliére's social satire updated for modem audi ences, through Aug. 26 at George Rogers Park Memorial Garden in Lake Oswego. (6:30 pm.) Northwest Children's Theater presents Summer Nights: A Musical Revue, bringing the best of Broadway to life with Portland Actors Ensemble presents a free production of William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew through Sept. 3 at a different park each weekend. (3 pm Saturday and Sunday, 3 pm Sept. 3. For locations visit www.portland actors.com.) Studio 20 Entertainment presents The Code, an original play by Kwik Jones, through Aug. 25 at Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center. (8 pm Friday and Saturday, 3 pm Sunday. 5340 N Interstate Ave. 503-473-6649.) Theater Theatre presents the premiere of lesbian playwright (and recent Portland State University graduate) A.R. Jackson's Lipstick and Other Cosmetics, a spoken worcUperformance art piece that includes songs and monologues to describe the journey of female sexuality in today's society, through Aug. 4. (8 pm. 3430 SE Belmont St. $7410 from 971-235-4550.) Theater Theatre presents Zombie Prom, an atomic rock musical about a bad boy who returns from the grave as a radioactive zombie hell-bent on taking his best girl to the prom, through Aug. 18. (8 pm Thursday and Friday, 8 and 11 pm Saturday. 3430 SE Belmont St. $16 in street clothes, $12 in costume from 503-970-9184.) Theater Theatre presents a free staged reading of Yelling at Bad Actors, based on a true story about a junior college drama department struggling to mount a production of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night, Aug. 11. (8 pm. 3430 SE Belmont St.) Northwest Classical Theatre Company stages William Shakespeare's As You Like ft through Aug. 18. The Tragedies present.. And the Horse You Rode in On! —a sketch show that parodies everything from serial killers and MySpace to caveman politics and big pharmaceutical companies—through Aug. 4 at Crimson Theater. (8 pm. 700 NE Dekum St. $10 from 503-367-2100.) Available Services Residential Property Commercial Property Business Card & Logo Business Name Feng Shui Graphic Design Workshop / Class Yun Gee Folta Feng Shui Consultant Creating (Balance, Harmony and (Prosperity in 'Your Environment ÓO2 SE 38th Ave. Portland, OR 97214 503.2313922 Wed - Sat [PAUL MITCHELL Feng Shui Creation www.FengShuiCreation.com Call for information 360-281-8908 ore-mail at FcngSCreation aol.com Kam Sisco (inset) plays an iron-fisted principal in the rock musical Zombie Prom. Summer Camp If you didn’t get your ’50s fetish filled with the recent hoopla over Grease— from Broadway’s TV cattle call to Stumptown’s senior moment—then step back in your taffeta and follow director John Monteverde’s musical theater cohorts to Zombie Prom. This rock musical revives a B-movie doo-wop about biker and bobby-soxer separated by med dling parents. When the bad boy crashes his chopper into a nuclear power plant, he returns from the grave as a radioactive zombie hell-bent on taking girlie-girl to the big dance. Trouble is, Miss Strict, the iron-fisted principal, won’t let the gangrenous ghoul back in school. But as a tabloid reporter discovers, Miss Strict has a few skeletons in her own closet. Imagine Night of the Living Dead meets Rebel Without a Cause in the drive-in days leading up to Hairspray —except that John Travolta in a fat suit has nothing on our own wigged-out Kam Sisco, a sweet fella with a real mean Strict. To portray the ruthless principal, Sisco says he’s channeling his own third-grade teacher fed by the quick wit of Eve Arden (who, incidentally, played the principal in both Grease movies). “Miss Strict has suffered many disappointments and heartache over the years. She lives, eats and breathes her job and expects nothing less than perfection from her students,” e-mails the equally industrious 43-year-old between day job and evening rehearsal. Sisco is no stranger to padded-bra roles (Triangle’s Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, Psycho Beach Party and Christmas with the Crawfords), although this Michigan native might be better remembered for Classic Greek Theatre’s Orestes and Prometheus Bound. All of which is a departure from his original University of Oregon music-major plans to become an opera diva, and even further from his more straight-laced high school days when he went to his prom with (gulp!) a girl. But today’s openly gay Sisco says Zombie Prom “definitely speaks to those who are considered ‘different’ in our community. Our protagonist in the show is the zombie and we, the audience, want that zombie to be accepted!” Can’t argue with that. Now if only they didn’t want to eat our brains.».. Zombie Prom plays through Aug. 18 at Theater Theatre, 3430 S.E. Belmont St. Tickets are $16 in street clothes or $12 in costume. For more information call 503-970-9184 or visit www.myspace.com/zombieprompdx . —Timothy Krause
