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Theater Program
Enriches Youth
Some of Portland’s youngest
playwrights and songwriters will
have their work performed by some
of the region’s greatest talents,
supported by accomplished musi
cians and in a grand theater venue,
Nov. 5.
Now celebrating its fourth year,
Play Write empowers “youth at the
edge" with ttxils to make them
selves stronger through a carefully
structured process of creating art.
The program is a playwriting
workshop targeting youth in'
underserved areas but is expand
ing into other creative media such
as songwriting.
The session involves a two-
week residency bringing young peo
ple together with coaches from the
Katz of the Athens Boys Choir will perform during Transgender
Portland performing arts communi
Day of Remembrance at Portland State University.
ty who are trained by PlayWrite.
Activities will culminate Nov. 20 for
Students work one on one with coaches, honing the
Transgender Day of Remembrance with a perform tools for creating a play while learning that putting
ance by spoken word artist Katz of the Athens Boys feelings into language is a healing, restorative and
Choir and a candlelight vigil to recognize and
nurturing process that transforms lives.
remember people who have been victims of anti
“PlayWrite frees kids of this baggage and helps
transgender hatred or prejudice.
to bring honesty and clarity to these young artists’
Athens Boys Choir uses engaging wordplay,
work,” said Julianna Jaffe, coach and host of the
razor-sharp wit and hip-hop rhythms to spread “the
event.
good word," throwing down hard-hitting poetry
The evening will begins 6 p.m. Nov. 5 in
that deals with issues of gender, politics, love, sex
Gerding Theater at the Armory, 128 N.W. 11th
and everything in between. This free performance
Ave., with hors d’oeuvres and a silent auction
starts 7 p.m. at PSU’s Multicultural Center in
followed by student songs and one-act plays craft
Rixim 228 of Smith Memorial Student Union,
ed by teen participants of PlayWrite. They will be
1825 S.W. Broadway, after a 6 p.m. candlelight
performed by Portland stage favorites Wade
vigil in the Park Blocks between Southwest Park
McCollum, Sharon Martini, Michael Stone, Noah
Avenue Montgomery Street.
Jordan and many others. Musical accompaniment
A Trans 101 workshop will be held from 1 to
will be performed by the dynamic duo of Doug
2 p.m. Nov. 16 in Room 236 of Smith Memorial
Fraser and Mel Kubik. A live auction featuring
Student Union. A panel of experts representing a fantastical array of donated items will also be
some of the major Portland organizations working a part of the evening’s festivities. Samantha Swain
with transgender people, including the Sexual
works as the fund-raising consultant.
Minority Youth Resource Center, TransActive and
“PlayWrite gives children an opportunity to
Outside In, will discuss what being trans is and
discover in the same way 1 did when 1 started in
what resources are available and will share their
theater and learned from professional theater
personal stories. Afterward the student group
artists,” said McCollum. “For me, PlayWrite is a gift
Queers and Allies will host a movie night from
where 1 am able to give back and empower these
4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at PSU’s Queer Resource Center
kids as 1 was empowered."
in Smith Room 401.
Tickets are available for
Transgender Day of
$75 at www.playwriteinc.org.
Remembrance is held
in November to honor
Breakfast for 'Bigs'
Rita Hester, whose mur
Many members of the
der in 1998 kicked off
queer community have
the "Remembering Our
found Big Brothers Big
Dead” Web project, and
Sisters of Metro Portland
to coincide with a San
a welcoming and gratifying
Francisco candlelight
organization deserving of
vigil in 1999. Since then,
their time and money.
the event has grown to
When filmmaker Aaron
encompass memorials in
Kirk Douglas encountered
dozens of cities across the
the Big Brothers Big Sisters
world and on many col
table at Portland Pride two
lege campuses is observed
years ago, he immediately
as part of Trans Awareness
decided to get involved.
Month.
“I couldn’t believe with
For more information
all the fear and bad press gay
call 503-725-9742 or
Noah Jordan and Julianna Jaffe act in
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Daniel Trejo's play, fove Always.
visit www.qrc.px.edu.
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