Arts Equity presents 21 A, in which one man
plays all eight of the people on a Minneapolis bus,
extended through Aug. 30 at Theater Theatre.
18 pm Thursday-Saturday, 2 pm Sunday. 3430 SE
Belmont St. $20 from 360-695-3770.)
Blue Monkey Theater Co. revives Disney High
School Musical on Stage through Aug. 31 at Hinson
Annex. (7 pm Friday and Saturday, 2 pm Sunday
1315 SE 20th Ave. $ 16420 from 503-593-2466.)
Broadway Rose Theatre Company presents
Dames at Sea, atap-dancng musical comedy
satire that affectionately spoofs the 1930s
Busby Berkeley backstage films, through Aug. 3
at Deb Fennell Auditorium in Tigard. (Call for
times. 9000 SW Durham Road. $20430 from
503-620-5262.)
Broadway Rose Theatre Company presents
Nite Club Confidential, a stylish musical comedy
spoof that crosses Sunset Blvd, with an evening
at the Copacabana and mixes in a lot of camp,
Aug. 8-17 at Deb Fennell Auditorium in Tigard. (Call
for times. 9000 SW Durham Road. $20430 from
503-620-5262.)
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Curious Productions presents Curious Comedy
Presents, hilarious sketch comedy from Portland's
favonte improv groups, through Aug. 9 at Theater
Theatre. (8 pm Friday and Saturday. 3430 SE
Belmont St. $10 from 503-432-8633.)
The Kelman Group examines gender and
politics in Man to Man, an epic story of identity
switching in the fight for survival, through Aug. 2
at Hipbone Studio. (8 pm. 1847 E Burnside St.
$8410 from 971-212-2554.)
Lakewood Theatre Company presents the Oregon
premiere of a fresh, fast-paced and funny adaptation
of The Three Musketeers through Aug. 24. (Call for
times. 368 S State St., Lake Oswego. $26428 from
503-635-3901.)
Northwest Classical Theatre Company presents
William Shakespeare's Troilus 6 Cressida through
Aug 10 in the amphitheater of Woodlawn Park.
(3 pm Saturday and Sunday. Northeast 13th
Avenue and Dekum Street.)
Northwest Professional Dance Project presents
its fifth annual Showing by Dance Makers, including
a world premiere by beloved choreographer and
living legend Donald McKayle, Aug. 15 and 16 at
Portland State University's Lincoln Hall. (8 pm.
1620 SW Park Ave. $28 at the door, $25in advance
from 503-828-8285.)
Performance Works Northwest presents its
sixth annual Richard Foreman Mini-Festival, in
which a scintillating array of performers (including
queer performance artist Kajanne Pepper) create
a piece in 10 days adapted from the avant-garde
writer/director's online notebooks, Aug. 15 and 16.
(8:30 pm. 4625 SE 67th Ave. $15450 sliding scale
from 503-777-1907.)
Portland Actors Ensemble presents the
second of its two Shakespeare in the Park
productions, The Two Gentlemen of Verona,
through Sept. 1 at a different park each
weekend. (3 pm Saturday and Sunday. For
directions visit www.portlandactors.org.)
Portland Ensemble Theatre Company presents
Pylon, in which three men look back six years
and wrestle with how a girl turned their friendship
upside down, through Aug. 31 at Firehouse
Theatre. (Bpm Thursday-Saturday, 2pm Sunday
1436 SW Montgomery St. $12415 from www
portlandetc.org.)
Portland Opera's Broadway Across America
presents Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner
A Chorus Line, the longest-running American
musical in Broadway history, through Aug. 3 at
Keller Auditorium. (Call for times. 222 SW Clay St.
$23463 from box office or Ticketmaster.)
Portland Opera's Broadway Across America
presents Andrew Lloyd Webber's award-winning
The Phantom of the Opera, the longest-running
show in Broadway history, Aug. 13-Sept. 7 at
Keller Auditorium. (Call for times. 222 SW Clay St.
$23473 from box office or Ticketmaster.)
Third Eye Theatre presents Cannibal' The Musical,
based on the cult film by South Park creator
Trey Parker about the only person convicted
of cannibalism in the United States, through
Aug. 23 at Back Door Theatre. (8 pm Thursday-
Saturday. 4319 SE Hawthorne Blvd. $15 from
503-970-8874.)
Tin Pan Alley Theatre Company presents Pippin,
a classic musical charmer about a young prince
who finds himself lost in a world of magic, murder
and mystery, through Aug. 10 at World Trade
Center Theatre. (Call for times. 121 SW Taylor St.
$10420 from www.tinpanalleytheatrepdx.com.)
Tin Pan Alley Theatre Company presents
the Portland premiere of Annie Warbucks,
a sequel to the classic musical Annie, through
Aug. 9 at World Trade Center Theatre. (Call for
times. 121 SW Taylor St. $10420 from www
tinpanalleytheatrepdx. com.)
Arts Equity presents the one-man show 21A through Aug. 30.
Ten Tiny Dances Takes It to the River
Mandy Christiansen and Noel Plemmons will dance with steps and
handrails at the South Waterfront during Ten Tiny Dances:
A Performance Walkabout.
During the past five years, spectators have crowded res
taurants and bars in Portland and Seattle to see Ten Tiny
Dances: an evening of brief performance pieces created by
10 different artists, all performed on a 4-by-4 foot stage.
As popular as the format has proven to be, gay founder/
producer Mike Barber is doing something different for the
16th edition.
When fellow dance artist Linda K. Johnson suggested he
bring Ten Tiny Dances to the South Waterfront as part of
her Artist-in-Residence program, which focuses on creating
new art in response to the fledgling neighborhood, he was
intrigued. He believed the site-specific nature of the pro
gram presented an exciting opportunity to bring an edge,
a freshness, to his long-running performance series.
Barber and Johnson chose 10 groups of artists and invited
them each to pick a South Waterfront space that resonated
with them and then create a performance piece for that
space. The public can see the results from 4 to 7 p.m. Aug. 2
during Ten Tiny Dances: A Performance Walkabout.
Because the performances are spread throughout the
neighborhood, audiences should begin by picking up a map
at the comer of Southwest Moody Avenue and Curry Street.
Each dance will be performed 10 times; audience members
decide in which order to see them.
For Mandy Christiansen and Noel Plemmons, founders
of POV Dance, this event was right up their alley. The two
dancers, who moved to Portland in early 2007, thrive on cho
reographing in reaction to a certain space. The less the perfor
mance area resembles a traditional stage, the better. Vertical
elements are not treated as obstacles, but more like inert dance
partners.
“We need to have some sort of structure,” says Plemmons,
who is gay. “Flat ground is not what we do.”
POV’s dance, called “Wet?”, is set in a 4-by-4 area—stages
are not required for this special edition of Ten Tiny Dances—
that includes steps, handrails, two walls and a water feature.
About the pair’s artistic process, Plemmons says: “Our work
can’t be rehearsed outside of the space that we’re performing
in. All the movement gets developed based on the structure
we’re dancing with.”
In addition to Barber, the other groups creating work for
the evening are Linda Austin, Hand2Mouth Theatre, Hot
Little Hands, Katrina O’Brien/KO&Co., Tere Mathem,
Rhiza A+D, Sojourn Theatre and Cydney Wilkes.
For more details about this free event, call 971 -998-4810 or
visit www.southwaterfront.com/art_and_design/artist.
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