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OWEN CAREY on stage Artists Repertory Theatre presents Speech 8 Debate, a modern comedy that examines what it means to connect with other people in our new world of instant messaging, podcasts and social networking Web sites, extended through Dec. 7. (Call for times. 1516 SW Alder St. $20-$47 from 503-241-1278.) Artists Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of gay playwright Marc Acito's Hol- idazed, a comedy about a middle-class couple taking in a homeless -goth“ girl who hates the holidays and discovering what it truly means to be a family, through Dec. 28. (Call for times. 1516 SW Alder St. $20-$47 from 503-241-1278.) Bag b Baggage Productions presents The Eight: Reindeer Monologues, a raunchy, hysterical play about what it’s really like working for Santa Claus, Dec. 18-21 at Venetian Theatre in Hills boro. (Call for times. 235 E Main St. $15-$18 from 503-693-3953.) Blue Monkey Theater Company presents the Northwest premiere of Altar Boyz!— in which a Christian boy band rocks its way through heavenly hits—through Jan. 3, 2009, at Firehouse Theatre. (Call for times. 1436 SW Montgomery St. $12-$ 18 from 503-593-2466.) Broadway Rose Theatre Company presents Celebrate Home—A Broadway Rose Christmas, combining classic carols, holiday pop songs and original offbeat material for a melodic, imaginative look at our annual traditions, through Dec. 21. (Call for times. 12850 SW Grant Ave., Tigard. $20-$3(7 from 503-620-5262.) Collective of Geniuses presents the premiere of Denial of Self, a play that looks at the creation of alter egos, or "better" versions of ourselves, and how the Internet is used to feed this narcissis tic adoration and affirmation of self-importance, through Dec. 27 at Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center. (Call for times. 5340 N Interstate Ave. $15- $20 from 503-205-0715.) Curious Comedy Productions presents Fruit cake, a deliciously improvised holiday treat for the whole family, through Dec. 21. (2 pm Sunday. 5225 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. $10 from 503-477-9477.) Disjecta presents The Old Man, the Goat 8 the Son of a Bitch, a comic spy drama that revolves around the day and place in which President Ron ald Reagan was shot by a deranged lunatic, through Dec. 14. (8 pm Friday and Saturday, 2 and 8 pm Sunday. 8371N Interstate Ave. $10 from www. disjecta, org.) Do Jump presents Do Jump: Home for the Holi days, featuring recent works and old favorites woven together into a delightful evening of holi day fun, through Jan. 4, 2009, at Echo Theatre. (Call for times. 1515 SE 37th Ave. $20-$32 from 503-231-1232.) Imago Theatre revives Biglittlethings, a holiday spectacle of mask illu sion, anthropomorphic humor and physical flair, Dec. 12-Jan. 3, 2009. (Call for times. 17 SE Eighth Ave. $18-$31 from TicketsWest.) Jane: A Theater Com pany presents The Holly Jolly Hullabaloo!— a family-friendly show that at Artists Rep. tells the tale of Hansel and Gretel with rollicking songs, dancing and silly jokes—through Dec. 28 at Theater Theatre. (7 pm Wednesday-Friday, 2 pm Saturday and Sunday. No shows Dec. 24 and 25. 3430 SE Belmont St. $10 from 503-286-3456.) Lakewood Theatre Company presents Pulitzer Prize winner You Can't Take It with You, about a zany household where everyone does just what he or she pleases, through Dec. 14. (Call for times. gets more interesting 368 S State St., 503-635-3901.) a new in gay playwright Marc Acito’s Holidazed through Dec. 28 $26-$28 from (7 pm Thursday-Saturday, 2 pm Sunday. 2110SE 10th Ave. $15-$18 from 971-244-3740.) Lakewood Theatre Company presents The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, a delightful family story about the true meaning of Christmas, Dec. 18-23. (Call for times. 368 S State St., Lake Oswego. $10- $12 from 503-635-3901.) Oregon Ballet Theatre presents George Bal anchine's The Nutcracker, a holiday favorite for the entire family, Dec. 12-24 at Keller Auditorium. (Call for times. 222 SW Clay St. $13.50-$132 from 503-2-BALLET.) Lisa DeGrace presents Flying Iron, which utilizes music, movement, costume, text and clowning to explore the solitude of being a'one, even when surrounded by people, through Dec. 14 at Perform ance Works North west. (8 pm Friday- Sunday. 4625 SE 67th Ave. $10-$15 from Oregon Repertory Theatre presents The Lady with All the Answers, starring Oregon Shakespeare Festival favorite Gretchen Rumbaugh as wise, funny, no-nonsense advice columnist Ann Land ers, through Dec. 7 at Brunish Hall. (Call for times. 1111 SW Broadway. $22.50-S27.50 from box office or Ticketmaster.) Lake Oswego 503-757-0212.) North End Players presents A Christmas Story, Jean Shep ard's holiday classic about a boy and his Red Ryder BB gun, through Dec. 14 at St. Andrews Episcopal Church. (8 pm Friday and Saturday, 2 pm Sunday. 7600 N Her eford St. $8-$10 from 503-705-2088.) presents 2008 to •: A Visit to the Scandinavian Northlands through Dec. 14. Northwest Classical Theatre Company presents Sherlock Holmes: The Speck led Band, in which the detective investigates the suspicious death of a young woman at the behest of her sis ter, through Dec. 28 at Shoe Box Theater. dance and music, through Dec. 14 at Scottish Rite Theater. (Call for times. 1515 SW Morrison St. $7- $35 from 503-274-4654.) Public Playhouse presents It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, bringing the holiday classic to life with five actors taking on all the roles, through Dec. 20 at CoHo Theater. (7:30 pm Thursday-Satur day, 2 pm Sunday 2257 NW Raleigh St. $17-$20 from 503-922-0532.) Reed College presents 4xTenn, four one-act plays by queer playwnght Tennessee Williams, through Dec. 6 at Studio Theatre. (7:20 pm. 3203 SE Wood- stock Blvd. $1-$5 from 503-777-7284 ) Oregon Repertory Theatre presents A Tuna Christmas, in which two master comedians portray all 22 citizens of the third-smallest town in Texas, where a disaster-prone production of A Christmas Carol causes all hell to break loose, Dec. 11-Jan. 4, 2009, at Winningstad Theatre. (Call for times. 1111 SW Broadway $25-$42.50 from box office or Ticketmaster.) Rick Huddle presents Spent, a monologue com bining the tales of Chinese princesses, evil IMF warlords, John Keynes' theory of economics and Tonya Harding into one riveting story that's es sential to today's financial crisis, through Dec. 20 at Theater Theatre. (8 pm Thursday-Saturday 3430 SE Belmont St. $18 at the door, $15 in ad vance from 503-720-0397; Thursdays are "pay what you will.") Performance Works Northwest presents Cabaret Boris and Natasha, an evening of experimentation, dance, video, theater, snacks and drinks in a fes tive cabaret atmosphere with queer MC Kaj-anne Pepper, Dec. 19 and 20. (8 pm. 4625 SE 67th Ave. $10-$15 from 503-777-1907.) Super Project Lab presents 3Some, in which three performers improvise two full-length stories popu lated by dozens of characters, through Dec. 13 at Curious Comedy Theater. (9:30 pm Friday and Saturday 5225 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd $10 from 503-477-9477.) Portland Center Stage presents R. Buckminster Fuller: The History (and Mystery) of the Universe, a one-man show that takes you inside the mind of one of the foremost scientists and philosophers of the 20th century, extended through Dec. 14 in Gerd ing Theater at the Armory. (Call for times. 128 NW 11th Ave. $28.50-$68.50 from 503-445-3700.) White Bird continues its Uncaged Dance Senes with a thrilling collaborative program of new cho reography by Skinner/Kirk + Bielemeier through Dec. 7 at the Portland Opera Studio Theater (8 pm Friday, 2 and 8 pm Saturday and Sunday 211 SE Carruthers St. $16-$26 from box office o, Ticketmaster.) Portland Center Stage revives Mead Hunter's hugely popular adaptation of A Chnstmas Carol through Dec. 28 in Gerdtng Theater at the Armory (Call for Ornes 128NW 11th Ave $30-$66.50 from 503-445-3700.) Working Theatre Collective presents its inaugural production, A Story That Ends and Begins with a Dream, which follows the lives of three 20-some- things as they try to figure out what they really want, through Dec. 13 at Theatre Fucking Huge. (8 pm Thursday-Saturday. 2117 SE 34th Ave $10- $15 donation from 360-739-8523.) Portland Revels presents 2008 Christmas Revels: A Visit to the Scandinavian Northlands, a celebra tion of the winter solstice incorporating theater. John C. 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