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onstage OREGON'S LGBTO NEWSMAGAZINE MARCH 18. 2011 25 JS BY AIMEE GENTER BOOMCRACKLEFLY Jack Goes Boating MySp_ce Miracle Theatre Group is not known to "play it safe," and BOOM CRACKLEFLY is no ex ception. This play answers the question, "When you spend your life dreaming, what happens when you finally get what you want?" Read Just Out's full coverage on p. 28. Runs through April 16, $14-$25 Miracle Mainstage, 525 SE Stark milagro. org An off-Broadway hit of 2007Jack Goes Boating attempts to answer that age-old question: How far will you go to win a heart? Runs through April 17, $20-$26 A R T Morrison Stage, 1515 SW Morrison artistsrep.org Hear Rusty Tennant's story, through hip-hop and prose, about coming out in Michigan, and about his travels to NYC after 9/11, to New Orleans after Katrina, and on to Port land with his partner. Part o f the Portland Mini Fringe Festival. Runs through March 22, $10 Theatre! Theater, 3430 SE Belmont portlandminifringe.com Christmas in Bakersfield Attempts on Her Life Playwright Martin Crimp (by way of defunkt theatre) attempts to mess with our heads in this experimental play where an elusive (and unseen) woman named Annie is described by a handful of characters who are obsessed with her. Runs through April 9, $10-$ 15 Back Door Theater; 4319 SE Hawthorne defunktheatre. com Les meets Mike. W hen Mike takes Les home for the holidays to meet his Caucasian, conser vative, right-wing family, he realizes he forgot to tell his family one very important thing... Les is African American. Part of the Portland Mini Fringe Festival. Runs through March 26, $10-$ 15 Theatre! Theater, 3430 SE Belmont portlandminifringe.com Bloody Poetry futura Northwest Classical Theatre brings audiences into the intermingled world of poets Byron and Shelley (and the women who loved them). Part satire, part romance, it's got a little some thing for everyone. Runs through March 20, $15-$IS Shoe Box Theater; 2110 SE 10th nwctc.org A thriller about a font? I was skeptical, myself. But the font is the foundation for the story. Portland Center Stage creates an eerie humming future- world where the printed word (and paper) is ancient history, and it's all this typeface's fault. Runs through March 27, $20+ Portland Center Stage, 12S N W 11th pcs.org Kid Simple: A Radio Play in the Flesh Campy and self-deprecating, Kid Simple is the melodramatic story o f Moll, a brilliant girl in ventor who invents a machine that can make all o f the sounds that can’t be heard! Runs through March 26, $20-$25 Co Ho Theater, 2257 N W Raleigh cohoproductions. org Mommie Queerest A spoof of the cult classic Mommie Dearest, in drag! Joan Crawford wishes this was how her life used to be... Runs through March 20, $25 Portland Actors Conservatory, 1436 SWMontgomery One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest You've seen the movie, you may have even read the book, but have you seen the play? Portland Center Stage's production takes Ken Kesey's story to a different level in one o f the more straight-forward, yet intriguing productions seen on the main stage. Runs through April 2, $20+ Portland Center Stage, 128 N W 11th pcs.org The Silence of the Clams A production I look forward to checking out, - it's a campy all-male take on the 1991 film o f a similar name. And are there really ever enough vagina jokes? Runs through March 27, $25 Portland Actors Conservatory, 1436 SW Montgomery i---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Taste the Great Street Foods of Sunday, March 27th, 2011 - beginning at 4 p.m. At West Café, 1201 SW Jefferson Street, Portland, OR 97201 Join West Cafe and Equity Foundation for an exploration of the wonderful and often mysterious relationship between food and wine. 6808 SE Milwaukic Ave PDX 503 239-8739 Yummy Signature Cocktails Proceeds benefit the Equity Foundation www.stickersasiancafe.com The evening will include: • A five-course dinner with artfully paired wines • Two pairings will he blind tasting flights, one red, one white • Live vocal jazz by the enchanting Carol Rossio j View the menu and read more about Carol at www.westcafepdx.com/blog/ Tickets: $100 per person Contact West Cafe to purchase 503.227.8189 © e Q U IT Y f O U N D A V I O N Thank you to our sponsor: just out 719 SE Morrison 503.236.7080 O p e n w e e k d a y s 11 a m to 2 : 3 0 am S a tu rd a y s 5 cm to 2 : 3 0 am S u n d a y s 5 cm to 1 am
