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Feuding Brothers
Leland (Karl Miller)
hatches a compli­
cated plot to
unseat his brother
Hank (P. J. Sosko)
in a Portland Center
Stage world
premiere next
weekend of Ken
Kesey's wild and
wooly portrait of an
Oregon coastal
logging community.
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Play adapted from
classic story
The novel that Ken Kesey described as the “ best
thing I 'll ever write” gets a world premiere at Portland
Center Stage, introducing Kesey’ s w ild and wooly
portrait o f an Oregon coastal logging community to a
new generation.
Set in a small coastal town in Oregon in 1961,
“ Sometimes a Great Notion” follows the lovek. deaths
and rivalries o f the Stampers, a logging family attempt­
ing to carve a foothold in Oregon's fertile, hut flooded
native soil. Brawling, boozing, cussed and cussing,
the Stampers have survived and thrived for three
generations under the unforgiving motto "Never. Give.
An. Inch."
When a union strike threatens to shut down pro­
duction, they cut their own deal with the lumber
company, sending the town o f striking loggers how l­
ing into an uproar.
Against this backdrop. Kesey weaves the story
o f tw o brothers: Hank, the brawny and fearless
heir to the Stamper throne, and his younger brother
Leland, (he clan ’ s only intellectual, sent east for
schooling and called back to help the Stampers
make th eirdclivery deadline. Em otionally stunted
from too much tim e spent in his brother's long
shadow, Leland hatches a complicated plot to cut
through his brother's armor, hoping that by top­
pling the big map he can carve out some room to
grow himself.
The resulting struggles set o ff a chain o f events
that w ill leave the town and the Stampers changed
forever.
Sometimes a Great Notion” w ill preview April I
through A pril 3, with the opening night on Friday
A pril 4. The production w ill run Tuesday through
Sunday through A pril 27. with 7:30 p.m. evening
performances and matinee performances at 2 p.m. on
Sundays and noon on Thursday April 10. 17 and 24.
Tickets can be purchased through the box office
by calling 503-445-3700 or online at pcs.org.
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