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Christopher Livingston, Carter Hudson and Gavin Gregory in the Whipping Man by Matthew Lopez. The searing post Civil War drama opens Friday, March
1 and continues through March 23.
Searing drama ‘The
Whipping Man’ takes stage
P o rtla n d C e n te r S ta g e ’s p ro d u c tio n o f th e s e a r­
in g C iv il W ar d ra m a . T h e W h ip p in g M an , by M a t­
th e w L o p e z , o p e n s on F rid a y , M arch 1 an d ru n s
T u e s d a y th ro u g h S u n d a y th ro u g h M arch 24. T ick -
e ts start at $ 3 9 . R u sh tic k e ts are $20.
In th e p o s t-C iv il W a r S o u th , th re e m en are tie d to
e a c h o th e r by h is to ry a n d fa ith , b u t are a lso b o u n d
b y se c re ts.
A b a d ly w o u n d e d J e w is h C o n fe d e ra te so ld ie r
re tu rn s h o m e at w a r’s e n d to fin d th at his fa m ily has
fled to th e c o u n try s id e . R e m a in in g in th e c ity m a n ­
sio n are tw o fo rm e r sla v e s, a lso ra ise d by his fa m ily
as Je w s. W ith P a s s o v e r u p o n th e m , th e th re e
m e n u n ite to c e le b r a te th e h o lid a y , e v e n as
th e y stru g g le to c o m p re h e n d th e ir n ew re la tio n ­
sh ip s at a c ro ssro a d s o f p e rso n a l and n a tio n a l
h is to ry .
T ic k e ts c an be p u rc h a se d o n lin e at p c s .o rg , by
p h o n e at 5 0 3 -4 4 5 -3 7 0 0 o r by v is itin g th e b o x o ffic e
lo c a te d at 128 N .W . 1 1th A ve.