Out & About in Portland – 2024 & 2025 Shows
Here are some of this season’s options for theatre & dance in the Rose City.
NWTheatre is slowly expanding its coverage into Portland, but this is by no means complete. If you have a professional, community theatre, or fringe company in the Portland area, or produce theatre or dance shows you think we should know about, please tell us about it.
Want a deeper look at Portland-area theatre? These are great resources:
– Go See a Play: calendar of current and upcoming shows, a coordinated effort by several Portland theatres
– Oregon ArtsWatch: excellent coverage of the Portland-area arts scene
– Lewis & Clark College: extensive list of theatre and dance companies (active & inactive)
Looking for Seattle-area and Western Washington shows? Go here.
The below list is updated regularly. Last updated 3/2024.
(Theatre)
21ten Theatre
A Number (1/11-2/4)
Adopt a Sailor (BareBones Theatre) (3/15-24)
Uncle Vanya (5/2-26) (opens 5/3)
Summer Residency (7/4-28)
The Beauty Queen of Leenane (staged reading) (10/13)
Men, Women and Ghosts (staged reading) (10/28)
Dorothy’s Dictionary (11/7-24)
Artists Repertory Theatre
Encore: A Festival of Staged Readings (5/21-24)
The Event! (10/13-11/10)
2025 shows announced: Sapience (2/23-3/23); The Storyteller (4/22-5/18)
Boom Arts
Nassim (co-production with Portland Center Stage) (3/30-5/12) (opens 4/5)
The History of Empires (5/16-19)
Te Moana Meridian experimental opera @ Portland Art Museum (9/6-9) and conference @ Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (9/7)
The Untold Tales of Tuteremoana @ Tomorrow Theater (9/12)
Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World @ Dolores Winningstad Theatre (9/20-21)
2025 shows announced: Awalem @ A-WOL Dance Collective (2/28-3/2); Dear Laila @ SWANA Rose Culture + Community Center (2/28-3/8); because I love the diversity (this micro-attitude, we all have it) @ Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (4/12-19); Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson @ Portland Center Stage (5/11-6/22)
The Canon Shakespeare Company
Henry IV, Parts 1 & 2 @ Twilight Theatre (3/28-4/14)
CoHo Productions
Theatre with short-run shows and visiting performances
Scenario – PDX Playwrights showcase (1/13-14)
Forever Frank (1/19-21)
All Boats PDX (5/4)
Corrib Theatre
Contemporary Irish theatre
From a Hole in the Ground (co-production with Alberta House) (4/26-5/19)
Waiting for Godot @ CoHo Theatre (11/27-12/15)
2025 shows announced: Pass Over @ Alberta House (2/13-3/9; Godot Is a Woman – festival (Spring; dates TBA)
Fertile Ground
City-wide festival of new works
2024 festival (over 60 productions) (4/12-21)
Fuse Theatre Ensemble
Great White Gives It Up (2/8-3/3)
The Play About My Father (4/11-5/5)
Blonde on a Bum Trip (5/16-6/9)
Fuse Atelier Festival (7/12-9/8)
The Arsonists (10/10-11/3)
The Tempest (12/5-29)
Hand2Mouth
Ensemble making community-focused devised theatre and new works
What Brings You Here? – Youth Devising Residency Showcase @ PSU Boiler Room Studio (3/7-9)
Memento Mori (5/4-11)
Imago Theatre
Multi-genre, established theatre that bucks convention and classification
Conor McPherson: Port Authority (3/8-24)
Mission Gibbons (4/12-27)
Milagro Theatre
Bilingual theatre centering Latino arts and culture
¡Huelga! (1/12-27)
Verónica Princesa (2/16-3/2)
El Mundo De Las Mujeres (series) (3/6-23)
Borderline (5/3-18)
The Hispanic /Latino /Latina /Latinx /Latine Vote (9/5-22)
29th Annual Dia De Los Muertos Festival (10/17-11/10)
2025 shows announced: Frida, un retablo (2/6-23); a home what howls (or the house what was ravine) (5/1-17)
Northwest Classical Theater Collaborative
Performing theatre classics for underserved audiences, including in prisons and shelters
Seattle-goers might compare to: Freehold Engaged Theatre
Oregon Children’s Theatre
Long-running family-focused theatre, with a 2024 season focused on light
Seattle-goers might compare to: Seattle Children’s Theatre
Goodnight Moon (1/14-2/11)
The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical (1/21-2/18)
Dino-Light (4/19-20)
She Persisted: The Musical (4/28-5/26)
PassinArt
African American theatre company, producing mainstage shows, workshops, readings, and cultural events
Yohen (co-production with Portland Playhouse) @ Brunish Theatre (3/27-4/21) (opens 3/29)
Reading series: Office Hour (3/25), American Son (4/15), The Meeting (5/13)
PDX Playwrights
Readings and workshops fostering new work by Portland-area playwrights
Seattle-goers might compare to: Parley, SCRiB LAB
New plays reading series @ various locations (usually 1st Tuesdays)
The Festival Within the Festival (4/16-21) (part of the 2024 Fertile Ground Festival; see schedule here)
Portland Center Stage
Large, locally producing theatre company with contemporary focus
Seattle-goers might compare to: ACT Contemporary Theatre, Seattle Rep
What the Constitution Means to Me (1/20-2/18)
Quixote Nuevo (co-production with South Coast Repertory and Seattle Rep) (3/2-31)
Nassim (co-production with Boom Arts) (3/30-5/12) (opens 4/5)
Coriolanus (co-production with upstart crow collective and Play on Shakespeare) (4/20-5/19) (opens 4/26)
Clyde’s (co-production with Syracuse Stage) (6/1-30)
Sweeney Todd (9/29-11/3)
Liberace and Liza: Holiday at the Mansion (11/10-12/22)
Twelfth Night (11/24-12/22)
2025 shows announced: Jaja’s African Hair Braiding (1/19-2/16) (canceled); Mrs. Harrison (1/19-2/16); Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (3/2-30); The Light (3/9-4/20); The Brothers Size (4/20-5/18); Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson (co-production with Boom Arts) (5/11-6/22); The Importance of Being Earnest (6/1-29)
Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble
Collaborative company creating new and devised works
A Seagull (6/29-7/13)
Portland Opera
Full season, professional opera with the 2023-24 season focused on joy
Seattle-goers might compare to: Seattle Opera
Enchanted Woods – Shakespeare & Song (2/2-11)
The Snowy Day (3/16-24)
Puccini – In Concert (5/11)
Portland Playhouse
Community-focused theatre in a former church
Notes from the Field (2/7-3/17) (moved to next season)
Yohen (co-production with PassinArt) @ Brunish Theatre (3/27-4/21) (opens 3/29)
Passing Strange (4/17-5/26)
Matilda the Musical (6/7-30)
Portland State University
Measure for Measure (co-production with Play On Shakespeare) (2/29-3/9) (opens 3/1)
The Merry Widow – operetta (4/19-28)
The Wolves (5/23-6/1) (opens 5/24)
Profile Theatre
Theatre emphasizing new works, with a 2023-24 season of commissions
Lauren Yee Festival of new works (readings): Mother Russia (2/23), Song of Summer (2/24), Samsara (2/25)
our orange sky (6/6-16)
Reggie Hoops (8/1-11) (postponed from 2/15-25)
Red Door Project
Transformational storytelling
Evolve Experience @ Reser Center for the Performing Arts (Beaverton) (2/23-24)
Shaking the Tree Theatre
Theatre built on risk-taking in an unconventional warehouse space
Seattle-goers might compare to: The Williams Project (now The Feast)
We Wrote This With You in Mind (2/10-3/2)
StT Playreading Clubs: Caryl Churchill (1/22-2/12), Young Jean Lee (4/22-5/13)
The Brother and the Bird (4/20-5/18)
Spark Plug Theatre Collective
Producing ensemble focused on black-box productions of engaging stories
Slow Food (2/23-3/3)
Looking for Light – part of the Fertile Ground Festival (4/12-21)
Stumptown Stages
Musical theatre company
Kinky Boots (3/8-31)
Legally Blonde (4/26-5/19)
Third Rail Repertory Theatre
Theatre ensemble focused on contemporary works
Sanctuary City (3/1-17)
D’Zama: The Musical Vagabond (concert production) @ Mt. Hood Community College Theatre (5/3)
Middletown Mall (5/24-6/9)
National Theatre Live – screenings: Fleabag (1/4); Skylight (1/5, 2/7); Good (1/6-7, 2/8); Dear England (2/9, 3/19); Vanya (3/20)
Triangle Productions
Long-running company centering LGBTQ stories
Seattle-goers might compare to: (the former) Fantastic Z
Eleanor (2/1-17)
Perfect Arrangement (4/4-20)
Flo (6/6-22)
PDX Pride Reading Series (dates TBA)
Twilight Theater Company
Presenting a wide variety of contemporary and quirky classical works
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (1/19-2/4)
The How and the Why (3/8-24)
Everybody (5/10-26)
Twilight One-Act Summer Theatre festival (7/12-14)
Riot Queens – new play reading (8/3)
The Drag (9/9-22)
Sweeney Todd (10/18-11/10)
Mimetic Desire – new play reading (11/16)
Fezziwig’s Fortune (12/6-22)
University of Portland
These Shining Lives (2/21-25)
The Prom (4/11-21)
(Dance)
New Expressive Works
Year-round, multi-genre performances and exhibitions; see site for full schedule
NW Dance Projects
Moving Stories @ Newmark Theatre (5/31-6/1)
Student Artist Showcase @ Lincoln Performance Hall (6/9)
Oregon Ballet Theatre
Established, large-stage dance company staging contemporary ballet and classics
Seattle-goers might compare to: Pacific Northwest Ballet
Peter Pan (2/17-25)
Wooden Dimes (4/5-13)
Annual School Performance (4/13-14)
OBT2 Spring Tour @ various locations (4/20-6/1)
Made in Portland (6/6-9)
Portland Dance Film Festival
2024 Festival (10/3-6)
Portland Institute for Contemporary Art
Multi-genre center for performance art and installations
Seattle-goers might compare to: On the Boards
Year-round, multi-genre performances and exhibitions; see site for full schedule
(Touring & Venues)
Alberta Rose Theatre
Established venue for touring and local acts
Seattle-goers might compare to: The Rendezvous, Neptune Theatre
Year-round, multi-genre programming; see site for full schedule
Broadway in Portland
Portland’s Broadway touring stage, a partnership between Portland Opera and Broadway Across America
Seattle-goers might compare to: Broadway at The Paramount
Lion King (1/7-28)
Beetlejuice (4/9-14)
Annie (5/14-19)
Girl From the North Country (6/18-23)
Company (7/16-21)
Peter Pan (8/27-9/1)
Wicked (10/16-11/3)
2025 shows announced: Kimberly Akimbo (1/14-19), Hamilton (3/4-23), Life of Pi (4/8-13), Six (4/29-5/4), Book of Mormon (5/27-6/1), MJ The Musical (6/15-20), & Juliet (8/5-10)
Portland’5 Centers for the Arts
Large stages with several resident companies and presenting organizations
Seattle-goers might compare to: Seattle Theatre Group
Year-round, multi-genre programming in multiple venues; see site for full schedules. Select performances below.
Grand Kyiv Ballet – Don Quixote @ Newmark Theater (10/15)
Grand Kyiv Ballet – The Snow Queen @ Newmark Theater (12/9)
(Comedy)
Curious Comedy Theater
Year-round comedy showcases and improv; see site for full schedule
(Stay Tuned)
Dekum Street Theater
Opening soon
Original Practice Shakespeare
Summer parks shows
(Nearby)
Bag&Baggage Productions (Hillsboro)
Venue for touring and local comedy and theatre acts
World Builders (2/15-3/3)
Tartuffe (6/7-23)
Year-round, multi-genre programming and rentals at The Vault Theater; select theatre performances listed above
Broadway Rose Theatre (Tigard)
Long-running stage just south of Portland, specializing in musicals
The Double-Threat Trio (1/25-2/18)
Sh-Boom! Life Could Be a Dream (4/4-28)
The Spitfire Grill (5/30-6/23)
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (7/18-8/18)
Always … Patsy Cline (9/19-10/13)
Five Golden Rings (11/27-12/22)
Hillsboro Artists’ Regional Theatre (Hillsboro)
Brighton Beach Memoirs (2/17-3/3)
And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little (3/23-31)
Lightning Thief (6/1-16)
Mask & Mirror Community Theatre (Tigard & Tualatin)
Private Eyes (1/19-2/4)
Inherit the Wind (3/1-17)
The Odd Couple, Female Version (4/26-5/12)
God of Carnage (7/12-28)
Spirit Level (11/1-17)
2025 shows announced: Fiction (1/17-2/2), Pride and Prejudice (2/28-3/16), See How They Run (5/2-18), Five Women Wearing the Same Dress (7/11-27)
Magenta Theatre (Vancouver, WA)
Year-round, multi-genre programming and rentals; see site for full schedule
Theatre in the Grove (Forest Grove)
A Year with Frog and Toad (3/1-10)
9-5: The Musical (4/19-5/5)
Wait Until Dark (5/31-6/16)
The Little Mermaid (7/26-8/4)
(Oregon Coast)
Astor Street Opry Company (Astoria – north coast)
Multi-genre programming; see site for full schedule
Comedy Night (4/6)
The Trial of Phillip Merryfield (4/12-13)
Coaster Theatre (Cannon Beach – north coast)
Proof (1/26-2/18)
Death by Design (3/15-4/13)
2 Across (5/10-6/1)
Meshuggah-Nuns! (6/28-9/1)
The Game’s Afoot or Holmes for the Holidays (9/27-10/26)
White Christmas (11/22-12/22)
Newport Performing Arts Center (Newport – central coast)
Multi-genre programming and tours; see site for full schedule
Oregon Coast Council for the Arts
Extensive catalog of multi-genre venues on the Oregon Coast
Red Octopus Theatre Company (Newport – central coast)
Fiddler on the Roof (4/12-28)
An Iliad (co-production with Poor Richard’s Players) (October, dates TBA)
The Christmas Show! (12/20-22)
2025 shows announced: Clue (4/11-27), The Woman in Black (October, dates TBA)
Riverbend Players (Nehalem – north coast)
Crimes of the Heart (3/1-17)
The Play That Goes Wrong (5/31-6/16)
The Girl on the Train (9/20-10/6)
It’s a Wonderful Life (12/6-22)
Rogue Playhouse – Ellensburg Theatre Co. (Gold Coast – south coast)
Tombstone (3/22-4/7)
The Outsider (September, dates TBA)
Ten Fifteen Theater (Astoria – north coast)
Shooting Star (2/2-17)
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (3/29-4/13)
Dance, Edie, Dance! (4/20)
Exit, Pursued by a Bear (5/31-6/15)
Simple Salmon ’24 (or 25 [OR 6 to 4]) – sketch comedy (7/26-8/10)
The Woman in Black (9/27-10/12)
Decked! (12/6-21)
Theatre West (Lincoln City – central coast)
Misery (1/4-27)
A Night in the Theatre (3/14-4/6)
Bakersfield Mist (staged reading) (4/26-27)
Dial ‘M’ for Murder (5/23-6/15)
Harold and Maude (8/1-9/7)
Tillamook Association for the Performing Arts (Tillamook – north coast)
Dial ‘M’ for Murder (2/2-18)
Solo Speak: Everyone Has a Story (2/24)
Those Were the Days (4/19-20)
Four Old Broads on the High Seas (June, dates TBA)
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (September, dates TBA)
(Salem & Eugene)
Elsinore Theatre (Salem)
Multi-genre programming and tours; see site for full schedule
Hult Center for the Performing Arts (Eugene)
Resident companies: Eugene Ballet, Ballet Fantastique, Eugene Concert Choir, Eugene Symphony
Multi-genre programming and tours; see site for full schedule
Keizer Homegrown Theatre (Keizer)
Boeing Boeing (2/9-25)
Silent Sky (4/12-28)
Lifespan of a Fact (6/14-30)
Lovecrafted (8/23-31)
The Thanksgiving Play (11/1-17)
Oregon Contemporary Theatre (Eugene)
Every Brilliant Thing (1/19-2/4)
Ride the Cyclone (3/1-23)
NW10: Sweet 16 (and a lil Salty) (10-minute plays by NW playwrights) (4/4-14) (opens 4/5)
Predictor (5/17-6/2)
Pentacle Theatre (Salem)
Brighton Beach Memoirs (1/12-2/4)
The Prom (3/1-23)
Ripcord (4/19-5/11)
Boy Gets Girl (6/7-29)
Clue (8/23-9/14)
Footloose The Musical (10/11-11/2)
Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley (11/29-12/21)
(SW Oregon)
Oregon Cabaret Theatre (Ashland)
Clue (2/2-4/7)
Little Shop of Horrors (4/19-6/23)
Legally Blonde The Musical (7/5-9/1)
Sherlock Holmes and the Study in Scarlet (9/13-11/3)
Pine Mountain Lodge (11/15-12/31)
Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Ashland)
Macbeth (3/19-10/12)
Shakespeare and the Alchemy of Gender (3/21-5/4)
Virgins to Villains: My Journey with Shakespeare’s Women (5/16-7/19)
Jane Eyre (5/31-10/11)
Much Ado About Nothing (6/1-10/12)
Lizard Boy (6/11-10/12)
Coriolanus (co-production with Portland Center Stage, upstart crow collective, and Play On Shakespeare) (7/23-10/13)
Behfarmaheen (If You Please) (7/31-9/15)
Rogue Theater Company (Ashland)
Performing at Grizzly Peak Winery
Off Peak (3/13-31)
August: Osage County (reading) (5/2-5)
Stones in His Pockets (7/17-8/4)
Gidion’s Knot (10/23-11/10)