Extensive, wide-ranging discussion of Portland's growing reputation as a center for new play development.
Full interview here.
Is a golden age of Portland theatre upon us? Again? Many signs point to YES...
Of note: Fascinating idea for expanding annual JAW festival into a city wide event showcasing new work.
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What a great conversation. Well done. Thanks for pointing it out. Although, when talking about large, mid and small-sized theaters, I'm curious as to what capacity is defined in those terms. You've got Back Door which is like 50 seats (if I remember correctly). I would call that a small space. You've got ART, which is somewhere in the 180-200 seat range. I would say that and anything larger is a large space in this town. But Miracle (Home of their own shows and Third Floor sketch shows) is around 125 seats. I would call that mid-sized, but it's referred to as small. Are we talking about capacity, or the actual theater space itself? Just curious. Again, great interview.
In terms of theater sizes, I think in most places (and in my own mind) "small" theaters would be anything 200-250 seats, which would include ART, Miracle, the Back Door and most of theaters in Portland. And "Large" is anything over about 500-600 seats, which in Portland is only a few places like the Keller and the Newmark. So "mid-sized" would be any theaters that seat 300-500. The only ones I can think of at the moment that are about that size would be NWCT and PCS.
I think they meant large and small as in organization size,not venue size. Artists Rep is only 172 seats, but the organization is the 3rd largest theater in Oregon, pushing 6k audience members through the door per show.
Medium for Miracle and Profile, who have smallish venues but regular seasons and growing subscriber bases, and small for companies who pay their actors in beer...
Wait . . . you guys get beer? I've only been paid in pizza, doughnuts, or coffee.
I would have liked this piece to have been edited for greater focus and concision. I skimmed a lot of it. 'Civilians'--er, non-theater people, whom we need to reach--may not get past the first few paragraphs.
I'm still trying to put my hands on a hard copy ... where is it distributed? I used to find it at my local Fred Meyer, but haven't seen this issue there.
Rich's downtown has it, but the version in the magazine is very much truncated from the online version.
You can request a copy from the magazine- they got plenty. http://www.pdxmagazine.com.
Or talk to Hollyanna- she's the editor in chief over there these days- editor@pdxmagazine.com.
And PATA's Potluck in the Park membership meeting tomorrow (Saturday July 28th) will have some discussion about pushing the citywide festival idea forward. Bring a tuna casserole or some chips and join the conversation. info on http://www.patagreenroom.org.
ha ha! 3 web links in one comment. Mwah ha ha ha ha....
-Trisha
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