Fool for Love

CoHo Productions **Photo credit: Win Goodbody**
October 14 - November 21, 2009

Summary:

Playwright Sam Shepard pulls us into the middle of the brutal, knock-down, drag out, lover’s quarrel. Methodically revealing each tier of dark secrets behind their past, Shepard tells this story told with reckless abandon and infinite care, leaving us with haunting images and truths. Starring Val Landrum and Chris Harder.

CoHo's Hamlet Fundraiser

CoHo Productions
October 18, 2009

Summary:

CoHo Productions announces a fundraiser for its production of Hamlet, at CoHo Theater. In its attempt to raise some money for the set budget for this new adaptation of Shakespeare's most famous work, the event will have spirits sponsored by Oregon Natural Spirits, Winewood Vineyard and free food.

Cowboy Mouth

CoHo Productions
September 21 & 28, 2009
Pay-what-you-will

Summary:

The play focuses on the strange reality Slim and Cavale have created, as they riff on ideas of desire, freedom and the mythological power of rock stars. Discordant, jagged, and combustible, the poetry in the howling dialogue is thick with guilt and trauma. Staged reading, directed by Philip Cuomo.

Jacob Storm's Let Me Sing and I'm Happy

CoHo Productions Endless Summer
August 20, 21, & 23 2009

Summary:

Jacob Storms, the star of the hit one-man show I Am My Own Wife will feature in an evening of classic song with Margaret Murer on piano. A benefit concert to raise money for Jacob Storms' tuition to the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. The night is primarily made up of classic show tunes and pop standards.

Last One(s) Standing

CoHo Productions Endless Summer
August 3 - 24, 2009

Summary:

Which new one person show has the chops to make it to the end? Come vote your favorite on to glory! 4 new artists every week!

We Write/Rewrite Project

CoHo Productions Endless Summer
August 5 - 26, 2009

Summary:

We write/rewrite project featuring works by Valory J. Lawrence. Bad Days: Sometimes you just can't get out of bed. D&J Grew Up: Storybooks don't always have storybook endings. Each week actors present staged readings of Valory's plays - the audience gives feedback, Valory works out the kinks and present again.

Hijinx Hilarity Here

CoHo Productions Endless Summer
July 14 - August 25, 2009

Summary:

Featuring CoHo's own improvisation group - Daisy Chain! Come for the laughs; leave to change your undies! - Because you'll wet them from laughing so hard! Guest groups featuring sketch and improv comedy stylings make each Tuesday night a veritable laugh riot! Check website for great ticket deals.

Dante

CoHo Productions Endless Summer
August 13 - 14, 2009

Summary:

Dante could write again if only the woman he loves would return, but when she shows up with a surprising offer, Dante is forced to choose between abandoning the only good thing in his life and watching his one true love leave him forever. A world premiere by Kaitlin Phillips.

One Glass

CoHo Productions Endless Summer
August 6 - 8, 2009

Summary:

By David Wagstaff. Jacob and Amanda are wildly in love, married one year, and celebrating their first anniversary in a quaint Italian restaurant. "Why not do this every year right here?" They do and we are invited to join them, year by year, in a journey from passion to senility.

Copperheads and Common Women

CoHo Productions - Endless Summer
August 6 & 7, 2009

Summary:

A one-woman show by Sandra de Helen will be performed by the playwright. This play brings to life a country woman and her eight year-old granddaughter in rural Missouri. Proceeds go towards expenses related to play's performance in Mumbai, India at the Women Playwrights International Conference.

I Am My Own Wife

CoHo Productions Endless Summer
July 27 - 29, 2009
Free!

Summary:

In cooperation with Northwest Academy, I Am My Own Wife, a 2003 play by Doug Wright which won a Tony Award and a Pulitzer Prize. 18-year-old Jacob Storms, whose theatrical promise has earned him a scholarship to the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York, revisits his senior project.

24 Hr. Productions

CoHo Productions Endless Summer
August 2, 2009

Summary:

We will lock 30 actors and four writers in the CoHo Theater for 24 hours to cast, direct, and perform four original one-act plays. This intense, creative collaboration will bring together 34 strangers through a completely random selection process to complete a play under the most demanding of circumstances.

Dog Sees God

CoHo Productions Endless Summer **Photo credit: Megan Hammon**
July 10 - August 1, 2009

Summary:

What would happen if you plucked the beloved, simple characters of the PEANUTS comic strip and rudely deposited them into a reality show exploiting the agony of modern adolescence? Good GRIEF! “Peanuts” meets “South Park” in this hilarious black comedy about the treacherous high school ordeals of your favorite characters.

The Uneasy Chair

CoHo Productions **Photo credit: Ryan Reeves**
May 8 - June 13, 2009

Summary:

Amelia Pickles is the spinster proprietress of a mildly grand boarding house in London. The retired Captain Josiah Wickett has come into a small inheritance and inquires about Miss Pickles’ room-to-let. Their relationship develops as flint and stone, usually striking the wrong sparks. An ill-advised, but inevitable, Victorian mating dance.

Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune

CoHo Productions
January 15 - February 21, 2009

Summary:

Johnny is certain he has found his soul mate in Frankie. She, on the other hand, is far more cautious and disinclined to jump to conclusions. As the night unfolds, they slowly begin to reveal themselves to each other as they take tentative steps towards the start of a relationship.

The Receptionist

CoHo Productions **Photo credit: Win Goodbody**
October 17 - November 22, 2008

Summary:

It’s just another day in the office as Beverly the receptionist handles her day to day responsibilities. But when Mr. Dart from the central office arrives unexpectedly, the familiar atmosphere takes a sinister turn, leaving Beverly wondering what sort of company she works for and what her role really is.

24-Hour Plays

CoHo Productions
August 23, 2008

Summary:

Friday evening, four writers, Phillip Meyer, Shelly Lipkin, Valory J. Lawrence, and Nick James, and 34 actors will be locked into CoHo for 24 hours. During that limited amount of time the playwrights will create and direct their randomly selected actors in an original one-act to be performed Saturday evening.

9 Parts of Desire

CoHo Productions
May 9 - June 14, 2008

Summary:

I am—a painter, a widow, a spoiled child, a radical communist, a sorrowing mother, a professional mourner, a spurned wife, a pregnant doctor. I am Iraqi—and nothing like you imagine. Raffo weaves a tapestry of love, passion, and wit illustrating the complex, harrowing reality of living in Iraq.

Holidaze

CoHo Productions
March 24, 2008

Summary:

Holidaze: a staged reading. That's right! Valory J. Lawrence has done it again! Based on the piece she hammered out during CoHo's January 24Hour Play Festival, Valory is in the process of creating a longer, stronger and more sensical piece. And she wants you to be part of the fun!

Tales of Ordinary Madness

CoHo Productions
January 18 - February 23, 2008

Review by Thursday

Director Stepan Simek's new translation of a quirky well-written Czech play. His style plays up comedy and absurdity of the piece. With exception of sound at times, production was seamless. Inventive design and blocking support and enhance action. All actors' work on this thematically complex script pays off. Don't miss.