An intense bio-drama of the renowned modern artist (and Oregon-raised) Mark Rothko, Red earned critical laurels in its New York run last season. Set in the 1950s, when Rothko was commissioned to create a series of large pieces of art for the new Four Seasons Restaurant, Red tackles big questions about art—what it takes to create it, and where it belongs in our world. But perhaps more importantly,…More
Based on legends about early Celtic kings, Cymbeline is one of Shakespeare’s most fantastical creations—familiar Shakespearean themes of jealousy and innocence wronged are joined by a piano-playing wit who becomes our guide through an ancient landscape. A lovely princess, an evil queen, a misguided king and a thoroughly rotten clown people this fairy tale-like story of life, and love, renewed.
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News from Portland Center Stage
You’re Invited to Our 25th Anniversary Season!
13 February 2012 & Posted by Kinsley Suer
Please be our guest at the special announcement of our 25th Anniversary Season! Join us as PCS Artistic Director Chris Coleman introduces the exciting lineup for the 2012-2013 season, which launches next September. It all begins on Monday, February 27 at 7:30 p.m. A dessert reception will follow the announcement. The event is free and no RSVP is required!
MoreThe Real Cymbeline?
10 February 2012 & Posted by Kinsley Suer
Cymbeline, King of Britain, one of William Shakespeare’s later plays (and from which Chris Coleman adapted his Shakespeare’s Amazing Cymbeline, currently running in our Ellyn Bye Studio), was probably written around 1610 and then published in 1623 in the First Folio, the first collected edition of 36 of his plays. But did you know that there was a real Cymbeline?
More- 06 Feb 2012
- Mark Rothko, Writer?
- 24 Jan 2012
- Shakespeare’s Insults
PCS Props Wizardry: Decapitating Cloten
10 February 2012 & Posted by Katie Nolen
SPOILER ALERT. In Shakespeare’s Amazing Cymbeline, the bad guy dies. More specifically, he is decapitated. In this backstage blog, we photo-document and describe the process that the amazing PCS props team used to create a silicone copy of Cloten’s head (played by Oregon’s own Ryan McCarthy). And then we’ll gush about the play a little…
MoreGuess the Season and Win a Free Subscription!
08 February 2012 & Posted by Natalie Gilmore
We’re about to announce the ten plays that will be included in our 2012-2013 season—our 25th!—but before all is revealed can you guess which plays we’re planning? In the comments section, give us your best guess of up to five titles you think will be featured in the 2012-2013 season. If three or more are correct you’ll be entered into a drawing to win your full season subscriptions for two for FREE.
Ready. Set. Guess!
More- 02 Feb 2012
- Free Chocolate, Manicures & Massages…To Benefit PCS!
- 31 Jan 2012
- Cymbeline Moves Onstage
