{“Wag it and Shag it boys!” Patriarch Henry Stamper (Tobias Andersen), laid up with a broken arm, relies on his sons Hank (P.J. Sosko) and Leland (Karl Miller) to keep the family logging business afloat.}

You asked for it Portland and who are we to stand in your way? Sometimes a Great Notion has been extended through May 4th. Not since Cabaret have we seen such a race for tickets and we’re thrilled to be able to hold this show over so that you can all get the call out to your own extended “Stamper clan” to come see this “…artistic triumph, worthy of it’s heritage.” (Marty Hughley, The Oregonian).

The performance schedule will be slightly different than what you’re accustomed to, so you may want to take notes here (or just click on the buy tickets link, navigate to Sometimes a Great Notion and you’ll find a calendar of these shows).

Wednesday, April 30th at 7:30pm
Thursday, May 1st at NOON and 7:30 pm
Friday, May 2nd at 2:00 pm and 7:30 pm
Sunday May 4th at 2:00 pm and 7:30 pm

NO performances on Tuesday April 29th or Saturday May 3rd

We know it’s popular with Portland theater fans, but what else are the critics saying about this phenomenal production?

“Posner’s beautifully acted play tells this rich story with great economy, something suggested early on by Tony Cisek’s ingenious set, a spray of timbers propped like gigantic pick-up sticks that evokes, in turn, forested hillsides, gray blankets of Northwest chill and deadly rising rivers. …a succinct, well-paced distillation of Kesey’s sprawling book.” Eric Bartels, Portland Tribune

“…an intelligently conceived and gorgeously executed production.” Alison Hallett, Portland Mercury

“…the work [writer/director Aaron Posner] wrangled out of his PCS design crew is nothing short of extraordinary. Tony Cisek’s set is a mountainous pile of timbers that manages to be both beautiful and eminently functional, Jim Ragland’s incidental music is folksy without being silly, and Casi Pacilio’s falling-tree sound effects shake the Armory’s foundations.” Ben Waterhouse, Willamette Week

So what are you waiting for? Get your tickets while you can still sit close enough to see Tobias Andersen twist his face into that crotchety ‘ol Henry Stamper scowl and say “Never give a inch!”

(if you still need convincing, read more about this amazing show in the full press release regarding the extension of Sometimes a Great Notion here.)

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