In case you missed it, we had a long, exuberant, exhausting JAW weekend of birthing plays(and a rabbit or two),…

{photo: The ubiquitous Chris Murray, David Pichette and Antoinette LaVecchia riff on rabbits and all things vituperative during the JAW Workshop Reading of C.Denby Swanson’s A Brief Narrative of the Extraordinary Birth of Rabbits}

corralling Storm fans (including this steampunk gentleman with a padlock for a tie and his friend with the leather top hat)…

{photo: Storm Large fans lined up around the block to get in to the first public reading of her autobiographical premiere-in-progress, Crazy Enough.}

… and infesting every nook…

{photo:Lane Hunter & Co spreading out across the lobby floor Saturday in a site specific dance piece that was filmed live and re-projected onto the mezzanine wall, leading patrons down vertigo inducing thought paths ranging from sideways love to insectine romance.)

…and cranny of the Gerding Theater’s public… and private spaces…

{photo: Eric Hausmann “eviscerates the boundaries of public and private space” in a sound installation that patrons frequently stumbled into on their way to other…business.}

…while crazy theater folk hawked their seasons…

{photo: Third Floor Sketch Comedy Troupe’s Heather Nelson Robertson drums up some business for her table at the Theater Fair with a combination of nice gams and bouncy bubbles.}

…and our new restaurant neighbors hawked their delicious non-alcoholic mojitos…

{photo: Our new neighbors at Palomino, the restaurant in the old Manzana space, dropped by to share some fresh mint mojitos (minus the white lightning) with the crowds gathered for the theater fair.}

It was a heckuva weekend. But don’t take my word for it.

Here’s The Oregonian’s take on the event, plus some pre-and post- buzz about Storm’s new show, which received a standing ovation (and a rousing audience chorus of her new song “My Vagina is 8 Miles Wide”) at Saturday’s Workshop Reading.

The blogs(and more, and more) are heating up about the 5 plays workshopped at this year’s JAW. I’ll try to post them as I find them. Got your own thoughts to share about the shows you saw? Email your feedback to literary@pcs.org and they’ll get passed along to the artists whose process continues.

Thanks to everyone who participated in JAW- whether you wrote, performed, directed or just plain showed up, you contributed hugely to the future of American playwriting. We have been honored and delighted to share space and time with you this weekend.

{p.s. Photos all by the beautiful and talented Christine Siltanen}