What happens before the curtain goes up? Behind the Curtain takes you inside the creative process at Portland Center Stage, introducing you to the artists, ideas, and conversations that shape our productions. Through artist interviews and essays from our Dramaturg and Literary Manager Kamilah Bush, discover the choices, questions, research, and collaborations that bring a play from the page to the stage.
Learn about the process behind creating Fat Ham and Lizard Boy with local set designer, Alex Meyer.
Behind the Curtain: An Interview with Costume Designer Dominique Fawn Hill
Dominique Fawn Hill offers insight into her costume design process, philosophy, and ongoing collaborative partnership with PCS Associate Artistic Director Chip Miller.
Behind the Curtain: An Interview with Storm Large and James Beaton
Storm Large Makes it Home is the latest collaboration between Storm Large and James Beaton. While it is impossible to pin more than two decades of friendship and creation down in one interview, the pair sat down with Dramaturg and Literary Manager Kamilah Bush to try.
Behind the Curtain: There Is Enough
PCS Dramaturg Kamilah Bush on the state of food insecurity in Oregon and the U.S.
Behind the Curtain: Straight Up Shakespeare
PCS's Literary Manager, and Fat Ham Dramaturg, Kamilah Bush shares her insights into James Ijames' Fat Ham and how it relates to Shakespeare's Hamlet.
An Interview with Chris Grace
PCS Literary Manager Kamilah Bush talked to Chris Grace, writer and performer of Chris Grace As Scarlett Johansson, about being a comedian and a creative chimera, why representation matters, noodles, and board games!
Behind the Curtain: The 12 Days of Christmas
What does Twelfth Night have to do with Christmas? Elizabethans celebrated Christmastime over 12 days with traditions and events that dated back centuries, such as the Feast of the Epiphany. Might Shakespeare have produced one of his most famous plays as part of these festivities for Queen Elizabeth I and her court? Read on and find out...
Behind The Curtain: Co-Pro!
What is a "co-pro?" Production Coordinator Haille Lantz-Sweeney explains how co-productions are a special collaborative process that allows different theatre companies to join forces, with staff, resources, and creative ideas all working in harmony to create an experience like Quixote Nuevo.
Behind the Curtain: Spotlight on Design
Britton Mauk and Dominique Fawn Hill, the scenic and costume designers of Hedwig, respectively, chat with Kamilah Bush, PCS’s literary manager, about their approaches to design and this bold take on Hedwig.
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