Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson
- By Chris Grace
- Directed by Eric Michaud
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Chris Grace is Scarlett Johansson. Or maybe Scarlett Johansson is Chris Grace. Either way, only one of them played a Japanese cyborg in Ghost in the Shell. In a tour-de-force one-person farce that The Guardian describes as “mind and character bending,” Asian American actor and comedian Chris Grace explores the bounds of an artist’s identity. With the help of an ever-growing pile of wigs, Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson celebrates two of Hollywood’s most beloved Asian actors.
Winner, Hollywood Encore Producer’s Award, 2023.
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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!
Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson Reading List
Calling all readers! Multnomah County Library put together a reading list inspired by our production of Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson.
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Meet the Cast & Creative Team
Chris is best known as Jerry on NBC’s Superstore, and recently appeared as Duane in Netflix’s The Residence. He has created and performed two acclaimed solo comedy shows: Chris Grace As Scarlett Johansson (now a filmed special on Dropout) and Sardines. After his run at PCS, he’ll perform Scarlett at the Kennedy Center and Sardines at the Huntington in Boston. He tours internationally with Baby Wants Candy and UCB, and appears frequently on Dropout. This August, he’ll debut a new project at the Edinburgh Fringe called "27 Hours" in which he attempts to write a new hour-long show each day of the festival (wish him luck). He does it all for Eric. Bluesky: @chrisgrace.com
As a performer, Eric has been seen all over the world, including The Sydney Opera House, in Thrones! The Musical Parody (co-written and directed by Chris Grace), and across The UK as Hagrid in Voldemort and the Teenage Hogwarts Musical Parody (directed by Chris Grace). His work as a choreographer won him a regional Broadway World Award for Best Choreography for the original musical Teaching a Robot to Love written by The Doubleclicks (a folk duo - that does not include Chris Grace). Eric now resides and works as a director/choreographer in Los Angeles. He would like to thank his parents for their incredible support throughout his life. Oh, he is also married… to Chris Grace.
Tyler Buswell is a proud drag queen (Donatella Nobody, she/her), actor, educator, scenic designer and multi-disciplined visual artist currently serving as Technical Director for Northwest Academy. He has worked as a scenic artist/carpenter or designer for ART, PCS, Third Rail, Theatre Vertigo, Oregon Children’s Theatre, Chapel Theatre, Bag&Baggage, Native Theatre Project and many others. He has ten Broadwayworld nominations for Outstanding Set Design winning for Bootycandy by Robert O’Hara with Fuse Ensemble and runner-up for Camelot at Lakewood in addition to a feature last year in American Theatre Magazine’s “People to Watch” in the PNW. Recent designs include Search For Signs of Intelligent Life at 21Ten and Joe Turner’s Come And Gone at Portland Playhouse. Donatella can be seen all over the West Coast but mainly as the producer and host of an all ages drag brunch at Clarklewis Restaurant. He would like to thank his amazing husband David Saffert and his incredible students at NWA who inspire him daily.
Lucy is a Portland-based costume designer. Lucy was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi and holds a B.F.A. from the University of Southern Mississippi. Lucy has spent her 10 year career working as a costume designer/artisan at such theaters as Oregon Children's Theatre, Third Rail Rep Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Orpheus PDX Opera, Berkshire Theatre Group, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, The Rev Theatre, and Shakespeare & Company. Some titles include Mrs. Harrison, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, HAIR, tick, tick...BOOM!, I'm Black When I'm Singing, I'm Blue When I Ain't, Dark Sisters, She Persisted: The Musical, and Middletown Mall. Lucy is currently the costume shop supervisor/costume designer at Portland Center Stage. Lucy is a member of IATSE Local 154. lucywellscostumes.com
Sarah is delighted to return to Portland Center Stage. Previous PCS credits include Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Coriolanus, Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson - Apt. 2B, Crossing Mnisose, Bedlam’s Sense and Sensibility, Major Barbara, and A Christmas Memory/Winter Song. Sarah has designed lighting for productions at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Playmakers Rep, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Guthrie Theater, Asolo Repertory Theatre, KCRep, City Theatre Company, Writers Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre Company, Victory Gardens Theater, and many small rooms across Chicago. She has taught lighting design at Northwestern University, Columbia College Chicago, and Willamette University. She holds an M.F.A from Northwestern. Sarah lives in Portland.
Phil is a theatrical producer and artist based in the Pacific Northwest. He currently serves as the Program Director for Coho Theatre in Portland, OR. Some of his favorite recent productions include Fat Ham (Seattle Rep) Clyde’s (PCS/ Syracuse Stage); Mrs. Harrison and The Light (Portland Center Stage); Pipeline (Confrontation Theater); Hands Up (Red Door Project); American Fast, An Octoroon, and The Humans (Artists Repertory Theatre). Phil has a B.F.A. and M.A. from Ohio University. philjohnsondesignstheworld.com, @philjohnsonlive
Sara has designed wigs and makeup for theatre, opera and dance companies all over the country including Oregon Ballet Theater, OrpheusPDX, Portland Opera, Opera San Jose, Indianapolis Opera, Orlando Opera, New Orleans Opera, Tulsa Opera, Ft. Worth Opera, Chautauqua Opera, The Wildwood Festival, The Western Opera Theatre Tour, TheatreWorks, Marin Theatre Company, The Willows Theatre Company, San Jose Stage Company, Diablo Light Opera Company, and the Aurora Theatre. She has also worked on hair/wigs and/ or makeup for the San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Ballet, Mark Morris Dance Group, Spoletto Festival USA and on several films and television shows including Metal Lords, Wild, Grimm, Shrill, and Leverage.
Dayna Lucas is a costume designer and assistant from Detroit, MI, now based in Portland, OR. Dayna received her degree in Communications/Film Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and eventually received a degree in Fashion Design FIDM in Los Angeles. She has worked in costume design for both film and theater over the past ten years. Her most recent theater work includes Matilda: The Musical (Portland Playhouse, 2023 and 2024), A Christmas Carol (Portland Playhouse, 2022 and 2023), and What the Constitution Means to Me (Portland Center Stage, 2024). For her portfolio and more information, please visit her website designbydayna.com.
Derek A. Graham (Composer) is a sound designer, composer, audio engineer, and songwriter/producer based in Raleigh, North Carolina. PCS Composer Credits: Redwood (world premiere), Protocol (podcast); Regional Composer Credits: The Folks at Home (Indiana Repertory Theatre), Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (Cleveland Play House), Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Asolo Repertory Theatre), In Every Generation (TheatreWorks Silicon Valley), Toni Stone (Milwaukee Repertory Theater/Alliance Theatre), The Chinese Lady (Artists Repertory Theatre). dgsound.net
Kristen Mun is a stage manager who has been working in Portland, OR for over 10 years. She started her stage management journey in Ashland, Oregon at Southern Oregon University where she received a BFA in Theatre Arts and at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival where she was the stage management intern on Don Quixote (2009) and Throne of Blood (2010). In Portland Kristen has stage managed for Portland Center Stage, Profile Theatre, Third Rail Repertory Theatre, and Oregon Children’s Theatre. Outside of Portland Kristen has worked at Idaho Repertory Theatre, The Actors Theatre of Louisville, and Denver Center of Performing Arts. When Kristen is not stage managing she is a fight and intimacy choreographer and Production Manager at The Actors Conservatory.
For This Production
Vanessa Elsner (She/Her) | Wardrobe Head |
Ryann St Julien (They/He) | Deck Head |
Abby Jacquin (They/Them) | Studio Master Electrician Sub |
Jessica Carr-Miller, Miranda Nolten | Wig Leads |
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