Learn the dances from In the Heights with Associate Choreographer Gabriella Perez
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Love dancing? Eager to jump up and join the actors onstage? Join In the Heights Associate Choreographer Gabriella Perez to learn actual choreography and technique from the production. Get a sneak peek into the many dance styles of Hip-Hop, Salsa and more from In the Heights, polish choreography performed by professional artists, ask questions about the show and get your sweat on! Open to all levels.
Gabriella is an actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer. National Tour: Kathleen Marshall’s Anything Goes. Off-Broadway: Prospect Theatre’s 1000 Nights and One Day. Concerts: Radio City Music Hall, Joe’s Pub, Newport Music Festival, and Second Stage. Regional experiences include Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre, PCPA TheatreFest, Geva Theatre, Westchester Broadway Theatre, In The Heights (Nina; Carla in the U.S. Spanish premiere), My Fair Lady (Eliza Doolittle), West Side Story (Anita), The Music Man (Marian Paroo), Henry IV, and Julius Caesar. Gabby teaches at Geva Theatre, and her choreography has been seen at Forestburgh Playhouse, Geva Theatre, and The Tank. A Helen Hayes nominee, Gabby holds a B.F.A. from New York University. gabbyperez.com
Current & Upcoming
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¡Soy Yo!, is a multi-media project, created by Mika Martinez, that examines and celebrates Latinx identity featuring more than 50 portraits of the Hispanic/Latino community in Portland.
Piano Bar with Courtney Freed and David Saffert
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Improvisation Classes for Beginners
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Nassim
From Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour (creator of the Off-Broadway smash hit White Rabbit, Red Rabbit) comes an audacious new theatrical experiment, presented in collaboration with Boom Arts. Each night, a new, unrehearsed local performer joins the playwright on stage, while the script waits, unseen, in a sealed box... Touchingly autobiographical yet powerfully universal, NASSIM is a striking theatrical demonstration of how language can both divide and unite us.
Art Exhibit: Garam Garam Chai by Yusra Siddiqui
Portland Center Stage will host Garam Garam Chai, an art exhibit by Portland-based multidisciplinary artist Yusra Siddiqui, featuring a series of hand-sewn teabag printmaking pieces that serve as a contemplation of the communal tea times shared between Desi and British culture.
Coriolanus
Shakespeare’s tragedy about the war hero Coriolanus and the fight between the elite and the deprived masses will be fueled by a dynamic female and non-binary ensemble with a muscular, movement-focused staging.
Portland Center Stage is committed to identifying & interrupting instances of racism & all forms of oppression, through the principles of inclusion, diversity, equity, & accessibility (IDEA).
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