Here's where you'll find info about upcoming shows, teen & adult classes, First Thursdays, live music/DJ sets, BIPOC nights, art exhibits, and more. All times Pacific unless otherwise noted.
TEDxPortland Year 14 - Homecoming
Experience the most educational, inspirational day of the year in the Rose City as TEDxPortland returns for Year 14 with 11 incredible speakers, 3 interviews, and 3 performances.
Acting for Adults Level V: Actor Showcase
Join Tyler Andrew Jones (Tick, Tick, Boom; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Hair; Twelfth Night) and Nicole Marie Green (Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night) for the pinnacle of our acting series, an 8-week intensive culminating in a staged Actor Showcase. This final course invites participants to share their artistry with an audience of friends and family, presenting scenes and monologues that reflect the techniques, skills, and personal growth developed over the previous levels.
Improv Comedy: Love, Shakespeare
Witness the Magic of Unscripted Shakespeare! Step into the offbeat word of Love, Shakespeare, where seasoned Portland comedians attempt something audacious: performing a fully improvised Elizabethan play based on your suggestions!
Fat Ham
A week after Juicy’s father dies, he finds himself at a backyard barbecue celebrating the marriage of his mother and uncle—sound familiar? James Ijames’s Pulitzer Prize-winning reimagining of Hamlet casts the sweet prince of Denmark as a queer, Black boy from the South. In this comedy born from tragedy, Juicy must choose between seeking vengeance for his father’s death or staying true to his own heart—a story of identity, family, and liberation as we become our truest selves.
Kristina Wong, #FoodBankInfluencer
In a SNAPpy (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, that is!) musical comedy like no other, Kristina Wong, self-proclaimed #FoodBankInfluencer gives us a karaoke fueled education on America’s emergency food system. After experiencing the lacking food distribution from New York to the Navajo Nation, Kristina Wong returns, as only she can, with this hilariously irreverent examination of food insecurity, government assistance, and grassroot solutions to global issues.
Storm Large Makes it Home
Closing out the 2025-26 season, Storm Large returns to Portland Center Stage for a limited two-week run in June 2026. With raw emotion, razor-sharp wit, and jaw-dropping vocals, Storm takes audiences on an unforgettable journey of music, storytelling, and pure rock-and-roll energy. Storm Large’s triumphant return to Portland Center Stage. Her show, Crazy Enough, is one of The Armory’s all-time biggest hits, playing a record sold-out, 21-week run in 2009.
Portland Center Stage is committed to identifying & interrupting instances of racism & all forms of oppression, through the principles of inclusion, diversity, equity, & accessibility (IDEA).
