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Speculative Drama Presents... Pericles

Event Details
September 5 – 21, 2025
All times PDT
Sep 5 7:30 p.m. - 9:45 p.m. (Fri)
Sep 6 7:30 p.m. - 9:45 p.m. (Sat)
Sep 7 5:30 p.m. - 7:45 p.m. (Sun)
Sep 12 7:30 p.m. - 9:45 p.m. (Fri)
Sep 14 5:30 p.m. - 7:45 p.m. (Sun)
Sep 16 7:30 p.m. - 9:45 p.m. (Tue)
Sep 19 7:30 p.m. - 9:45 p.m. (Fri)
Sep 20 7:30 p.m. - 9:45 p.m. (Sat)
Sep 21 5:30 p.m. - 7:45 p.m. (Sun)
The Armory: Main Lobby
$5 – $40 Sliding Scale

General Admission

(standing room and found seating)

Portland’s smallest theatre company teams up with its largest in an immersive high seas adventure! Join Speculative Drama, known for their immersive productions and original use of public playing spaces, tackles one of Shakespeare’s most challenging plays to stage: Pericles this September in our tenth anniversary production! 

Bringing together the vaulting ceilings and balconies of the PCS Armory's two-story lobby, stylized puppetry and paper-craft props, the absurdism of British humorist skits, and the visual style of 80s and 90s adventure films - audiences travel through the Armory lobby as we follow Prince Pericles on a journey through the seven seas in search of love and fortune. 

Join Speculative Drama for a surrealist exploration of class dynamics, whether one can be both a good king and a good man, and the struggle between power and personal fulfillment - all through the eyes of one very unreliable narrator, John Gower.

Sleep No More meets The Adventures of Baron Munchausen in this ambitious and innovative tenth anniversary show. Don’t miss your chance to set sail with us this September!

All tickets pay-what-you-will. 100% of ticket sales and donations go directly to cast and crew.

Join us for our Industry and LGBTQIA+ Affinity Night Tuesday, 9/16.

Content Note:

This production touches on themes of incest, grief, and loss, as well as depicting professional sex work.


A Note on Accessibility: 

Masks are heavily encouraged and we will have N95 masks available at the door. Anyone wearing an N95 mask will receive a special thank you gift from the cast and crew!

Performers test twice weekly for your safety - please mask for theirs if possible.

Financial and physical accommodations are available. This performance is an immersive, roaming performance in a large indoor space with excellent ventilation. While all scenes will be audible from most areas of the lobby, audience members are encouraged to move about the space and follow the action for the best experience. The PCS Armory lobby is fully accessible including ground floor accessible gender-neutral bathrooms, elevator access to the second story lobby balcony, and scattered cafe table seating. 

Performers will move throughout the venue and audience should be prepared to be within 6 foot proximity of unmasked performers and other audience members.
 
Please email us at speculative.drama@gmail.com with any accommodation questions or concerns.
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