The Play That Goes Wrong
- By Henry Lewis, Henry Shields & Jonathan Sayer
- Directed by Dámaso Rodríguez
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It’s opening night for the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society’s production of the 1920s murder mystery Murder of Haversham Manor and from lights up the cast and crew are in an uphill battle to the final curtain. The set isn’t steady and neither are the actors as they trip over their lines, set pieces and a murder victim who has a hard time playing dead. In this uproarious comedy, anything that can go wrong, absolutely will… with fantastic flair!
2015 London’s Olivier Award for Best New Comedy
GENERAL PERFORMANCE TIMES*
Evenings
Wednesdays – Sundays at 7:30 p.m.
Matinees
Saturdays & Sundays at 2 p.m.
Select Thursdays at 2 p.m.
*Schedule may vary for some shows. Please check our season calendar to confirm.
Approximately 2 hours and 10 minutes, including one 20-minute intermission.
Assistive listening devices are available for all performances.
We are committed to making our performances and facilities accessible to all of our patrons.
For the 7:30 p.m. performance of The Play That Goes Wrong
BIPOC Affinity Nights are a mindful curation of an environment meant to center the experience of people who identify as part of the BIPOC community (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) — dedicated to generating a space for BIPOC individuals to engage with the performance in ways that are authentic to them.
All people who self-identify as BIPOC, and their guests, are specifically invited to attend. Though no one will be turned away, it is encouraged that folks outside of the BIPOC community join us on another night.
This production uses strobe lights, smoke and fire effects, gunshot sound effects and other loud, unexpected noises.
Learn more by calling 503-445-3700.
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Meet the Cast & Creative Team
The Cast
Ian Bond is an actor, fight/intimacy director, and educator. He has performed at Book-It Repertory Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Seattle Children’s Theatre, Seattle Public Theater, Taproot Theatre Company, Washington Ensemble Theatre, and ACT. He has directed fights and intimacy for The 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle Rep, Seattle Children’s Theatre, ACT, ArtsWest, The Seagull Project, Taproot Theatre, Village Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare, and Book-It. Ian is a co-founder of PNW Theatrical Intimacy and a motion capture artist. ianbond.org, @ian.bond.180
Very happy to be making his Portland Center Stage debut with this wonderful group of humans. Darragh is a Seattle based actor. He is the proud recipient of Seattle’s Gregory Falls Award for his performance of Hamlet with Seattle Shakespeare Company in 2010. Other favorite portrayals include Sherlock Holmes at Seattle Rep and Ebenezer Scrooge at ACT. Darragh lives on Vashon Island with his amazing wife Jessica and incredible kids, Finn and Máire.
Cassi was raised in Portland and now calls Seattle home. She extends a huge thank you to all of the incredible, overworked stage managers who inspired this acting role! Cassi graduated from the University of Washington and moved east, where she originated a role in the Off-Broadway production of Soul Doctor (New York Theater Workshop), joined the original cast of Motherhood the Musical (GFour Productions), traveled as a Mainstage performer with Disney Cruise Line and on the national tour of Martha Speaks. She has two dusty Drammy Awards and also made the "Top 5 Actors To Watch" list with the Seattle Times in 2023. Favorite credits include: The Last 5 Years and POTUS… (ACT Contemporary Theatre), The Little Mermaid and Sweeney Todd (The 5th Avenue Theatre), Fun Home (Harlequin), and The Hello Girls (Taproot Theatre Company). Love to her fiancée Amanda for always setting out her favorite breakfast. @thunderdyke
Chris Murray (he/him) is excited to be back at PCS! Chris previously worked with director Dámaso Rodríguez on Playboy of the Western World and The Liar at Artists Rep. Past work at PCS include: Sense and Sensibility, Major Barbara, Astoria: Parts One & Two, The Oregon Trail, Great Expectations, Our Town, Futura, Crossing Mnisose, 11 years of JAW and Sometimes a Great Notion. Other credits include: A Bright New Boise, Penelope, The Aliens and A Skull in Connemara (Third Rail Rep), In The Wake, The Antigone Project, Las Menias, A Few Stout Individuals, Six Degrees of Seperation and The Sisters Rosensweig (Profile Theatre) and The Grownup (38th Humana Festival at Actor's Theatre of Louisville) (RIP); Favorite Roles include this one you are about to see. Love to Koi and Jena.
Darius is so excited to be part of this play with these people at this theater! He has been a Portland-based actor and director for over 20 years. Some past performances with Portland Center Stage include Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson - Apt. 2B, The Great Leap, Sense and Sensibility, Stupid F—king Bird, The Santaland Diaries, and The 39 Steps. Darius has worked at Third Rail Repertory Theatre, Artists Repertory Theatre, Broadway Rose Theatre Company, Lakewood Theatre, Portland Playhouse, Seattle Rep, Woolly Mammoth, Folger Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Fiasco Theater, and other places. He is a co-founder of Anonymous Theatre Company and a member of Actor's Equity and SAG-AFTRA. Occasionally, you can see Darius on screen. He collects turtles and he says hello to Julian.
Thank you to PCS for welcoming me back with an open heart into their pulchritudinous and passionate Theater and Community. Thank you to our amazing Director Dámaso Rodríguez for their insight, generosity and support throughout this tremendous journey. Thank you to the beautiful cast and crew for their eternal kindness, radiance and rigor. And thank you deeply to all you folks, our audience, who still come out to converse and participate with Live Performance. Your presence is an integral part of the power of Theater as we endeavor to experience, for a brief time together, our shared humanity through storytelling. Thank You. IG @setareki_ikerates for Credits
Chip (they/them) is thrilled to be coming back to perform in Portland (for the first time at PCS no less)! They are an ACT Core Company member in Seattle, WA, known along the West Coast as Isis in and out of the Drag Duo LüChi and as one of the founding parents of the kiki ballroom house The Royal House of Noir. Beloved Seattle credits include; Skin of Our Teeth (Seattle Rep), Fat Ham (Seattle Rep), The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window (The Feast), Macbeth (Seattle Shakespeare Company), Corduroy (Seattle Children’s Theatre), The Picture of Dorian Gray (Book-It Repertory Theatre), and A Christmas Carol and Alex and Aris (ACT). They are also known for their choreography at all of the above theaters. Social Media: @chi.sherman
Ashley Song is an actor, producer, and co-owner of Desert Island Studios in Portland, Oregon. Some of her favorite projects include Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson, Apt. 2B (Portland Center Stage at the Armory), Mother Russia, Reggie Hoops (Profile Theatre), The Other Place (21ten Theatre), Woman and Scarecrow (Corrib Theatre), and Winter’s Tale (Portland Shakespeare Project). She has produced films and commercials for Aurora Productions, Straightaway Cocktails, Rice Krispies, Central City Concern, Catalyst Film Collective, Hearts & Sparks Productions, Plate Spinner Productions, and many others. Ashley is represented by TCM Talent in Seattle and she occasionally directs.
www.ashley-song.com
@ashleysongofficial
@desertislandstudiospdx
Phillip Ray Guevara is a classically trained actor originally from San Antonio, TX. He holds a B.F.A. in Acting from Texas State University and an M.F.A. in Acting from The University of Washington. While attending Texas State, Phillip studied abroad with The Royal Shakespeare Company in conjunction with The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. Regional credits include: The Hombres (Artists Repertory Theatre), The Winter’s Tale (Portland Shakespeare Project), The Three Musketeers (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park), Much Ado About Nothing (Illinois Shakespeare Festival), Julius Caesar (Titan Theatre Company), and Native Gardens (Intiman Theatre). Phillip is on faculty at The University of Portland, where he teaches Movement and Stage Combat. He would like to thank his beautiful wife, two wonderful children, and his parents for supporting him all along. @philliprayguevara
PCS debut! A Seattle local since 2023, Ashley has appeared in four productions at The 5th Avenue Theatre—most notably Something’s Afoot—while completing her M.F.A. in Arts Leadership at Seattle University. She currently serves as Casting Coordinator at The 5th. Favorite collaborations include productions with Seattle Rep, Paramount Theatre (Aurora, IL), Drury Lane Theatre, Mercury Theater Chicago, Westchester Broadway Theatre, and Peninsula Players. Proud Boston Conservatory alum. Endless love and thanks to her husband, Harter, for keeping her sane and fed. @ashley.lanyon
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