THIS PLAY WILL RUN APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR AND 20 MINUTES WITH NO INTERMISSION. 

BEHIND THE SCENES:

Click here to check out the video trailer!

Click here to check out the latest production photos by Owen Carey. 

Click here to check out the playbill that includes an essay by playwright David Mamet.

PLAYWRIGHT:
David Mamet is a director as well as the author of numerous acclaimed plays, books, and screenplays. His play Glengarry Glen Ross won a Pulitzer Prize, and his screenplays for The Verdict and Wag the Dog were nominated for Academy Awards. He lives in Santa Monica, California

DIRECTOR:
Tamara Fisch is a freelance director living in New York City. Her recent credits include: Jester’s Dead, created by Nat MacIntyre and Rhett Henkel at the PIT, The Architecture of Loss by Julia Cho at The Juilliard School, The Playwright Killer by Jonathan Caren, Lucky Star and Soul Searching by Nick Jones at #serials @ The Flea, the world premiere of Stephen Karam’s new musical, Emma, at PPAS, The Scene by Theresa Rebeck at Portland Playhouse; In Transit by Anna Kerrigan, She May Cry, But She Ain't Sorry by Erica Saleh, Sugar Plum Fair by Michael Walek and Letters from the Basement to the Attic by Eliza Clark all at Ensemble Studio Theatre; Arcadia at the Yale Dramat, new plays by Annie Baker, Amy Herzog and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins in Missed Connections NYC at ArsNova; After the Revolution and Hungry by Amy Herzog and Gagarin Way by Gregory Burke, all at Williamstown Theatre Festival; Language of Angels, Cucumber Phil and the world premiere of Girls’ School Gothic by Lucy Boyle, all at the Hangar Theatre. She holds a BA from Yale University, and an MFA from the University of Washington School of Drama. She was a 2008-2009 director-in-residence at Ensemble Studio Theatre, is a Drama League Directing Fellow, and was the 2009 Bill Foeller Directing Fellow at Williamstown Theatre Festival.

Iraqi Artists on Race
Monday, March 19 @ 6:30pm, Morrison Theatre
Free and open to the public
Artists Rep and the MA Program in Critical Theory and Creative Research at PNCA are proud to host an evening with 5 female Iraqi artists — writers, directors, actors. Join a discussion on race, performance, writing, and gender equality with these bold, fresh voices from the Middle East. 
Click here to read more about this event.

Forum - Race, Society and the Law
On Sunday, March 25 at 6pm, Artists Rep, in partnership with the August Wilson Red Door Project, will host a forum on how our society, and legal system, are affected by racial issues.
Click here to read more about this event. 

August Wilson Red Door Project Speaker Event: Walidah Imarisha
Monday, March 26 @ 7pm in the Morrison Theatre
Free and open to the public
The August Wilson Red Door Project is proud to host an evening with writer/artist/lecturer Walidah Imarisha. Walidah Imarisha taught in Portland State University’s Black studies department, where she created classes about the history of the Black Panther Party, race and the history of prisons, Hurricane Katrina and hip hop as literature. She has facilitated writing workshops for schools, community centers, youth detention facilities and women’s prisons. Imarisha was a founding editor of AWOL, a national political hip hop magazine and toured as part of the poetry duo Good Sista/Bad Sista. She has been featured on several hip hop CDs and filmed and codirected Finding Common Ground in New Orleans, a documentary about Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath.

Online Talkback: Red Door Project hosts a blog for  discussion about Race
August Wilson Red Door Project is a community programming partner for Race. This organization’s mission is to be a social change agent, using the arts as a catalyst for creating a lasting, positive change in the racial ecology of Portland by partnering with arts organizations and venues around Portland to promote high-quality art, theatre, and musical events that showcase the works of people of color. Another key commitment is to offer professionally facilitated community conversations to provide Portlanders with opportunities for transformational dialogue about issues of race. The Red Door Project offers also offers a blog for online discussions about plays and arts events that involve the topics of color and race in Portland. This is the Race talkback page on the Red Door Project’s website.

INTRODUCING...
U.S. Bancorp Foundation's First Preview Pay What You Can 
Thanks to the generous support of U.S. Bancorp, Artists Rep now offers a PWYC night for the first preview performance, on Tuesdays, for every play. No reservations, at the door only.

PRESENTING SEASON SPONSOR:

INDIVIDUAL PRODUCERS:
Richard & Marcy Schwartz
David & Christine Vernier
Kris Olson & Les Swanson

COMMUNITY PARTNER:

 "...And the issues it raises, particularly on the ethnic varieties of shame and the universal nature of guilt, should offer ample nutrition for many a post-theater dinner conversation...," said the NY Times of the 2009 Broadway production.

“Best production I have seen in years. Possibly ever.” - Audience member

"After all, it’s not just a complicated world, it’s a nuanced one. That’s why we have theater," said Marty Hughley of The Oregonian in an insightful review. Read the rest here.

Faddah Wolf of Portland Stage Reviews writes a detailed assessment that culminates saying, "Ultimately, this is a piece people should see for the discussion, either in reaction to or in begrudging agreement, that will ensue..." This is a play you'll want to see to have those important discussions. Read the review here. 

 “I think the brilliance of this play is that it not only brings our unconscious prejudices to the surface for examination, but shows how absurd they are in the first place.” - Audience Member

"The play doesn't back off for single second on the myths and perceptions of race throughout. Every line drips with tension, every exchange is fueled by some level of hate and distrust. These four people all see each other clearly on the surface, but struggle to see through each other's skin to something deeper," said Abe from bePortland.com. Read more here.    

“It was really intense and incredibly performed. Fabulous!” - Audience Member 

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