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Check this page frequently for updates on what the public and the press have been saying about us.
 

"Artists Rep's productions are of such a high caliber. I have seen plays in Ashland, at Milwaukee Rep, at Seattle Rep, at the Mark Taper Forum, at South Coast Rep, at the Geffen, at Laguna Beach - Artists Rep's productions are first class!!"
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"I can't travel to NY or London, so it's great that you bring Portland the best of both. We so appreciate that."
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"This was, without a doubt, one of the most extraordinary plays I've ever seen. It was staggeringly beautiful. How could I say just one thing I liked best. The acting was stunning, the script was brilliant, the set and special effects were awesome. Everything was memorable. Thank you."
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"I enjoy the intimacy of the theater and the plays are well done. I expect that the cost of my ticket will be worth the value in entertainment."
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"This is the theater that will take risks on the context and material of the shows. I like that."
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"Best theatrical experience in town!"
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"Very fine theatre, bringing Portland fresh plays and ideas, and I am excited about the company you've hired for repertory ... Michael Mendelson and Todd Van Voris are two of my favorite Portland actors – just wonderful talents."
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"Excellent...we drive in from Central Oregon to attend."
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“The sheer joy of watching incredibly good actors thoroughly live this play – with perfect comic timing – from a seat so close I could practically feel the air move as they came by.”
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“It was about real people doing real things and was interesting, funny, touching, and engaging. It was a real old fashioned theatre experience; a real play.”
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“We laughed and cried with the performers – it was personal. The actors were superb, as usual.”
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"My impression truley has changed. It may sound silly but with the addition complete it feels even more important when I walk though the doors of Artists Repertory Theatre. It feels like the building now reflects and supports the work on stage, which has always held the highest bar of excellence."
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"You guys seem to be exactly who, what and where I want to be in 10 years."
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"I have always loved (Artists Rep) for their sense of intimacy and playing to the heart. It's (big) GREAT theater in a small comfortable space which allows you to engage in the process of theater easily..."
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"exciting theater and performances that enlighten and inspire."
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" "..this delightful Steven Dietz comedy..." " The Oregonian

" "...a strong revival of a powerful play about the intersection of the American way and the American tragedy." " The Oregonian

" Amid the seemingly innocent setting of a mid-American backyard on a pleasant Sunday, "All My Sons" tells a story of love and loss, of intertwined family histories and conflicting principles. " The Oregonian

" Christine McKinley will co-host a Discovery Channel show " The Oregonian

" ...insightful staging...stellar performances...this production gleams... " The Oregonian

" (Kimberly) Howard brings a likeable and Everywoman quality to her role as a mother who runs from teacher to psychologist to doctor, trying just to do her best for her distracted and disruptive nine-year-old. " The Oregonian

" Artists Repertory Theatre collected more stories from audience members at its production of "String of Pearls." " The Oregonian

" [Playwright Michele Lowe] excels at character sketches... " The Oregonian

" For Todd Van Voris, processing the play's the thing. " The Oregonian

" The winning hand here, though, is a first-rate cast, assembled and directed by Allen Nause. " The Oregonian

" ...it’s Geisslinger’s performance that really makes the show. " Willamette Week

" Artists Rep artistic director Allen Nause directs an impressive cast... " The Oregonian

" The rarest of pleasures: a fresh creation as well formed and finely tuned as an old favorite. No doubt, a favorite is what it's destined to be. " The Oregonian

" ...this impressive production comes out of its wrapping with a lot of the stuff classics are made of. " The Portland Tribune

" I suspect I will not see a better play than this until January. " Willamette Week

" the show is elevated from the merely sentimental by a combination of the script's humor, and consistently great performances delivered by some of the finest working actors in Portland. " The Portland Mercury

" 'We wrote it all with both of us in the room together tossing out ideas," Whitcomb says. "He would pace and I would type and whatever made us both start laughing, we'd keep.' " The Oregonian

" “I think of it as a subversive holiday fruitcake,” (Director Jon Kretzu) says. “It takes many of the normal elements of the holiday play – family, getting together – then it undercuts them." " The Portland Tribune

" 'I think it’s really important to examine why it is that we do what we do,' Acito says. 'It’s a family Christmas show with a more satiric edge.' " Just Out

" Ask just about any frequent Portland theatergoer to name their favorite actors, and Todd Van Voris is likely to come up. " The Willamette Week

" [Speech & Debate] moves energetically from start to finish... " The Oregonian

" The young actors who portray the three characters are splendidly good and Karam ... captures the language and attitude of teenagers with perfect pitch. " Portland Tribune

" The talented young cast... delivers fresh, hilarious, and nuanced performances. " The Portland Mercury

" Speech and Debate succeeds in the small moments...but really it's about the laughter. " The Daily Vanguard

" This play (Speech & Debate) is like if George Bernard Shaw had written an episode of Gossip Girl. " Just Out

" In his program note, the director [of Eurydice] Randall Stuart makes a bold and fascinating assertion, that ‘the veil between this world and the next, between myth and one's own cellular memory, is the stuff that live theater can actually solve.’ " The Oregonian

" Perhaps best of all, Ruhl's hell, which is conjured with great conviction and an impressive use of resources and space by director Randall Stuart and ART, isn't such a grim place after all. " The Portland Tribune

" David Harrower's "Blackbird," was last season's Laurence Olivier Award-winner for best new play in London. " The Oregonian

" "Blackbird" is what theater does best: It might not offer pat solutions, but it reveals life and its ambiguities. " The Oregonian

" ...[Blackbird is] an incredibly solid production... " The Portland Mercury

"Director JoAnn Johnson skillfully choreographs the two actors ... Nause brings passion to Ray's faltering efforts ... Villazan demonstrates the broad range the character demands." The Oregonian

" Villazan brings power to ART " Portland Tribune

" This season, Artists Rep goes back to its resident-actor roots. " American Theatre Magazine

" But Gracie isn't just a stage show, it's also an album and a concert. " The Oregonian

" "...its themes are as timeless as Christmas itself, making it a welcome counterpart to the season’s more traditional fare." " The Oregonian

" "...it is a treat to see such well-thought-out characters in such outrageous situations." " Daily Vanguard

" "...the show premiered last year, looking like an instant classic, a welcome perrennial." " The Oregonian

" "It is Noel Coward at his bravest, you might say." " The Oregonian

" "...director Jon Kretzu has devised a particularly apt bit of stage business to illustrate Iago's duplicitous genius." " The Oregonian

" How could you not like it? Unless you don't want to cry or laugh, or you just hate girls dancing in plaid skirts. " The Oregonian - preview

" "...warm-hearted, very funny, thoroughly entertaining show with a long list of virtues." " The Oregonian

" Nonetheless, Gracie is a bright, bubbly and boisterous musical treat " pnwtheatre.com

" "whip-smart and bittersweet Catholic schoolgirl musical, Gracie and The Atom." " Portland Monthly's Culturephile

" "When you are tempted by the charlatan within you, says William Hurt, you must turn away. 'And then the truth-teller comes.'" " The Australian

" “These are people who win a lot of battles and they finally transcend. There's a lot of winning that goes on in that play.'' " Sydney Morning Herald

" This is a stunning, absorbing production, full of emotional complexity. " The Australian

" “Brace yourself for this show. This is one helluva journey.” " The Public Reviews

" "This is definitely well worth a watch for anyone who wants to witness high quality dramatic writing from a master playwright delivered by top quality performers." " Stage Whispers.com

" "This is a powerful production, skilfully directed by Andrew Upton." " Time Out Sydney

" "“Long Day’s Journey” promises to replenish the theater’s spirits and its bank account." " Portland Business Journal

" "It is one of the most important pieces of theater presented in Portland this year." " The Oregonian - review

" "Artist Rep's lo-fi production is confidently rooted in the strength of its story and the skills of its four-woman cast." " Portland Mercury

" And the great god Carnage seemed to be smiling from below, or leering, or sneering, or snickering, or whatever it is that the prevailing gods of violence and chaos like to do " The Oregonian