May 2019
Peter/Wendy
We all think we know the classic children’s story of Peter Pan: the boy who never grows up, Captain Hook, Tinkerbell, Lost Boys, and a hungry crocodile. Well, that is NOT this show! Jeremy Bloom’s adaptation of the classic J.M. Barrie tale digs deep into the darker side of Neverland, breaking the story down into its most essential and imaginative parts, and creating a much more adult exploration of the psychology and meaning underlying one of the most famous “children’s”…
Find out more »Brave Space: Homelessness and What We Can All Do
The last Brave Space of the 18/19 Season will take place on Sunday, May 19th. Before regularly scheduled Sunday matinee, for Peter/Wendy from 10 AM-11: 30 AM. Our guest speaker will be welcomed to The Vault, and offered the chance to tell us their stories, to lift their voices, and give us all the benefit of their lives, and experiences. Our attendees are asked to give these voices their full attention, to be present, and to listen with love, respect,…
Find out more »July 2019
Much Ado About Nothing
Coming to Hillsboro from Glasgow’s Bard in the Botanics, Gordon Barr’s take on one of the Bard’s most well-loved comedies turns central lovers Benedick and Beatrice into contemporary partners Benedick and Bertram, and streamlines the action in Messina; we take the concept one step further, exploring love and its many facets with a fluid approach to gender. While everyone plots to make Bertram and Benedick fall for each other, Don John, the misanthropic illegitimate sibling of the prince, contrives a…
Find out more »October 2019
A Clockwork Orange
Taking a nod from the critically-acclaimed 2017 off-Broadway production, this updated adaptation by Anthony Burgess of his own novel lures audiences into a glass-edged, testosterone filled underworld of a dystopian future, featuring an all-male cast. The explosive story of little Alex and his band of Droogs was a ground-breaking classic teeming with sexuality and "a bit of the old ultra-violence”; the story feels as hauntingly relevant today as when the book was published in 1962, and when Stanley Kubrick’s Oscar-nominated film…
Find out more »December 2019
The Game’s Afoot, or Holmes for the Holidays
It’s December 1936, and Broadway star William Gillette admired the world over for his leading role in the play Sherlock Holmes, has invited his fellow cast members to his Connecticut castle for a weekend of revelry. But when one of the guests is stabbed to death, the festivities in this isolated house of tricks and mirrors quickly turn dangerous. It is then up to Gillette himself, as he assumes the persona of his beloved Holmes, to track down the killer…
Find out more »March 2020
The Measure of Innocence
“Some rise by sin, some by virtue fall.” Drawing on Shakespeare’s inherent genius for seamlessly blending the comic and the tragic, Portland-based playwright Anya Pearson (Made to Dance in Burning Buildings) adds her own unique command of language, humor, and social insight to this story, reimagining Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure through the all-too-relevant lens of the systemically unjust criminal justice system and the contemporary Black Lives Matter movement. Set in our current fractured political landscape, The Measure of Innocence is…
Find out more »April 2020
Fallen Angels
Best friends Julia and Jane, now both happily married to others, once counted the dashing Maurice as their lover. Guess who's back in town and requesting the pleasure of the ladies’ company? Anticipating his appearance, Jane and Julia progressively inebriate themselves, concerned that secrets from their past will be revealed, and ultimately causing a host of antics, in this comedy of manners directed by Resident Acting Company member Andrew Beck. Fallen Angels caused a scandal when it first opened in…
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