The Vault Theater & Event Space
Bag&Baggage’s permanent new home, located at 350 E Main Street, and named in honor of our building’s history as a former bank building.
The Vault is a multi-purpose, flexible event space featuring a fully accessible main floor, a wine bar, dressing rooms, catering prep area, and a high-tech lighting, video, and sound system.
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January 2020
Burns Supper 2020
*Tickets for this event are no longer on sale!* Friday • January 24, 2020 • 7-10 PM Burns Night is a traditional Scottish holiday celebrating the life, times, and poetry of Robert “Rabbie” Burns. Bag&Baggage’s event follows Scottish tradition, featuring poetry, toasts, drams of Scotch, bagpipes, and an authentic 4-course Scottish meal! This 6th annual event, hosted in our very own home, The Vault Theater, also serves as a fundraiser to help expand Bag&Baggage’s community outreach efforts, and will feature…
Find out more »SOLO FEST 2020
SOLO Fest showcases stories, performers, and artists who are not typically seen on stages in Washington County -- people and experiences that have either been ignored, silenced, or dismissed. With SOLO Fest, we celebrate the diversity of the people who live here in our community, and we honor their stories through the vehicle of solo performance. This year’s festival features the following shows: Cinnamon and Cigarettes Written and Performed by Jenny Newbry Directed by Cassie Greer An exploration of…
Find out more »February 2020
Many Hats Collaboration presents The Undertaking
An aging mother's health teeters on the brink. Her adult daughter scrambles to find footing as her role shifts from child to authority figure. Death pounds at the door and they both wonder, could someone this pissed off actually be dying? Through an interdisciplinary blend of music, movement and theatrical storytelling, The Undertaking portrays end-of-life care of an elder using Dmitri Shostakovich’s Piano Trio No. 2, played live by local classical ensemble Northwest Piano Trio. Incorporating original text by playwright…
Find out more »Cabaret Cupid
Share the love with Bag&Baggage Productions and the Portland Area Theatre Alliance! We’re teaming up with PATA on Valentine’s Day weekend to fill The Vault with music and merriment, and raise money for B&B’s programs and PATA’s Valentine Fund! Be entertained, charmed, and delighted along the way by performances from some of your favorite B&B actors, along with some of the area’s top musical theatre artists - including Broadway Rose’s Dan Murphy - hosted by B&B Artistic Director Cassie Greer.…
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 »Pay What You Will: The Measure of Innocence
Pay What You Will previews happen every first Thursday of a show run. Tickets must be purchased at the door. Cash is preferred.
Find out more »Hughes Night Out!: The Measure of Innocence
Every first Saturday of a show run, join us 1 hour prior to the performance for Hughes Night Out! Your ticket, along with a fabulous evening of theatre, comes with a complimentary glass of wine and an appetizer courtesy of the former first couple of Hillsboro, Tom & Gayle Hughes!
Find out more »Talkback: The Measure of Innocence
Post-show talkbacks and discussions with participating cast and crew members take place immediately following each Sunday matinee (excluding the final Sunday of a show run).
Find out more »Talkback: The Measure of Innocence
Post-show talkbacks and discussions with participating cast and crew members take place immediately following each Sunday matinee (excluding the final Sunday of a show run).
Find out more »April 2020
Elephant & Piggie’s We are in a Play!
Northwest Children's Theater presents Elephant and Piggie's, We Are In A Play! April 4 & 5 at 11am & 2pm Meet “bestus friends” Gerald the Elephant and Piggie the Pig. Together, they tackle friendship’s big questions: What happens when two friends want to play with ONE toy? What DO you wear to a fancy party? And will ANYONE say “Banana?” Written by Mo Willems, Music by Deborah Wicks La Puma Suggested age: Most enjoyed by ages 3 and up
Find out more »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 B&B Resident Artist Andrew Beck. Fallen Angels caused a scandal when it first opened in London…
Find out more »Pay What You Will: Fallen Angels
Pay What You Will previews happen every first Thursday of a show run. Tickets must be purchased at the door. Cash is preferred.
Find out more »May 2020
Hughes Night Out!: Fallen Angels
Every first Saturday of a show run, join us 1 hour prior to the performance for Hughes Night Out! Your ticket, along with a fabulous evening of theatre, comes with a complimentary glass of wine and an appetizer courtesy of the former first couple of Hillsboro, Tom & Gayle Hughes!
Find out more »Talkback: Fallen Angels
Post-show talkbacks and discussions with participating cast and crew members take place immediately following each Sunday matinee (excluding the final Sunday of a show run).
Find out more »Emerging Artist Show
The Bag&Baggage Emerging Artists spend each season creating a show for young audiences based on Grimm's Fairy Tales. The 2019-20 EAs, Elliot, Jesse, Kenny, and Trevor, are currently hard at work researching and writing their show, which will come to life on The Vault Theater stage in the late spring of 2020. Stay tuned for more info and details, and plan to come see their brand new play, created just for the young audience members in our community!
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