THRU Magazine Archive
Samantha Shay, artistic director of Source Material Collective, provides a look into her recently revamped presentation of I Should Have a Party for All the Thoughts I Didn’t Say, at The Old Church, Portland, Oregon. Her insight about the work narrates exclusive rehearsal video, offering an immersive look into the interdisciplinary performance. This performance runs […]
I Should Have a Party for All the Thoughts I Didn’t Say comes from Source Material. When you’re out some place and you aren’t feeling up for the world’s cheery veneer, the internal dialogue of loneliness and despair can amplify. Surrounded by vivacious music and terrific booze hounds while you’re not feeling that mood, your […]
A couple of hours after experiencing Hervé Koubi’s choreographed defiance of neat and sterilized political boundaries, What The Day Owes To The Night continues to spin in my head and ripple throughout my body. This production unfurled from a deeply personal space, exploring cross-cultural intersections between masculinity, identity, and colonialism. The journey began when, […]
OR, THE WHALE BREATHES NEW AIR INTO THE SAILS OF A SINKING SHIP Coinciding the end of its run with the Fertile Ground Festival, Portland Experimental Theater Ensemble (PETE) adapts Juli Crockett’s meditation on the famous legless sea captain, Ahab, with style, humor, and controlled chaos. The piece functions as both a fictional mission to […]
Frankenstein: A Cabaret is a modern-day folk-opera about female sexuality, desire and creativity. Much grabs the attention in The Broken Planetarium’s presentation of Frankenstein: A Cabaret even before the show starts. On Thursday night, as I sat waiting for the performance to begin, my eyes darted to and from the bouncing, fleshy, stage-lit cleavage of co-producer and performer […]