News

A Puppet? A Wolf? Boxing? It’s ‘Wolf Play’!

Wolf Play, which opens March 8 on Lewis & Clark’s Main Stage, is directed by Suhaila Meera, assistant professor of theatre. With the help of a puppet, boxing moves, and wolf pack metaphors, the play explores issues of family, parenting, community, survival, and love.

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Call for Student Supported Slots!

THE STUDENT SCRIPT ADVISORY COMMITTEE (SSAC) IS NOW ACCEPTING PROPOSALS FOR THE SELF-PRODUCED STUDENT PROJECTS.

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The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus

A Student Produced Production
November 16th, 17th, 18th
7:30p
Fir Acres Theatre Black Box

Spring ’24 Prison Exchange Class Performance from the Inside-Out

Inside-Out Prison Exchange Class
TH238 Performance from the Inside/Out
Fridays 12:45-3:45 pm, Spring 2024
Class held at the Columbia River Correctional Institution
Taught by Associate Professor Rebecca Lingafelter
This is a 200-level Theatre class held at Columbia River Correctional Institute exploring the techniques and applications of autobiography to performance. It is an integrated class of 15 undergraduates and 15 incarcerated students who will learn together as peers.
Because of the special nature of this class and limited space,

Outside student applications are now closed for the Spring ’24 Inside-Out course. 
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Inside-Out Prison Exchange Piece Performed at Portland Center Stage

Professional actors, in collaboration with faculty and students from Lewis & Clark, presented I Think of You, a variation on the final theatre project of students in the spring Inside-out Prison Exchange course.

Learning for Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Monday, October 9th is Indigenous Peoples’ Day! How will you engage with the community and reflect?

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Q&A with Suhaila Meera, Assistant Professor of Theatre

Suhaila Meera is an Assistant Professor of Theatre. In addition to her work as a director and dramaturg, Meera has researched statelessness and the performance of childhood, which examines theatrical and cinematic portraits of young people navigating borders in South Asia and the Middle East.

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L&C’s First Native Scholar-Artist in Residence to Focus on Shakespeare

Waylon Lenk BA ’08, a Shakespeare scholar and theatre artist, will join the college as its first Native Scholar-Artist in Residence this fall. Lenk will give a talk at New Student Orientation and direct the theatre department’s fall production of Henry IV, Part 1.

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2023-2024 Theatre Season Announcement

Join the LC Theatre department for a spectacular season of Theatre and Dance!

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Wolf Play by Hansol Jung

March 8th, 9th, 10th & 14th, 15th, 16th

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Henry IV, Part 1

by William Shakespeare, translated by Yvette Nolan, and directed by Waylon Lenk.
November 3, 4, 5 & 9, 10, 11

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Dance Extravaganza 2023

December 8-9, 2023
Fir Acres Theatre Main Stage

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I Think of You: Illuminating Mass Incarceration from the Inside Out

August 25-27, 2023

Ellyn Bye Studio
Portland Center Stage
128 NW 11th Ave
Portland, OR 

Tickets are FREE. Your voice is welcome. Please join us!

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The History of Incarceration Turned Inside-Out

In late April, 15 students from Lewis & Clark and 15 students from the Columbia River Correctional Institution performed an original theatre piece as the culmination of their Inside-Out history course, Crime and Punishment in the United States.

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Spring Main Stage Show Offers Big Doses of Laughter

The Imaginary Invalid, a classic French comedy reimagined for modern audiences, opens on March 3. Directed by Štěpán Šimek, professor of theatre, the show provides a hilarious take on the medical profession, helping viewers forget their woes, even if just for a little while.

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Walking Through Portland with a Panther: The Life of Mr. Kent Ford. All Power!

LC Theatre with Vanport Mosaic presents:

Walking Through Portland with a Panther: The Life of Mr Kent Ford. All Power!

a new solo play by Don Wilson Glenn, directed by Damaris Webb and featuring La’Tevin Alexander

Tuesday, March 21st, 7pm
Fir Acres Main Stage