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2012 Season

 

8th Annual Twilight Tragedie:
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Directed by Bruce A. Hostetler

All Shows are FREE
Thursday, Friday & Saturday evenings, unless noted

Lone Fir Cemetery in SE Portland
  Entrance located near SE 26th Ave and SE Washington Street
 June 14, 15, 16, 21, 23, 28, 29, and 30, at 7:00 pm
 July 5, 6, 7*, 12, 13 and 14, at 7:00 pm
   The show will be performed just west of the Soldier's Monument at the center of the

 
 cemetery. Please enter from SE 26th Ave. and stay on the paved areas.  For more
 
 information on the Lone Fir,  please visit Metro's Historic pioneer cemeteries website at
  
www.oregonmetro.gov/cemeteries

With special shows at:

Marylhurst University, June 22, at 6:30 pm
  17600 Pacific Highway, Lake Oswego

 
On the Knight's Green in front of the BP John Administration Bldg.

Meinig Memorial Park, Sandy, July 8, at 6:00 pm
  39250 Pioneer Blvd, behind City Hall

Plus an Encore Performance!

Portland Outdoor Shakespeare Festival, July 21, at 7:00 pm
  Hosted by Post5 Theatre, 850 NE 81st Ave., Portland

*ASL Interpreted Performance

Cast and Crew

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43rd Annual Shakespeare-in-the-Parks:
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
Directed by Avital Shira

All Shows are FREE
Saturday
and Sunday afternoons, unless noted, plus Labor Day

Maryhill Museum, July 21, at 3:00 pm
 
35 Maryhill Museum Drive, Goldendale, Washington
  -near the Sculpture Garden

Portland Outdoor Shakespeare Festival, July 27, at 7:00 pm
  Hosted by Post5 Theatre, 850 NE 81st Ave., Portland
   

Laurelhurst Park, July 28 and 29, at 3:00 pm
  SE 35th Ave. and SE Oak St., near "picnic area F" in the center of the Park

Columbia Park, Troutdale, August 4, at 6:00 pm
 
1900 SW Cherry Park Road, Troutdale

Lynchwood Park, August 5, at 3:00 pm
  SE Haig and SE 174th, between Division and Powell

Marylhurst University, August 10, 6:30 pm
 17600 Pacific Highway, Lake Oswego
  On the Knight's Green in front of the BP John Administration Bldg.

Washington Park, August 11 and 12*, at 3:00 pm
  SW Washington Way, in the lower park, just North of  the Holocaust Memorial
  We are NOT at the amphitheater, but at site 2 on this map

Gabriel Park, August 18 and 19, at 3:00 pm
  SW 45th Ave and SW Nevada Ct., past the Tennis Courts

Fernhill Park, August 25 and 26, at 3:00 pm
  NE 37th Ave & Ainsworth St, on the NE 41st Ave. side

Reed College, September 1, 2, and 3, at 3:00 pm
  SE Woodstock and SE Reed College Pl., in front of Eliot Hall

*ASL Interpreted Performance

 


Sister Companies:
The below are companies with whom PAE has collaborated and continue to have an ongoing relationship.

Northwest Classical Theatre Company - from their Web site (www.nwctc.org)
The NWCTC is dedicated to performing great plays by great writers placing the emphasis on text and authorial intention rather than directorial conception. By cutting back on stage pyrotechnics and limiting our use of set and costume, we focus the attention on the word and story that we try to tell. Our company motto is “Content over Concept!”

Original Practice Shakespeare Festival - from their Web site (www.opsfest.org)
First Folio editions of Shakespeare’s plays include all the cues an actor needs to perform his or her role without rehearsal.  This allows the truest reaction to the story as it progresses.  The Ops Fest performs using the same performance techniques as they did in Shakespeare's own time, which means limited rehearsal, an onstage prompter, and changing roles each performance.  This lends a much more immediate, organic, improvisational feel to the performances.  Original Practice: because Shakespeare should be a little dangerous

POST5 THEATRE - from their Web site (post5theatre.com)
Through the passionate undertaking of classical and contemporary works alike, we aim to produce fresh, youthful, ensemble-based live theatre experiences. We feel our community desperately deserves a new and affordable theatre outlet; we strive to deliver just that through effervescent and energetic offerings of “the play”… Free of charge.

WILLamette SHAKESPEARE - from their Web site (www.willametteshakespeare.org)
Willamette Shakespeare is a non-profit theatre company based in Oregon's Willamette Valley. We are dedicated to providing classical theatre, free of charge, to audiences of all ages in Portland and the Willamette Valley wine country


Portland Actors Ensemble
PO Box 8671 Portland, OR. 97207
503-467-6573
portlandactors@gmail.com