Season 13 Shows (2023-2024)
Please note: Due to the uncertainty of the Coronavirus response, all dates are tentative; shows may be subject to cancellation or postponement.
The Game's Afoot, or Holmes for the Holidays
by Ken Ludwig
Performances: Nov 3-19 2023, Fri,Sat 7:30 pm/Sun 2:30 pm
Location: Main Stage at Rise Church, 10445 SW Canterbury Lane, Tigard OR
Directed by Rick Hoover
It is 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 before the next victim appears. The danger and hilarity are non-stop in this glittering whodunit set during the Christmas holidays.
Private Eyes
by Steven Dietz
Performances: Jan 19-Feb 4 2024, Fri,Sat 7:30 pm/Sun 3:00 pm
Location: Tualatin Heritage Center, 8700 SW Sweek Drive, Tualatin OR
Directed by Tony Broom
Private Eyes is a comedy of suspicion in which nothing is ever quite what it seems. Matthew's wife, Lisa, is having an affair with Adrian, a British theater director. Or perhaps the affair is part of the play being rehearsed. Or perhaps Matthew has imagined all of it simply to have something to report to Frank, his therapist. And there is Cory, the mysterious woman who seems to shadow the others, who brings the story to its surprising conclusion. Or does she? The audience plays the role of detective in this hilarious "relationship thriller" about love, lust, and the power of deception.
by Steven Dietz
Performances: Jan 19-Feb 4 2024, Fri,Sat 7:30 pm/Sun 3:00 pm
Location: Tualatin Heritage Center, 8700 SW Sweek Drive, Tualatin OR
Directed by Tony Broom
Private Eyes is a comedy of suspicion in which nothing is ever quite what it seems. Matthew's wife, Lisa, is having an affair with Adrian, a British theater director. Or perhaps the affair is part of the play being rehearsed. Or perhaps Matthew has imagined all of it simply to have something to report to Frank, his therapist. And there is Cory, the mysterious woman who seems to shadow the others, who brings the story to its surprising conclusion. Or does she? The audience plays the role of detective in this hilarious "relationship thriller" about love, lust, and the power of deception.
Inherit the Wind
by Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee
Performances: Mar 1-17 2024, Fri,Sat 7:30 pm/Sun 2:30 pm
Location: Main Stage at Rise Church, 10445 SW Canterbury Lane, Tigard OR
Directed by Aaron Morrow
Inherit the Wind is a play dramatizing the Hillsboro Monkey Trial, in a small American town called Hillsboro, state unnamed, in the 1950s. This trial is based on some historical facts of the Scopes Monkey Trial, which occurred in Dayton, Tennessee, in 1925, and which brought William Jennings Bryant, Clarence Darrow, and H. L. Mencken—a famous politician, lawyer, and reporter, respectively—to a small town to determine whether a man ought to go to jail for teaching evolution in a science class, in violation of state law.
by Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee
Performances: Mar 1-17 2024, Fri,Sat 7:30 pm/Sun 2:30 pm
Location: Main Stage at Rise Church, 10445 SW Canterbury Lane, Tigard OR
Directed by Aaron Morrow
Inherit the Wind is a play dramatizing the Hillsboro Monkey Trial, in a small American town called Hillsboro, state unnamed, in the 1950s. This trial is based on some historical facts of the Scopes Monkey Trial, which occurred in Dayton, Tennessee, in 1925, and which brought William Jennings Bryant, Clarence Darrow, and H. L. Mencken—a famous politician, lawyer, and reporter, respectively—to a small town to determine whether a man ought to go to jail for teaching evolution in a science class, in violation of state law.
The Odd Couple, Female Version
by Neil Simon
Performances: Apr 26-May 12 2024, Fri,Sat 7:30 pm/Sun 2:30 pm
Location: Main Stage at Rise Church, 10445 SW Canterbury Lane, Tigard OR
Directed by Sarah Nolte
Neil Simon’s revision of his hugely successful play, The Odd Couple, sees the lead characters transformed into Olive Madison and Florence Unger. Olive invites Florence to move in as her roommate. However, Olive and Florence have VERY different personalities. Where Olive is messy, untidy, and unconcerned about the state of her apartment, Florence is obsessively clean, tidy, and obsessed with hygiene. Olive’s easy-going outlook on life soon clashes with Florence’s highly-strung neurotic tendencies, testing their friendship to the limit.
by Neil Simon
Performances: Apr 26-May 12 2024, Fri,Sat 7:30 pm/Sun 2:30 pm
Location: Main Stage at Rise Church, 10445 SW Canterbury Lane, Tigard OR
Directed by Sarah Nolte
Neil Simon’s revision of his hugely successful play, The Odd Couple, sees the lead characters transformed into Olive Madison and Florence Unger. Olive invites Florence to move in as her roommate. However, Olive and Florence have VERY different personalities. Where Olive is messy, untidy, and unconcerned about the state of her apartment, Florence is obsessively clean, tidy, and obsessed with hygiene. Olive’s easy-going outlook on life soon clashes with Florence’s highly-strung neurotic tendencies, testing their friendship to the limit.
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God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza Performances: July 12-28 2024 Fri,Sat 7:30 pm/Sun 3:00 pm Location: Tualatin Heritage Center, 8700 SW Sweek Drive, Tualatin OR Directed by Roman Martinez |
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Yasmina Reza’s "God of Carnage" tells the tale of two couples who meet one fateful night to discuss the matter of their sons' fight that ended in one child’s two broken teeth. As the night progresses, the politeness wears thin, smiles fade, accusations are made, insults are delivered, alliances are broken and civility is shattered. Best Play winner of the 2009 Tony Awards.
