Portland 2018/19 Season In Review

Francesca Piantadosi

Jul 10, 2019

Milagro Theatre production of "¡Alebrijes!" Photo by Russell J. Young.
Artists Rep production of "Wolf Play." Photo by David Kinder.
Oregon Children's Theatre production of "The Legend of Rock, Paper, Scissors." Photo by Owen Carey.

Portland is a hive of new work. It happens in small theatres and large. So, this article can’t possibly focus on all of them. Instead this Season in Review will spotlight a few theatres that specialize in giving new work the loving support it needs to thrive.

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Francesca Piantadosi

is an award-winning playwright who hails from Portland, OR. She’s been a participant at Seven Devils Playwriting Conference; a Finalist for the Rosenthal New Play Prize, Seattle Rep’s New Work Festival, Ojai Playwrights Conference, Orlando Shakespeare Festival, JAW, New Harmony Project, Play Labs (Playwright’s Center Minneapolis) and has had productions from Bangalore, India to New York. For the past seven years, she’s been teaching playwriting (a program she devised) at MacLaren Correctional Facility, which serves men aged fourteen to 26.

Related Dramatist(s)

Hansol Jung,

Georgina Leanse H. Escobar,

Related Organization(s)

Artists Repertory Theatre,

Milagro Theatre,

Confrontation Theatre,