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Penelope
by Enda Walsh
June 1, 2012 through June 17, 2012
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm, Sundays at 2:00pm
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A beautiful woman, an empty swimming pool, four middle-aged men in Speedos, and a returning warrior. The hourglass is almost empty, and waiting to die has never been this entertaining. Inspired by Homer's The Odyssey, Irish sensation Enda Walsh brings the goods in this brazen tale of truth, love, and the epic quest for victory.
Single tickets $29.50-$38.50, Students $14.50 (includes ticketing fees)
Location
Winningstad Theatre
1111 SW Broadway
Portland, OR 97205
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An Evening with Jane Lynch
hosted by OPB's Dave Miller
June 16, 2012
7:30 pm, Newmark Theatre, 1111 SW Broadway
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Third Rail Repertory Theatre & Powell's Books present
With OPB's Dave Miller
WHEN: SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 2012 AT 7:30PM
WHERE: NEWMARK THEATRE | 1111 SW BROADWAY
WHAT: AN EVENING WITH JANE LYNCH
No actress in Hollywood is as hot as Jane Lynch right now. With an Emmy, a Golden Globe, and a People’s Choice award under her belt for her scathing portrayal of everyone’s favorite high school track-suit-donning-dictator on FOX’s Glee, Lynch is finally getting the kind of recognition comedy fans have long known she’s deserved.
Lynch is a veteran of Chicago’s Steepenwolf Theatre Company and the Second City comedy troupe. Her career includes an impressive body of theatrical work, guest spots on numerous television shows, and a slew of movie cameos, including such memorable moments as a lesbian dog trainer in Christopher Guest’s improv mockumentary 2000 Best In Show. She’s been in several big-budget movies like The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Role Models, and Talladega Nights as well as plenty of prime-time television with parts in Arrested Development, Two and a Half Men, The L Word, and Party Down.
Lynch’s rise hardly happened overnight—nor did it happen without a few bumps along the way. She didn’t make it big until her 40s, and even then, it was only after she’d battled alcoholism and anxiety, learned to embrace her sexuality, and accepted that life is sometimes a series of opportunities that come only after what, at the time, seem like disappointments.
In a “Behind-The-Scenes” discussion with OPB’s Dave Miller, Jane Lynch plays herself in what is sure to be an inspirational, funny, poignant, and sometimes brutally honest conversation.
Dave Miller is the host of OPB’s Think Out Loud. (www.opb.org/tol)
TICKET INFORMATION: $27 (upper balcony), $45, $55, $75 (All Seats are reserved seating. Please note that the $55 and $75 seating areas include a complimentary copy of her book Happy Accidents). Tickets go on sale to the public Sunday, April 29 at 10 am.
- Order online at www.ticketmaster.com
- PCPA Box Office, SW Broadway and Main Street
- Call Ticketmaster at 1-800-745-3000
- All Ticketmaster outlets, including select Fred Meyer stores
- Visit www.thirdrailrep.org for additional information.
$27 (upper balcony), $45, $55, $75 ($55 and $75 tickets come with a complimentary copy of her book)
Location
Newmark Theatre
1111 SW Broadway
Portland, OR 97205
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Re-Broadcast: Frankenstein
by Nick Dear, directed by Danny Boyle
June 23, 2012 through July 1, 2012
Saturday, June 23 at 2pm & 7pm; Sunday, July 1 at 1pm & 5pm
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Back by popular demand, Third Rail and National Theatre Live are thrilled to bring back the most successful production in NT Live's history for a return engagement. Oscar winner Danny Boyle (127 Hours and Slumdog Millionaire) returns to the theatre to direct this visionary production, FRANKENSTEIN by Nick Dear, based on the novel by Mary Shelley.
Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the friendless Creature, increasingly desperate and vengeful, determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal.
This production is not recommended for children younger than 15 (contains nudity and violence).
For the first time ever, National Theatre Live will broadcast two separate performances of a production. Throughout the run of Frankenstein at the National Theatre, Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller are alternating the roles of Victor Frankenstein and the Creature. Our June 23 screenings will feature Benedict Cumberbatch as Victor and Jonny Lee Miller as the Creature at 2pm, and the alternate version at 7pm. Our July 1 screenings will feature Jonny Lee Miller as Victor and Benedict Cumberbatch as the Creature at 1pm, and the alternate version at 5pm.
Adults and Seniors $20; Students $15; Group rates available
Location
World Trade Center Theater
121 SW Salmon Street
Portland, OR 97204
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Cast:
Mark Armstrong
Martin Chamberlain
Benedict Cumberbatch
Josie Daxter
Haydon Downing
Steven Elliott
George Harris
Naomie Harris
Daniel Ings
Karl Johnson
John Killoran
Daniel Millar
Jonny Lee Miller
William Nye
Andreea Padurariu
Jared Richard
Ella Smith
John Stahl
Lizzie Winkler
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Director: Danny Boyle
Designer: Mark Tildesley
Costume Designer: Suttirat Anne Larlarb
Lighting Designer: Bruno Poet
Director of Movement: Toby Sedgwick
Fight Director: Kate Waters
Music and Soundscore: Underworld
Music Associate: Alex Baranowski
Sound Design: Underworld and Ed Clarke
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Re-Broadcast: One Man, Two Guvnors
by Richard Bean, based on The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni
June 24, 2012 through June 30, 2012
Sunday, June 24 at 1pm & 5pm; Saturday, June 30 at 2pm & 7pm
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In honor of it's recent transition to Broadway (and it's inevitable success on American shores), Third Rail and National Theatre Live are pleased as punch to offer audiences a second chance at catching this hilarious smash hit comedy.
Fired from his skiffle band, Francis Henshall becomes minder to Roscoe Crabbe, a small time East End hood, now in Brighton to collect £6,000 from his fiancee’s dad. But Roscoe is really his sister Rachel posing as her own dead brother, who’s been killed by her boyfriend Stanley Stubbers.
Holed up at The Cricketers’ Arms, the permanently ravenous Francis spots the chance of an extra meal ticket and takes a second job with one Stanley Stubbers, who is hiding from the police and waiting to be re-united with Rachel. To prevent discovery, Francis must keep his two guvnors apart. Simple.
Rachel: Are you seriously suggesting that we men, are, day to day, moment to moment, making thousands of small tactical decisions, the cumulative effect of which is to reduce the time between leg-overs?
Francis: I can’t speak for you guv, but that is a fair description of my life.
In Richard Bean’s English version of Goldoni’s classic Italian comedy, sex, food and money are high on the agenda. James Corden returns to the National for the first time since The History Boys to play Francis.
Adults and Seniors $20; Students $15; Group rates available
Location
World Trade Center Theater
121 SW Salmon Street
Portland, OR 97204
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Cast:
David Benson
Oliver Chris
James Cordon
Tom Edden
Martyn Ellis
Trevor Laird
Claire Lams
Fred Ridgeway
Daniel Rigby
Jemima Rooper
Suzie Toase
| Artistic:
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Designer: Mark Thompson
Lighting Designer: Mark Henderson
Music: Grant Olding
Sound Designer:Paul Arditti
| Reviews:
5 STARS Daily Express, Daily Mail, Guardian, Independent, Sunday Express, Sunday Times, The Sun" 'The feelgood hit of the summer. An evening of riotous delight... I found myself physically incapable with laughter.' Daily Telegraph ‘A triumph of visual and verbal comedy. One of the funniest productions in the National's history.' Guardian 'Slapstick, satire and gags galore: a classic comedy hilariously updated.' The Times ‘One Man, Two Guvnors, one massive hit.' Independent ‘An instant National Theatre hit. Terrifically bouncy and often howlingly funny.' Independent on Sunday 'Packed with brilliantly original lines.' 'A surefire hit.' Evening Standard ‘Sheer, joyous pandemonium. The moments of slapstick are so perfect, they're choreographically beautiful as well as funny.' Sunday Times 'The single funniest production I've ever seen.' Mark Lawson, BBC Radio 4 |
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2012-13 Season Subscription
Buy or renew your subscription today to secure the best seats!
October 5, 2012 through June 30, 2013
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Next season, Third Rail is thrilled to present FOUR, count ‘em, FOUR plays that will magnify, investigate, and push your notions of what it means to be an American now. We are taking the pulse of the nation: from a family navigating political tensions; to a dissection of the public education system; to the fuzzy future of perpetual youth; to an apocalyptic mash-up of religion and commerce. Click here to Subscribe Now!
THAT HOPEY CHANGEY THING
by Richard Nelson
West Coast Premiere
Directed by Slayden Scott Yarbrough
Featuring Company Members Maureen Porter, Michael O’Connell and Jacklyn Maddux
October 5-21
It’s Election Day, 2010 and what begins as a simple visit by the Apple siblings to their uncle transforms into an examination of 21st Century American politics. Chekhovian in spirit, HOPEY CHANGEY is the first play in a planned four-play cycle that annually reunites the Apple Family during events of national importance. In an exciting and ambitious project, Third Rail is delighted to be the only company in the country (besides the Public Theatre in New York) to present a new play in this series every year for the next four seasons, each featuring the same cast of Third Rail actors!
A NOBLE FAILURE
by Susan Mach
World Premiere
Directed by Philip Cuomo
Featuring Company Member Bruce Burkhartsmeier
January 11-27
In this call-to-arms, Mach shares an eye-opening look at the current state of America’s public education system. Navigating a minefield of competition, quotas, retention, privatization, class size, corporate welfare, and litigation is tricky on the best of days, but what does any of it have to do with teaching Johnny to read? Told with empathy and humor, and featuring a rich cast of characters, A NOBLE FAILURE is startling in its immediacy and passionate in its plea to “Save Our Schools.”
THE ALIENS (at CoHo Theatre)
by Annie Baker
Directed by Tim True
Featuring Company Members Isaac Lamb and Chris Murray
April 12-May 5
In April, Third Rail returns to the CoHo Theatre, the site of our very first production, for Annie Baker’s Obie-winning play, THE ALIENS. KJ and Jasper hold court on the back patio of the local coffee shop, trying out a new song. Enter Evan Shelmerdine, the nervous new barista, tasked with getting rid of them. Will he succeed or unwittingly become KJ and Jasper’s newest project? THE ALIENS is a surprising, charming, and gentle meditation on friendship, loss, and a generation of young Americans trying to find their place in the world.
A BRIGHT NEW BOISE
by Samuel D. Hunter
West Coast Premiere
May 31-June 16
Third Rail is thrilled to introduce Portland to another Obie-winner, Samuel D. Hunter, and his bright new comedy about some very serious things, A BRIGHT NEW BOISE. Something’s coming to make things right. Something’s coming to ease your pain. Something’s coming to set you free. Something’s coming... Something’s coming... Something’s here? What are the odds of God’s final act taking place in the parking lot of a big-box store? Better than you might think. This shocking and hilarious examination of rural America’s love-hate relationship with religion will rock your preconceived notions as surely as it will break your heart.
*All plays other than The Aliens will be located at The Winningstad Theater.
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Location
Winningstad Theatre
1111 SW Broadway
Portland, OR 97205
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