Company History
Third Rail Repertory Theatre was born in 2003 of a desire to deliver artistic excellence to Portland audiences on a consistent basis.
Like the Group Theatre of the 1930s and Chicago's
Steppenwolf Theatre, Third Rail's permanent ensemble shares an esthetic, a vocabulary,
and an understanding of each other's working styles. This means that great risks can be taken quickly, thus great dramatic (and comic)
potential can be tapped. The result for theatergoers is productions that are surprising, thought-provoking, and above all, consistently
entertaining.
The artists of Third Rail are professionals. They have worked as actors, directors, and designers at all levels of American theatre,
from summer stock to Broadway, and as teachers in outreach programs and in higher education. The company's ties to Portland are deep
and strong. Many members were born here, and their involvement with Portland theatre spans decades.
Third Rail Repertory Theatre, a permanent ensemble of highly skilled theatre artists,
is dedicated to pushing our audiences and ourselves to the edge of the comfort zone, the zone of the tickle, the chuckle,
the gasp, and the ache. Third Rail's goal is to produce plays that are rides through mysterious, but familiar lands,
from which we all return changed, surprised, and a bit more alive than when we started.
2008-2009 company
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Angela Barker
Bruce Burkhartsmeier
Clair Callaway
Cassie Cohn
Gretchen Corbett
Don Crossley
Philip Cuomo
Drew Dannhorn
Phoebe Daurio
Alecz Eccles
Curt Enderle
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Drew Foster
Ann Freeman
Stephanie Gaslin
Mark James
Matt Jones
Damon Kupper
Val Landrum
Jennifer Lin
James Mapes
Nick Matlick
Michael Mazzola
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Cameron McFee
Meghan McNeal
Chris Murray
Michael O'Connell
Sean O'Skea
Amy Palomino
Demetri Pavlatos
Maureen Porter
Jamie Lynne Powell-Herbold
Jen Raynak
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Chris Rousseau
Tim Stapleton
John Steinkamp
Valerie Stevens
Robert Tollefson
Tim True
Mark Twohy
Ashley Wase
Jason Winslow
Slayden Scott Yarbrough
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2007-2008 company
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Bruce Burkhartsmeier
Clair Callaway
Meg Chamberlain
Cassie Cohn
Gretchen Corbett
Don Crossley
Philip Cuomo
Drew Dannhorn
Phoebe Daurio
Curt Enderle
T Scott Foxe
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Ann Freeman
Elizabeth Fuller
Stephanie Gaslin
Chris Harder
Pat Hastings
Mark James
Damon Kupper
Val Landrum
Doug Mace
Jacklyn Maddux
Marychris Mass
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Nick Matlick
Melanie Meijer
Kathryn Mura
Michael Mazzola
Leif Norby
Michael O'Connell
Demetri Pavlatos
Maureen Porter
Jamie Lynne Powell-Herbold
Cosmic Prince
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Jen Raynak
Jamie Rea
Jeff Seats
Tim Stapleton
John Steinkamp
Valerie Stevens
Tim True
Mark Twohy
Ashley Wase
Joshua Westhaver
Slayden Scott Yarbrough
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2006-2007 company
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Justin Akers
John Armour
Cassie Cohn
Scott Coopwood
Gretchen Corbett
Philip Cuomo
Don Crossley
Michael DeLapp
Curt Enderle
Carrie Ella Farrar
Alisha Flaumenbaum
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T Scott Foxe
Ann Freeman
Stephanie Gaslin
Nathan S. Hamric
Pat Hastings
Jamie Hill
Lori Sue Hoffman
Kevin Jones
Damon Kupper
Val Landrum
Kira Lombardozzi
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Katherine Morrison
Michael O'Connell
Audra O'Dell
Maureen Pandos
Demetri Pavlatos
Maureen Porter
Jen Raynak
Jeff Seat
Kimberly Scott
Daniel Shaw
Erin Robson-Smith
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Ebbe Roe Smith
Tim Stapleton
John Steinkamp
Valerie Stevens
Paul Susi
Paige Taylor
Tricia Tonn
Tim True
Clara Weishahn
Slayden Scott Yarbrough
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2005-2006 company
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Rachel Brodkey
Luke Bruckert
Cassie Cohn
Stephanie Gaslin
Pat Hastings
Ryan Hendricks
Jamie Hill
Adam Hogan
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Gildevin Jagudajev
Damon Kupper
Liz Kupper
Kira Lombardozzi
Jeff Marchant
Katy Michael
Katherine Morrison
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Michael O'Connell
Casi Pacilio
Breese Pickel
James Evan Pilato
Jen Raynak
Ted Roisum
Erin Robson-Smith
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John Steinkamp
Valerie Stevens
Paige Taylor
Tim True
Jon Woelfer
Slayden Scott Yarbrough
Jesse Young
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2004-2005 company
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Rachel Brodkey
Cassie Cohn
Drew Flint
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Stephanie Gaslin
Jack LeMieux
Jeff Marchant
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Michael O'Connell
John Steinkamp
Valerie Stevens
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Tim True
Slayden Scott Yarbrough
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