Bid to be a boat-owner! If you’ve been following Third Rail on Facebook or Instagram over the last month, chances are you’ve become familiar with this beautiful 11′ rowboat. With its gorgeous blue hull and sleek design, perhaps you’ve been eyeing it longingly, imagining yourself out on the river on a May morning. Well, […]
Upcoming NT Live Screenings at the World Trade Center
Join Third Rail at the newly-remodeled World Trade Center theater for an NT Live screening this spring! For listings at the Lake Theater & Cafe, please click here. UPCOMING SCREENINGS AT THE WTC: YERMA (Feb 10th, 2018) The incredible Billie Piper (Penny Dreadful, Great Britain) returns in her award-winning role. A young woman is driven […]
Wind & Oar Boat School to Partner with Third Rail for Men On Boats
Men On Boats, opening March 2nd, tells the story of the Powell expedition of 1869–an epic and harrowing journey of cartographic and scientific discovery along the Colorado River. Powell and his crew undertook the expedition in four modified Whitehall rowboats–the Maid of the Cañon, the Kitty Clyde’s Sister, the No Name and the Emma Dean. In order to gain a […]
Introducing the Cast of Men On Boats
Ten explorers. Four boats. One Grand Canyon. Based (broadly) on the true adventures of the one-armed pioneering explorer John Wesley Powell and his intrepid crew, Men On Boats is a gleefully subversive play that capsizes the white male conquest narrative and discovers the beautifully fluid depth and courage of a wholly different landscape. Third Rail is […]
Stephanie Gaslin joins the cast of Men On Boats as Sumner
Company Member Stephanie Gaslin will play Sumner in Men On Boats, opening March 2nd, 2018. Stephanie is an actor, dialect/voice coach, and teaching artist. As an actor for Third Rail, Stephanie has performed in Recent Tragic Events, The Lonesome West, Grace, Dead Funny, Fabuloso, The Gray Sisters, The Wonderful World of Dissocia , Collapse and Mr. […]
Mentorship Alumna Jessica Hillenbrand Joins the Cast of Men On Boats
We are thrilled to welcome Jessica Hillenbrand, alumna of the 2013/14 Third Rail Mentorship Program, in her mainstage debut as Hall in Men On Boats. Born and raised in Portland, Jessica holds a BA in Drama from the University of Portland. You may have recently seen her underneath a great deal of eyeliner as Maya in […]
Woman Crush Wednesday: Jeanne Baret
Get tickets to Men on Boats! Our next show, Men On Boats, capsizes the white male conquest narrative and features ten extraordinary women in the roles of John Wesley Powell and his intrepid crew. In honor of this gleeful gender-bend, we’re launching this #womancrushwednesday series, featuring adventurers from past and present. Check back every Wednesday […]
Amy Driesler Makes Her Third Rail Debut
We are thrilled to welcome Amy Driesler as Dunn in Men On Boats, opening March 2nd, 2018. Amy recently moved to Portland from New York, where she is a regular member of the critically acclaimed The Queen’s Company. Recent credits include: Nut in Orange Julius (staged reading Profile Theatre), Lucentio in Taming of the Shrew […]
Josie Seid Makes Her Third Rail Debut
We are thrilled to announce that Josie Seid will portray OG in Men On Boats, opening March 2nd, 2018 at Imago Theater. Josie’s past roles include: Dido in Artist Rep’s An Octoroon as well as Viney in their production of The Miracle Worker. The Queen/Angela/Hermione in A Maze (Theatre Vertigo); Lina Darling in Nine the Musical (Lakewood Theater). She also brought […]
Gwendolyn Duffy Makes Her Third Rail Debut
We are thrilled to announce that Gwendolyn Duffy will portray Bradley in Men On Boats, opening March 2nd, 2018. Gwendolyn was raised here in Portland. She studied dance and theatre from a young age and began her professional performance career in 2005 as a member of The Suzanne Farrell Ballet in Washington, D.C. She is a graduate […]