 Artists Rep's Commitment to New Work
Since its founding in 1982, Artists Rep has been committed to bringing never-before-seen plays to Portland audiences. Over the years, we are proud to have produced more new work than any other company in Portland. In addition to introducing local audiences to the newest and hottest plays from the national scene through Pacific Northwest, Oregon, and Portland Premieres, Artists Rep also cultivates brand new work with World Premiere productions and workshop productions.
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As part of its commitment to the process of creating new work, Artists Rep participates in the citywide Fertile Ground Festival of New Works each January and also hosts its own workshops throughout the year. Running January 19-29, 2012, Fertile Ground features 10 DAYS of world premiere works of art in dozens of venues throughout our fair city. Artists Rep is very excited to feature two productions as part of their participation in this year's festival:
(I Am Still) The Duchess of Malfi by Joseph Fisher Flash Your “DIG IT!” Button and Save: $5 For Fertile Ground 2012, Artists Rep offers the World Premiere of Joseph Fisher’s adaptation of the classic The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster. In this re-imagined classic, the Duchess of Malfi defies her brother’s chess game of power, manipulation and morality. Laced with violence and shocking wit, this macabre, plot-twisting, back-stabbing saga of murder, sex and betrayal doesn’t come to a pretty end. Written in 1612, Webster’s The Duchess of Malfi was published for the first time in 1623, and is loosely based on true events that occurred between about 1508 and 1513. (I Am Still) The Duchess of Malfi is written by former Portland playwright, Joseph Fisher, whose Artists Rep credits include adaptations of Chekhov’s The Seagull (2006) and Carlo Goldoni’s The New House (2003). Click here for more information on the production.
Staged Reading Three women in three different times wrestle with their identity, the conflict between science and religion, and what it means to be their fathers’ daughters. In Renaissance Italy, Celeste Galilei lives under house arrest with her elderly father Galileo, the disgraced astronomer who wants to defy the Pope yet again by publishing one last book. In a small town in Texas, creationist author and TV pundit Robert Snow is at a loss when his 10-year-old daughter Haley’s newfound passion for science begins to pull her away from the Biblical teachings of her upbringing. And in Swift Trail Junction, Arizona, home of the Vatican Observatory’s U.S. outpost, New York sculptor Cassie Willows arrives to find that her estranged father, world-renowned astrophysicist Jasper Willows, has gone missing. As the three stories move toward their point of convergence, the destinies of each become inextricably bound with the others, linked through time by love, family, grief, faith and the search for identity. Cast includes Portland favorites David Bodin, Adrienne Flagg, Chris Harder and Gilberto Martin del Campo. Join us for a post-show talkback after each show with the playwright, director and cast, moderated by Mead Hunter.
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