Portland Center Stage
Portland Center Stage, founded in 1988 and a resident company of the Portland Center for the Performing Arts, attracts more than 90,000 theatergoers annually. With five mainstage and two second stage productions each season, PCS produces a blend of classical, contemporary and world premiere works in addition to its annual summer playwrights' festival, Just Add Water/West. PCS has embarked upon a $36.1 million capital campaign to renovate the historic Portland Armory and create a permanent home for the company. The new facility, recently named the Bob and Diana Gerding Theater, will house a 599-seat mainstage and a 200-seat black box theater and is being designed to be the first historic rehabilitation, and hopes to be the first performing arts venue, to achieve a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum rating. To date, more than $24.4 million has been secured for the project. The Gerding Theater will open on September 30, 2006. For more information about Portland Center Stage and a complete listing of current and upcoming productions, events and activities, visit our website at www.pcs.org.
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Gerding Theater
The Gerding Theater in the recently renovated Armory Building showcases sustainable restoration and is home to Portland Center Stage.
Keywords: Theatre / Opera / Symphony
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Be on time!
A girlfriend and I went to see the PCS production of Doubt a few weeks ago. It was an AMAZING show, but we didn't realize just HOW prompt we'd need to be. We arrived about 1 minute late and had to sit in the back row.
The show was still great, and we'll promise to be early next time!
Keywords: Just you alone / As a single, Interesting, All year, Theatre / Opera / Symphony, Exciting, As a couple, Easy to reach, US$ 26 - US$ 50
Trustiness: 56%
Portland Center Stage Pay What You Will Plays
PCS has wonderful theater productions, and often they allow the public to see the final dress rehearsals of their new plays for a greatly reduced fee (suggested minimum is $8). I've been to several of these, and have never noticed that they are any different from a regular production (i.e., you can't tell it's a dress rehearsal). I highly recommend this! I believe you have to get on their email list to get these notifications. Their site is www.pcs.org.
Keywords: Over 30 years, Dress up, US$ 5 - US$ 10, Just you alone / As a single, Everyone, Casual, 18 - 25 years, With a group, Live Performance (other than music), As a couple, As a gay or lesbian, Come early
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