PWNW is happy to host 2 staged readings as part of Fertile Ground: A City-Wide Festival of New Works.

Damaris Webb-Rich Rubin in association with PassinArt present
Cottonwood in the Flood
By Rich Rubin
Directed by Damaris Webb

Jan 22, 23 @ 7:30pm; Jan 24 @ 2:30pm
Tickets: $5 at the door
Manage your pass at boxofficetickets.com or email fertileground@boxofficetickets.com

An engrossing full-length drama about the African-American experience in 1940s Oregon and the rapid rise – and even more rapid fall – of the city of Vanport. Co-winner, 2012 Fratti-Newman Political Play Contest (Castillo Theatre, New York); Finalist, 2012 JAW Festival (Portland Center Stage).

Join us for a talk-back following the January 24th performance.

Kaleidoscope
By Naga Nataka
Directed by Naga Nataka

Jan 30, 31, Feb 1 @ 2pm
Tickets:  $10
Purchase tickets online at fertilegroundpdx.org

What happens when we break the rules around love and sex?  Tony & Christine are a 30-something Portland couple who meet Sarah and Brian in a coffeeshop one day.  They begin a friendship that quickly develops into romance on all sides.  As both couples are drawn deeper into this strange new arrangement, it seems they’ve found a way to rewrite the rules of modern relationships – until it’s revealed that one couple is not what they seem, and everyone must decide what they’ll do next.  Kaleidoscope is by Naga Nataka, co-founder of the Missoula-based theatre group The Open Field Artists.