LOCATION
Performance Works NW, 4625 SE 67th Ave, Portland, OR 97206
unless otherwise noted.
COVID SAFETY POLICY
Mask policies for each event may differ according to the needs of the artist who is presenting. We welcome masks, and encourage full COVID vaccination, and boosters! Masks available at the door if needed.
May 6, 7:30pm
An Evening of Improvisation
An evening of improvisation at Performance Works NW reunites Oakland-based saxophonist Wilson Shook and Portland-based Jean-Paul Jenkins in a duo of free improvisation, in addition to It’s OK Girl, the project of choreographer and performer Danielle Ross with saxophonist Ben Kates, and electro-acoustic vocal improviser stephanie lavon trotter.
Saturday, May 6th, 2023
Doors at 7pm, Show at 7:30pm.
Sliding scale $5-10 at the door
Full event info
ALEMBIC CO-PRODUCTION
June 3 || Kristen Yeung + Sadie Leigh
Elsewhere/Otherwise
Elsewhere/Otherwise is a dance theatre performance, featuring original choreography and sound co-created by Kristen Yeung and Sadie Leigh. This work is a vehicle and a vessel for processing the deeply personal and universally shared experience of moving from one place to another.
Saturday, June 3 at 7pm
Full event info
PWNW PUBLIC ACCESS
June 8-10, 16-17 || Spring 4th Productions
Apollyn Delivery Service!
Spring 4th Productions
Ian Sieren and Toby Gollihar present Apollyn Delivery Service! an original dark comedy in 2 acts.
June 8-10, 16-17
7:30pm
$12 in advance || $15 at door
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PWNW PUBLIC ACCESS
June 11 || Antero Alli
Sacred Rites || Discussion and Book Signing
In this rare public presentation, Antero outlines the principles and methods of a paratheatrical medium he has developed since 1977. He will read excerpts from his new book “Sacred Rites” — sharing his personal experiences doing this work in both non-performance and performative modalities. Brief Q&A to follow + books for sale.
Sunday June 11, 7pm || MORE INFO HERE
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PWNW PUBLIC ACCESS
June 24 || Imposter/Switch
Saturday, June 24 8pm
$5-$15 cash or venmo at the door
Imposter/Switch is a newly launched quarterly interdisciplinary arts exhibition/performance, co-curated by Co-Curators Kennedy Verrett (music) and Marissa Rae Niederhauser (dance, video, performance art) that celebrates the imposter syndrome living in each of us, inviting artists to courageously ‘fake it’ wearing the [creative] mask of another artist. Genre chosen by random drawing.
Artist lineup + full event info
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ALEMBIC CO-PRODUCTION
July 8-9 || Emily Jones + Hannah Krafcik
Aesthetics Project
Aesthetics Project (working title) interweaves sculptures with spoken text and choreography in a performance lecture that explores the mysterious connection between Aesthetics and Intuition. We began this project with a focus on sensory processing, asking: How do aesthetics support (or derail) our processes of self-regulation and self-determination? What causes us to seek out certain forms of stimulation, e.g. hues of color or sensations of texture? How do these inclinations help us draw near to and develop affinity with one another?
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ALEMBIC CO-PRODUCTION
July 22 || Extradition Summer Concert 2023
Extradition returns Saturday, July 22, for their summer concert, featuring five small-group compositions.
More info HERE
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ALEMBIC CO-PRODUCTION
July 30 || Free Boutique with performances!
Clothing and household item exchange, plus performances every half hour!
At the end of the day, anything left over gets driven over to Goodwill!
More info here.
Sunday July 30th
2pm-6pm
August 9 || Maccabee/Mitas/Trotter
An evening of song experiments by composers Dina Maccabee, Jacob Mitas and stephanie lavon trotter.
Doors/Show at 8pm
Suggested donation $10
More info here
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ALEMBIC CO-PRODUCTION
August 11 || Imposter/Switch
Imposter/Switch is a quarterly interdisciplinary arts exhibition/performance, co-curated by Kennedy Verrett (music) and Marissa Rae Niederhauser (dance, video, performance art) that celebrates the imposter syndrome living in each of us, inviting artists to courageously ‘fake it’ wearing the [creative] mask of another artist.
August 11 at 8pm (doors at 7:30)
More info HERE
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ALEMBIC CO-PRODUCTION
August 24 | Kaitlin McCarthy work-in-process
Kaitlin McCarthy, this summer’s visiting Alembic Parent Artist, will be in residence August 13-25 and will share work near the end of their time here.
Thursday August 24 at 7pm
Reception to follow
More info HERE
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ALEMBIC PARENT ARTIST RESIDENCY
September 14-24 | Linda Austin | 3 miles of possible
3 miles of possible is a long-form performance by PWNW Artistic Director Linda Austin that wanders among the poetic and practical associations of “the possible” in a world of fluctuating personal, material, political and artistic contingencies. Linda performed mile 1 and mile 2 in 2021 and 2022, respectively, and now closes out the series in the days surrounding the fall equinox with performances of all 3 miles.
More info HERE
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LINDA AUSTIN DANCE
October 5-8 | Coming Up for Air
Coming Up for Air by playwright Nancy Wilson, is a non-linear exploration following one woman’s search for a diagnosis about her mental health challenges set over the time-period of 40 years. Talented local artists Claire E. Aldridge, Ariel Puls and Alyson Ayn Osborn portray the central character at ages 20, 40, and 60 years old.
More info HERE
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PWNW PUBLIC ACCESS
Performance Works NW || Linda Austin Dance 