PDX Eastside Jewish Commons

They’re back! Playwright Andrea Stolowitz and ‘Antarktikos’ • Oregon ArtsWatch The Portland playwright, who spent several years at New Dramatists in New York City, is having a reading of her ice-bound, Oregon Book Award-winning drama at the Eastside Jewish Commons.

Art/Lab: Innovating Jewish Arts and Culture is proud to present the work of our 2025-26 Artists Fellowship Cohort following their nine months of art practice, text study and dialogue on the place of Memory in Jewish culture and practice!

Join our cohort creatives as they present new works in visual art, written word and music. We are honored to share work from Rachel Attias (), Rachael Baskind, Zalmy Berkowitz (), Brenda Bingham (), Stashia Cabral, Andrew Cohen (), Julie Hammond (), Stephen Lorber (.hands.make), and David Rosman.

6:30-7:15 Gallery*
7:30-8:30 Performance, Prose, Poetry
8:30-9:00 Facilitated Conversation with the Artist Fellows

Register for the exhibition opening evening (link in bio): https://events.humanitix.com/art-lab-fellowship-cohort-exhibition-live-performance-new-written-works

*The Gallery will be open throughout the months of June and July. Contact the Eastside Jewish Commons for hours.

Portland live performance lovers, this one’s for you 🎭✨

Eastside Jewish Commons is launching a brand new staged reading series celebrating bold, moving, and imaginative Jewish storytelling - bringing together some of the region’s most exciting theatre makers for 3 unforgettable nights.

From Venice to Antarctica, these stories travel across time, place, identity, and connection - and everyone is invited. ✨

This inaugural series features:
📖 Everything that Never Happened by Sarah Mantell - May 31
❄️ ANTARKTIKOS by Andrea Stolowitz - June 10
✉️ Address Unknown by Kathrine Kressmann Taylor - June 15

After years without a dedicated platform for Jewish theatre in Portland, this new series helps reignite that artistic legacy while creating an inclusive space for community, conversation, and live performance.

“We are thrilled (we want to say ‘kvelling.’ Can we say ‘kvelling?’) to invite lovers of theatre to EJC to discover an inclusive new space in which to connect with the dynamic present and rich tradition of Jewish stories on stage,” says EJC Executive Director Cary Clarke.

🎟️ Save your seat for 1 show - or all 3:
https://collections.humanitix.com/ejcs-staged-reading-series (link in bio)

Hello June 2026 at EJC! 💙🤩👏😊 All event details and registration at ejcpdx.org/events!

Let us know in the comments which event you’re most excited for! 👏😊