PDX Playwrights

Robert Katsuno's one-man show "BadAss Japanese Pimp" is showing for TWO NIGHTS ONLY this Friday and Saturday at CoHo Theatre! Robert's show was part of our 2024 Fertile Ground lineup and we highly recommend catching a performance if you can.

Get your tickets today for a one-of-a-kind show!

Thank you to everyone who joined us for Tuesday's read and feedback session for "Fairy Vengeance" by Robert Wilder Blue! We're always excited to feature a new playwright at our table reads, especially when it leads to enthusiastic discussion.

We're always looking for work to feature at our table reads, whether you're new to the craft or an experienced dramaturg. If you have a play you'd like to submit for consideration, please contact us at [email protected].

Thank you to the incredible cast who brought the characters of "Fairy Vengeance" to life and to Portland Playhouse for the use of their space.

Join us this Tuesday, July 7 for our monthly table read featuring "Fairy Vengeance" by Robert Wilder Blue!

David Prescott is running to be the first Black, gay district attorney in San Francisco. But his marriage and his campaign are jeopardized when he meets a young troublemaker.

Hear the full play this Tuesday at 7:30 at the Portland Playhouse Studio.

See Kayla Kelly in her production of "You Got It, Girl," opening this Friday! We were delighted to work with Kayla during the Scenario Workshop and look forward to seeing her latest production.

Tickets are available now: https://cohoproductions.org/2026-meet-the-residents/

Be sure to see "Dotter" by Monel Chang, opening TOMORROW!

Monel participated in this year's Scenario workshop and we're excited to see how her work has developed these last few months.

Be sure to get your tickets online today! "Dotter" runs June 18-20 at 7:30 pm and June 21 at 5 pm.

https://cohoproductions.org/2026-meet-the-residents/

Thank you to everyone who joined us Tuesday for this month's table read! We were delighted to borrow the Portland Playhouse main stage for the night, complete with "The Spongebob Musical" set as our backdrop.

A special thank you to our playwright, Tom Smith, and readers Karyn O'Bryant, Connie Kirk, Barbara Passolt, and Katie Bennett for a wonderful evening.

Stop by Portland Playhouse for our June table read, "small things, every day" by Tom Smith!

Patricia and her two daughters have transitioned Patricia's husband, David, into a memory care facility. As the family deals with David's decline, they discover he has begun an intimate relationship with another patient. While Stephanie and Hallie are shocked and hurt by their father’s betrayal, Patricia has a much different reaction, because of a long-held family secret.

Join us on June 2 at 7 pm to hear the full, unabridged play!

Thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday for our May table read! The art (and the last-minute venue change) was a breath of fresh air.

Special thanks to Natasha Miranda-Rojas, Timothy Krause, Amanda Kelner, and Karen Polinsky for sharing their phenomenal 10-minute plays. These short works were some of the many wonderful submissions that we didn't have room for in our Epic Shorts - Public Domain series in this year's Fertile Ground Festival.

Another Festival Within the Festival has wrapped! Thank you to everyone who came out to support local theatre and new plays. You're all a major reason why the Portland theatre community is unmatched.

We also want to say thank you and congratulations to all our featured playwrights! This was easily one of our best lineups yet and we can't wait to see where the plays go from here.

We also want to give a very special shoutout to our admin team and volunteers for making this week possible. And to Chapel Theatre for another incomparable year on their stage.

And don't forget, the Fertile Ground Festival is still going! See new plays across the Portland metro area through this Sunday, April 26. There are so many more playwrights you can support and excellent stories to witness this season!