The Fertile Ground Festival of New Works is a citywide, multi-week performing arts festival taking place in venues throughout Portland, Oregon and the surrounding areas.

This year's lineup includes site specific theatre, dance, solo shows, aerial performance, puppetry, and dozens upon dozens of brand-new scripts by some of Portland's most celebrated and prolific playwrights.

Schedule of Events:

7:30pm - The Redemption Show by Sam Cimino, Nikki Flinn, Kat Freya, & Lauren Frey

Sam Cimino, Nikki Flinn, Kat Freya, and Lauren Frey unite to present The Redemption Show at Performance Works Northwest, an evening of ritualistic performance examining power, desire, and institutional control. Through dance, sound, and storytelling, four solos interweave to challenge established systems and reclaim feminine power. Traversing landscapes from the workplace to pop culture, sacred ritual to religious rebellion, each artist's unique voice contributes to a collective song of resistance, crafting a raw, transformative experience that celebrates liberation and invites audiences into a shared journey of reclamation.

Rating/Recommended Age:
18+

Performance Length:
90 minutes with an intermission

Location: Performance Works NW, 4625 SE 67th Ave, Portland , Oregon , 97206

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8:30pm - Who's Who by Marshall Welch at CoHo

16-year old Onnie Thomas likes to listen to heavy metal music, steal from the convenience store and get high in the cemetery in her hometown of Stafford, Kansas. Her luck runs out when she’s caught siphoning gas. She is ordered to complete community service hours at the library.

While archiving books, Onnie stumbles upon a bundle of letters hidden in a 1940 volume of Who’s Who written by a girl her age. The yellowing pages reveal a tragedy buried in the past. She he is compelled to search for the mystery author with the hope of returning the time capsule to her. Her quest ends in an unexpected friendship bridging two generations with a bittersweet balm that heals past wounds inflicted and the teenage angst of living in today’s digital world.

Rating/Recommended Age:
12+

Performance Length:
60 minutes, no intermission

Location: CoHo Theatre, 2257 NW Raleigh St, Portland , Oregon , 97210

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