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CoHo Clownfest
Get down to clown at a five-week celebration of all things physical comedy, movement arts, humor and weirdness. Check out Monel Chang’s Take Me to Your Leader: The Seoul of a Clown on Sept. 4 and 5, a show Chang describes, intriguingly, as “part pansori [Korean] opera, part clown confession and part K-beauty séance.” CoHo Productions, 2257 NW Raleigh St., 971-202-6567, cohoproductions.org. Sept. 3–Oct. 4. $5.
Off Book: The Improvised Musical
Comedians Jess McKenna and Zach Reino bring their oddball podcast-turned-live show Off Book back to Portland, and who knows what it will be about. In 2023, McKenna told WW she lives for the moment when she makes Reino smirk onstage when he sees where she’s going in a scene before the audience does. See if you can catch it. Revolution Hall, 1300 SE Stark St., 971-808-5094, revolutionhall.com. 8 pm Sunday, Sept. 13. $45–$65.
Table 17
This play by Douglas Lyons takes place inside the fictional restaurant Bianca’s, and all of the audience’s seats are arranged as if they were fellow diners. Table 17 is about two exes, Jada and Dallas, who revisit the story of their relationship over the course of a dinner. Portland Playhouse, 602 NE Prescott St., 503-488-5822, portlandplayhouse.org. Sept. 30–Nov. 1. $32–$72.
Spain
This Profile Theatre production by Jen Silverman is about the nature of art and democracy and is set in 1936 Spain. Developed in partnership with Portland Opera and 45th Parallel and featuring live music, Profile Theatre is calling Spain one of the most ambitious productions it’s ever staged. The Armory, 128 NW 11th Ave., 503-242-0080, profiletheatre.org. Oct. 22–Nov. 8. $20-$55.
Birdy
White Bird welcomes Taiwan dance troupe Hung Dance, presenting its signature work, Birdy. Hung Dance, led by artistic director Lai Hung-Chung, infuses traditional Chinese arts such as tai chi and Peking opera into a production that looks completely modern, intense and maybe a little scary? The dancers wear striking 4-foot-long pheasant tail feathers on their heads during the production, a traditional prop called lingzi. White Bird at the Patricia Reser Center for the Arts, 12625 SW Crescent St., Beaverton, 503-245-1600, whitebird.org. 7:30 pm Thursday–Saturday, Nov. 5–7. $6–$89.
See the rest of the 2026 Fall Arts Guide here!
