It originally was home to Stark Raving Theatre and triangle productions! and Myra Donnelley and Don Horn bought the building together. This is definitely a sad loss to the theatre community and to their audiences as well.
In NW CoHo is a pretty good black box, and Don Horn's new place on 17th and Sandy is shaping up as an affordable venue.
The BodyVox Dance Center is often available for readings and the like that don't have a permanent set, but definitely tricky for theater, due to the permanent marley on the floor.
I will be sad to see Theater Theatre go. I think everyone in the community has a lot of memories attached to that dusty, dusty low ceiling'd set of rooms.
That is terrible news. Holy crap, we have GOT to get together people. Time to brainstorm alternatives. I went to H2Ms show last night at what I believe is Zoomtopia (810 Belmont). That space has possibilities. Headwaters, yes. I recently rented the theater space at Milepost 5. Challenges, but they are working on them. But obviously, Theater! Theater! is a big big loss. It's a sad day for Portland theater.
I forgot about Imago, too. And Jeff Hawthorne at RACC just pointed me to this handy searchable database of local venues: http://racc.org/resources/venues
I'd love to hear more about the history of the building, if anybody cares to comment (or email me: ahallett@portlandmercury.com).
oh, and I should mention too that Vertigo's board president emailed me to say that the landlord is working with them to help ease the transition out, and gave them much more noticed than was required by their lease.
The BodyVox Dance Center is often available for readings and the like that don't have a permanent set, but definitely tricky for theater, due to the permanent marley on the floor.
I will be sad to see Theater Theatre go. I think everyone in the community has a lot of memories attached to that dusty, dusty low ceiling'd set of rooms.
So the building used to belong to the theatre companies, but now it belongs to a landlord from whom the theatres are rented? That's a shame.
I base this on attending theater in Minneapolis and Seattle, where the bar is higher when it comes to what kind of performance you can expect for $25.
You must be kidding.
http://racc.org/resources/venues
I'd love to hear more about the history of the building, if anybody cares to comment (or email me: ahallett@portlandmercury.com).