Opening This Week

* Interrupt-Interactive Hypermedia
A complex hybrid of man, machine, technology, performance space, stationary art, and collaboration across art forms. LIMINAL, 2808 NE MLKjr Blvd #13, 229-3979, Thurs-Sat, every 10 minutes from 8-10 pm, through Dec 3, $6-15


One Week Only

Cinderella
A puppetry version of the fairy tale about mean step sisters and magic shoes. TEARS OF JOY THEATRE, Royal Durst Theatre, Vancouver School of Arts and Academics, 3101 Main Street, 248-0557, Sat-Sun, Call for ticket prices

* New Rave 2000
Four plays at the IFCC STARK RAVING THEATER, AT THEATER! THEATRE!, 3430 SE Belmont St, 232-7072, Thur-Sun, 7 pm, Free

* Scary Movie
The Brodies take on everyone's favorite holiday with improvised monsters. BRODY THEATER, 1904 NW 27th Ave, 224-0688, Fri-Sat, 8 and 10:30 pm, $8-$10


Closing This Week

Greater Tuna
The characters of a small Texas town, with Ken Centers and Scott Skinner. WEST SIDE PLAYERS, AT THE UPTOWN CAFE, 232 NE Lincoln St, 640-5746, Fri-Sat, 7 pm, Sun 8 pm, through Oct 29, Call for prices

Porch light
A family drama, written by Jeff Richards. THEATRON PRODUCTIONS AT THE HOPE THEATER, 1807 NE 39th, 282-2810, Thur-Sat, 7:30 pm, ends Oct 28, $5-7

Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
Children's play--for ages six and up--in which three members of the street gang called the Baker Street Irregulars help the great consulting detective rescue a kidnapped princess. NORTHWEST CHILDREN'S THEATER, 1819 NW Everett St, 222-4480, Fri-Sun, through Oct 29, Call for ticket prices

The Tinker's Wedding and In the Shadow of the Glen
Paula Productions commences its 14th season with two short plays by John Millington Synge, the first about a wedding day squabble among traveling gypsies, the second a Ryan's Daughter-style tale of a May-September marriage. PAULA PRODUCTIONS, AT THE JACK OAKES THEATER, 2820 NE Sandy Blvd, 238-9692, Thur-Sat, 8 pm, through Oct 28, $10


Current Runs


Child of Fortune
An original play by Portlander Desiree Johnson. LA FEMME NOIRE PRODUCTIONS AT REFLECTIONS COFFEE SHOP, 446 NE Killingsworth St, 288-6942, Fri-Sat, 7 pm, $16

I love You, You're Perfect, Now Change
A musical paean to the joys of romance. TRIANGLE PRODuctions! at Theater! Theatre!, 3430 SE Belmont St, 239-5919, Fri-Sat, through Nov 10, Call for ticket prices

Not About Heroes
The story of British poets Sigfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen during World War I. CYGNET PRODUCTIONS, 116 NE Russell St, 230-8827, Thurs-Sun, through Nov 18, $12-15

The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society Murder Mystery
Farce in which a woman's club attempts to stage a murder. SYLVIA'S CLASS ACT DINNER THEATER, 5115 NE Sandy Blvd, 288-6828, Thurs-Sun, 7 pm, through Nov 18, $31.95

The Folio
An imaginary account of how the plays of Shakespeare-that grab-bag, more or less mythical figure to whom we attribute many virtues, were first brought together and published. COHO PRODUCTIONS AT THE PHOENIX THEATER, 326 NW 21st Ave, 295-3565, Thur-Sun, 8 pm, ends Nov 19, $12-14

The Price
Old-fashioned '50s-style middlebrow director Arthur Miller's play is mounted in the first of many presentations from his corpus. PROFILE THEATER PROJECT, AT THE STARK RAVING THEATER, 3430 SE Belmont St, 242-0080, Thurs-Sat, 8 pm, Sun 2 pm, $12-20

Unidentified Human Remains & the true Nature of Love
Canadian playwright Brad Fraser's drama about gay life, a serial killer, a dominatrix, drugs, and acting careers. TRIANGLE PRODUCTIONS! AT THEATER! THEATRE!, 3430 SE Belmont St, 239-5919, Thur-Sun, Call for prices and show times

* Up in the Air
Unpredictability is the key word with Do Jump's "extremely physical theater." DO JUMP, AT ECHO THEATRE, 1515 SE 37th , 224-8499, Fri-Sun, 7:30, ends Nov 12, $13-18

* Variations on "Measure for Measure
Critic and playwright Charles Marowitz's tragedizing of Shakespeare's comedy--in which a virgin must chose between deflowerization or her brother's life--is a taut, tense text on paper, but in Portland the director doesn't quite have the finely honed instruments ( i.e., actors) needed to realize his vision. TYGRES HEART SHAKESPEARE COMPANY, 1111 SW Broadway, 288-8400, Thurs- Sun, ends Nov 5, Call for prices