“Elise Waters is practical, rational, grounded, the sort of woman who responds to stress by making lists. In the midst of Catherine Trieschmann’s “Crooked” – a marvelously observed play about the lives of women and the uneven dividing lines between faith and reason, reality and madness — Elise makes lists of anything from possible new careers to [...]
CoHo Productions, bouyed by new leadership, announces 2013-’14 season
“…there are several reasons for optimism. New board president Mary Blair and her husband, Nike chief financial officer Don Blair, who is CoHo’s secretary/treasurer, have brought new energy, administrative skills and fundraising resources. Chamberlain, now Lindsay C. Terrell, recently returned as managing director. And on Friday night, along with the opening of the Catherine Treischmann [...]
CoHo in the News: Crooked
Alison Hallet with The Portland Mercury gave us a really nice shout out: “Opening tonight over at the CoHo, a show about a mom and kid who move to a conservative small town, called Crooked, co-produced by local theater power couple Philip Cuomo and Maureen Porter. I’ve found myself prioritizing seeing shows at the CoHo lately: Their co-production [...]
CoHo Productions provides a straight path for Third Rail regulars to bring ‘Crooked’ to the stage
“…when Third Rail Rep members Maureen Porter and Philip Cuomo took an interest in the Catherine Trieschmann play Crooked, they faced an uphill battle in getting their own company to stage the piece. The play has just three characters, two of them teenagers; hence not much work to go around for the Third Rail ensemble.” [...]
Sparks: A Benefit Performance
A collection of short works from the writers of Playwrights West Playwrights West, a professional theatre company composed of nine acclaimed local playwrights, announces its first-ever gala benefit performance. Entitled Sparks, this performance will feature short excerpts of works by all nine member playwrights, culminating in a world premiere excerpt of Playwrights West’s upcoming 2013 [...]
Solo Summer 2013
Media Release For immediate release Media Contact: Eleanor O’Brien eleanor@eleanorobrien.com 5 weekends, 5 artists, 5 phenomenal solo shows! PORTLAND, OR – Coho Productions is proud to bring you the cream of the crop! See five of Portland’s finest solo artists perform their smash hits. From the drammy-award winning My Mind Is Like an Open Meadow [...]
Playwrite, Inc. Youth Progress Workshop Performance
PlayWrite, Inc. will enjoy performances of original works written during its first collaboration with Youth Progress. Youth Progress is an Oregon non-profit dedicated to empowering alternative youth with resources, programming, skills, and structure to successfully transition into society. The performance is free, general seating, and open to the public. If you would like to reserve [...]
Oregonian feature: Third Rail Rep revisits its roots with a show in the intimate CoHo Theatre
In February 2005, Third Rail Repertory Theatre staged its first production, Craig Wright’s tragi-comic 9/11 response “Recent Tragic Events,” at Northwest Portland’s CoHo Theatre. The show won five Drammy Awards and put Third Rail on the map as a prominent part of the Portland theater scene. The company settled into the Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center for a few years, [...]
CoHo Closes 2012/2013 Season with Crooked by Catherine Trieschmann
MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT Lindsay C. Terrell Theatre Management Consultant CoHo Productions, Ltd lindsay@cohoproductions.org Main: 503-220-2646 Direct: 503-421-4425 THE SECRET LIVES OF TEENAGE GIRLS Crooked by Catherine Trieschmann captures the angst and delight of adolescence and a multi-dimensional mother-daughter relationship in this funny and heart-wrenching story March 4th, 2013 – PORTLAND, OR. [...]
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CoHo Productions review: ‘Crooked’ makes the current list of must-see theater
“Elise Waters is practical, rational, grounded, the sort of woman who responds to stress by making lists. In the midst of Catherine Trieschmann’s...
CoHo Productions provides a straight path for Third Rail regulars to bring ‘Crooked’ to the stage
“…when Third Rail Rep members Maureen Porter and Philip Cuomo took an interest in the Catherine Trieschmann play Crooked, they faced an uphill...
Solo Summer 2013
Media Release For immediate release Media Contact: Eleanor O’Brien eleanor@eleanorobrien.com 5 weekends, 5 artists, 5 phenomenal solo shows! PORTLAND, OR...


