"The sad part of theater, says Illya deTorres of Chapel Theatre Company in Milwaukie, is that the experience evaporates. "It's like being in summer camp," he says. "It just goes by in a blur.""
""two weeks of prep and two weeks of rehearsals, and then the show goes up, and it's done." "A lot of us go through some feelings afterwards.""
Multiple Portland-area theaters mount a cluster of openings and ongoing runs as January ends, spanning variety shows, solo musicals, new plays, comedies, and revivals. Corrib Theatre presents a variety show celebrating the Irish holiday Imboc. Triangle Productions opens Donnie's play about Gert Boyle, It's Not All About Me. Broadway Rose in Tigard stages a solo musical starring Malia Tippets. Profile Theatre begins the season with Mike Lew's Tiger Style!. Stumptown Stages offers a nostalgic blast from the past. Chapel Theatre Company in Milwaukie stages its fifth annual Play Festival Jan. 22–Feb. 1, following two weeks of prep and two weeks of rehearsals. Illya and Corinn deTorres opened Chapel in February 2018 after renovating an old church, host visiting companies, offer a dance residency, produce two main shows annually, and will present Maze, A Labyrinth Parody on Feb. 20.
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