Portland's Fertile Ground Festival kicks off in a few days. It's a great place to see labors of love, new work and new talent. It's a citywide 11 day festival which showcases performances at a host of venues. In a nutshell, Fertile Ground is composed of " fully staged world premieres, workshops and readings of theatre, to ensemble and collaborative driven work, dance, comedy and film…this festival spans the spectrum of creative endeavor and seeds the next generation of creation through artist conversations, workshops, lunchtime readings and more."
I'll be posting links to my many reviews from the festival on my blog.
For starters, here's a comprehensive list that describes most of the shows form the festival's meet the press night, which as a journalist and critic, is one of my favorite Portland arts events of the year. I get to hang out with those elusive beasts known as theater critics and share in the excitement artists bring around their work.
At the ArtsWatch table and beyond for meet the press night. Fertile Ground photo