Sowelu Theater
Portland, OR
503.730.9066
What Others Say About Us
Reviews and Articles
Garfield Wedderburn in Streamers
2007-2008
Quiet City by Aaron Katz
The New York Times says: "Between the Mumbles, Images of Sorrowful Poetry. Aaron Katz' film Quiet City is punctuated with images of New York at twilight that cast a mood of reflective melancholy reminiscent of the loneliness at the heart of Edward Hopper paintings." Read More>>
Streamers by David Rabe
The Oregonian says: "Streamers traps men in a tautly envisioned nightmare of another war...Presently receiving a solid, thoughtful production from Sowelu Theater, Streamers offers a vision of manhood in distress." Read More>>
Star of Hope by Lea Floden
The Oregonian says: "In its collaborative approach to putting a production together, Sowelu Theater emphasizes the importance of the interaction among actors. That emphasis is well-displayed -- and the main pleasure -- in the company's entertaining revival of Lea Floden's amusing comedy Star of Hope." Read More>>
2006-2007
The Hero by Luke Heyerman
The Willamette Week says: "Heyerman's new play The Hero is a haunting tale of a soldier's final battle with his demons." Read More>>
Dance Party, USA by Aaron Katz
The Oregonian says: "It's probably the best first feature (film) made by a Portlander since Van Sant's "Mala Noche." Read More>>
An Evening of Flamenco and Ballads
The Oregonian says: "This show of flamenco song and movement is a knockout. For anyone enamored of flamenco music in its purest form, Sowelu Theater's exciting performance An Evening of Flamenco and Ballads is a must see." Read More>>
Lorraine Bahr in The Swan
2005-2006
The Water Principle by Eliza Anderson
Willamette Week says: "This production of Eliza Anderson's play has a number of creepy elements—an eerie yet brilliant score, a claustrophobic all-white set, and characters who periodically collapse from starvation." Read More>>
Domain By Keith Goodman
The Oregonian says: "Dance can be so rich, so compressed, that 45 minutes' worth sometimes
equals a long evening of narrative theater. So it is with Keith Goodman's new short work,
Domain."
Read More>>
An Evening of Flamenco and Ballads
The Oregonian says: "This show of flamenco song and movement is a knockout. For anyone enamored of flamenco music in its purest form, Sowelu Theater's exciting performance An Evening of Flamenco and Ballads is a must see." Read More>>
The Fever by Wallace Shawn
The Oregonian says: "The Fever rambles, rages — and resonates. In Wallace Shawn's play The Fever, a nameless privileged American — in this case, a woman traveler played by Los Angeles actress Afsaneh Boutorabi — finds herself collapsing in a hotel room in a strange country where she doesn't know the language." Read More>>
Jared Roylance and Joaquin Lopez
2004-2005
Keep Tightly Closed in a Cool Dry Place by Megan Terry
The Mercury says: "Sowelu Theater performs a two channel ritual in honor of Megan Terry, the godmother of avant garde theater and playwright laureate of the '70s feminist movement." Read More>>
Picnic on the Battlefield by Fernando Arrabal
Willamette Week says: "It would be nice to think that Sowelu's production of Fernando Arrabal's great absurdist take on war might inspire other companies to explore the playwright's work. Fat chance, I suppose, which makes getting to the Back Door Theater for this showing imperative." Read More>>