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In This Issue
22 MAKING OREGON A
DESIGN DESTINATION
Stage designer Chris Acebo
talks shop about his work
with Oregon Shakespeare
Festival, then paints us a
bigger picture of the Oregon
Arts Commission’s goals.

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28 STAN FOOTE: BEYOND
DANCING VEGETABLES
Oregon Children’s Theatre’s
longtime artistic director
shares some sage life advice:
collaborate, innovate and
never underestimate kids.

36 GOOD DEEDS: FROM
THE MARGINS TO
THE MAINSTREAM
PHAME and Wobbly Dance
want to free disabled performers from a too-tight niche.

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48 LAUREN WEEDMAN’S
PORTLAND OBSERVATIONS
Solo performer Lauren Weedman
was a Daily Show writer long before
bursting onto Portland stages
with her 2008 one-woman show
BUST, which delved deep into the
experience of female prison inmates
long before orange was the new
black. Now, as she reprises her 2010
tongue-in-cheek take on The People’s
Republic of Portland, she shares fresh
insights on her PDX-perience exclusively with Artslandia.

40 FELLOW DANCERS
Anita Menon’s and Linda
Austin’s dance styles may
differ, but they have at least
one thing in common: a
$20,000 RACC fellowship
that’s expanded their reach.

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Past Performances

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