Cascades Theatrical Company
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Venturing Into New Theater

CTC’s The Pillowman challenges new expectations for local theater
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Cascades Theatrical Company is probably best known for staging 20th century classics, like Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie, which just wrapped up an extended run. But, starting late in 2014, with a terse production of the intense 2009 Tony Award-winning God of Carnage, CTC has taken a gamble—and is hoping to push some of its patrons […]

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Our Picks 2/18-2/25

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thursday 19 The Pillowman THEATER—When The Pillowman was released a decade ago, it stormed the theater world like a dark thundercloud rolling over a happy-go-lucky musical. Winner of the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award, the dark, yet morosely comic story follows a writer whose stories are a bit too much like a series of […]

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Keep Calm, Panic is Here

CTC opens an intense new thriller
Avatar photo Jared Rasic

Panic is the perfect example of a slow burn thriller. Act One: We meet the characters, get a good handle on their relationships and, once settled in, throw a wrench into the works, letting the gears slowly, but surly stop turning. Act Two: We see the characters reacting to the machine breaking down to the […]

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Whip It Good

Communicating Doors gets weird
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I finally figured it out: the quintessential element absent from most theatrical productions. This mystery element is simple: a time-traveling dominatrix! I never knew I was missing it until I watched a rehearsal of Cascades Theatrical Company’s Communicating Doors. But now that I’ve seen it, I know that a bit of batshit insanity would make […]

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Bittersweet Sympathy

I Remember You leaves a mark
Avatar photo Jared Rasic

I Remember You is a play about embracing nostalgia in doses. It is easy to get caught up in memories of a glorious past until all that is left are recently polished trophies and a contact list made up of people you don’t know anymore. Deep in that sense of ennui is where we meet […]

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Mo Money Mo Problems

CTC’s Funny Money Plays Through the Pain
Avatar photo Jared Rasic

There’s a reason why the week leading up to opening night of a show is called “Hell Week.” Quite simply, it is not pleasant. Usually, those final days are spent adding the final drops of paint to the set, hanging lights and setting cues so the actors aren’t standing in the dark and mostly just […]

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Holiday Entertainment, with a Twist

CTC snickers through The Game’s Afoot (Holmes for the Holidays)
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Playwright Ken Ludwig employs just about every trope of the stage to get laughs in his holiday mystery The Game’s Afoot. One of the most successful is a “Who’s on First” style gag in which a gasping and nearly murdered house guest tries to point out to the delusional homeowner William Gillette (played by Justin […]

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