36th Annual Little Festival of the Unexpected is approaching its third and final week. Taking place in the Studio Theater on Wednesday & Friday over three weeks from May 21st - June 6th at 7:30 pm. Tickets are FREE to the Public, Suggested Donation $10. Finishing the festival this week is Mere Waters by Jillian Blevins: Wednesday, June 4, and Friday, June 6, at 7:30 pm. About the Play: Gynecologist Gisella Perl arrives at a concentration camp and is assigned to work as the camp doctor. She has no tools, no antiseptic, and no water. Despite all this Gisella works to survive the camp guided by two bickering biblical prophetesses. The Little Festival of the Unexpected has established a tradition of nurturing artists, invigorating audiences, and exploring new voices, visions, and forms of theater. This year’s Clauder Competition finalists’ work includes: The 2024 Clauder Gold Prize winners 🔹Intimate Surveillance by Catherine Stewart 🔹Like Flies by Maggie Kearnan 🔹Mere Waters by Jillian Blevins One of these plays will be the Grand Prize winner and appear on Portland Stage’s mainstage this upcoming season. To get a sneak peek of which show might be onstage next season, you’re invited to join us for Little Festival of the Unexpected happening May 21 - June 6. Tickets are FREE to the Public, Suggested Donation $10. For more information, please follow the link in our bio. ___ Little Festival of the Unexpected May 21 - June 6 https://portlandstage.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/#/events/a0SPa00000HYufVMAT Graphic Design: Aressa Goodrich (fb)

Happy Closing and thank you to everyone who came to see Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? We appreciate you all for attending this American theater classic and cannot wait to see you again next season. A special thank you to all of the cast, crew, and production team for their hard work and dedication to this production, and we hope to see you at Portland Stage soon! ___ Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? May 14 - June 1 https://www.portlandstage.org/show/whos-afraid-of-virginia-woolf/ Pictured: Ashley C. Turner*, Samuel B. Jackson*, Thursday Farrar*, & Portland Thomas* *Member of AEA Photo by: James A. Hadley (fb)