BIO INFORMATION:

Both shows

After nearly a decade of spareroomic poetry, minorthirdois music,and boronatashan dance in Portland,

CHRIS PIUMA (text selection/rules) is spending a few years in medieval Toronto.

LINDA AUSTIN is the co-founder and artistic director of Performance Works NW and the inventor/director of the infamous BORIS & NATASHA DANCERS, whose revolving ranks have been filled by politicians, poets, professional waiters, IT consultants, carpenters, etc. All male, all un-trained, all glorious! This evening they are electrowiz BILL BOESE, back for his 3rd? 4th? Foreman appearance and video artist about town (and now, aspiring dancer)KARL LIND.

5pm

OUR SHOES ARE RED/THE PERFORMANCE LAB members live in Portland, Easton, Bethlehem, Florence, Manhattan, the North Shore, Los Angeles, London, New Haven, and Durham. We produce rarely done work by great writers, devise new work, and examine the classic canon. For Foreman: Ben Roberts, Anneke Wisner, Devon Allen devising. Our next piece: The NW premiere of Oh the Humanity by Will Eno, August 26 – September 12 at The Church in the NE.

Jin CAMOU loves a cat named Hermes, dancing to soul music, and a good egg. She is interested in levitation, escape, and stretching. She will perform with Linda Austin at tEEth’s fundraiser next Sat.

Theo Wilson, director, had the pleasure of seeing performers Ben Malbin and Joe Sackett act in the Importance of Being Earnest when they were all still in high school. He knew then they would be best friends forever.”

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CHUCK BARNES, who runs an anxiety outsourcing consultancy, collaborates with Lambda-award winning humorist LOIS LEVEEN in a piece called It’s a Soft August Life.

LISA DEGRACE is a clown, singer, writer, performer type. She is not an astronaut, nor does she play one on tv.

DAVID ABEL and SAM MILLER manipulate words and images, and are fond of film, paper, light, sound, air, moss, and pauses.

GEORGIA LUCE & CO. GEORGIA formerly LUCE, formerly of Portland and the former Liminal, formally enjoys Portland Foreman. Happy to be. Whatta gas! Here. New York Humid August. Madeleine SANFORD is excited to be reuniting tonight w/ fellow former Liminal Performance Group member Georgia. She hasn’t done much theatre since half of Liminal moved to NYC, focusing instead on getting hitched and procreating. Lee Howard is a recording engineer/ musician, owns Mystery Machine Studio, and recorded the music for this show on a moment’s notice to keep the wifey happy. Oliver Mose SANFORD HOWARD makes his theatrical debut this evening. He demonstrated his love of grand entrances with a very exciting labor in May. He spends most of his day in a true Foremanesque and liminal state, and enjoys making rainbow sounds after a good poop.

7pm

DOUG THERIAULT (buzz-r-electronics.com) bakes up luscious twisty treats in the basement. CYNDY CHAN meticulously handcrafts mysteriominous critters from industrial debris.

TIFFANY LEE BROWN is the director of New Oregon Arts & Letters and an editor of Plazm magazine. With collaborator Eric Hausmann, she is currently making a 6,480-hour-long soundtrack to the Easter Island Project.

FORMSPACE is a collaboration of theatre artists dedicated to discovering truth and beauty between form and space.

Gregg Bielemeier: 41 Professional years Dancing (1969-2010), Performing, Teaching, Directing and creating Choreography for many different kinds of performances including Roof Tops, River Banks and a Giant Inflatable Bubble. Gregg can also help you “Downsize” and help cure your “Clutter Blindness” (GO Sort It Out / 503-702-2299)

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DANIELLE ROSS is a Portland-based performer and choreographer. She is the co-founder of Little Friction Dance. The agentz of blaze orange known as FUTURE DEATH TOLL utilize vintage electronicz such as rotary pwnz, synthesizerz, and drum padz to perform back alley open-heart surgery on their most enthusiastic patientz.

Mizu Desierto is a choreographer, performer, educator and designer whose work explores themes of personal truth and transformation through dance, often exposing the hidden, absurd or tragic aspects of life. She is the founder and artistic director of Water in the Desert and The Headwaters Theatre.

LISA RADON and TIM DUROCHE make performances/installations/recordings/writings from words, sounds, and music. This is their 8th Foreman Festival.

ACTION/ADVENTURE (loves making semi-improvised serials about 20-somethings living in SE Portland, webtastic meta-comedies about producing semi-improvised serials, musicals about carnies, multimedia extravaganzas about superheroes, and anything else that strikes their fancy, including awesome short pieces like the one you’ll see tonight. Foreman Fest Players: Noah Dunham, Devon Granmo, Jade Harris, Bri Pruett and Evan Ward