Bare Portland

04/12/2021

You have three days left to unpack and explore the digital version of [Storage] ! Head to storage.bareportland.org (Tickets are free or pay what you can)

03/14/2021

📦 The day is here! 📦

Visit storage.bareportland.org to view our [Storage] website and pay what you can to watch the filmed version of our show!

Once you’ve purchased your ticket, a link to the video will be emailed to you, and you will have 48 hours in which to watch it. You can stop and start the video as many times as you would like within that 48-hour window. Tickets are availabe anytime from March 14th-April 16th.
We recommend waiting until you’re ready to watch the show to purchase tickets to avoid your link expiring. Don’t worry. in our brave new digital theatre world, we won’t run out of tickets!

*If you already purchased a ticket for our cancelled performance last year, you are welcome to enjoy the show for free. If you would like to contribute any additional amount, we appreciate your support and will be allocating all proceeds to the writers and performers.

03/13/2021

See you tomorrow! 📦

03/30/2020

Looking for some things to dive deep into during this time? Miss [Storage] in person? We're working on getting a digital version to you, but in the interim writer Douglas W. Milliken reads aloud from the play, plus his gorgeous new novel in the first episode of his reading series, Quarantine Story Time. A perfect rainy Sunday listen.

A live reading series showcasing original fiction by author Douglas W. Milliken, presented in his home during these confusing days of COVID-19 self-isolation...

03/13/2020

Friends, we worked for a year on [Storage], and we made a beautiful, challenging, incredible thing. We built a little family around The Unit and The Stuff. Most importantly, we asked some really tough questions and saw the world in a new way. We loved this show.

But we love our community more. It is with heavy hearts that we're calling off the rest of the run. We're so sad to see it go, but as so many other organizations are calling off their events, we feel it important to do the same. The health and well-being of the most at-risk is much more important.

All shows starting TONIGHT will be cancelled. Unfortunately, we are not able to re-mount the run as the building will begin construction in a few weeks.

We are working hard on finding a way to make [Storage] accessible online (and if you have a camera and want to help...message us!). So stay tuned!

Until then, if you need a refund we'll give it to you. Feel free to leave it as a donation to the company, or give the refund to another organization who might need it more.

Thank you for those of you who joined us or wanted to join us.

With love and pizza boxes,
Bare Portland

03/13/2020

Meet the Makers! Who is this smart, kind, zany and super cool human....it's [Storage] Intimacy Coordinator Ella Mock!!! We're so grateful Ella was able to hop on board to help direct some moments of intimacy in the show. They bring experience as a theatre educator, consent educator with Speak About It and a student of Theatre of the Opressed. They've been an amazing contributor of gentle guidance and thoughtful feedback and a wonderful and enthusiastic sharer of the show. So grateful to work with them on this and many other community projects.
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[Storage] performances continue tonight thru Sunday, keep your eyes on our social media for updates on upcoming weeks of shows.

If you want to reschedule your tickets for next week to this week, feel free to reach out!

03/12/2020

Dear friends, We are currently continuing performances of [Storage] at least until Sunday, March 15. We will keep patrons and fans informed about next week's performances, and of any changes to this week's shows should that become necessary. Bare Portland has been watching government and health official recommendations and following other community partners' examples when it comes to events. Our audience size is no more than 30 people, and we have been sanitizing and cleaning high-touch surfaces for each performance. We strongly encourage you to make the choice that feels right for you when it comes to public gatherings and respect your decision either way. If you are sick, please stay home. We are willing to offer folks refunds for their tickets, but encourage you to either leave your tickets as a donation to help us pay our team and/or take your refund and donate it to local health safety net organizations like Preble Street or Greater Portland Health as this conflict will affect the most vulnerable of our community most deeply. Please stay tuned for future updates and support the artists in your community as best you can. 💙💙💙
Love you all!

03/11/2020

Meet the Makers! Designer, Dana Hopkins, built our massive set and installation in a month with the help of some seriously amazing humans, including Zoe and Joe (pictured here working their magic on packing this UHaul) and Austin (who has escaped cameras the whole process). Zoe is a clever and crafty light and set designer and dramaturg around town, Joe is podcast afficianado, zero waste guru and facilities manager at Bowdoin, and Austin is a talented printmaker in the midcoast. Thanks for being the behind-the-scenes helping hands (and confident power tool users!) that made this dream a reality, friends! You're such an important part of the [Storage] team!

03/11/2020

Beyond touched by Megan Grumbling's beautiful review of [Storage] in the Portland Phoenix today. "These four actors are electric, protean, and all-in....Bare Portland’s exuberant, beautiful, bonkers, experiment recognizes and affirms us as those multitudes-containing selves, the profane and sacred collections, that we all are."

We're back in The Unit tonight, and we still have tickets for Friday and Sunday's performance!

On Stage: Bare Portland’s ‘[Storage]’ explores our urge to possess By Megan Grumbling - March 11, 2020 58 Performer Maya Williams, who plays Z, rejoices in a scene from "[Storage]." (Courtesy Sokvonny Chhouk) advertisement ‘Possession.” What a curious word. It can mean a solid, tangible ob...

03/10/2020

Curious about the story behind [Storage]? Thank you to The Bangor Daily News for digging through it with us.

Take a read and grab your tickets. We've got 5 shows coming up, Weds-Sun!

For a year, the group probed the contents of every old notebook, every receipt, every creepy horror movie from the stranger’s VHS collection. They weren’t looking to pawn off someone else’s estate. Instead, they used the stranger’s possessions to tell a story of their own.

03/07/2020

We are sold out for tonight's performance of Storage: An Installation and Performance Experiment.

Show up at the door for our waitlist, or buy tickets to join us next week Wednesday to Sunday!

Get your tickets for the rest of our run now before it's too late!
bare-portland.ticketleap.com/storage

03/07/2020

Come see what we've done. Come see what we've made. A few tickets are available online or at the door for tonight's performance, but only a very few. Come see what audiences have been describing as "a delight" "the most relevant thing I've seen all year" and "this is going to take me some time to really unpack." Catch [Storage] tonight through March 21. 📸