Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble

Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble We're a Portland based company of artists who make new performance in a collaborative way.

Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble is an artist cooperative dedicated to creating new theatrical events that reify the relationship between audience and artist. We develop original, ensemble-generated pieces and produce innovative interpretations of classical text. Inspired by a contemporary design aesthetic, inventive storytelling modes, and heightened emotional honesty, we create work that i

s visceral, raw and revealing. Founded in 2011 by Kate Sanderson Holly, Rebecca Lingafelter, Cristi Miles, Amber Whitehall and Jacob Coleman.

Today (June 1) is the deadline to apply to be part of our 26-27 cohort at the Institute for Contemporary Performance!Get...
06/01/2026

Today (June 1) is the deadline to apply to be part of our 26-27 cohort at the Institute for Contemporary Performance!

Get those applications in by midnight tonight, and we look forward to putting together our twelfth cohort of contemporary performance-makers.

More on the program and how to apply at https://www.petensemble.org/institute

Our annual Suzuki/Viewpoints Summer Intensive is coming up in the next couple of months! ☀️From July 20-31, Monday throu...
05/30/2026

Our annual Suzuki/Viewpoints Summer Intensive is coming up in the next couple of months! ☀️

From July 20-31, Monday through Friday, we’ll be offering a thorough grounding in Anne Bogart’s 9 Viewpoints and the Suzuki method of training. Throughout the course of the intensive we investigate how these trainings can serve individuals and ensembles of performing artists today. PETE’s summer intensive also includes training in using the Viewpoints and Suzuki methods to build ensemble and create original work.

You can find more info about lodging, tuition, trainings and faculty at the link in our bio. We’re excited to have you in the space and are looking forward to training with you!

The June 1 application deadline is coming up! Submit your application by midnight on Monday to be considered for our inc...
05/29/2026

The June 1 application deadline is coming up! Submit your application by midnight on Monday to be considered for our incoming '26-'27 cohort.

PETE’s Institute for Contemporary Performance helps participating artists define their individual aesthetic and feeds collaborators capable of communicating radical thought in space, time, and body.

More at link in bio

05/28/2026

Our alumni are have the best perspective on why to apply for our Institute for Contemporary Performance program. Take a look and get those application in by June 1st!

More about the program and how to apply at https://www.petensemble.org/institute

05/26/2026

Applications to join the 26-27 cohort are due June 1!

Want to make new performance? PETE's Institute for Contemporary Performance is dedicated to helping people define their aesthetic, make new work, and collaborate. We believe in cultivating radical presence through the body. Throughout our 10-month program we practice Suzuki, Viewpoints, Clown, Alexander Technique, Voice, and devising. The year culminates in a cohort-created festival of new work in May.

See https://www.petensemble.org/institute for details!

🥳 Today we are celebrating our final Between You and Me partnership of the year, with Lincoln High School and their incr...
05/22/2026

🥳 Today we are celebrating our final Between You and Me partnership of the year, with Lincoln High School and their incredible teacher Tracie Talerico. PETE facilitators Isabel McTighe and Kai Hynes worked with this wonderful class of freshman high school students for 8 weeks to develop an original piece of mythology about the relationship between the sun and the moon. We are grateful to all of our partners, as well as our other residency partners in 25-26, Milwaukie Academy of the Arts and David Douglas High. 🌼

More about our high school programs at link in bio!

Opened the Summer edition of the Portland Monthly and look what we found!!! An incredible feature article about PETE and...
05/21/2026

Opened the Summer edition of the Portland Monthly and look what we found!!! An incredible feature article about PETE and our upcoming production of Ariana Reines' Telephone. Stunning photos of the cast, in depth reporting about our people, our process and our history... what a dream come true. Thanks to the incredible team at the Portland Monthly who brought this to life! Grab a copy of the magazine and check it out:

“The company is somehow both the city’s most avant-garde and most accessible.”
-Portland Monthly

And of course- grab a ticket to Telephone!
Tickets at link in bio.

Exciting news from our neighbors at Third Rail — X opens this Friday! Directed by PETE founding member Rebecca Lingafelt...
05/21/2026

Exciting news from our neighbors at Third Rail — X opens this Friday!

Directed by PETE founding member Rebecca Lingafelter, featuring ICP alum Olivia Mathews and PETE members Trevor Sargent, Mark Valadez and Jenny Ampersand.

“Stranded in the cosmos, far from the world you know, what remains that roots you to home?

In the distant future, a group of explorers and scientists are abandoned inside an isolated research base on Pluto. All contact with Earth has ceased. As hope gives way to paranoia, time disintegrates and reality is questioned; strange visitations begin to encroach. Faced with a sense of rapidly escalating alienation, the galactic castaways fight to retain their humanity and the relationships upon which their survival depends.”

Dates: May 22 - June 7, 2026
Location: CoHo Theater - 2257 NW Raleigh St, Portland, OR 97210

Tickets and more info available at

Join PETE July 20-31 for our annual Suzuki/Viewpoints Summer Intensive! We will train as an ensemble 10am-4pm, Mon-Fri, ...
05/20/2026

Join PETE July 20-31 for our annual Suzuki/Viewpoints Summer Intensive! We will train as an ensemble 10am-4pm, Mon-Fri, for two weeks at Lewis & Clark College. PETE’s summer intensive offers a thorough grounding in Anne Bogart’s 9 Viewpoints and the Suzuki method of training. These complementary techniques train the body, voice, perception, and creativity of the performing artist, and this intensive will give participants a strong grounding in the fundamentals of these trainings and how they can be applied to use in contemporary performance. PETE’s summer intensive also includes training in using the Viewpoints and Suzuki methods to build ensemble and create original work.

For more about the faculty, tuition, location and lodging options see https://www.petensemble.org/class/viewpointssuzuki-intensive

Quick reminder that the ICP info session is coming up on Thursday at the PETE Studio (2259 NW Raleigh)! If you have ever...
05/19/2026

Quick reminder that the ICP info session is coming up on Thursday at the PETE Studio (2259 NW Raleigh)! If you have ever considered joining our year-long training program please stop by and learn more about the program. Applications for the 26-27 cohort are due June 1! Stop by, have a snack, meet alumni and faculty, see the studio and let us answer all of your questions. We hope you can make it!

More at https://www.petensemble.org/institute

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