Profile Theatre

Profile Theatre One Playwright. One Vision. One World. Profile’s second Artistic Director, Adriana Baer, led the theater from 2012-2015.

Founded in 1997 by Jane Unger, Profile Theatre has always centered a season around a single writer, spending much of its first fifteen years exploring the work of some of the 20th Centuries most important masters and bringing many of them to Portland to develop work. Adriana was interested in exploring the writers we would come to think of as our “21st Century Masters,” contemporary writers invest

igating the most pressing concerns of our time. Josh Hecht became Artistic Director in 2017. His commitment to new work and robust community engagement has led to two new commissions in 2018-2019 and our Community Profile Program that uses art-making as a means of community-building. Over the past twenty years Profile’s Featured Writers have won 10 Pulitzer Prizes (plus 4 finalists), 20 Tony Awards (plus 7 nominations), 18 Drama Desk Awards, 24 Obie Awards and 3 MacArthur “Genius” Awards. In 2010, Profile Theatre was awarded an inaugural “New National Theatre Company” Award from the American Theatre Wing designed to bring national attention to “the most inspiring and innovative theatre companies on our national landscape.” More recently, Profile has twice been recognized by Age and Gender Equity in the Arts for its leadership in equity, diversity and inclusion.

We are only ONE WEEK AWAY from previews for THE ROOMMATE by Jen Silverman, directed by Jamie M. Rea!Tickets are moving F...
05/30/2026

We are only ONE WEEK AWAY from previews for THE ROOMMATE by Jen Silverman, directed by Jamie M. Rea!

Tickets are moving FAST, and opening weekend is nearing sold out! This is your BEST time to get ticket to the dark comedy from the playwright of WITCH and the director of SAMSARA by Lauren Yee!

THE ROOMMATE runs June 4th - 21st! Click the link below to get your tickets!

https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/the-roommate-4808905

🎭: THE ROOMMATE by Jen Silverman, directed by Jamie M. Rea!
🗓️: June 4-21st
📍: 128 NW 11th Ave, Portland, OR 97209
🎟️: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/the-roommate-4808905

IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO START TROUBLE.We cannot wait for you to meet our delightfully subversive odd-couple Sharon and Ro...
05/29/2026

IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO START TROUBLE.

We cannot wait for you to meet our delightfully subversive odd-couple Sharon and Robyn in THE ROOMMATE by Jen Silverman, directed by Jamie M. Rea!

THE ROOMMATE runs June 4 - 21st, at The Armory! TICKETS ARE GOING FAST! Click the link below to get your tickets!

https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/the-roommate-4808905

🎭: The Roommate by Jen Silverman, directed by Jamie M. Rea
🗓️: June 4 - 21
📍: 128 NW 11th Ave, Portland, OR 97209
🎟️: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/the-roommate-4808905

We are just ONE WEEK AWAY from the opening of THE ROOMMATE by Jen Silverman, directed by Jamie M. Rea!Take a peek into t...
05/28/2026

We are just ONE WEEK AWAY from the opening of THE ROOMMATE by Jen Silverman, directed by Jamie M. Rea!

Take a peek into the rehearsal process of this hilarious and surprising dark comedy by the playwright of WITCH and director of SAMSARA!

THE ROOMMATE runs June 4 - 21st, at The Armory! TICKETS ARE GOING FAST! Click the link below to get your tickets!

https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/the-roommate-4808905

🎭: The Roommate by Jen Silverman, directed by Jamie M. Rea
🗓️: June 4 - 21
📍: 128 NW 11th Ave, Portland, OR 97209
🎟️: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/the-roommate-4808905

We're just over ONE WEEK away from opening night of THE ROOMMATE by Jen Silverman, directed by Jamie M. Rea!Take a peek ...
05/27/2026

We're just over ONE WEEK away from opening night of THE ROOMMATE by Jen Silverman, directed by Jamie M. Rea!

Take a peek into the world of THE ROOMMATE with Scenic Designer Alex Meyer and Set Dressing & Properties Coordinator Olivia Vavroch! Alex and Olivia are meticulous in their design of an Iowan rural home, with warm rustic textures, and architecture that suggests both isolation and coming-together.

See the incredible designs yourself in THE ROOMMATE by Jen Silverman, directed by Jamie M. Rea running June 4 - 21!

TICKETS ARE GOING FAST! Click the link below to get your tickets!

https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/the-roommate-4808905

🎭: THE ROOMMATE by Jen Silverman, directed by Jamie M. Rea
📅: June 4 - 21
📍: 128 NW 11th Ave, Portland, OR 97209
🎟: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/the-roommate-4808905

Celebrate with us on Friday, June 5 at PRIDE NIGHT for THE ROOMMATE!Pride Night is an affinity event during which we cen...
05/23/2026

Celebrate with us on Friday, June 5 at PRIDE NIGHT for THE ROOMMATE!

Pride Night is an affinity event during which we center the LGBTQIA+ community for a fun evening at the theatre. Community members and their guests enjoy:
-A free pre-show party at 6:30pm
-Free door prizes
-A free glass of wine (or non-alcoholic beverage)
-A dark comedy about what it takes to re-route your life – and what happens when the wheels come off: The Roommate by Jen Silverman, at 7:30pm!

Tickets for Pride Night are Pick-Your-Price for LGBTQIA+ community members and their guests. Simply enter the code PRIDEROOM at checkout to reveal hidden $5, $10, or $15 tickets. Pick the price that best suits you!

Click the link below to get your tickets to THE ROOMMATE by Jen Silverman, directed by Jamie M Rea!

https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/the-roommate-4808905

🎭: THE ROOMMATE by Jen Silverman, directed by Jamie M Rea
📅: June 4 - 21st
📍: The Armory, 128 NW 11th Ave, Portland, OR 97209
🎟: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/the-roommate-4808905

Introducing the cast of THE ROOMMATE by Jen Silverman, directed by Jamie M. Rea!Meet ELEANOR O'BRIEN, playing ROBYN!"Ele...
05/21/2026

Introducing the cast of THE ROOMMATE by Jen Silverman, directed by Jamie M. Rea!

Meet ELEANOR O'BRIEN, playing ROBYN!

"Eleanor O'Brien returns for her fifth Profile show, debuting in 2007 as Heidi in Wasserstein's Heidi CHRONICLES, then Lisa Kron's WELL, Anna Deavere Smith's LET ME DOWN EASY (both alongside her mother, Vana O'Brien), and pandemic-era radio Hot 'n Throbbing (dir. Jamie Rae). For twenty years she's been Artistic Director of Dance Naked Creative, Portland's sex-positive theater company -writing solo shows GGG: DO******IX FOR DUMMIES, LUST & MARRIAGE, PLAN V: THE RISE OF REVERENCE; directing ensembles INVITING DESIRE, WHAT IS EROTIC?, S*X WE CAN!, and her latest, Fertile Ground hit IGNITING DESIRE.

MFA: USD/Old Globe. TV: Grimm, Reform School Girls. Mostly, delightfully, analog.

patreon.com/dancenaked"

We're thrilled that our audiences will get to see Eleanor's incredible work in-person in just two short weeks! Don't miss this dark comedy from the playwright of WITCH, click the link below to get your tickets!

https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/the-roommate-4808905

Introducing the cast of THE ROOMMATE by Jen Silverman, directed by Jamie M. Rea!Meet GAIL DARTEZ, playing SHARON!"Gail i...
05/21/2026

Introducing the cast of THE ROOMMATE by Jen Silverman, directed by Jamie M. Rea!

Meet GAIL DARTEZ, playing SHARON!

"Gail is deeply grateful to work on this play for Profile Theatre with such a joyous and inspiring creative team!

Acting: Estelle/Marie-Pierre – The Event (Artists Repertory Theatre); Helga – Deathtrap, Hippolyta/Titania – A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Sacramento Theatre Company); Nurse/Prince – Romeo and Juliet (Davis Shakespeare Festival); Love and Information, The Typographer’s Dream, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Relatively Speaking (Capital Stage, Sacramento) Bay Area: Magic Theatre, Bay Area Playwright's Festival, Berkeley Shakespeare Festival. Regional: Long Wharf Theatre, Yale Repertory Theater, New York Stage and Film Company, New American Theater (IL). MFA: Yale School of Drama and a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

Directing: The Arsonists (Capital Stage); Antigone, The Rover, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, (Big Idea Theatre); Orlando, The Turn of The Screw (SacImpulse)

Gail is also an Adjunct Professor of Theatre and a Theatre Teaching Artist.

With love and gratitude to Don."

We're thrilled that our audiences will get to see Gail's incredible work in-person in just two short weeks! Don't miss this dark comedy from the playwright of WITCH, click the link below to get your tickets!

https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/the-roommate-4808905

In spring 2027 comes a WORLD PREMIERE of a Profile Theatre commission, ALPHA ASIANS by Mike Lew!BROS! Listen up. The tru...
05/21/2026

In spring 2027 comes a WORLD PREMIERE of a Profile Theatre commission, ALPHA ASIANS by Mike Lew!

BROS! Listen up. The truly dope brothers of Asian-American fraternity Alpha Zeta Nu (AZN) are about to embark on an epic pledge week of partying, ball taps, and absolutely based fraternal camaraderie. That is, until their Greek life comes face-to-face with Greek tragedy. Featured Playwright Mike Lew examines Asian-American identity, toxic masculinity, and pervasive stereotypes around Asian men, and does so with some serious comedy chops.

This production is the world-premiere of a Profile Theatre commission! Over the past two years, we have worked in close partnership with Mike to develop this script. Our audiences have had the unique experience of watching this script grow – having heard the very first draft at our 2025 Playwright Festival. We could not be more excited to share this distinctly Profile show with you!

ALPHA ASIANS runs June 3rd - 20th, 2027. Click the link below to learn more!

https://profiletheatre.org/2026-2027-season/

In February, 2027 we bring you TINY FATHER by Mike Lew!Overnight, easygoing Daniel’s life is flipped upside down when a ...
05/21/2026

In February, 2027 we bring you TINY FATHER by Mike Lew!

Overnight, easygoing Daniel’s life is flipped upside down when a friends-with-benefits situation leaves him the only-father of a baby girl delivered three months early. He begins to learn the ins and outs of caring for a premature baby with the help of tough-love NICU nurse Caroline. But Daniel has a growing distrust of rigid hospital protocols, and Caroline harbors doubt in Daniel’s fitness as a father. Exploring the tension between parents, healthcare professionals, and hospitals, Tiny Father is a hilarious and heartfelt battle-of-wills.

Profile’s production marks only the third time this script has seen the stage, previously produced by Barrington Stage Company and the Chataqua Institution and LA’s Geffen Playhouse. Our production brings Mike back to Portland to continue to refine and evolve the script with Portland actors – our audiences will be the first to see the newest revised script!

TINY FATHER runs February 4th - 21st, 2027! Click the link below to learn more.

https://profiletheatre.org/2026-2027-season/

The 2026-2027 Season opens with flourish, with the seductive and tense SPAIN by Jen Silverman!Step into a slippery world...
05/21/2026

The 2026-2027 Season opens with flourish, with the seductive and tense SPAIN by Jen Silverman!

Step into a slippery world where the line between truth and fiction is all in the packaging. It’s 1936, and a pair of passionate filmmakers have landed their next big project: a sweeping Spanish Civil War film with the potential to change American hearts and minds. It just happens to be bankrolled by the KGB. Spain by Jen Silverman is a seductive and tense thriller about the power of art to change the world – for better and for worse.

One of the most ambitious productions in recent Profile history, Spain is a grand cross-disciplinary spectacle featuring multiple partnerships with arts organizations throughout Portland, including live opera developed in partnership with Portland Opera, and both recorded and live music performed by musicians with 45th Parallel!

SPAIN runs October 22nd - November 8th, 2026! Click the link below to learn more!

https://profiletheatre.org/2026-2027-season/

Friends, this will be our most ambitious season yet!We are thrilled to introduce you to a season full of flourish, darin...
05/21/2026

Friends, this will be our most ambitious season yet!

We are thrilled to introduce you to a season full of flourish, daring, heart, intelligence, and knee–slapping hilarity. The 2026-2027 Season is:

SPAIN by Jen Silverman, Directed by Josh Hecht
October 22nd - Nov. 8th, 2026
A seductive and tense thriller from the playwright of WITCH! Featuring partnerships with Portland Opera and 45th Parallel.

TINY FATHER by Mike Lew
February 4th - 21st, 2027
A hilarious a heartfelt battle-of-wills!

ALPHA ASIANS by Mike Lew
June 3rd - 20th, 2027
A WORLD PREMIERE of a Profile commission!

Jen Silverman and Mike Lew are two of the most theatrical artistic visions of the modern stage. With our 2026-2027 Season, you can dive into their work in a way that is deeper, and more awe-inspiring than ever before.

Members will be the FIRST to get access to tickets for these (and all of our) shows! Click the link below to learn more and become a Profile Member!

https://profiletheatre.org/memberships/

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216 NW 13th Street
Portland, OR
97209

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 6pm
Tuesday 12pm - 4pm
Wednesday 12pm - 4pm
Thursday 12pm - 4pm
Friday 12pm - 4pm

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+15032420080

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