Fuse Theatre Ensemble

Fuse Theatre Ensemble An award winning, paradigm shifting performance-based non-profit ensemble in Portland, OR.

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PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=9CU74RAXRWVQN Fuse is celebrating over a decade of producing paradigm shifting theatre in Portland, OR, and around the world. The recipient of six 2019 Drammy Awards, Fuse has become a stalwart of socially motivated theatre in the Portland community. Fuse is the recipient of the 2019 Regional Arts and Culture Council Project Gra

nt, 2019 MCCC grant, 2017 Regional Arts and Culture Council Arts Equity Grant, and 2007 Regional Arts and Culture Council Project Grant. They have traveled the world with their production of Suburban Tribe, won Drammy Awards for their productions of Cabaret, Tether: ADHD+BDSM, and Under the Influence and for their props design for Artist Rep’s The Lieutenant of Inishmore. Fuse has been an ambassador of the Pacific Northwest theatre touring to New Orleans, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Bali, Adelaide, Australia, and Avignon, France. In less than a decade, Fuse has fostered the creation of 18 original works (Craft/Craeft/Kraft, Slap That Bitch, Suburban Tribe, MySp_ce, , Karaoke Night! (the musical), A Virgin in Neverland, (...), Sonnetscape, Under the Influence, Tether: ADHD+BDSM, The Importance of being Frank, I am an Actress, unde+ec+able, Book of J, The Fear of Speaking, and The Pursuit of Happiness) while also producing Portland’s annual celebration of the LGBTQIA+ contribution to theatre, The OUTwright Theatre Festival. Fuse is:

Board:

Jane Comer—President
Kate Mura—Vice President
Shareen Jacobs—Treasurer
Kate Faye Cummings—Co-Secretary
Mikki Gillette-Co-Secretary
Rusty Tennant
Mike Cino
Ernie Lijoi
Megan Murphy Ruckman

Ensemble:

Rusty Tennant--Artistic Director
Sara Fay Goldman--Associate Artistic Director
Kate Mura--Artistic Ambassador
James Dixon--BlaQ OUT Artistic Director
Nikolas Hoback
Jane Comer
Carrie Anne Huneycutt
Alec Lugo
Abby Shrader
Ajai Terrazas Tripathi

The OUTwright Theatre Festival and Freud on Co***ne by Howard Skora got some great press today.  Check out what ensemble...
05/18/2026

The OUTwright Theatre Festival and Freud on Co***ne by Howard Skora got some great press today. Check out what ensemble members Ruby Welch and Ajai Tripathi had to say about their roles in the show and the importance of the whole festival!

This year's featured production is a play titled Freud on Co***ne

Freud on Co***ne by Howard SkoraPresented as the Feature Production of The OUTwright Theatre FestivalMay 14 - June 7, 20...
05/13/2026

Freud on Co***ne by Howard Skora
Presented as the Feature Production of The OUTwright Theatre Festival
May 14 - June 7, 2026
Reed College Performing Arts Building
www.fusetheatreensmble.com/freud

“Austria, we have a problem. A co***ne problem!”

He may be best known as the father of modern psychology, but did you know that Sigmund Freud also had a wicked co***ne habit? And he managed to get all of his family and friends addicted to it, actually killing his best friend and research partner and threatening to destroy his whole career and family.

Fresh off a sold-out Los Angeles run that extended twice, Freud on Co***ne is a hilarious fusion of farcical comedy and postmodern storytelling that sheds new light on the true story that history would rather we forget. If a man as great as Sigmund Freud, with the brain of a genius, can become an addict, anyone can.

Join Freud on this zany trip down the rabbit hole as he battles his own inner demons. A scathing indictment of Big Pharma and the lies and corruption that are the result of when capitalism and healthcare intersect, Freud on Co***ne offers that rare gem of being both outright hilarious and sneakily educational.

Freud on Co***ne is the feature production of The OUTwright Theatre Festival which is celebrating 15 years as the longest running Q***r theatre festival in the nation. Also, part of OUTwright 2026 will be a workshop of Sugar Hole by Amy Driesler and Virginia Baeta. And, of course, no OUTwright would be complete without our much-beloved reading series. This year’s titles include: No Gods No Masters by Mikki Gillette, Shooflies by Heath Hyun Houghton, The Polyamory Play by Cosmo Reynolds, Sudden and Severe Hunger by Meg Schenk, Eyebright by Femmaeve MacQueen-Rose.

All shows will take place at Reed College’s Diver Studio Theatre (except The Sugar Hole which will be presented at The Back Door Theatre).

Content Warnings:
Simulated drug use
Misogyny
Swearing
Gaslighting
Mature audiences only

Directed by Rusty Tennant
with Associate Direction by Matt Pavik

Heath Hyun Houghton, Sigmund
Paulina Jaeger-Rosete, Martha
Drucilla O’Brien, Emma
Ruby Welch, Anna
Ajai Triapthi, Ernst, et al
Sara King, Emmaline
Michael Teufel, Merk

Juliet Mylan, Stage Manager
Ahmad Daniel Santos, Costume Design
Sophina Flores, Lighting Design
Jacquelle Davis, Intimacy
Rusty Tennant, Set and Prop Design
Max Costigan, Technical Director
Ace Lackey, House Manager
Greg Parkinson, Photographer

Freud on Co***ne by Howard SkoraDress RehearsalSet and Props designed by Rusty TennantCostumes designed by Ahmad Daniel ...
05/13/2026

Freud on Co***ne by Howard Skora
Dress Rehearsal

Set and Props designed by Rusty Tennant
Costumes designed by Ahmad Daniel Santos
Lighting designed by Sophina Flores

BUMP this up on your schedule!!Freud on Co***ne by Howard Skora
05/12/2026

BUMP this up on your schedule!!
Freud on Co***ne by Howard Skora

Tech rehearsals are underway for Freud on Co***ne by Howard Skora!!Get your tickets now!! We open Thursday!!
05/11/2026

Tech rehearsals are underway for Freud on Co***ne by Howard Skora!!

Get your tickets now!! We open Thursday!!

Have you heard the buzzzzzzzzz?The addiction begins in one week!Freud on Co***ne by Howard Skora
05/07/2026

Have you heard the buzzzzzzzzz?

The addiction begins in one week!

Freud on Co***ne by Howard Skora

Here it is!The OUTwright Theatre Festival 2026!Tickets are live for Freud on Co***ne.  Tickets for the rest of the festi...
04/22/2026

Here it is!

The OUTwright Theatre Festival 2026!

Tickets are live for Freud on Co***ne. Tickets for the rest of the festival will soon be available.

Photo: Greg Parkinson
Graphics: druobrien444

Announcing the absolutely banger cast of The OUTwright Theatre Festival’s Feature Production: Freud on Co***ne by Howard...
04/16/2026

Announcing the absolutely banger cast of The OUTwright Theatre Festival’s Feature Production:
Freud on Co***ne by Howard Skora

Heath Hyun Houghton as Sigmund Freud
Paulina Jaeger-Rosete as Martha
Ajai Terrazas Tripathi as Ernst
Sara King as Emmaline
Drucilla O’Brien as Emma
Michael Teufel as Merk
Ruby Welch as Anna

Fuse is proud to announce the full line-up for The OUTwright Theatre Festival 2026!
04/15/2026

Fuse is proud to announce the full line-up for The OUTwright Theatre Festival 2026!

We’re one month away from OUTwright 2026 and TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE!
04/14/2026

We’re one month away from OUTwright 2026 and TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE!

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