Profile Theatre On Air

Artistic Director Josh Hecht sits down with season featured playwright Lauren Yee to talk about her inspiration for the three plays Profile is presenting in our 3-day Lauren Yee Festival: Mother Russia, The Song of Summer, and Samsara. They also touch on how becoming a mother has affected Yee's relationship with her work, and what it means to write outside one's own experience or identity.

A behind-the-scenes look at awe/struck 's video design process. A lot of people working in creative professions are increasingly wary of how Artificial Intelligence (AI) will affect their industry. awe/struck 's video designer (Luke Norby) and creative technologist (Scott James) of Five OHM Productions are excited about all of the possibilities AI can offer and view it as a creative asset, rather...

Our season's first episode of Satellite orbits awe/struck, the first of three world premieres Profile will produce this year. Satellite host and Director of Community Engagement Tamara Carroll grabs some time with playwright christopher oscar peña and director Josh Hecht (Artistic Director) on their meal break from rehearsal to discuss the play's origins, its journey and evolution from a Profile s...

Ben Villegas Randle New York based director Ben Villegas Randle shares the parallels between the play, chris peña's story, and his own, as well as his process for understanding the world of the play through concrete visual metaphor. This episode makes reference to negative stereotypes and attitudes towards Latiné immigrants, including those that exist within the Latiné community.

Matthew Sepeda In part 2 of this three-part series orbiting How to Make An American Son , we chat with actor Matthew Sepeda, who plays the lead character Orlando in this production. Sepeda draws connections between his character and his own upbringing, and describes his experience portraying playwright christopher oscar peña as a teenager.

christopher oscar peña We kick off our 3-part series orbiting  How to Make an American Son   with playwright christopher oscar peña. In April, peña came to Portland to workshop his newest play,  Our Orange Sky . Prior to his visit, Director of Community Engagement Tamara Carroll talked to him about what peña refers to as the "alternate metaverse version of my plays, where they are a...

In part 2 of the  Playwright Convening  Satellite series, we hear reflections on the week's work from the playwrights and workshop directors. In the first half, Director of Community Engagement, Tamara Carroll, sits down with  christopher oscar peña  and  Kristoffer Diaz  at the end of their week-long Portland residency, where they workshopped two plays that will enjo...

In this episode, Artistic Director Josh Hecht helps position the Convening, both within The American Generation season, and in Profile’s own history. Following that, Kristoffer Diaz ( Chad Deity, Welcome to Arroyos ) describes the evolution of his new play  Reggie Hoops , and christopher oscar peña shares just how closely his art imitates his life in both  How to Make an American Son , a...