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Volume No. 22, Issue No. 11 www.swportlandpost.com Portland, Oregon Complimentary September 2014 West Portland resident Jon “Yosh” Yoshiwara recalls his days with the apple-green dining room reads . By Lee Braymen-Cleary For a well framed photo of Boston’s The Southwest Portland Post Fenway Park as well as a dozen baseball player nutcrackers garbed in varied red, In July, Netflix released a compelling, white and blue baseball uniforms domi- high quality documentary, entitled nate. (His wife, Theresa, wild about “The Battered Bastards of Baseball.” nutcrackers, supports his passion.) Written and directed by Portland Mav- The game has figured in his life for ericks owner ’s grandchil- so long that Yoshiwara, whose given dren Chapman and Macclain Way, it name is Jon, cannot remember when he uses original footage and recounts how became “Yosh.” “Jon disappeared long the Mavericks played superior heart- ago when I got into sports,” he said. felt baseball with a zany irreverence, Because his father, Ted, played base- sealing themselves into the annals of ball, his older brothers, Ted and Dean Portland’s sports and cultural history. swallowed the baseball bug, too. So Jon “Yosh” Yoshiwara is calm and their younger brother Jon’s baseball level headed, personable and honest. activities were all but a foregone con- This West Portlander is the sort of man clusion. parents would want for their children’s A native of Southern California, Yo- physical education teacher. shiwara played high school ball there And from 1980 to 2010 that’s what before playing in junior college. Next Yoshiwara was: an elementary and it was Cal-Poly State University at San middle school PE teacher, instilling fair Luis Obispo. play and strengthening young bodies. “If it doesn’t work out here, come up Yoshiwara taught first at Portland’s and see me in Portland” said Bing Rus- Astor Elementary School in North Port- sell, the successful character actor who land and later at Jackson Middle School. played many roles including Clem, the Jon “Yosh” Yoshiwara played for the Portland Mavericks back in the 1970s. He hung on He is now retired, but one peek at his (Continued on Page 7) to his jersey and cap. (Post photo by Lee Braymen-Cleary) Sears Armory property redevelopment moves along…slowly of Portland’s west side emergency op- the city wanted to “insure the future formation officer at Portland Bureau By Erik Vidstrand erations facility, recently was granted long-term development of the site of Emergency Management. The Southwest Portland Post a new zoning designation by the which respects the fabric and height “A fueling station will be built Portland City Council: EG2 (general allowances in surrounding zones.” first,” Douthit explained, “but the The former SFC Jerome F. Sears mixed employment) with conditions. Originally slated for affordable current budget [of $1.2 million] will Army Reserve Center, future home According to Ordinance 186711, housing, the city of Portland took pos- not be enough to cover the project. session of the site in September 2012 The facility needs ADA updates, after a multi-year process involving earthquake retrofitting, and other federal agencies, city bureaus, and components of the master plan that the surrounding neighborhood. was approved.” The City Council considered con- Douthit reminded everyone that cerns raised by the Multnomah the Sears Armory property was free: Neighborhood Association, as well it was a gift from the Department of as information submitted by the ap- Defense. plicant’s representative. “The city places a high priority According to memos from the city, on this project,” Douthit continued, any request to increase building “There is a big need for an emergency height beyond 45 feet, the process center on the west side.” shall be subject to a Type II Adjust- A new emergency center just ment Review. opened at Southeast Powell Bou- According to the city auditor, La- levard and 99th Avenue. City and Vonne Griffin-Valade, the ordinance other emergency personnel will also addresses a 25-foot (front) build- preside here in the event of a major ing setback. emergency. “This will contribute to a building A fueling station is located at envelope that respects the fabric of Southwest First Avenue and Jefferson the established neighborhood,” Va- Street. However, if bridges are down, The Portland City Council recently approved a zone change for the Sears Armory property, lade wrote. “It sets a 15-foot setback and debris makes it impossible to fuel allowing the Bureau of Emergency Management to move forward on development. where the site abuts to the rear of vehicles, the new west side emer- (Post photo by Erik Vidstrand) the lot.” gency location would be utilized. Jim Peterson, Multnomah Neigh- According to the city, the project is Don’t forget to renew your subscription. Form on Page 2. borhood Association’s land use chair, expected to take 18 months. has been communicating with the “We’re willing to come back to the The Southwest Portland Post city for years about this project. neighborhood meeting in the fall,” 4207 SE Woodstock Blvd #509 “[Without a height limitation] they Douthit said. “We want to be as transparent as possible during the Portland, OR 97206 could build another U.S. Bancorps Tower if they wanted to,” Peterson entire process.” exclaimed. “We need to monitor the Multnomah Neighborhood Associ- city at every move.” ation meetings are held on the second The Post contacted the city and Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. asked about the height limit. The city at the Multnomah Arts Center, Room said there were some exemptions. 30. For more information about the “A free-standing communication Sears Armory progress, please con- tower is not subject to the land review tact project manager, Rich Attridge at process,” said Dan Douthit, public in- [email protected]. 2 • The Southwest Portland Post EDITORIAL September 2014

Sixteen storm filter vaults will be Kudos to the volunteers who this would take one or two people an installed to clean storm water runoff, hour or two per week for most of the and it sends a message to county of- attempted to cleanup this year, and more than that during the ficials and developers to never again triangle of land peak seasons. Is there no way to get construct buildings on the banks of the city to take responsibility? creeks. Regarding, “Trash, overgrowth and I can hear the discussion now. This There will soon be a temporary camping rampant in Multnomah Village is Portland Bureau of Transportation prop- pedestrian bridge over Fanno Creek. park,” letter by Marsha Overton, editorial erty, and we don’t maintain parks. PBOT Carter & Company is the contrac- response by Don Snedecor, photo by Erik might need this right-of-way in the future, The Southwest Portland Post tor. They also built the Union Street so we can’t give it to the Park Bureau. On 4207 SE Woodstock Blvd #509 Vidstrand, The Post, August 2014. Bridge in Salem (basically, a rails-to- I was moved to stop and walk and on and back and forth. Portland, OR 97206 trails pedestrian and bike bridge over [through Multnomah Village Park] after What if we as citizens raise our voices Fax: (866) 727-5336 the Willamette River) and also helped reading The Post article and anyone can and ask that this kind of maintenance be email: [email protected] with the Banks-Vernonia State Trail see what a task this is. It appears that included in the proposed transportation which was a rails-to-trails project. at some point quite a bit of landscaping tax? Yes, the needs are already huge [As a result of the temporary clo- was attempted. Landscape cloth is vis- and unfunded, but somehow other When will other Southwest sure] many drivers are doing highly ible in several places, and a number of cities I’ve visited manage to maintain streets get upgraded like illegal things and also driving very plants have been planted. small green-spaces. Maplewood Road? fast on the nearby southwest Portland But the job of maintaining this space roads. as a garden or park space seems far too Jeremy Grand Kyle Chisek, from the Portland big for a group of volunteers. Surely Southwest Coronado Street In 2013, two bureaus in Portland Bureau of Transportation, told me worked together to make Maplewood this summer that PBOT has asked the Road more walkable, from the cor- Oregon Department of Transportation ner of 45th Avenue and Multnomah to lower the speed limit on Vermont Boulevard towards 51st Avenue near Street, from 30th Avenue to the county Maplewood School. line from 35 miles per hour. I’ve heard the same thing will be The new limit might become 30 done on Hamilton Street which con- mph. Somehow, Cameron Road is nects Scholls Ferry Road to Dosch 35 mph which connects from 45th Road. Avenue to Shattuck Road. Are you aware of the $7.3 million I would like to see Shattuck Road, dollar Fanno Creek bridge construc- the southern stretch from the Beaver- tion on Oleson Road just south of ton-Hillsdale Highway to Vermont “Crash Corner” by Parr Lumber in Street, receive the same, lower-cost Raleigh Hills? (versus sidewalk and bike lane) up- Approximately 11,000 freight grade that Maplewood Road got in trucks, school buses, cars use that 2013. bridge every day. Many people are Vermont Street, from Southwest now speeding on roads in south- 45th Ave to 65th Ave, needs the west Portland that have not been same upgrade as Maplewood Road upgraded. received. Put it on the south part of I do want to make it known that I’m Vermont. Cameron Street also needs very excited about the new bridge. that upgrade along with a lower An eight-unit apartment was built on speed limit to 25 mph. the banks of Fanno Creek, bulldozed earlier this year and that half-acre will Rick Kappler be given to nature. Southwest Portland

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The Post is printed on recycled newsprint using soy-based inks. September 2014 NEWS The Southwest Portland Post • 3 Commissioner Novick brings OurStreetsPDX media tour to Multnomah entire length of the road. Large segments By Erik Vidstrand and Don Snedecor of that plan are still incomplete. to building new streets The Southwest Portland Post According to Don Baack, president of and sidewalks in South- SW Trails, it currently costs $21.7 million west was for the Bureau of Environmental Services Community activists, reporters, and per mile for full street improvements (streets, curbs, sidewalks, and storm- and the Transportation city officials gathered at the corner of Bureau to work together Capitol Highway and Garden Home drains). The reasoning behind this is that the on improvements and to Road, across from Handy Andy’s in find ways to reduce costs. Multnomah Village, on Aug. 19 to meet topography and stormwater management is more complicated in Southwest. “We need to be cre- with Portland Transportation Commis- ative,” Liden said. “We sioner Steve Novick. Novick said that first and foremost is the safety of citizens and maintenance of need efficient designs to This was the last stop on a media tour improve the safety of the of a few of Portland’s maintenance and all the city’s existing streets. “We must get a handle on the most basic streets.” safety needs as part of the Our Streets Baack suggested that PDX transportation funding conversa- street needs before constructing improve- ments,” Novick explained above the roar recent improvements to tion. rural Maplewood Road, The tour showcased busy streets that of cars and buses traveling along Capitol Highway. which expanded gravel lack sidewalks and commercial corridors shoulders to allow for in need of preventive maintenance. According to Baack, who spoke first, the city must find more efficient designs to pedestrians, was the kind City officials also introduced the Port- of solution folks in South- land Transportation Needs Guidebook, improve transportation and stormwater management. west were looking for. an online compilation of the maintenance Mark Lear, a planner and safety needs identified by the Port- “If we can build seven times as many sidewalks using different approaches,” with the transportation land Bureau of Transportation and priori- bureau, said that ap- Keith Liden (left) and Commissioner Steve Novick (right) tized by community input over the years. Baack suggested, “SW Trails strongly listen as Don Baack talks about the lack of sidewalks in support that effort.” proach could work on The main topic at the news event was low traffic streets, but not Southwest. (Post photo by Erik Vistrand) the extreme cost of putting in sidewalks The organization has been supporting all steps toward improving connectivity, on major arterials such as along Capitol Highway from Taylors and Southwest Portland,” Novick said. safer crossings, more complete streets, Capitol Highway. Ferry Road to Garden Home Road. “We need to have the best bang for the which in turn will make the community The Post asked Novick why the city was It’s been 18 years since the completion buck.” more livable. continuing to issue “waivers of remon- of the 1996 Capitol Highway Plan, which For more than a year, Mayor Hales and Keith Liden, a Bridlemile resident and strance” to developers building homes called for sidewalks and bike lanes the Commissioner Novick have been calling bicycle commuter, suggested that the key on unimproved streets, in a community so badly in need of improved streets and for more investment in transportation. sidewalks. They have been addressing longstanding Baskin-Robbins to be torn down and Novick, who lives about 10 blocks from issues with diminishing resources from this event, explained that new construc- the gas tax. replaced by OnPoint Credit Union tion projects create floating sidewalks Since January, Hales and Novick have asked the public for input on transporta- a safe place to save their money and to (there is an example on Multnomah Boulevard across from Grand Central tion priorities and options for raising The Country Store provide low-cost loans for those looking Baking). money. They expect to have a proposal to build a better life. “If we could have this money pooled,” for City Council to consider in November. Two other branches are also being Novick said, “more important sidewalk According to Novick, workgroups have By Erik Vidstrand built: one on the bus mall at Stark and improvements could be developed to al- been created to work on the street tax. One The Southwest Portland Post Fifth; the other on West Burnside at low for better connectivity.” group is looking at business fees; another 20th Avenue. One of Novick’s aides explained that at residential fees, a third is considering Bob Dylan sang it, “the times, they The branches will create approxi- the new website, Our Streets PDX, is an how low-income residents can contribute. are a changin’.” Sorry ice cream cake mately 25 jobs for the local community. interactive site with tabs for maintenance, “We’re trying to find a new formula,” lovers, the Hillsdale Baskin-Robbins is “We’re committed to the financial fees, repairs that are needed, and a list of Novick said. For more information about no more. Demolition is next. That, and well-being of our members and adding “safe routes to school.” the transportation funding conversation construction of a new concept for the new branches is one way we are help- “I don’t want to compare East County visit www.OurStreetsPDX.com. community. ing them achieve their goals with better Located in the Hillsdale town center, access to our financial products and OnPoint, a community credit union, re- services,” said Rob Stuart, OnPoint’s cently broke ground and will serve the president and chief executive officer. area in a so-called “credit union desert.” The Baskin-Robbins has been in the Community leaders have been trying Hillsdale neighborhood since 1967 and for years to draw some type of business has no plans to reopen anywhere else. at the site of the old Estby gas station. The closest one is in Garden Home. Bankers from JP Morgan Chase had The project will consist of a four-unit presented plans to build a branch at the commercial building spanning both site some years ago, but activists and sites and won’t open its doors until business leaders shut them down due early next year. to several issues the community did Richard Brown Architect AIA has de- not agree to. signed a building to replace Hillsdale’s OnPoint was founded in 1932 as Baskin-Robbins and the vacant lot next Portland Teachers Credit Union. Six- door. (Drawings courtesy of Richard teen schoolteachers gathered to create Brown Architect AIA) 4 • The Southwest Portland Post CALENDAR September 2014

Multnomah Village. Come celebrate Maplewood Community Life “Back to School” with refreshments, 10 Neighborhood specials and live music. Visit www. Association Meeting: multnomahvillage.org for more in- Wednesday Sept. 10, By KC Cowan formation. 6:45 – 8:30 p.m. at the The Southwest Portland Post Maplewood School Hayhurst Neighborhood As- library, 7452 SW 52nd Hillsdale Neighborhood As- 8 sociation: will meet on Monday, Ave. Bob Stacy, Metro 3 sociation Meeting: will meet on Sept. 8 at 7:00 p.m. at Hayhurst Councilor Position No. Wednesday, Sept. 3, at 7:00 p.m. at St. School, 5037 SW Iowa St. Among the 6, will be guest speaker. Barnabas Church, 2201 SW Vermont St. agenda items will be a discussion of For more information, Contact Mikal Apenes 503-705-9777, the impact the temporary closure of contact Maplewood@ [email protected] or visit www. 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Matt Miner music many more years. Always one who has wanted to share an album or compact Ask About A FREE 3 Day (Continued from Page 6) disc when he heard something good, Vacation Voucher To Over what is called “singer-songwriter” or Miner says he’ll just continue, keeping 20 Destinations!!! “Americana” style. But just because it’s the music live and alive. in a smaller space, does not mean the For information on upcoming concerts, talent is lacking. Miner says he would email [email protected] compare the singers to that of James Taylor or Carole King. “The people I represent are every bit as talented as those people, but they ei- ther didn’t get the same kind of breaks, or they didn’t choose to take them when they came along,” he said. “Same caliber, but not the same level of fame.” One concert that has become espe- cially popular at O’Connor’s is the Songwriter Circle, held nearly every month. Two or three musicians get together and share songs, back each other up, and play all original work. It regularly sells out. Since starting his house concerts, The perfect Miner has developed a reputation season to among local and out-of-state musicians for putting together quality evenings that celebrate music. With an emailing list of nearly 700, he attracts enough of a crowd to guarantee rich yo a decent payout for the talent, plus a en ur little something for himself. It’s not, li however, a “living” by any stretch of fe! the imagination. “No, it’s mostly a labor of love. I PCC Community Ed offers dozens of non-credit classes in Southwest Portland wouldn’t want to figure out how much this fall and hundreds more throughout the district and online. Start exploring today! I get paid by the hour,” he laughed. But it also isn’t so demanding, that www.pcc.edu/communityed Miner can’t imagine not doing this for 7.45" X 5.0" SW Portland Post (PCC Community Ed) 6 • The Southwest Portland Post FEATURES September 2014 Garden Home’s Matt Miner is keeping the music live with small concerts

on National Public Radio about people venue outside his home. O’Connor’s By KC Cowan doing “house concerts,” where profes- looked like a good fit, and Miner said The Southwest Portland Post sional musicians performed in a private owner Steve Arel immediately jumped home setting. on board. Portland is known for having an “And then I happened to run into “The management and staff are re- outstanding music scene, with jazz to (musician) Richard Moore. And said, ally supportive. Steve actually kicks in rock and everything in between. But would you be willing to try this thing money to the till, and he runs the door. when you no longer want to hassle with out?” He’s very supportive, whether it looks the crowds at the Rose Garden, or risk The answer was yes, and Moore like it will be a moneymaker or not. He your hearing with mega-loud concerts, brought in jazz singer Mary Katterly to lets me do what I want to do here.” you start looking around for something round out the show. Miner sold tickets, And what Miner wants to do is cre- different. and his wife, Sasha Kaplan, decided ate as intimate a music experience as You just may find it at O’Connor’s to cook a buffet for the guests. They he did in his own home. That’s why Vault, a small music venue in the for- charged $12.50 a head. O’Connor’s works so well. There are mer Multnomah Bank and next door “And from that one, we did 50 of no distractions like a bunch of rowdy to O’Connor’s Restaurant and Bar in those in six and a half years, to at the bar patrons in the background. The en- Multnomah Village. end we were charging upwards of $30 vironment lets you focus on the music. The man behind the music is Garden to $35 per person and seating 40 to 45 “It’s not about the scene, it’s about the Home resident Matt Miner, a former people for the show,” Miner said. music,” says Miner. Matt Miner stands outside O'Connor's television producer who has always But the toll of hosting all those people Mostly what you’ll find at these Vault in Multnomah Village where he had love for a good song. and moving his furniture for each show concerts are acoustic performances in regularly schedules intimate music events. About 10 years ago, he heard a story made Miner start looking around for a (Continued on Page 5) (Post photo by KC Cowan) Post A to Z Business card directory 503-244-6933

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Jon “Yosh” Yoshiwara soldiers during that war. (Continued from Page 1) The men of the 100th Battalion earned deputy sheriff, for years on the televi- eight Presidential Unit Citations and 21 sion hit series, “.” Medals of Honor. Ted Yoshiwara him- No pun intended, but Russell was a self received a Purple Heart. “big picture” guy whose passion for Whichever role he played, gen- baseball eclipsed even his love of acting, eral manager or infielder, third son and he’d seen the youngest Yoshiwara Jon “Yosh” Yoshiwara simply had brother play ball. So our future PE fun. That’s what Russell wanted. “We teacher traveled north toward unforget- weren’t hooligans,” says Yoshiwara table athletic adventure. with a calm smile. If you were a Portlander and baseball “But we had to play second fiddle to buff in the 1970s, you may remember the Blazers and Timbers.” So the Mavs Russell as the energy, mind, mouth and with a chip on their collective shoulders money behind our colorful, indepen- made their mark. dent team, the “You know, we did things like rub- Portland Mavericks. bing it in when we beat other teams,” The ’ organized Yoshiwara continued. “Or if the other Actor , filmmakers Chapman Way and and Maclain Way, and team moved to Spokane for the lack of team’s pitcher got replaced, we sang composer Brocker Way pose for a portrait during the 2014 Sundance Film Festival audience in 1972, so Russell purchased the old Roy Rogers theme song, ‘Happy screening of “Battered Bastards of Baseball” on January 20 in Park City, Utah. their territory for a walloping $500. Trails.’” (Photo by Larry Busacca, Getty Images) From 1973 to 1977 Russell lived out a Then, of course, there was that wacky dream. sweep. If the Mavs won a series, out a hard job. Yet I’ve spoken with team His “gall-darned” independent “A” came the broom, used first to sweep members he had to release back then. level team played great baseball from bases and then to be set afire. But that Even they have nothing but respect for the heart, capturing local fans’ senti- single broom was not the only thing the man.” Estate Sale ments and sense of humor. to be lit. In July, Netflix released a compelling, Dressed in their eye catching street- The fans’ imagination came next. high quality documentary, entitled 16161 SW 130th Terrace #30 walker red, dig black and snow white Soon they toted their own brooms to “The Battered Bastards of Baseball.” uniforms, the “Mavs” turned local games and waved them in support of a Written and directed by Bing Rus- Tigard, OR 97224 baseball attendance on its ear, ranking sweep. Then they watched as the entire sell’s grandchildren Chapman and September 5-6 highest nationally in minor league fan club ran the perimeter of the field like Macclain Way, it uses original footage attendance, with that attendance grow- soccer players, Russell in the lead. and recounts how the Mavericks played 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ing year after year. Off-field high spirits also flourished. superior heart-felt baseball with a zany Their excellence as well as their edgy “We traveled in an old Laidlaw school irreverence, sealing themselves into an- outrageousness even garnered the at- bus that someone tore the back seats out nals of Portland’s sports and cultural tention of national sports commentator of. That space was supposed to be the history. Joe Garagiola. place where the next day’s pitcher slept. Yoshiwara provides commentary as The quirky Mavericks gained acclaim But we played cards back there, had do others like former Oregon Journal for at least one additional reason. They a good time. We didn’t hate traveling sports writer Ken Wheeler; Oregonian made Yoshiwara general manager in like other ball players did,” he recalled. sports writer Nick Bertram; 1974-75 1977. In other words, our 22-year-old Still, he remembers that a few Mavs team manager Frank Peters; and Rus- Maverick infielder was the country’s had some problems. “We all made $300 sell’s son, actor /baseball-player Kurt first Asian American to hold that pro- a month in 1976, but we were also each Russell. fessional post. given a check that amounted to $7.50 a Highly informative, entertaining and “I didn’t think anything about it at the day for all travel meals. Some card play- nostalgic, “The Battered Bastards” is a time. I was a third generation Japanese ers got into a little trouble food-wise, must see, not just for baseball fans, not American. But now I guess being first but we worked it out.” just for Portlanders. at anything is noteworthy.” “If we played for fun, we also played Anyone with a heart for the underdog What Yoshiwara didn’t say is that he for Bing,” said Yoshiwara. “He gave will enjoy seeing this raggle-taggle team might downplay his accomplishments so many players rejected by the big prevail over the controlling, monolithic because of his father, Ted, who was leagues a second chance. He was a institution of organized baseball. socio-politically a hard act to follow. salesman from the get go, but never an Today, Yoshiwara won’t say the “bad During World War II the elder Yo- insincere one.” boy” Mavericks were cult figures. But shiwara fought for the United States of “His passion alone fueled everything. he could change his mind. The film is America in the much honored 442nd With his two degrees from Dartmouth, going viral. And however surprisingly, Regiment, 100th Battalion. he was brilliant and could relate to Adidas now manufactures Maverick At a time when Japanese Americans everyone from the highest politician to clothing. entered concentration camps stateside, players to sports writers to ticket sellers Get ready to see the iconic retro red, these crack infantry men [wanting to to the ground crew.” black and white duds recoup their hey- prove their loyalty] were earning the “You had this loyalty to Bing. He was day in the 21st Century. Who knows, largest number of decorations of all a nice man, but a tough one who had some wearers may even carry brooms! 8 • The Southwest Portland Post FEATURES September 2014 Gabriel Park becomes the Bard’s yard in Allard’s ‘Taming of the Shrew’

Shakespeare’s still, if one thes- casting Kate and Petruchio as both Theatre Review realm, acting in pian flubs lines, women or as both men,” said Allard. summer stock, improve can run “At this point in time, audiences toler- London Theatre rampant. No ate ‘gender bent’ performances. We By Lee Braymen-Cleary productions, Off wonder these may still do a gay or lesbian perfor- The Southwest Portland Post Broadway and flexible profes- mance sometime.” Off-Off Broad- sionals, donning Wouldn’t that be interesting? Imagi- If you love Shakespeare—or even if way. costumes they nation can barely grasp the spin such Western Civilization’s vaunted poet Allard made supply them- a cast would put on the misogynistic scares your socks off—you missed a gutsy choice selves, are paid aspect of “Shrew.” something. Actors of the Original when starting well! If the OPSFest approach to play Practice Shakespeare Festival per- the OPSFest. He “The Taming delivery is different, it is even more formed “The Taming of the Shrew” defied standard of the Shrew” different for the audience to see one Aug. 9 outdoors at Gabriel Park near classical theater occurs in Italy. character cast as a prompter. More the baseball diamond. guidelines, opt- In this perfor- different still to see actors reading their You have never seen “Shrew” like ing for the sel- mance, two ten- lines off of scrolls just in case they for- this! Gone was a long-rehearsed per- dom implement- foot-by-ten-foot get their unrehearsed lines. fectionist production like you can see ed “original tents and audi- Even more different to see the full in Ashland, Stratford-upon-Avon or practice” meth- ence suspension cast ignore their lines to perform a other holy Shakespeare stages. od. He wanted of disbelief will “plane dance” when overhead a noisy Such formal productions can intimi- his stable of ac- transport us sans jet blots out the power of their voices. date those daunted by Early Modern tors—now numbering 50—to perform air ticket. The Shakespearean language This departure from play norms can English. So instead, OPSFest’s family- as a coterie of Shakespearean scholars is still in tact, but to make things easy raise first amazement, then laughter, friendly, highly-improvisational per- believe the Bard’s original players did. the OPSFest program elucidates the in the audience. formance encouraged audience input: Allard could not replicate the process plot in 50 words. Kiddies and picnic baskets abounded laughter, boos, hisses, even the odd exactly because those treading Elizabe- Baptista’s daughter Bianca is beset under a large tree; its generous shade wolf whistles. than boards back then rehearsed not with suitors, but can’t marry until after and the wind cooled the 85 degree You could say that like Petruchio at all and performed 20 to 25 plays her shrewish sister Katherina. Bianca’s temperature. of “Shrew,” the company’s founding a month. What memorization skills suitors pay the roguish Petruchio to If you missed out on “Shrew,” you artistic director, Brian Allard, believes they had! marry Katherina, who works to tame have another chance to see OPSFest “No profit grows where no pleasure Instead, OPSFest actors were as- his new wife’s wild tongue. Bianca’s performance at 1:00 p.m. on Sept. 28th. ta’en.” And it is all for free! signed their play without knowing suitors squabble (often in disguise), This time, the Bard’s crew performs Allard created the OPSFest six years which roles they’d perform until the and Katherina returns to her sister’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at ago. He has performed Shakespeare morning before went go on stage. “We wedding a perfect wife. Gabriel Park. Take a lunch and laugh with an American touring company, do this to compensate for the fact that Shakespeare’s players were all men. yourself silly. the New England Shakespeare Festi- our actors are only doing nine plays So the audience was not surprised to You might also like to know that val, the Portland’s Oregon Children’s this summer; therefore, actors peruse see a man playing a female character OPSFest performs at other Portland Theatre, the Northwest Classical their play and learn several roles per or even a female playing a male role city parks. They perform at special Theatre, Post 5 Theatre and the Blue show,” said Allard. like Sarah Jane Fridlich did in her role parties as well. For a complete list of Monkey Theatre. No rehearsals? Well, they do re- of Tranio. offerings and contact information, visit Allard has also traveled beyond hearse fights, dances and songs. But “We’ve even toyed with the idea of www.opsfest.org.

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