Fertile Ground Festival of New Works

An annual 11-day city-wide festival of new works in Portland, Oregon. A local fringe festival for Portland area artists. Jan 28-Feb 7 2021

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Thanks to Willamette Weekly for shouting out the Fertile Ground Festival among the many virtual offerings our community has to offer! 2021 productions will be available until Monday! For many Portlanders stuck inside from the snow: marathon anyone? https://t.co/cTqWQDvWy2

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"Covid changed the game for the new-performance festival. But going virtual was a renaissance, not a retreat."

We are incredibly proud of all of our producers for participating in the successful experiment Fertile Ground 2021! Read the full article here: https://t.co/6EgY69htsN

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Ever wonder about all the stories Shakespeare didn't write? You can fill in one of those gaps with Sue Mach's Madonna of the Cat, available for viewing now (along with all Fertile Ground 2021 productions) through February 15!

Read the full article here: https://t.co/T5bsiMnTZI

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Writer's Guild Initiative had an interview with participant Darlene Zimbardi, who recently premiered A Window into Elder World premiered in Fertile Ground 2021! Watch all Fertile Ground productions now through February 15.

Read the full article here: https://t.co/0cppFWvjUv

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Fertile Ground premieres might be over, but did you know all of the productions will be up until Feb. 15? One production you can go back and watch is Fezziwig's Fortune, as covered by Oregon Arts Watch!

Read the full article here: https://t.co/5LTIe4rKyZ https://t.co/E6jjvRjHll

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Producer Onry's piece Livin' In The Light explores the unique intersecting experience of being a Black artist living through a year of pandemics and protests. Oregon ArtsWatch interviews Onry in this article on the four-minute film that "packs a punch."

https://t.co/hD7KDi01ct

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Fertile Ground is a nursery for all manner of new works. Including dance! This year's festival is gifted with several new, experimental movement pieces, highlighted in Oregon ArtsWatch by Jamuna Chiarini.

Read the full article here: https://t.co/uHYpSJCoAf

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Following an incredible opening weekend of Fertile Ground, Bennet Campbell Ferguson from Oregon ArtsWatch highlights the ways in which some productions have continued to embrace immersion even in this disconnected virtual medium.

Read full article here: https://t.co/fZNzrBcjGy

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Reviewer Judy Nedry spotlights Fertile Ground 2021, some of the productions, and the new digital approach to producing the festival in a digital format in this interview with Fertile Ground Managing Director Dre Slaman. Read the full article here: https://t.co/ovLIhhoKjR

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Congratulations to producers Don Wilson Glenn and Damaris Webb for their coverage from Bobby Bermea and Oregon Arts Watch! Catch both of Glenn's piece, Martha Bakes (directed by Webb) and Troy, USA as they premiere TODAY!

Read the full article here: https://t.co/EnnUqQDtls

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Thanks to The Columbian for the coverage of Fertile Ground 2021 and highlighting just some of the producers embracing this new digital medium with enthusiastic arms! Read the full article here: https://t.co/CU8hYTq2Gk

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Thanks to Oregon ArtsWatch for the coverage on Bennet Campbell Ferguson's interview with festival director Nicole Lane, and the brand new, but no less creative format that is Fertile Ground 2021 (currently in progress!) Read the full article here: https://t.co/5NuNFvLbFB

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More more MORE coverage of Fertile Ground 2021, this time from Bennet Campbell Ferguson at Oregon ArtsWatch! Get ready, we're less than 24 hours away now!

Read the full article here: https://t.co/JAkLUfT6ER

Find the full festival schedule at https://t.co/zZnWvkyRCD

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More great coverage of Fertile Ground 2021 from Joseph Gallivan at Pamplin Media Group!

Read the full article here: https://t.co/LDaMa12TUG

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Thanks to Bennet Campbell Ferguson at Willamette Weekly for covering the Fertile Ground Festival of New Works 2021!

Read the full article here: https://t.co/sNdefDuHJv

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Thanks to Krista Garver at BroadwayWorld for covering Fertile Ground 2021 and spotlights some of the productions starting this week! Of course, we think you should come see all of these amazing productions.

Read the full article here: https://t.co/bJ2nhGyk9i

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—Fertile Ground 2021 Spotlight—

Spirit in the Dark
By Tyrone Hendrix
Directed by Tyrone Hendrix & Douglas Jenkins
Produced by PDX Soul Collective & Portland Cello Project*

Premiering Sunday, February 7 at 9 PM. https://t.co/zZnWvkyRCD
*GROW AWARD recipient

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The November Project
By Jessica Wallenfels, Beth Thompson and Lava Alapai
Directed by Beth Thompson
Produced by Many Hats Collaboration

Premiering Sunday, February 7 at 7 PM. https://t.co/zZnWvkyRCD

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Madonna of the Cat
By Sue Mach
Directed by Jane Unger
Produced by Sue Mach Productions

Premiering Sunday, February 7 at 4:30 PM. https://t.co/zZnWvkyRCD

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CHOSEN
By Alissa Jessup
Directed by Dan Kitrosser
Produced by Asteroid B612

Premiering Sunday, February 7 at 2 PM. https://t.co/zZnWvkyRCD