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ABOUT US

Mission Statement

Artattack Theater Ensemble is committed to producing plays by brave new talents and contemporary masters as well as innovative renderings of classics, always keeping in mind that it is necessary to take risks in the pursuit of new truths in theater, in order to keep challenging ourselves and our audience.

History

2k1

• Criminal Hearts by Jane Martin
• The Loman Family Picnic by Donald Margulies
• Neurotic Dominus by Justin C. Lockwood
      *World Premiere
• Festival of Lights by James Henerson
      *World Premiere went on to Off Broadway run
• In Full Bloom a benefit performance for Women Helping Ourselves with Cancer (WHOcan)
      *World Premiere

2k2

• An Empty Plate in the Café Du Grand Boeuf by Michael Hollinger
      *West Coast Premiere
  
• Morocco by Alan Havis
  
• Beautiful Thing by Jonathan Harvey
  
• Three Wishes by Ben Moor
      *American Premiere from Edinburgh Fringe Festival
  
• Guest performer Sia Amma in a benefit for Global Women Intact
  
• Workshop with Stella Adler instructor Kate Noonan
  
• Workshop with author Deena Metzger

2k3

• Artattack opens own theater venue in downtown Ashland two blocks from the Oregon Shakespeare Festival
  
• The Lion in Winter by James Goldman
  
• Wiping My Mother’s Arse by Iain Heggie
      *American Premiere from Edinburgh Fringe Festival
  
• Be Aggressive by Annie Weisman
  
• Jeffrey by Paul Rudnick
  
• Artattack launches education program with Puget Sound Theatre actor/teacher G. Valmont Thomas

2k4

• The Real Inspector Hound by Tom Stoppard
  
• Wonder of the World by David Lindsay-Abaire
  
• The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife by Charles Busch
  
• Closer by Patrick Marber
  
• The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
  Education program continues with teachers: G. Valmont Thomas, Bob McCracken and Jimmy Garcia
  
• Solo Festival: A Celebration of Women in Performance features four women solo performers from up and down the west coast including: Nina Wise (San Francisco) in A Midsummer’s Eve, Joan Freed (Portland) Chocolate Confessions, Shelly Goldstein (Los Angeles) Songs for Lovers and Those They’ve Dumped, Erica Lann-Clark (Santa Cruz) Don’t Ask.
  
• Cabaret X 3 including three Cabaret shows by Kurt Bernhardt in repertory: Simply Sondheim, Diva Down, and Old Standard.

2k5

• Ancient History by David Ives
  
• Amadeus by Peter Shaffer featuring original masks by master mask artist Jamie Peck
  
• Kimberly Akimbo by David Lindsay-Abaire
  
• Great Highway by Wendy Weiner with Octavio Solis
      *World Premiere
  
• Loot by Joe Orton