The Vanport Mosaic Festival 2018 presents
Left Hook
May 24 – June 10, 2018
Thursday, Friday & Saturday, 7:00 p.m. / Sundays 2:00 p.m.
The Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center
5340 N Interstate Ave, Portland, OR
Left Hook is a fully staged new drama about gentrification and community displacement in 1970’s Portland, set in an Albina boxing club. Written by Rich Rubin, Directed by Damaris Webb.
“This play is very powerful. And it’s especially important now, as gentrification continues to march across our city.”
– Broadway World
Featuring: Anthony Armstrong, Kenneth Dembo, Jasper Howard, Shareen Jacobs, Tonea Lolin & James Savannah
design: Lara Klingeman, costume: Wanda Walden, PSM: Judith Yeckel
The Sunday 6/3 show will be followed by post show conversation with: Kent Ford (Portland Black Panthers), Stanley Dunn (Knott Street Boxing), Ray Lampkin (Portland boxing legend)
Admission: Suggested $25; $5 Students/Seniors.
For more information, visit www.vanportmosaic.org.
Run time: 2hrs with intermission – please visit the exhibit Vanport: The Surge of Social Change & Anywhere But Here, running in tandem with this production at the IFCC.