{"id":17499,"date":"2021-03-03T07:08:29","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T15:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/?p=17499"},"modified":"2021-04-06T18:36:57","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T02:36:57","slug":"grab-some-popcorn-and-catch-these-latest-local-plays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/grab-some-popcorn-and-catch-these-latest-local-plays\/","title":{"rendered":"Grab some popcorn and catch these latest local plays"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Western presents \u201cLittle Prisons: A Series of Short Plays by Portland Playwrights\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Natalie\u200c \u200cDean\u200c<\/strong> \u200c|\u200c \u200cEntertainment\u200c \u200cEditor\u200c \u200c \u200c<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>There are still plenty of opportunities to enjoy the performing arts from home, and local theater events are still happening throughout the year to provide some much needed entertainment. Beginning Mar. 6 Western\u2019s theater students will be live streaming their upcoming event, \u201cLittle Prisons: A Series of Short Plays by Portland Playwrights,\u201d which is directed by Jessica Wallenfels. This performance highlights four plays written by local playwrights, all of which will be free to watch. There will also be various streaming methods to accommodate different schedules \u2014 some will be pre-recorded, while others will be streamed live.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/files\/2021\/03\/0632D905-FA9B-4A8F-A54A-4DE19FC49FC8.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17480\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span>The plays featured will have a wide range of topics and themes, the titles being: \u201cThe Third Prisoner\u201d by EM Lewis, \u201cA Wing and a Prayer\u201d by Josie Seid, \u201cThree Love Songs\u201d by Anya Pearson and \u201cJoy Fricken Hates her Stupid Dumb Room\u201d by Sara Jean Accuardi.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/files\/2021\/03\/8901DD24-4584-4141-94CB-CBCDD8781776.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17479\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span>These local art performances can be found on WOUTV and will be available to stream at 7 p.m. on Mar. 6, and will be available on demand until Mar. 8 at midnight. To learn more about the event and to support the local arts, check out the theater department\u2019s Instagram, @woutheatredepartment, or their Facebook page, @WOU Theatre Department.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/files\/2020\/12\/lighter-gray-line.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16738\" width=\"4220\" height=\"82\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/files\/2020\/12\/lighter-gray-line.png 4220w, https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/files\/2020\/12\/lighter-gray-line-300x6.png 300w, https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/files\/2020\/12\/lighter-gray-line-1024x20.png 1024w, https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/files\/2020\/12\/lighter-gray-line-768x15.png 768w, https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/files\/2020\/12\/lighter-gray-line-1536x30.png 1536w, https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/files\/2020\/12\/lighter-gray-line-2048x40.png 2048w, https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/files\/2020\/12\/lighter-gray-line-1080x21.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4220px) 100vw, 4220px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span>Contact the author at <a href=\"mailto:ndean17@wou.edu\">ndean17@wou.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Western presents \u201cLittle Prisons: A Series of Short Plays by Portland Playwrights\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Natalie\u200c \u200cDean\u200c \u200c|\u200c \u200cEntertainment\u200c \u200cEditor\u200c \u200c \u200c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1094,"featured_media":17478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[161,443,822,820,821,451,279,280,817,819,818,381,824,823],"class_list":["post-17499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-free","tag-free-event","tag-little-prisons","tag-little-prisons-a-series-of-short-plays-by-portland-playwrights","tag-local","tag-natalie","tag-natalie-dean","tag-performing-arts","tag-play","tag-theater","tag-theatre","tag-wou-threatre-department","tag-woutv"],"modified_by":"The Western Howl","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1094"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}