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Pre-show Panel Discussion for Mrs. Harrison

Event Details
Saturday, January 25, 2025
6:30 p.m. – 7:15 p.m. PST
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The Armory: Main Lobby
FREE

Join us for a pre-show panel discussion for as part of BIPOC Affinity Night for Mrs. Harrison, featuring playwright R. Eric Thomas, writer and the owner of Grand Gesture Books Katherine D. Morgan, and Associate Artistic Director at Portland Center Stage Chip Miller.

This event is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

All people who self identify as BIPOC, and their guests, are specifically invited to attend. Though no one will be turned away, it is encouraged that folks outside of the BIPOC community join us on another night!

Thank you to our partners! Enjoy complimentary beverages provided by our generous Affinity Night partners, Multnomah Whiskey Library and Deschutes Brewery.

Katherine D. Morgan
Katherine D. Morgan

Katherine D. Morgan is a writer and the owner of Grand Gesture Books, a romance bookstore in Portland, Oregon and one of just a handful of Black-owned romance bookstores in the nation.

About R. Eric Thomas
About R. Eric Thomas

R. Eric Thomas is an American author, playwright, television writer and advice columnist. He is best known for his essay collection Here For It: Or, How to Save Your Soul in America.

About Chip Miller
About Chip Miller

Before joining Portland Center Stage, Chip held the role of artistic associate/resident director at Kansas City Repertory Theatre for seven years, where their directing credits included School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, Welcome to Fear CitySex with Strangers, and A Raisin in the Sun. Beyond KCRep stages, directing credits include Becoming Martin by Kevin Willmott (world premiere, The Coterie Theatre), dwb: driving while black (Lawrence Arts Center), and 4:48 Psychosis (The Buffalo Room). Chip has developed work with playwrights including Kevin Willmott, Kara Lee Corthron, Brittany K. Allen, Catherine Trieschmann, Darren Canady, Andrew Rosendorf, Michelle T. Johnson, and Michael Finke. They have developed work at The William Inge Theater Festival, NYU Steinhardt’s New Plays for Young Audiences, Orlando Shakes’ Playfest, Midwest Dramatists Center, Kansas City Repertory Theatre’s OriginKC: New Works Festival, and Portland Center Stage’s JAW Festival. Chip has a B.F.A. from NYU Tisch School of the Arts.

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