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Portland Revels celebrates the seasons through song, dance, story and ritual of the past and present, creating community across generations and cultures.

Happening Now!

Make-Your-Own-Dragon Workshop
Join artisan Julie Strozyk to learn how to make your very own, quintessential Revels memento, then consider creating some to contribute to the gift shop this winter!

Saturday, August 17th
10am-3pm
Grant Park Church
$25 Workshop fee

Email info@portlandrevels.org to register!

Midwinter Revels 2024
This year we are returning to the Nordic region, with a story rooted in myth and legend. Tickets will go on sale in the fall.

December 13th-22nd
More information coming soon…

Tickets Coming Soon!

REVELS MERCHANDISE
Looking for something to remember one of our recent Revels shows? Check out our online merchandise shop and get yourself a branded T-shirt or sweatshirt, shipped right to your door!

Revels Shop

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Our Promise to the Community

At Portland Revels we are committed to the values of inclusivity, equity, diversity and accessibility (IDEA.) We continue to work everyday to find ways to realize these values across our programs, productions and day to day operations. Portland Revels celebrates creating connection and cultivating a vibrant community, which is impossible without a robust commitment to IDEA principles.

IDEA Report and Plan

Antiracist Statement

Land Acknowledgement

Celebratory moment from Revels production

Anti-Discrimination policy

What’s New?

We are thrilled to be collaborating with @nordicnorthwest over the next several months, in order to provide the Revels community with the chance to dive more deeply into Nordic culture as we prepare for the 2024 Midwinter Revels!

Looking for something to do this weekend? Check out their workshops! Then, mark your calendars for the Oregon Midsummer Festival at the end of this month, and be sure to explore their full events calendar for all kinds of workshops and events for the whole family!

And stay tuned for information about preview events they will be hosting for us later in the fall!

#pdxrevels #communitypartnership #nordicnorthwest #oregonmidsummerfestival

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Since the pandemic, Portland Revels has been working to incorporate practices that create greater inclusion, equity, and accessibility across all aspects of our organization, with a goal of diversifying our Revels community - including performers, creative team members, volunteers, staff, board and audience members representing a wider range of cultures, age groups, and lived experiences. It is our intent that by bringing people together with a wide variety of perspectives, the magic of Revels and the bonds that we build together will be enriched and strengthened even more.

For the past year, Revels board and staff have been working with a consultant on our IDEA project, which included multiple phases and activities, and culminated in the board approving a 3- to 5-year IDEA plan to guide this work moving forward. We invite you to review the project report and approved plan at our website to learn what we have been up to and where we intend to go from here!

(To find the report on the homepage, scroll down to "Our Promise to the Community")

#pdxrevels #IDEA #DEI

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Thank you to everyone who attended our touring performances of AT THE ROOT, as well as those who joined us at the Brunish Theatre. It was wonderful to share this new piece, and the work of all of the wonderful artists, with different audiences, venues and communities here and Portland and further afield.

If you attended, we would love to hear about your experience. Be sure to fill out our audience survey by Wednesday morning so that we can use your feedback to help us shape future programming. (link in bio)

Thank you to everyone who was a part of making AT THE ROOT such a special production.

#pdxrevels #springrevels #attheroot

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We are just a little more than a week out from the first day of auditions for our 2024 Midwinter Revels production. In 2024, we return to the Nordic regions, which we last visited in 2017.

Auditions are June 2nd and June 8th for teens and adults, and June 9th for children. For more information and to sign up for a slot, visit our website (link in bio!)

We can`t wait to see you there!

#pdxrevels #midwinterrevels #auditions

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the music alive

The Portland Revels offers our community a unique experience of performing arts – song, dance and storytelling are woven together and offered up throughout the year through our large-scale productions, pub sings and community performances. Year after year, audiences return for the special ritual of celebrating together and raising our voices in song!

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"Revels is community magic!"

– Charley Rowley, Chorus Member, Dancer

“...Revels, more than most shows, is about being a part of something bigger.”

– Mike Cino, Production Team

“...I am proud of the organization’s strength and resiliency, and commitment to the mission of sharing the light.”

– Dave Shepherd, Chorus Member, Former Board Member

“Revels means hope, especially now.”

– Anonymous Audience Member

“You are my light in dark times.”

– Anonymous Audience Member

“Revels is a second family, and has been a light for me both in the winter and always.”

– Dash Fitzgerald, Chorus Member, Actor

“Revels embodies what we need most: music, joy, community….bringing back the light all year round!”

– Sharrong Gargosky, Board member, Revels Parent

“The Revels transport me beyond joyous theatre, moving me deeply in ways I cannot explain, only experience.”

– Barbara Bryant, Volunteer and Support

Portland Revels receives support from the Oregon Arts Commission, a state agency funded by the State of Oregon

and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Alberta Abbey

126 NE Alberta St
Portland, OR 97211

The Alberta Abbey is located in NE Portland’s King Neighborhood, 2 blocks west of MLK Blvd on Alberta. It is a historical building that has served the neighborhood for many years. This space embodies the Revels spirit of community by allowing audience members to really feel like they’re part of the show and form closer connections with the performers.

Parking
Neighborhood parking is available around the theatre. There is also a Natural Grocers a few blocks away at 5055 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., and they have agreed to allow our patrons to park in their parking lot during our shows.

When You Arrive
Unless entering through ADA entrance, come to the main door (on Alberta St.) to check in by last name. Inside the theatre is floor level seating and balcony seating. Your ticket will indicate where your seat is by starting with B or F before listing the aisle and seat number. For example, seat F-D4 is in the floor level, row D, seat 4. Seat B-M12 will be in the balcony, row M, seat 12. Please have either your digital tickets pulled up or printed tickets in hand when you arrive at the theatre so that our ushers can help you find your seats after you check in.

It is important to note that the balcony is only accessible by stairs, as there is no elevator in the building. Our main theater, café, and main floor bathroom are all fully accessible.

ADA Accessibility and Parking
The ADA Accessible entrance to Alberta Abbey is on the Mallory Avenue side of the building (see map below). Outside of this entrance there will be an ADA accessible drop-off zone, where patrons can drop off members of their party before going to park. There will also be a few ADA accessible parking spots for our patrons to use during the show. The Mallory Avenue entrance is ramped and leads into the main theater. An usher will greet patrons entering through the ADA entrance.

Biking and Public Transport
Bike racks are available in front of the main entrance and there is a Biketown rack just a couple blocks away.

The theatre is available via Public Transit Lines: 6, 72, 44

Gift Shop, Raffle and Concessions
Inside Alberta Abbey there is a café where concessions will be sold. In addition, our annual gift shop and raffle will be open from an hour before each performance, as well as during intermission. The gift shop will feature work by local artisans, including many members of the Revels community! Emerald Odyssey clothing and mugs will also be available to order. This year’s Raffle prizes include a bundle of special Revels items including a copy of The Shortest Day by Susan Cooper, a basket full of items from some of Portland's most loved pubs and brewers, a beautiful handmade quilt, and more!

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Antiracist Statement

Portland Revels celebrates our human connectedness at the darkest time of year, and aims to honor a multitude of cultures and backgrounds. We commit to being allies to all people. We embrace the work we must do to recognize our own implicit biases and cultural blind spots, and to dismantle structural barriers within our organization. We strive to educate ourselves and to engage in authentic exchanges of ideas and worldviews. We believe that nurturing a safe space is not enough, but that we need to further our commitment by fostering brave spaces where individuals can authentically and respectfully challenge one another, generating conversation and further education.

We commit to being people who promote active anti-racist measures on interpersonal, societal, and institutional levels, within our organization and elsewhere. As with the cyclical pattern of the seasons, we recognize the dynamic and ever-evolving nature of this work, and enthusiastically commit to it.

How We Are Fulfilling Our Commitment*

Actively solicit feedback from individuals who work with us (artists, contractors, community partners, staff, etc.).
Invest in education and resources for internal stakeholders to broaden knowledge and understanding of active anti-racist and IDEA practices.
Individually cultivate the ability to examine, reflect, and take responsibility for our own personal journeys.
Seek out, engage, and uplift BIPOC voices and those of other marginalized communities.

* With license to grow and evolve!

Land Acknowledgement

Our community owes its existence and vitality to those who came before us, who stewarded the land through the changing seasons for millennia and whose lives created the story that has led us to this moment.

We recognize that the City of Portland sits on the unceded traditional village sites of the Multnomah, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Tumwater, Watlala bands of the Chinook, the Tualatin Kalapuya, Molalla and many others who made their homes along the Columbia River.

We offer our respect and appreciation to the generations of Indigenous people that came before and to those who continue to actively work to care for the land. Today, Portland’s diverse and vibrant Native communities are 70,000 strong, descended from more than 380 Tribes, both local and distant.

We invite you all to take a moment to consider the many legacies that bring us together in community.

Anti-Discrimination Policy

Portland Revels does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, age or religion in regard to participation in any of its activities or hiring policies: as a volunteer, contract employee, or administrative staff.

Take Joy!