Shaking The Tree Theatre

Our summer visual arts residency artist is Yumiko Noriyuki.

Yumiko Noriyuki is a multi-medium artist based in Eugene, Oregon using photography to document both the struggles and the gifts of being multicultural. This project collects many of Noriyuki’s favorite black-and-white images, largely shot on 120 and 35mm film—portraits of friends and loved ones, and photographs of places that have left a lasting imprint. With a focus on intimacy and lived experience, the work celebrates community, memory, and belonging. Many of these photos were taken at the Amache Concentration Camp in Colorado where their grandmother, Yumiko was interned for many years of her childhood.

You can see Yumiko’s work before all of our live performance residencies in July and August.

Artist photo by Rhododendron Bloom

Introducing our second residency artist…

MSM by Dylan Hankins, running August 13th - 15th at 7:30pm.

Did you hear that they closed down the locker room sauna? Yeah. I guess there was too much cruising going on. Isn’t that crazy? Turns out what seemed like just a normal gym locker room was actually a sociopolitical war zone, a clandestine battle between perversion and respectability, between homosexuality and heterosexuality, between love and betrayal. Mistaken identities. Missed connections. Comedy. Circle Jerks. High drama! So, they’ve decided to just shut it all down. Now what are all the cruisers gonna do?
From the madcap mind that brought you Sprawl, Faena, and Alarums and Excursions comes a new erotic satire: M.S.M.

Tickets available on our website!

Our Open Space Residencies begin in July!

Up first, we have Of feather and bone by Sophia Tweed Ahmad, running July 23rd - 25th at 7:30pm.

Of feather and bone is a solo interdisciplinary performance weaving dance, costume design and original musical compositions. Drawing forth the magic of the great blue heron and the range of feelings life offers from beauty to conflict.

Sophia Tweed Ahmad is a freelance movement artist, vocalist and costume maker. Over the years she has been exploring the intersections of dance, the voice, and costume design. Her movement training stems from Contemporary Dance, Contact Improvisation and Capoeira. She completed her first professional dance program at the age of 26 at Area Dansa in Barcelona, Spain in 2023. Her choreography has been presented by Ten Tiny Dances, Performance Works NW, Stripart Festival & Choreoscope Dance Film Festival. Find her at Capoeira Rodas, teaching Soft Acrobatics and working with multicultural youth.

Tickets are available now on our website!

Photo by Ada Matusiewicz