Mission
Sonnet Repertory Theatre, Inc., is dedicated to classic theatre for the modern planet. SRT promotes classic plays and adaptations, providing forums for collaboration between emerging artists and established professionals. With Classics in the Classroom, SRT aims not only to entertain, but also to educate young people by engaging them with timeless literature through expressive theatre.
A Special Announcement
ONE
SRT is proud to present the East Coast workshop premiere of ONE
ONE is an original rock musical based both on the iconic novel Siddhartha and the uniquely personal story of its author, Herman Hesse. Employing eastern and western musical influences, ONE explores the timeless quest for human understanding, the lines that separate fact and fiction, and the singular responsibility an artist holds in service of their art.
COMING THIS AUGUST TO 59E59 THEATERS
TICKETS ON SALE SOON
Performance Dates
Tuesday, August 25 at 7:30pm
Wednesday, August 26 at 8:30pm
Thursday, August 27 at 8:30pm
Friday, August 28 at 8:30pm
Saturday, August 29 at 2:30pm and 8:30pm
Sunday, August 30 at 3:30pm
From ONE’s “The Brahmin’s Son”
ABOUT THE CREATORS
Wade McCollum (Music & Lyrics) — Wade is a graduate of the Pacific Conservatory for the Performing Arts, and has worked nationally as a performer and composer with Utah Shakespeare Festival, Celebration Theatre, Portland Center Stage and more. He made a huge splash in Los Angeles with his award-winning performance in Hedwig and the Angry Inch and also performed with the Broadway touring production of Jersey Boys. McCollum’s first solo album, “Beauty is a Streetlight”, was produced in the legendary Kung Fu Bakery and has sold thousands of copies independently.
Kristin Steele (Book) — Kristin is a Portland-based writer who teaches playwriting to at-risk youth, and leads creative writing workshops for adults in domestic violence shelters, public housing projects, and community spaces. She holds a B.A. in English from Portland State University and an M.F.A. in creative writing from Goddard College. Steele’s stage work has been produced in Los Angeles, and her fiction and non-fiction works have appeared in magazines, newspapers, and literary anthologies.
Todd Loyd (Director) — Todd has worked on and off Broadway, including the Broadway production of La Boheme and The Color Purple, and with such festivals as NYMF and NAMT. He has toured the country as an actor and has worked as both actor and director at The Kennedy Center, The Eugene O’Neill Playwright’s Conference and Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet Company, among others. Portions of Todd’s directing work has aired nationally on PBS, and some of his notable directing credits include Burn This and Sight Unseen. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, and serves as Co-Artistic Director of Sonnet Repertory Theatre.
Karl Mansfield (Music Director) — Karl’s Broadway credits as conductor and keyboardist include Xanadu, La Boheme, 13, Dracula, Coram Boy, and Sweet Charity. His Off-Broadway credits include Grey Gardens, Toxic Avenger, Shafrika the White Girl, and Altar Boyz. Regional conducting and keyboard credits include Zhivago and Thoroughly Modern Millie at La Jolla Playhouse, The Boswell Sisters and Rough Crossing at The Old Globe, A New Brain at Portland Center Stage, The Rivals at Denver Center, and The Mambo Kings at Golden Gate Theater in San Francisco. Karl’s original music and sound design have been heard in productions at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, California Shakespeare Festival, Portland Center Stage, Yale Repertory Theater, The 52nd Street Project in New York, and The Haven Project in Portland. Karl is a recent participant in the BMI Music Theater Writers’ Workshop in New York.
“Haunting and beautiful.”
— Talkin’ Broadway
“ONE is out to be a lot more than a story of artistic rise, fall, and rebirth.”
— The Oregonian
“ONE is a passionate theatrical experience that could soon find its way to New York’s Broadway.”
— Asian Reporter
“Portland may well be the birthplace of a Bodhisattva in the form of a modern American rock musical, ONE.”
— Northwest Dharma News
“ONE is wonderful.”
— Willamette Week
“Everyone will take something different home afterward.”
— The Columbian
History
Who we are, how it happened and where we’re headed now…
Sonnet Repertory Theatre was founded in 2002 by Robyne Parrish and Katrina Thomas Kent, fellow graduates of the School of Drama at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (www.ncarts.edu). Fellow UNCSA alumni Ben Cherry, Monica Francisco, and Sean Kent formed SRT’s original core acting ensemble.
Since then, SRT has produced seven consecutive seasons of classic works and several specialty series including The Bard’s Backyard, ShakesBARE, The Collaborative Series, and Plays in Progress, a forum for new work based on classic themes. SRT has grown into a state-supported, not-for-profit theatre company, incorporating and sustaining artists and creators from very diverse backgrounds and styles.
In June of 2007, SRT welcomed Todd Loyd and Tiffany Little Canfield as its new Co-Artistic Directors, and the company continues to evolve. At its core, SRT remains supremely dedicated to classic theatre and continues the pursuit of excellence on the stage.