Oregon Contemporary Theatre

Oregon Contemporary Theatre’s mission is to create bold entertainment that challenges expectation, inspires curiosity, encourages dialogue and supports positive change. OCT produces 7 to 8 engaging productions a year, featuring the best new plays and reimagined classics performed in an enticingly intimate theatre in Eugene, Oregon. Since its founding in 1992 OCT has produced over 130 productions, including numerous world premieres. OCT is committed to providing a supportive and nurturing...

Oregon Contemporary Theatre’s mission is to create bold entertainment that challenges expectation, inspires curiosity, encourages dialogue and supports positive change. OCT produces 7 to 8 engaging productions a year, featuring the best new plays and reimagined classics performed in an enticingly intimate theatre in Eugene, Oregon. Since its founding in 1992 OCT has produced over 130 productions, including numerous world premieres. OCT is committed to providing a supportive and nurturing environment for emerging theatre artists and arts administrators to grow their craft. OCT is proud of its leadership in the economic revitalization of Downtown Eugene where we opened our permanent new home in 2013 with the generous support of local and state government, regional foundations and more than 300 individual donors.

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  • A DISTINCT SOCIETY is smart, moving, with plenty of room for theatricality and play. A great exploration of xenophobia, family, and ley lines of strength and power. Simultaneously international and deeply local, especially when centered in a library---humanity's symbolic site for enduring, collective knowledge. We look forward to producing this play when we return to live performance.

    A DISTINCT SOCIETY is smart, moving, with plenty of room for theatricality and play. A great exploration of xenophobia, family, and ley lines of strength and power. Simultaneously international and deeply local, especially when centered in a library---humanity's symbolic site for enduring, collective knowledge. We look forward to producing this play when we return to live performance.