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Meet the Playbill Collector
When the show is over, the life of a playbill goes on. Mary Shaw, a retired special education teacher, gathers her playbills like offspring. “I just kind of like knowing they are there”, she remarks, when asked about her collection. Since bringing home her first playbill, dated October 2006, Mary has collected from a plethora of local theaters including the Artist Repertory Theatre, Portland Center Stage, and Oregon Children’s Theater. Though modest about her collection, the numbers speak for themselves. Since 2006, Mary has collected more than 137 playbills and she doesn’t intend to stop. At first, Mary’s motivation was purely practical. If an actor looked familiar, she could look him up in her “library” and put a face with the name. Now, her hobby seems to have morphed into something more. “I’m sorry now that I didn’t start keeping them earlier”, she says. They have become an integral part of her ritual when visiting a show. Growing up in rural California, attending live theater became part of Mary’s very fibre. As a youngster, her parents took her to see Mary Martin in Peter Pan at a local theater in San Francisco. She carried the theater tradition with her into adulthood and adamantly believes it should be an integral part of anyone’s childhood. When her grandchildren lived in Portland, she subscribed to the Oregon Children’s Theater and Northwest Children’s Theater so that they could enjoy the shows together. She supports youth on the stage and attends live productions at Jesuit High School…Read the rest of the Article |
Now PlayingClick the Playbill cover to view the issue. A Year With Frog and Toad | Bag&Baggage Rough Crossing | Bag&Baggage Ballet BC | White Bird The Left Hand of Darkness | Portland Playhouse / Hand2Mouth Theatre Gathering Blue | Oregon Children’s Theatre Ten Chimneys | Artists Repertory Theatre The People’s Republic of Portland | Portland Center Stage The Aliens | Third Rail Circa | White Bird Clybourne Park | Portland Center Stage Spring Performances | Northwest Dance Project The Gin Game | Artists Rep IllStyle & Peace| White Bird Dance Mother teresa Is Dead | Portland Playhouse The Merry Wives of Windsor, or The Amorous Adventures of the Comical Knight Sir John Falstaff | Bag&Baggage The Stinky Cheese Man | Oregon Children’s Theatre The Whipping Man | Portland Center Stage Blood Knot | Profile Theatre MOMIX | White Bird Dance Hubbard Street | White Bird Dance Red Herring | Artists Repertory Theatre Nothing but the Truth | Profile Theatre Venus in Fur | Portland Center Stage Marie Chouinard | White Bird Fertile Ground Festival Guide 2013 The Lion , The Witch and The Wardrobe| Oregon Children’s Theatre The Huntsman | Portland Playhouse The Lost Boy| Artists Repertory Theatre I Love to Eat | Portland Center Stage The Road to Mecca | Profile Theatre A Noble Failure | Third Rail Repertory |
Article by: Athena Osborne