About Stumptown Stages

MISSION:

Stumptown Stages is dedicated to the production of musicals and the development of original musicals, collaborating with local performing/visual artists, designers, musicians, playwrights, composers, lyricists, directors and choreographers and building a sense of community by providing arts education, outreach programming and a broad spectrum of theatrical experiences for a wide and diverse audience.

HISTORY:

Founded in 2005 by Artistic Director Kirk Mouser. Stumptown Stages has produced:

Urinetown, (Drammy Award for Best Actress)
Rapture, (West Coast Premiere)
Reefer Madness
Grease
Floyd Collins, (PAMTA Award, Best Supporting Actor)
Godspell
Dreamgirls
The Last Five Years, (PAMTA Award, Best Actress)
The Wiz, (Drammy Award for Best Choreography, and Best Young Performer)
A Chorus Line

After four successful seasons under Artistic Director, Kirk Mouser, Stumptown Stages entered into a collaborative partnership with Jefferson High School. Jefferson has a long history of passion for the arts. Budget cuts and socioeconomic changes in the area however, made it increasingly difficult for the school to continue providing the arts programming of the past. In 2008, Jefferson had 0.5 FTE dedicated to drama, and 0 FTE dedicated to music. Stumptown Stages partnership helps fill that gap. As a musical theatre company, Stumptown is uniquely situated to bring vital arts programming to the students of Jefferson and the community. The collaboration between both entities enriches and inspires students, fosters creativity and community, and is a great example of a creative partnership between educational and cultural institutions.

Stumptown Stages whose namesake "Stumptown" was a quirky and endearing nickname for the City of Portland,
thanks you for your support!

Stumptown Stages, Portland's own professional musical theatre company, is a not-for-profit 501 (c)-3

 

Artistic Director: Kirk Mouser Associate Artistic Director: Julianne Johnson
Stumptown Stages Staff Kirk Mouser (Artistic Director) kirk@stumptownstages.com Julianne Johnson (Associate Artistic Director) julianne@stumptownstages.com Joseph J. Klei (Business Manager) joey@stumptownstages.com Janet Mouser (Dir. of Play Development) info@stumptownstages.com Mark LaPierre (Resident Playwright) Gordon Romei (Resident Sound Designer)	Board of Directors: Julianne R. Johnson-Weiss, Portland Community College Music Teacher (President) Joseph J. Klei(Treasurer) Janet Mouser, Director of Theatre Arts(Secretary) Lance Clark, Attorney at Law Daryl Dixon, Diversity Resource Group Steve Gonzales, Artistic Director of the Jefferson Dancers Jessica Gorham, Saint Andrews Legal Clinic Danese Jundt, Portland Community College Gordon Mouser, Vice President of New Century Players Kirk Mouser, CEO of Kirk Mouser Enterprises Cori-Ann Woodard Doug Zimmerman, Promo Director of Fox 12 Better Jocelyn Seid	Advisory Board: Tobias Andersen Geoffrey Blaisdell James Crawford Tim Krause Sonya Fischer Josh Fuhrer Michael Allen Harrison Roseanne Paulson Shawn Rogers Lana Veenker Douglas Webster Sue Ziglinski Greg Tamblyn Shawn Price-Arnold Kathy Kendrix Teri Joly