
About FUSE
Fuse Theatre Ensemble Dares:
Our audiences to exit their comfort zones,
Our peers to collaborate before competing,
Our community to manage our resources sustainably.
Shift the Paradigm

Fuse is celebrating over a decade of producing paradigm shifting theatre in Portland, OR, and around the world. The recipient of six 2019 Drammy Awards, Fuse has become a stalwart of politically motivated theatre in the Portland community.
They are the recipient of the 2019 Regional Arts and Culture Council Project Grant, 2019 MCCC grant, 2017 Regional Arts and Culture Council Arts Equity Grant, 2007 Regional Arts and Culture Council Project Grant. They have travelled the world with their production of Suburban Tribe, won Drammy Awards for their productions of Cabaret, Tether: ADHD+BDSM, Under the Influence and for their props design for Artist Rep's The Lieutenant of Inishmore. Fuse has been an ambassador of the Pacific Northwest theatre touring to New Orleans, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Bali, Adelaide, Australia, and Avignon, France.
In slightly over a decade, Fuse has fostered the creation of 20 original works. These works include Craft/Craeft/Kraft, Slap That Bitch, Suburban Tribe, MySp_ce, #smarter_than_phones, Karaoke Night! (the musical), A Virgin in Neverland, Sonnetscape, Tether: ADHD+BDSM, The Importance of Being Frank, I am an Actress: A Passion Play, unde+ec+able, The Fear of Speaking, The Queers, and The God Cluster: a queer pandemic revenge tragedy. Fuse also produces Portland's annual celebration of the LGBTQIA+ contribution to theatre, The OUTwright Theatre Festival, as well as BlaQ OUT, a producing engine for emerging works at the Black/Queer intersection. Fuse also serves as a creative home for the producing engines: Fusion, Cause Cabaret, Kate's Theatrics, and Theatredust.
Board:
President: Jane Comer
Vice President: Kate Mura
Treasurer: Shareen Jacobs
Co-Secretary: Kate Faye Cummings
Co-Secretary: Mikki Gillette
Rusty Tennant
Mike Cino
Megan Murphy Ruckman
Sam Little
Fuse is:
Employees:
Artistic Director: Rusty Tennant
Managing Director: Kate Faye Cummings
Technical Director: Lara Klingeman
Assistant Technical Director: Sophina Flores
Artistic Ambassador: Kate Mura
Business Manager: Robert Turlington
Ensemble:
Rusty Tennant
Kate Mura
James Dixon
Nikolas Hoback
Jane Comer
Carrie Anne Huneycutt
Alec Lugo
Ajai Terrazas Tripathi