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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

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