Operating Hours

Box Office: Mon-Fri 9am-1pm 

Showtimes: Thurs-Sat 7:30pm, Sun 2pm 

Mission

CoHo Productions broadens perspectives and cultivates empathy through vibrant and intimate theatrical productions. CoHo nurtures and supports Portland area-based theatre artists through a co-production model, championing exceptional local artists who share their passionate work with an engaged audience, deepening the theatrical landscape of the community.

History

CoHo’s first production Bodyhold was performed in the basement of the Benson Hotel in 1995. Written by Gary Cole and directed by Robert Holden, the company’s co-founders, Bodyhold enjoyed a colorful and successful run, in part fueled by solid beverage sales and the arrival of the Portland police one evening in response to a hotel guest’s worry over hearing gun shots (the play was set in the middle of a Third World revolution).

Two Pearl District storefronts, one empty warehouse, one art gallery, a business office and one NW storefront later; a former bookbindery on NW Raleigh street became CoHo’s permanent home in 2000.

After 21 seasons, CoHo can boast over 90 co-productions, including more than 20 world premieres and the recognition of numerous Drammy nominations and awards. CoHo’s seasons have represented master playwrights like Eugene O’Neill and Marsha Norman as well as contemporary luminaries like Samuel D. Hunter and Annie Baker, while also providing an invaluable forum for local Portland playwrights like William S. Gregory, Ebbe Roe Smith, Claire Willett and Andrea Stolowitz to bring their work to life.

Our stage has been the early stomping grounds for once fledgling companies like Third Rail Rep and Profile Theatre Company who have gone on to tremendous successes as leading Portland companies. Since 2012, CoHo Summerfest continues to showcase a variety of bold, original festival-scale productions by local and touring artists. New programming models CoHo Presents, CoHo In Association With and CoHo Lab were introduced in 2014 under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Philip Cuomo to create even more opportunities to present the work of exceptional theatre artists to engaged audiences in NW Portland’s little blackbox theatre.