Third Eye Theatre

Queerly Departed by Ian Trutt, directed by Alacias Enger – Three siblings (and their partners) reunite at their grandfather’s funeral, but after someone urinates on his grave, the family unearths secrets about each other and their beloved Pop-Pop.

A poignant montage of what it looks like when there is no home to run back to, Downward Facing by Mishelle Apalategui is directed by Shareen Jacobs. Alternating between two women — Jenna and Janna — in a complicated relationship, and the home where yoga teacher Lily-Anne is trying to build her fledgling studio in the place where Flex has squatted for years, Downward Facing shows the families people build when they are required to start out with nothing.

When: Saturday, July 11, 2026 @ 1:00 PM

The Women’s Ward by Jeremy Cole, author of Encounters, the winning entry of 2025’s Portland Pride Play Festival is directed by Edward Lyons, Jr. – The Women’s Ward of a stage mental health facility from the 1920s to the 1980s. Time is an abstract in this piece. No real attempt at historical accuracy has been made. The Women’s Ward imagines a state mental health facility where patients from many eras inhabit the same space at the same time. Each has a personal demon that the system struggles to exorcize – with varying results.

Every Guy by Rhett Goldman, directed by Gina Lou – Piece Description:  Jasper is going to kill himself, but not right now. Every Guy I Ever Fucked or Wanted To + Jasper is an explicit, two-hander, coming-of-age, semi-verbatim dramedy that explores the sexual experiences of a young, southern gay guy and his relationship with his childhood best friend, who develops schizophrenia. Narrated in clear-eyed, borderline-uninterested language, short bouts of omniscience and future-telling reveal the protagonist’s private values and inner life. In an age where sexual truth-telling is ubiquitous, Every Guy still manages to startle, capturing adolescence and early adulthood in all its confusion, self-hatred, and excitement.

From Mikki Gillette, author of American Girl, Riot Queens, Mimetic Desire, Tears and Glitter, and others, comes The Flowers of Virtue, a psychological trans drama set in Idaho. A collection of trans and non-binary individuals navigate the tenuous atmosphere in and around a queer bar in a “purplish” town in Idaho … and their own community’s expectations, history, shifting relationships, and individual foibles. Will the denizens of this community get what they want? Or what they need? The Flowers of Virtue is directed by Ravyn Jazper-Hawke.

Boo! by Deanna Strasse, directed by Jamie Adams – Paranormal investigations have long been considered pseudoscience at best and outright hoaxes at worst. The Boo-lievers are attempting to change all that. The team behind this (marginally successful) internet ghost-hunting show will use any means necessary to get the evidence and prove once and for all that we are not alone. While investigating The Omni Parker House Hotel, suspicions and friendships are tested, ultimately examining the big question of “What do you believe?”

If you like Monty Python, you’ll love Nothing is Nothing is Nothing by Tim Krause, directed by Ravyn Jazper-Hawke – When the King mysteriously dies, it’s open season for ascension to the throne in this royally twisted household–where all the men are gay, and all the women are straight. The lonely Queen orders a Farewell Cotillion for her late husband, but already has her eyes set on the Publican, who arrives to take title to the rowdy castle. Meanwhile, Lance the Knight and his Maiden try to find love against the law while the dirty Cook loses her prize-winning fish, a foolish Jester plays tricks, and the androgynous Bishop strives to turn the inheritance over to his “Church.” Searching for the King’s last will and testament, this bawdy bunch is all suspected of plotting his murder–and are quite surprised when the King makes a final return appearance. In the end, their diversity of character and singleness of purpose teach them all a lesson in tolerance … more or less.