Metropolitan Performing Arts

Welcome to Metropolitan Performing Arts, Southwest Washington’s home for theatre education and community theatre. We offer expert training for kids, teens, and adults in acting, dancing, music, and theatre tech. Our professional theatre productions feature top talent from the Vancouver-Portland metro area. Join us for a class, audition for a show, or come experience the thrill of live theatre!

Staged readings from:

Words Words Words

Sure Thing

The Items Forgotten

Alfred & Lily and Their Marvelous Tank in the Forest

A concise program of staged readings explores what it means to be lost. The lineup includes Words, Words, Words, which turns the classic idea of monkeys at typewriters into a lively exchange among the primates themselves. Sure Thing follows two people in a café as an offstage bell resets their missteps, clearing the path toward a genuine connection. The Items Forgotten centers on spouses Kira and Travis, locked out yet again on a freezing night, whose search for a spare key prompts doubts about memory and marriage. Alfred and Lily and Their Marvelous Tank in the Forest follows two pond dwellers moved to a strange tank by unseen caretakers. Lily embraces the change, while Alfred notices the water receding and neighbors vanishing, raising unsettling questions. Written by David Ives and Tara Meddaugh and directed by Dylan Sladky, this PG-13 program runs about 30 minutes. The venue is open to the public, and donations are welcome but optional. Presented as part of a First Friday performance series.