PAM CUT’s Tomorrow Theater

Enjoy A Voice of Her Own / Una Voz Propia, an evening of music, storytelling, and film celebrating the cultures, stories, and extraordinary talents that immigrants bring to the state and communities—and standing with them when they need support the most.

The evening will feature live music and storytelling by Gemanereida Barragán-Cruz—Mariachi Singer and Storyteller, and culminate in the world premiere of a new 15-minute documentary about her extraordinary artistic journey and the power of her voice.

More than a film screening, this is an evening to gather in community, experience music and stories live, and celebrate Gemanereida and the many ways immigrant artists enrich the cultural life of our community.

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Introducing Laugh Track, a curated comedy series bringing your favorite (and soon-to-be favorite) nationally touring comedians to PAM CUT’s Tomorrow Theater. Focused on hilarious, unique, and emerging voices in comedy, Laugh Track is a can’t-miss monthly of unforgettable out-of-the-box laughs.

Welcome Curtis Cook for this edition of Laugh Tracks.

Curtis Cook is a stand-up comedian and WGA Award-nominated writer who has puked after a keg stand on a show called Flophouse, traveled through an Ebola checkpoint for a segment on Vice News, appeared on IFC’s Portlandia, performed stand-up on Comedy Central, and been featured on Vulture’s annual Comedians You Should and Will Know list.

In addition to performing, Curtis has written for the recent reboot of Crank Yankers, the Imogen Award-winning Hulu comedy titled This Fool, the NAACP Award-winning series Survival of the Thickest on Netflix, the GLAAD-nominated American Dad on TBS, and the hit show Adults on FX.

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Join an evening with the one-and-only Joel Kim Booster. The writer and star of Fire Island brings his sharp, hilarious stand-up to the Tomorrow Theater for a special evening of comedy and conversation.

Joel Kim Booster is a Chicago-bred, Los Angeles-based stand-up comedian, writer, and actor. He is best known for writing and starring in Searchlight Pictures’ Fire Island, which, following its June 2022 release, went on to land him two Emmy nominations along with a “Best First Screenplay” nomination at the Independent Spirit Awards. The multi-hyphenate has also been seen starring opposite Maya Rudolph in the Apple TV+ comedy series Loot, which recently premiered its third season. He recently lent his voice to Sony Pictures Animation’s K-Pop Demon Hunters, one of the year's biggest animated hits, further showcasing his versatility as a performer. His first hour-long comedy special, Joel Kim Booster: Psychosexual, which explores his experiences and observations as a gay Asian American male, with commentary on identity, sexuality, cultural expectations, and more, debuted on Netflix in 2022. The special was nominated for a Critics Choice Award and named one of the best comedy specials of 2022 by Variety. He also appears in Freeform’s Chrissy and Dave Dine Out, which follows Chrissy Teigen and David Chang, who, along with Joel, cracked the restaurant scene wide open in Los Angeles. Joel can also be seen in a guest star role in the latest season of Industry (HBO) and will be in the Scrubs reboot for ABC. Joel is also the host of the Smartless podcast Bad Dates, where he invites his friends to share their most iconic dating fiascos.

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Part origin story, part healing spell. Decrepit psychedelia with a powerdrone score. Memory As A Rock Out Of Reach is a duet performance in which Erika M. Anderson (EMA) and visual artist Tabitha Nikolai use video game technologies to build out the psycho-sexual inner world of a girl-child in the ’80s. Soundtracked by modular synth and guitar, a narrator searches for her shape amid commercial detritus, degraded 3D scans, and a Polly Pocket apocalypse.

Erika M. Anderson is an artist and musician who has been active in the West Coast DIY and experimental scene for over two decades. She performs under her initials as EMA and has toured extensively, playing internationally in warehouses, sold-out arenas and everywhere in between. In 2011 she released her critically-acclaimed solo debut, Past Life Martyred Saints, which has been included on the “Best Of The Decade” lists from Pitchfork, Stereogum, and Rolling Stone. Her albums are frequently self-produced, with a signature style that borrows from noise, folk, and memories of popular music. While Anderson’s music has brought her to prestigious music festivals, including Coachella, Bonnaroo, and Roskilde, her multimedia performances have taken place in museums such as PS1 MoMA, The New Museum, and The Barbican Centre in London. She has been profiled in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Guardian, and many others. NPR called her indie music’s “greatest worldbuilder.” Originally from South Dakota, Anderson now lives in Portland, Oregon, where she runs a recording studio.

Tabitha Nikolai is a visual artist and designer who uses video games, installation, and writing to study life under the visceral and disorienting onslaught of mass virtuality. Currently based in Portland, she grew up in Utah, and is forever influenced by her experiences there. Her work orbits themes of gender, isolation, futurism, and fantasy, often with a dark and humorous twist. With a long history of running DIY spaces, Nikolai believes deeply in the lifesaving power of community-organized scenes. Her work has been shown internationally at venues including the Kunsthall Trondheim, Trondheim, Norway; Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA; and apexart, New York, NY. Nikolai’s video games have been covered by The New York Times, VICE, and Art in America, and in academic outlets including the Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds.

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In New York City’s gritty East Village, a group of bohemians strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness, and the AIDS epidemic.

2005. Directed by Chris Columbus. Runtime: 2 hours 15 minutes. Rated PG-13.

There’s no day but today for RENT Movie Bingo, hosted by Violet Hex! Let your inner theater kid shine through iconic songs, dramatic entrances, and questionable decisions, complete with custom bingo cards designed by the host!

Violet Hex is a maximalist drag starlet, DJ, cult cinema programmer, and a staple of Portland’s queer nightlife scene. Violet is known best for her larger-than-life drag performances and dramatic fashions, as well as for her work in Portland presenting queer celebrations of cult cinema throughout the decades. Living at the intersection of punk and disco, Violet Hex has opened for/collaborated with legends such as John Waters, Lady Miss Kier, Jinkx Monsoon, Susanne Bartsch, and Peaches Christ.

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