As part of the 9th Vanport Mosaic Festival
May 18-June 1

Festival Program Here

Precipice: re-membering, forgetting and claiming home - a new solo play 

conceived and performed by Damaris Webb
directed by Olivia Mathews 
written by Chris Gonzalez

• Saturday, May 25th at 7:30pm

• Sunday, May 26th at 2:00pm

  Historic Alberta House - 5131 NE 23rd Ave, Portland 

Following Sunday's 2:00pm performance, please join us for writer/educator/organizer  Bruce Poinsette's reflections on“My Heart Belongs Where the Trees Are,” his Oregon Humanities essay detailing a Black film crew’s road trip to the towns of Pendleton and Joseph to explore Black life in Eastern Oregon.

Photo by Elijah Hasan/Vanport Mosaic

Precipice is a magical-realist, fluid poem that tenderly holds place, house/home and mementos as doorways to connection, while deeply questioning materialistic notions of ownership. This one-woman show presses against the boundaries of media reports, geological truths, legacy, DNA reports, and the value of listening to the land as a third-generation Black Portlander and Oregonian. Who owns your idea of belonging? What is the legacy of the place you call home? As far as you can tell, is everyone free?

Precipice was first developed under the 2024 IFCC Grant and Residency Program. This production is presented as part of the 2024 Vanport Mosaic Festival, and made possible by the generous support of Ronni Lacroute, Regional Arts and Culture Council, and Portland Events and Film.

Tickets by donation - suggested:
Students and seniors, $5
General: $10