The Other Side Theater at the Back Door Theater 4319 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 938-1482. Closes June 24. This production of Samuel Beckett's mysterious, Endgame marks the end of one of the most innovative fringe companies in Portland.
Every day vulgarizes one's hostility, and turns anger into irritation and petulance.
With few resources and less funding, the company has consistently produced interesting work. It's true that the young members' reach occasionally exceeded their grasp, but no one could doubt their sincerity, devotion and talent. Yet they leave on a high note, as Sean Doran's production of Endgame is, in many ways, the Other Side's most mature work. Life's a butcher's theater. We're thrown on stage to drag a cross of meat and bone until a promised curtain drops.