Brand-New Theatre, Portland-Grown
The Fertile Ground Festival of New Works is a citywide, multi-week performing arts festival taking place in venues throughout Portland, Oregon and the surrounding areas.
This year’s lineup includes site specific theatre, dance, solo shows, aerial performance, puppetry, and dozens upon dozens of brand-new scripts by some of Portland’s most celebrated and prolific playwrights.

Fertile Ground 2025 is coming April 4-19
16 Days
46 Producers
64 Projects
27 Venues throughout the Portland Metro Area
What We’re All About

New Works
Fertile Ground features myriad art forms and offers dozens of Portland-generated “acts of creation” for audiences to experience each year.

Our Community
Fertile Ground features the new work of our LOCAL artists, performers, and resident theatre companies, ensuring that the artistic and financial benefits of the festival stay in Portland

Accessibility
Fertile Ground is committed to improving access to our spaces, both physical and virtual. We are aware of many deeply inadequate accessibility issues within our artform.

All Art Forms
Projects can range from fully staged world premieres, to theatrical workshops and play readings, to ensemble and collaboration-driven work, to a variety of dance, comedy, film events and more.

Accessing Website and Venues
Please email Tamara Carroll at fertileground@portlandtheatre.com to get help navigating our website or ticketing system, if you have questions about the accessibility of performances and venues, or any other questions, concerns, or feedback.
Quick Links
Festival Lineup
Audience Information

Contact
fertileground@portlandtheatre.com
