1900 NW 27th Ave  503-224-1431

Years: 1980 [at NW 27th] - 1982 [at NE Broadway]

PUB THEATER

The Pub Theater produced out of a space under The Gathering Place Restaurant located at 1900 NW 27th Ave with a side entrance to the basement. The restaurant later became The Bull Ring Restaurant’s. After the Pub Theatre moved in 1982 to NE Broadway Sumus on May 14, 1982, took over the space for a couple of years.

Two articles below are from the Oregon Journal June 12, 1980.

Below Left: “Openings: in the Oregon Journal October 23, 1980. Below Right: In the Oregon Journal July 17, 1980

Below Left: Ad in the Oregon Journal August 7, 1980. Below Right: Notices in the Oregon Journal November 13, 1980.

Below Left: Notice in the August 27, 1981 issue of The Oregon Journal. February 1982 per Oregon Journal notices – still at 1900 NW 27th doing the show “Vanities” then the PUB moved to 1431 NE Broadway March 12, 1982, with the premiere show GREASE.

Below Left: Stated in an ad in a Storefront Theater program “The Pub Theatre NEW LOCATION 1431 NE Broadway”, showing both Grease being performed March 12 - May 1 then What the Butler Saw in May with Vanities at the Portland Hilton [where Mark Allen Players used the same space]. March 25, 1982, an advertisement in the Oregon Journal shows basically the same information. Below Right: “What the Butler Saw” Oregon Journal May 6, 1982 shows that the company was now producing at 1431 NE Broadway.

Below ad is in the September 1982 issue of The Oregonian again at 1431 NE Broadway. Check out Dugan’s Sidedoor for additional information.