https://suemach.com/the-shadow-testament daily 0.75 2021-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600c8fe9f983552f0a562620/1612980803629-4QOOQ5LTJ7UIV2MBG9LY/Creffield+cropped.png The Shadow Testament - The Shadow Testament 4F/4M Based on a true story and set in the early 1900s, The Shadow Testament centers on a young woman from Corvallis, Oregon who is placed in a mental institution due to her involvement in a religious cult called The Church of the Bride of Christ. The play chronicles her attempt to recount the events that led her there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600c8fe9f983552f0a562620/1612830421785-V4KI7HJGSZ9H4SAPC0I4/Shadow+Testament.jpeg The Shadow Testament - “. . . a well-written story that interlocks just like a jigsaw puzzle . . .” — Blake Swan, Clackamas Print https://suemach.com/a-noble-failure daily 0.75 2021-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600c8fe9f983552f0a562620/1611697416574-REH9ZPVUU6COP0IBQ4C0/Noble+Failure+Truman+and+Ivan.jpg A Noble Failure - A Noble Failure 2 F/4M In a world overburdened by standardized testing and measurement, A Noble Failure chronicles a teacher and principal who attempt to shield a beloved public school from the forces of privatization. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600c8fe9f983552f0a562620/1612819248482-T4BCUYK5JHGNQRTQXJBY/Noble+Failure+Fuck.jpg A Noble Failure - . . . A Noble Failure succeeds by all theatrical measures: empathetic, deeply rounded characters, bitingly witty, authentic dialogue; taut narrative arc spurred by multiple levels of conflict . . . But more so, it achieves a grander goal: the expression and transmission of deeper cultural ideas and meanings. — Aaron Scott, Portland Monthly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600c8fe9f983552f0a562620/1612819785479-IYIEWW2BZLBTOCLB0JXY/Noble+Failure+Jacklyn.jpg A Noble Failure - “My thoughts about education and measurement put me at odds with the law of the land (which is No Child Left Behind), but they align me just about perfectly with local playwright Susan Mach’s new play, A Noble Failure, a smart, sharp and polished play . . .” — Barry Johnson, Oregon Arts Watch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600c8fe9f983552f0a562620/1612820189672-Z3XZKQ5FP8VCOBA63THS/Noble+Failure+Truman+on+phone.jpg A Noble Failure - “That the playwright (who’s also a teacher) takes the side of the traditional establishment doesn’t diminish the play’s value as a springboard for discussion . . .” — Marty Hughley, The Oregonian https://suemach.com/the-lost-boy daily 0.75 2021-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600c8fe9f983552f0a562620/1611698401075-2AORWRHANYRVTEP2EOVE/Lost+Boy+Barnum.jpg The Lost Boy - The Lost Boy 4F/6M Based on a true story, The Lost Boy traces a father’s attempt to find his young child as he navigates not only hostage negotiations with the boy’s kidnappers, but also the exploitative allure of yellow journalism and the circus world of the original American huckster, P. T. Barnum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600c8fe9f983552f0a562620/1612817827594-90INT8VBT8JZYLSUOR9Q/Lost+Boy1.jpg The Lost Boy - “The Lost Boy is a tightrope mystery where a boy’s life hangs in the balance amid the self-serving interests of the white collar elite and circus-folk, both vying for the upper hand . . .” — Broadway World https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600c8fe9f983552f0a562620/1612818809338-9TPXM3L7RH1C1JUTMRZ6/Lost+Boy+Reading+the+News.jpg The Lost Boy - “But, as intriguing as the story is, Ms. Mach’s setting of it, as a background for Barnum’s sideshow, is downright brilliant. The facade of a circus arena, reflecting the real life events, gives the story its edge . . .” — Dennis Sparks Reviews https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600c8fe9f983552f0a562620/1612818534539-WHGY9YTB0IY1JESIJ4SX/Lost+Boy+Duffy.jpg The Lost Boy - “Perhaps Mach is asking us to think more deeply when the great showman P. T. Barnum says to the father, “Think of us as your net. the “net” could be the Internet and other technology that help promote yellow journalism of the 21st Century . . .” — Kris Alman, Oregon Save Our Schools https://suemach.com/the-yellow-wallpaper daily 0.75 2021-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600c8fe9f983552f0a562620/1611698266576-YHUVJMMBP8GGA2NW92OD/Yellow2.jpg The Yellow Wallpaper - The Yellow Wallpaper 4F/6M The Yellow Wallpaper is a devised adaptation of the classic Charlotte Perkins Gilman short story featuring her personal journal entries and snippets from actual letters to her husband. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600c8fe9f983552f0a562620/1613083406022-D0MFUG6S8TXPZTQBXGHB/Yellow+Wallpaper+Hair+Washing.jpg The Yellow Wallpaper - “Sue Mach’s excellent script is a mashup of the short story and Gilman’s personal letters and journals, which provide a well rounded-out plot . . . She also did something very interesting with the end, which I won’t give away other than to say I loved it . . . — Krista Garver, Broadway World https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600c8fe9f983552f0a562620/1613083489980-WICFSTLC0C8A8F45IJOP/Yellow+Wallpaper+Grace+Skirt.jpg The Yellow Wallpaper - “Sue Mach transforms Gilman’s story, written in the first person in the protagonist’s journal, into a taut drama that remains true to the original and yet suggests a somewhat broader perspective - enlarging the scope of the tale by including notes from Gilman’s letters and journals . . .” — Richard Wattenberg, Oregon Live https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600c8fe9f983552f0a562620/1613083513655-JZUGKQXCHLYY6V9JA0JE/Grace+Animal.jpg The Yellow Wallpaper - “CoHo’s production . . . is a psychological thriller that will leave you feeling like the pit of your stomach was ripped out and lost down a hole . . .” — Christa Morletti McIntyre, Oregon Arts Watch https://suemach.com/home daily 1.0 2021-08-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600c8fe9f983552f0a562620/1629386881090-RF2ZUEQ05GC9UXX4Z00D/210725-bruce_sue_497R8xSs.jpg Home - Sue Mach is an award-winning playwright based in Portland, Oregon. https://suemach.com/media daily 0.75 2021-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600c8fe9f983552f0a562620/1613359414823-1TM5IG6L8953PZICPQEP/VORTEX+B++CROP.jpg Media Click on the image above to get more information on Vortex I. https://suemach.com/comingsoon daily 0.75 2025-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600c8fe9f983552f0a562620/1614367165859-RQC88ZGH6GNTP748DNJB/Madonna+wcredit.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600c8fe9f983552f0a562620/1612906078459-5OII5EG8EUSSJAUATMW2/hermione.jpg Coming Soon - “. . . the heart of Madonna of the Cat is in a pair of female relationships, principally that between Hermione, a queen who lost everything except her life, and Paulina, the friend that both saves and sequesters her . . .” — Marty Hughley, Oregon Arts Watch https://suemach.com/monograms daily 0.75 2021-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600c8fe9f983552f0a562620/1611694596489-SHQRFK339QVCL1LUORI0/Monograms+Photo.jpg Monograms - Monograms 2F/2M Monograms examines the life of poet Hazel Hall (1886-1924) who lived primarily through her imagination, being confined to a wheelchair in her second story room in a house in Portland, Oregon. She experienced national recognition from Harriet Monroe, the famed editor of Poetry magazine, but it was the sacrifice of her sister that made the poems available to the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600c8fe9f983552f0a562620/1612831674115-5Z7IU1U30O9F77PX99ST/HazelHall.png Monograms - “Mach’s first play, Monograms, was beautifully written and dramatically powerful, and it introduced me to the poetry of Oregon poet Hazel Hall . . .” — Barry Johnson, The Oregonian https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600c8fe9f983552f0a562620/1612841554381-8UJZ86QU3PYTG1O0HYVL/hazel%27s+house.png Monograms - “The layers [of the play] create multilateral realms through which the past reality of Hall’s reclusive life, the eternal fantasy of her poetry, and the present abstraction of Mach’s imagination interweave and the haunting breath of the past permeating the play carries the audience into the romantic terrain of recalling and recreating . . .” — Suki S. Kim, American Theatre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600c8fe9f983552f0a562620/1614288786283-9HZ2BKJBBLZDL5XCSLEY/hazel+books.jpg+wcredit.jpg Monograms - “Mach has a distinctive theatrical voice . . .” — D. J. R. Bruckner, New York Times https://suemach.com/about daily 0.75 2021-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600c8fe9f983552f0a562620/1614313266689-BFPGCP94T6ZN3Y1O8B6F/Sue+and+Allen+wcredit.jpg About https://suemach.com/vortex-i daily 0.75 2021-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600c8fe9f983552f0a562620/1614312640362-Y20VB0XU4PLW3692RK3N/VORTEX+B++wcredit.jpg Vortex I - Vortex I 4F/9M Band: drums, guitar, bass, keyboard Still in development, Vortex I is a musical, based on actual events, depicting Oregon Governor Tom McCall’s outside the box decision in 1970 to produce and fund a five-day rock festival in Estacada, Oregon. This decision meant turning a blind eye to the particpants’ nudity and drug use. In the end, the festival prevented violence between anti-Vietnam activists and American Legionnaires who were gathering for a national conference in Portland during the summer of that year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600c8fe9f983552f0a562620/1612932056741-7AN4TFDAJF25RGO5UMHA/No+More+Bullshit%21.jpeg Vortex I - “One of the outstanding works at this year’s Fertile Ground festival is the musical Vortex I celebrating this event . . . exquisitely acted and sung by the cast of twelve, this play not merely celebrates this unusual public event but analyzes it too, with acuity and no small degree of earned emotion . . .” — Jae Carlsson, Oregon Arts Watch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600c8fe9f983552f0a562620/1612980306546-UK8WP0N8LG3857T19L3L/190128-vortex_r1_429.jpg Vortex I - “I’ve never had so much fun at a workshop of a show than I did the night I saw Vortex I, a new musical with book and lyrics by Sue Mach and Bill Waddams (of Animotion fame). Vortex I is an Oregon story that the country needs to hear -- get this baby to Broadway!” — Krista Garver, Broadway World https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600c8fe9f983552f0a562620/1612932171274-1WAAU53PA2OCV674G9DO/Lief+as+McCall.jpeg Vortex I - “But what makes this piece so engaging is the way Mach’s book and lyrics illuminate the character of the central figure, Oregon Governor Tom McCall . . . Through private ruminations, debates with his aides and adversaries, and tussles with his sweetly overbearing mother, we see a political and personal transformation take place in response to potential crisis.” — Marty Hughley, Oregon Arts Watch