live presentation https://bandonevents.org Arts Community Sat, 16 May 2026 21:41:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Self Possessed https://bandonevents.org/event/self-possessed/ Sun, 28 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0000 https://bandonevents.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=4252 Driven by desperation, Fletcher Stevens uses a DIY Ghost Communication Kit, only to find himself possessed– and suddenly able to talk to ghosts. Hoping to contact his recently deceased grandpa, […]

The post Self Possessed first appeared on Bandon Events.]]> Driven by desperation, Fletcher Stevens uses a DIY Ghost Communication Kit, only to find himself possessed– and suddenly able to talk to ghosts. Hoping to contact his recently deceased grandpa, Fletcher begins to help restless spirits resolve their unfinished business. And, he learns that helping others can sometimes be the best way to help yourself.

“Self Possessed” is a one act comedy written and performed by Tyler Eickhoff. Tyler’s work includes the one act play “A Pirate Named Shirley,” which had its debut performance at the 2025 Bandon Fringe Festival.

Showtime is 3 p.m. on Sunday, June 28.

Admission $11.50

This performance is part of the 2026 Bandon Fringe Festival. All performances are at the Sprague Community Theater, 1202 11th St. SW, in Bandon City Park.

Tickets are available for individual performances, or purchase a Fringe Festival Pass for all shows. Advance tickets are available online at Tix.com. Tickets are also available at the box office during the festival.

The Bandon Fringe Festival is presented by the Sprague Community Theater and Bandon Playhouse. Learn more about the Bandon Playhouse community theater organization at BandonPlayhouse.org.

The post Self Possessed first appeared on Bandon Events.]]> Janessa Gabrielle https://bandonevents.org/event/janessa-gabrielle/ Sun, 28 Jun 2026 03:00:00 +0000 https://bandonevents.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=4247 Janessa Gabrielle is a singer and songwriter based in Southern Oregon. Her soulful style makes her music feel timeless. She sings with passion from the heart, writing songs that reflect […]

The post Janessa Gabrielle first appeared on Bandon Events.]]> Janessa Gabrielle is a singer and songwriter based in Southern Oregon. Her soulful style makes her music feel timeless. She sings with passion from the heart, writing songs that reflect her life experiences.

See and hear Janessa in concert at 8 p.m. on Saturday, June 27.

Admission $11.50

This performance is part of the 2026 Bandon Fringe Festival. All performances are at the Sprague Community Theater, 1202 11th St. SW, in Bandon City Park.

Tickets are available for individual performances, or purchase a Fringe Festival Pass for all shows. Advance tickets are available online at Tix.com. Tickets are also available at the box office during the festival.

The Bandon Fringe Festival is presented by the Sprague Community Theater and Bandon Playhouse. Learn more about the Bandon Playhouse community theater organization at BandonPlayhouse.org.

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“It is the passion and healing that drives me to write, produce and perform,” says Janessa. “With every connection that I make on this journey, I am even more inclined to keep on going.”

Sample Janessa’s work at YouTube.com/@janessagabrielle.

The post Janessa Gabrielle first appeared on Bandon Events.]]> Glamour Shots https://bandonevents.org/event/glamour-shots/ Sat, 27 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0000 https://bandonevents.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=4236 Author and storyteller Naomi Ulsted takes audiences on a journey back to her early 20’s in Austin, Texas. There, she spent her days clinging to small thrills, such as an […]

The post Glamour Shots first appeared on Bandon Events.]]> Author and storyteller Naomi Ulsted takes audiences on a journey back to her early 20’s in Austin, Texas. There, she spent her days clinging to small thrills, such as an imagined romance with the UPS guy and the occasional escape of dancing on Sixth Street. The rest of her life felt like a string of underwhelming routines tied together by cheap rent, theater costumes, and just enough money for beer and groceries.

On a whim, (and perhaps out of mild desperation), she scheduled a Glamour Shots session at the mall, convinced it would be the perfect activity when her younger sisters came to visit from their home in Oregon.

Show time is 3 p.m. on Saturday, June 27. This presentation includes mature themes, and / or strong language, and is recommended for teen and adult audience members.

Admission $11.50

This performance is part of the 2026 Bandon Fringe Festival. All performances are at the Sprague Community Theater, 1202 11th St. SW, in Bandon City Park.

Tickets are available for individual performances, or purchase a Fringe Festival Pass for all shows. Advance tickets are available online at Tix.com. Tickets are also available at the box office during the festival.

The Bandon Fringe Festival is presented by the Sprague Community Theater and Bandon Playhouse. Learn more about the Bandon Playhouse community theater organization at BandonPlayhouse.org.

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As Naomi recalls, “When my sisters arrived from our home in Oregon, they brought with them not just their worn sneakers and sharp humor, but the weight of life back home: a cruel stepfather, low expectations, and the quiet erosion of their confidence. I wanted to give them something different, something glamorous, something hopeful, even if I wasn’t entirely convinced I believed in it myself.

“The photoshoot, however, unraveled into pure chaos: ill-fitting dresses clipped together with office supplies, too much hairspray, melting makeup, and my stubbornly uncooperative eye turning every pose into a spectacle. But somewhere between the awkward poses and the photographer’s strained patience, everything shifted. What should have been embarrassing became hilarious . . . . By the time we left the mall, clutching overpriced prints and laughing until we could barely stand, nothing else seemed to matter. Not my empty apartment, not the cruel words waiting back home for them, not even my mediocre life. For a while, we had rewritten the narrative, turning it into something loud, defiant, and entirely our own.”

Naomi Ulsted writes fiction, non-fiction, and stage plays. She’s the author of the YA novel “The Apology Box” (2021), which was runner-up in the Indies Today contest and a finalist in the Next Generation Indies Book Award contest. Her memoir, “A Bouquet of Weeds: Growing Up Wild in the Pacific Northwest,” is forthcoming from High Frequency Press. She’s been published in “The Nomad,” “Rumpus,” and “The New Guard,” among others. She lives in North Bend, Oregon. Learn more at NaomiUlstead.com.

The post Glamour Shots first appeared on Bandon Events.]]> The Henrik Maneuver: A Notflix Comedy Special https://bandonevents.org/event/the-henrik-maneuver-a-notflix-comedy-special/ Sun, 28 Jun 2026 01:00:00 +0000 https://bandonevents.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=4234 Henrik Bothe has had the pleasure of entertaining audiences around the world with physical comedy that showcases his range of talents, from plate spinning, (a la the “Ed Sullivan Show”), […]

The post The Henrik Maneuver: A Notflix Comedy Special first appeared on Bandon Events.]]> Henrik Bothe has had the pleasure of entertaining audiences around the world with physical comedy that showcases his range of talents, from plate spinning, (a la the “Ed Sullivan Show”), to comedy magic and juggling, even escaping a straitjacket while riding a unicycle. Henrik is thrilled to have appeared on “The Tonight Show,” “Comedy Central” at Caesars Palace, and the “Gong Show,” twice, where he didn’t get gonged.

Show time is 6 p.m. on Saturday, June 27. This presentation includes mature themes, and / or strong language, and is recommended for teen and adult audience members.

Admission $16.50

This performance is part of the 2026 Bandon Fringe Festival. All performances are at the Sprague Community Theater, 1202 11th St. SW, in Bandon City Park.

Tickets are available for individual performances, or purchase a Fringe Festival Pass for all shows. Advance tickets are available online at Tix.com. Tickets are also available at the box office during the festival.

The Bandon Fringe Festival is presented by the Sprague Community Theater and Bandon Playhouse. Learn more about the Bandon Playhouse community theater organization at BandonPlayhouse.org.

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Henrik Bothe, (pronounced “Bota”), is a native of Denmark, where he attended the Aahus Theater Academy. He began his professional work in Europe, then relocated to San Francisco to join the ’80s New Vaudeville scene and was introduced to the world of improvisational theater.

Performance highlights include appearances with Jay Leno on The Tonight Show, in Las Vegas at Caesar’s Palace and on Europe’s most widely viewed variety show “Le Plus Grande Cabaret du Monde” in Paris. Today Henrik performs physical comedy as a professional entertainer for corporate, local and national events.

Henrik currently resides in Portland, Oregon, with his wife and family, where he performs locally, leads team-building workshops and teaches a circus arts program in metro-area schools. Learn more at NWCorporateComedy.com.

The post The Henrik Maneuver: A Notflix Comedy Special first appeared on Bandon Events.]]> Bare Bones in the Shadow Lands https://bandonevents.org/event/bare-bones-in-the-shadow-lands/ Fri, 26 Jun 2026 02:00:00 +0000 https://bandonevents.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=4230 Laurelann Porter offers “Bare Bones in the Shadow Lands,” a sound healing, storytelling and song sharing experience, at 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 25, at the Sprague Community Theater. “My […]

The post Bare Bones in the Shadow Lands first appeared on Bandon Events.]]> Laurelann Porter offers “Bare Bones in the Shadow Lands,” a sound healing, storytelling and song sharing experience, at 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 25, at the Sprague Community Theater.

“My work as a shamanic healer has centered mostly around grief: grief for loved ones we’ve lost as well as other kinds of grief. I find the most profound grief I’ve ever had to process is grief from my own disappointments at failing to meet my own expectations,” shares Porter.

“Most often our grief is layered. The layers it takes to unpeel get re-layered with each new loss we experience. This performance will highlight some of the songs that came through my shamanic song channeling process. The performance combines storytelling, ritual, and song to guide you through the wisdom and inspiration you may require to move with grace through your own shadow journey.”

This presentation includes mature themes, and / or strong language, and is recommended for teen and adult audience members.

Admission $11.50

This performance is part of the 2026 Bandon Fringe Festival. All performances are at the Sprague Community Theater, 1202 11th St. SW, in Bandon City Park.

Tickets are available for individual performances, or purchase a Fringe Festival Pass for all shows. Advance tickets are available online at Tix.com. Tickets are also available at the box office during the festival.

The Bandon Fringe Festival is presented by the Sprague Community Theater and Bandon Playhouse. Learn more about the Bandon Playhouse community theater organization at BandonPlayhouse.org.

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Laurelann Porter is a creative and intuitive healing artist. She began her career as a playwright, performer, director, filmmaker, and performance scholar. She holds academic degrees in theatre and playwriting, and she received her PhD in Theatre and Performance of the Americas at Arizona State University. She has directed and produced several short films, music videos, and two feature length documentary films. After a 2020-induced health crisis, Laurelann left academia to train as a shaman with the Four Winds Society under the guidance of world-renowned shaman, Alberto Villoldo. Her healing practice incorporates tools for shamanic energy medicine.

Laurelann’s performance specialty is autoethnographic solo performance work. Her experiences creating solo performance have equipped her with the tools for creating ritual and ceremony, developing one’s own personal mythology, and using one’s voice for creative expression as a vehicle for healing and transformation. Learn more at LaurelannPorter.com.

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