Slipstream draws on a network of Portland arts institutions and experienced practitioners contributing directly to the construction, production, and community reach of our work. The partners here have agreed to support our first collective project, Propagation, and represent relationships built over years of working in the same city.
Echo Theater is a Portland-based performance organization with deep roots in experimental and community-engaged work. Several Slipstream members have performed, coached, and trained within Echo's ecosystem over multiple years. Echo is providing institutional support for Propagation — lending organizational credibility and access to their community networks.
echotheaterpdc.org →Chris Witten at Clackamas Repertory Theater is contributing technical consultation to Propagation, drawing on years of professional production experience in the Pacific Northwest. His knowledge of set construction, rigging, and live-performance logistics is directly applicable to the installation's physical infrastructure.
clackamasrep.org →Deborah Dahling holds an MFA in Fine Arts and brings over 30 years of professional prop design and fabrication experience to her work in the Pacific Northwest — credits include Portland Center Stage, Broadway Rose, and Oregon Children's Theater. For Propagation she is contributing to the design and construction of the installation's physical scenography, including the fiber art and papier-mâché botanical forms that populate the micro-habitats.
The partners listed here are not contracted vendors. They are people and organizations we have worked alongside in Portland for years, who believe in what we are trying to build and have chosen to contribute their experience to it. That distinction matters to us; Slipstream exists to strengthen the local artistic ecosystem, not extract from it, and these collaborations reflect that intention. For questions about any of these partnerships, reach us at slipstreamcircuscollective@gmail.com.