The original production of “A Pigeon and a Boy” barely opened at Milagro Theatre this past March 22, and it already has critics and audiences singing its praises. The following is excerpted from Bob Hicks’ review for Oregon ArtsWatch:

“‘That novel just came to life for me!’ I overheard a fellow
theatergoer exclaim happily as I worked through the crowd at Milagro
Theatre on Saturday night after the opening performance of the Jewish Theatre Collaborative’s A Pigeon and a Boy.

Well,
yes, it did – and in some interesting ways. She might have meant the
story itself swept her off her feet. And she might have meant she loved
seeing good actors step inside the story and bring its characters into
heart-thumping, flesh-and-blood reality.

Both were reasonable responses to JTC’s performance, a world-premiere stage adaptation of the Israeli writer Meir Shalev’s time-hopping novel about
a rumpled, aging tour guide in contemporary Israel and the unlikely
love story of a pair of young pigeon-handlers during the 1948 war of
independence. A Pigeon and a Boy ripples with themes of home and
belonging, issues that are intensely potent in Israel and the Middle
East…

Pigeon, adapted by director Sacha Reich and Doren
Elias, joins the recent run of good-to-excellent shows that have made
late winter and early spring such a memorable and rewarding season on
Portland’s stages. With an intriguing story, a solid and highly flexible
cast led by Darius Pierce as the disgruntled romantic Yair, and
excellent technical credits including a cleverly pop-up diorama of a
painted set by the visual artist Henk Pander, this show’s got the goods:
it engages you both in that slow and intellectually heightened way of a
good written story being gradually unspooled, and with the immediate
emotional impact of good drama.”

Help welcome JTC to Milagro and experience this touching story of longing and belonging, playing March 22 through April 12
Thurs – Sat 7:30 PM, Sundays 2:00 PM
Tickets are on sale now.