Fuse Theatre Opens New Season With Play Featuring Bears

The Fuse Theatre Ensemble of Portland, Oregon opens their new season by wrapping up some unfinished bear business. Over the past two seasons, audiences have marveled at the beauty, rawness, and candor of Ajai Tripathi’s two plays, Great White Gets Off and Great White Gives it Up. As part of Fertile Ground 2025, Fuse will produce the final installment of the Great White Trilogy, Great White Goes Down (co-written with Patrick Hilton) from April 3 – 27.

Join Sandeep and Bert, a handsome couple of bears, as they bring closure to their whirlwind relationship that has traveled the world and spanned centuries. Didn’t see one or both of the first two plays? That’s ok because we will be presenting those plays as special performances during the run.

“Tripathi is rapidly becoming one of the most important voices in Portland theatre. His plays are extremely theatrical, shifting time and place effortlessly, while also digging deep into the raw emotions surrounding love and loss,” says Rusty Tennant, Fuse’s Artistic Director and the director of the Great White trilogy. “He and Pat have teamed up on this script to deliver an exceptionally contemporary story housed in the traditional mode of a trilogy, focusing on two men and the journey of their relationship from first-date hook-up, through marriage, and finally reaching a beautiful climax that will leave audiences more connected with themselves and with a deeper understanding of queer love.” 

ABOUT FUSE

Fuse is celebrating 16 years of producing paradigm shifting theatre in Portland, OR, and around the world. The recipient of eight Drammy Awards and numerous BroadwayWorld Awards over the years, Fuse has become a stalwart of politically motivated theatre in the Portland community. Fuse’s primary focus is the representation and celebration of marginalized groups, with a strong bent towards Queer works.

In slightly over a decade and a half, Fuse has fostered the creation of dozens of original works. Fuse produces Portland’s annual celebration of the LGBTQIA+ contribution to theatre, The OUTwright Theatre Festival, as well as BlaQ OUT, a producing engine for emerging works at the Black/Queer intersection. Fuse also serves as a creative home for the producing engines: OUTwright, Fusion, Cause Cabaret, Kate’s Theatrics, and Theatredust.

For more information and tickets head to www.fusetheatreensemble.com