Join us for a reading of The View from Here at the Fertile Ground Festival!

The View from Here

As Elsie prepares to leave the planet, she’s visited by two young people who are also, in their own ways, death-adjacent. Can the three of them help each other fix the terrible, lonely tilting of their lives before Ed arrives?

Directed by Nik Whitcomb

Featuring Vana O'Brien, Taya Dixon, Samuel Campbell, and Tony Green.

Part of LineStorm Playwrights presentations of new works in progress in Portland's Fertile Ground Festival!

April 17th at 2pm at Artists Repertory Theater in Portland, Oregon.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/portland/article/10-Shows-to-Check-Out-at-the-2026-Fertile-Ground-Festival-20260403

Wonderful reviews for Apple Hunters, now playing at Artists Rep!

"APPLE HUNTERS! is listed as the "feel-good" show in Artist Repertory Theatre's season, presumably because "will lighten your heart and restore your faith in humanity" would have been too long. But that's really what E.M. Lewis's gorgeous new play does..."

Krista Garver at Broadway World

https://www.broadwayworld.com/portland/article/Review-APPLE-HUNTERS-at-Artists-Rep-20260408

"With quiet brilliance, E.M. Lewis’s heartwarming play about brotherhood, adeptly directed by Zeina Salame at Artists Repertory Theatre, drops breadcrumbs of meaning while also letting us make our own way through the rich woods of her characters’ memories and current-day troubles."

Linda Ferguson at Oregon ArtsWatch

https://www.orartswatch.org/looking-for-love-in-all-the-right-places-four-childhood-friends-embark-on-a-quest-to-find-an-apple-in-apple-hunters/

Apple Hunters! World Premiere at Artists Repertory Theater in Portland, Oregon!

Apple Hunters!

March 31 - April 26, 2026
Artists Repertory Theatre

written by E.M. Lewis |  directed by Zeina Salame

It’s been a hard year for Eddie.  So he gets the old gang back together (his big brother and two childhood friends) and convinces them to join him as he tries to find a long-lost variety of apple once grown in their childhood stomping grounds. Amid the blur of chores, kids’ soccer practice, and the relentless daily grind, the guys embark on a quest for this legendary golden apple — and end up finding something much more valuable along the way..

Mellon Foundation Playwright-in-Residence E.M. Lewis wraps up her 6-year residency at Artists Rep with Apple Hunters!, a funny and heartfelt story of men, friendship, and the power of showing up for each other.

https://artistsrep.org/performance/apple-hunters/