'Stupid F**king Bird' Twists Checkhov to Hilarious Effect
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Portland is no stranger to the works of Eugene-born playwright Aaron Posner. Portland Center Stage and Artist Repertory Theater have staged his adaptations "Sometimes a Great Notion," "The Chosen" and three short stories by Kurt Vonnegut. Now, Portland Center Stage is producing the first of what he calls his irreverent adaptations: "Stupid F**king Bird," which runs through March 27.
A play on Chekhov\'s "The Seagull," the fowl-named play was originally developed at Washington D.C.\'s Woolly Mammoth Theater. Producer Aaron Scott and Portland Monthly arts editor, Fiona McCann, went to see the show as part of State Of Wonder\'s "What Are You Looking At?" series. What follows are some highlights from their conversation.
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