Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble

Training pete runs a training center in contemporary performance(institute for contemporary performance/icp). We teach multiplecommunity classes in performance training and two intensives peryear covering the viewpoints, suzuki, as well as linklater voice,composition techniques and ensemble building. In the fall of 2015,we started a year-long training program in contemporaryperformance geared towards training young artists in making newwork for the theater. 2023 marks our eighth year of enrollmentwith 12 students. Pete also runs a high-school devised theatreprogram, bringing high school students from demographicallydifferent backgrounds together to create performance thatgenerates dialogue across difference, impacting 125-200 studentsper year.