Pep Talk

"It's a pep rally for people who hated pep rallies, a simultaneous goof on the trappings of team spirit and sincere acknowledgment that teams can be families, coaches can be life changing, and motivational speeches get people going for a reason." -Portland Mercury

Hand2mouth blew the whistle and pulled a red card on 2016 for being a year of fumbles, foul balls and piss poor attitudes. Get off the bench and into the theatre because H2M’s coaches were back after 3 years on tour with a lean, mean, road-tested PEP TALK! This show boosted team spirit, celebrated heroes, identified obstacles and asked the game-changing question: “What are you going to do?”

PEP TALK toured Oregon schools, community organizations, theatres and colleges. The show was customized for each audience, making it specific to each community.

"Like any good spirit squad, they had me roped in from the get go for their joyous descent into that pillar of American culture: the motivational pep talk." (Aaron Scott, Portland Monthly)

REVIEWS AND PREVIEWS (tour & homecoming show)

Broadway World- re. homecoming show (February 2017)
SF Gate - re. performance at San Francisco's Fury Factory Festival (June 2016)
Portland Tribune - re. performance at Coffee Creek (April 2015)

REVIEWS (premiere)

Portland Monthly (January 2014)
Portland Mercury (January 2014)
The Oregonian (January 2014)
Theatre Reviews by Dennis Sparks (February 2014)

PREVIEWS

Portland Mercury (January 2014)
Portland Mercury - re. Alt Superbowl (January 2014)
Portland Mercury - re. Fertile Ground Festival (January 2014)

PERFORMANCE DATES

The Homecoming Show @ Coho Theatre, February 2017: Portland, OR
Alliance of Artists Communities Annual Conference, October 7, 2016: Portland, OR
The Autorino Center for the Arts & Humanities, University of Saint Joseph, September 16-17, 2016: West Hartford, CT
Fury Factory Festival of Ensemble and Devised Theatre, June 15-18, 2016: San Francisco, CA
National Performance Network Annual Meeting, December 12, 2015, Lincoln Hall, Portland, OR
Surplus Space, April 25, 2015: Portland, OR (4 hour durational version performed as part of Over & Back)
Oregon Contemporary Theatre, April 19, 2015: Eugene, OR
Linfield College, April 3, 2015: McMinnville, OR
Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, April 1, 2015: Wilsonville, OR
Sisters Middle School (sponsored by the Americana Project), February 7, 2015: Sisters, OR
Lakeview High School, February 6, 2015: Lakeview, OR
Paisley School, February 5, 2015: Paisley, OR
Western Oregon University, January 26, 2015: Monmouth, OR
Springdale Job Corps, July, 2013: Springdale, OR
Northwest New Works Festival, On the Boards, June 14-15, 2014: Seattle, WA
Peninsula Park Community Center January 22 - February 16, 2014: Portland, OR