Don Reed in "East 14th"

Northwest Public Broadcasting and Gesa Power House Theatre present actor-comedian Don Reed in his critically-acclaimed one-man show "East 14th" on Saturday, September 25, 2021 at 7:00 p.m.

Growing up in Oakland, California, Don Reed's mother and stepfather raised him to be a middle-class, straight-A, God-fearing church boy, but Don Reed wanted to be like his biological father. Too bad he didn't know that dear old dad was an actual pimp.

"East 14th" was so popular in Berkeley, it was extended 22 times, and spurred the opening of a second Marsh theater, where it ran for an additional 18 months. The show earned Reed the 2016 TBA: Theater Bay Area Award for Outstanding Production of a Solo Show and an NAACP Double Nominee for Best Actor & Best Playwright, and in 2016, he won the Performance of the Year award on NPR's "Snap Judgement" with an excerpt from "East 14th" titled "I Miss Toni."

Reserved seating tickets ($40) are available online at phtww.org or by calling the box office at 509-529-6500.