Welcome to MediaRites

MediaRites is a tax-exempt, 501 (c ) 3, nonprofit production organization based in Portland, Oregon, dedicated to telling the stories of diverse cultures and giving voice to the unheard through the arts, education and media projects. Since 1984, MediaRites has produced award-winning radio and film documentaries, interactive websites, theatre and outreach projects.

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Projects

Radio

MediaRites has a history of award winning cross-cultural documentaries including the 8-hour Asian Pacific American history series Crossing East, winner of the Peabody in 2007.

Theatre

See MediaRites current and past stage productions. Our current project, Theatre Diaspora, presents staged readings to highlight Asian American/Pacific Islander plays and arts.

Community Outreach

Through the years, MediaRites has worked with community organizations and schools to create arts and media opportunities for students, underserved groups in the Portland-metro area.

Video

See videos created for the Crossing East series, winner of Peabody award in 2007, a flash video from the Coming Home project in Kodiak, AK ion 2009  and the Mei Mei film in 2014

The Latest

The Brothers Paranormal – supernatural story of love, grief and displacement

December 28, 2017

Tickets now on sale at Brownpaper Tickets! No tickets sold at door!

Savira Kambhu & Samson Syharath

The Brothers Paranormal
by Prince Gomolvilas

A workshop staged reading
directed by Kate Duffly
with live music by Joe Kye
January 19 & 20 at 7:30pm
1620 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR 97201
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Prince Gomolvilas is coming to Portland!

November 5, 2017

Thanks to Ronni Lacroute for being our show sponsor forThe Brothers Paranormal by Prince Gomolvilas! (Jan. 19-21 at PSU’s Lincoln Hall, Boiler Room

(Dmae pictured with Ronni Lacroute (right) and artist Horatio Law on the opening of Caught at Artists Repertory Theatre)

Dmae pictured with Ronni Lacroute (right) and artist Horatio Law 

Thanks to Ronni Lacroute’s generous sponsorship MediaRites’ Theatre Diaspora will be bringing Thai-American playwright Prince Gomolvilas to Portland to workshop his play for a staged reading with music by Joe Kye before his world premiere at Pan-Asian Repertory Theatre in NYC!

Not only will he be in attendance for final rehearsals but Ronni’s sponsorship makes it possible for Prince to be part of our talkbacks and offer a master class in playwriting to PoC theatre artists. Thank you Ronni!

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The Brothers Paranormal
Prince Gomolvilas

Prince Gomolvilas

A workshop staged reading
Directed by Kate Duffly
with music by Joe Kye
January 19-21, 2018
at PSU’s Lincoln Hall, Boiler Room Theatre 

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Crossing East: Relations

May 13, 2017
Ellen Choy (right) Photo: Brooke Anderson Photography

Ellen Choy (right) Photo: Brooke Anderson Photography

Crossing East: Relations is a one-hour documentary special produced by Dmae Roberts, executive producer of MediaRites’ Crossing East series with Robynn Takayama and Alan Montecillo. The documentary addresses AAPIs and the Model Minority Myth and the historic relationship between AAPIs and African Americans. As part of a 10th anniversary celebration of the Peabody-winning radio series Crossing East, which aired on 230 public radio stations around the country we’ve been producing this documentary as well gathering more than 100 hours of oral history recordings for the Crossing East Archive.

Featuring music by David Ornette Cherry.
Hear a promo for the first airing on KBOO.FM June 6, 2017, 11am-noon!

This Crossing East Archive and documentary project was made possible by….
And individual donors and supporters!
Special thanks to:
    Ronni Lacroute
    John and June Schumann.
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