Tennessee Williams’ “The Night of the Iguana” live on stage at Newport Performing Arts Center

NEWPORT, OR — Red Octopus Theatre Company will present Tennessee Williams’ classic play The Night of the Iguana, directed by Bonnie Ross, October 16 through November 1, 2026, in the David Ogden Stiers Theatre at the Newport Performing Arts Center. The production runs for nine total performances, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:00 pm and Sundays at 2:00 pm.

Williams’ Tony Award-winning drama of heat, memory, and human connection is set in 1940 against the lush, suffocating heat of a hillside in Puerta Barrio. The drama follows characters pushed to the edge of everything, and explores the fragile human need for connection, the burden of the past, and the desperate search for meaning.

Darkly comic, heartbreaking, and profoundly tender, the play carries a distinguished awards record. In addition to its win for Best Actress in…