These include the Willamette Tumwater, Clackamas, Kathlemet, Molalla, Multnomah and Watlala Chinook Peoples and the Tualatin Kalapuya who today are part of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, and many other Native communities who made their homes along the Columbia River. We also want to recognize that Portland today is a community of many diverse Native peoples who continue to live and work here. We respectfully acknowledge and honor all Indigenous communities—past, present, future—and are grateful for their ongoing and vibrant presence.

Who designed this space?  

The amazing team at Osmose Design —who in addition to the gorgeousness of the Tomorrow Theater have designed, well, alot of cool places and spaces (ones that give us joy – like rollerskating rinks, ice cream parlors, coffee havens and wildly happy homes). 

 
Other creative artists, designers and industry knowhow that contributed to the space includes:

Guerilla Development
ChefStable
Skylight Collective
Portland Garment Factory
Pattern People 
Full Aperture 
Perlo Construction
Urban Resources, Inc.
Brett Schultz Architect
 

The Tomorrow Theater opened on November 3, 2023 with an inaugural Carte Blanche conversation with David Byrne. Located at 3530 Division Street in Portland, Oregon, the theater has lived many previous lives as a vaudeville house, Spanish language, independent, and (most recently) an X-rated theater & live sex club. With deep storytelling roots and nearly a century of Portland history, the venue itself is a kindred spirit to the vision for the Tomorrow Theater, and we are thrilled to be a part of the evolution of this space.

Taking the eclectic 100 year-old spirit of the space into account, our new space promotes the idea of “cinema unbound” through a mix of artist-driven signature screenings, events, happenings, performances, and discussions changing for whom, by whom, and how cinematic stories are told now — and tomorrow.

 
Andee Hess and Makrai Crecelius, of Portland-based and female-owned interior design studio Osmose, designed the theater. Known for their wildly imaginative and unique projects, their work has been featured in The New York Times and Architectural Digest as the creative forces behind spaces as varied as Salt & Straw ice cream shops and Fred Armisen’s goth-inspired house. The project was developed by Guerrilla Development in concert with PAM CUT and the design team.
 

PAM CUT Tomorrow Theater creative program advisors include: Alix Meier Goodman, Mary Blair, Rosemary Colliver, Linda Andrews, David Cress, Tim Williams, Lana Finley, Liz Mowe, Thomas Gewecke, Kimber Ritz, Byron Beck, Heidi Lowell, Aimee Lynn Barneburg, Rose Bond, Angel Reyes, Dejana Peric, Kim Kinney, Romani Lay, Eden Dawn, Jessica Decker, Julie La Bassiere, Oved Valadez, Savina Neirotti, Shelby Rachleff, Anish Savjani, Connie Wohn, Holly Levow, Ryan Leverenz, Suzanne Donaldson