TICKETS $15

Doors & DJ set at 6:30 p.m.; Event 7 p.m.; Q&A w/ Director Wayne Orr following the film

Click here to learn more about accessibility at the Tomorrow Theater. 

THE EXPERIENCE

Join Violet Hex & Pee-wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special director Wayne Orr for an extra special holiday screening of the greatest Christmas special ever made, complete with a Christmas-themed DJ set. Violet will kick the party off with a killer selection of fun punk, new wave, disco, freestyle, and dance music, and share her love of the Pee-wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special with the audience. After the film, we’ll kick it over to the director of the film, Wayne Orr, for a moderated Q&A!

Wayne Orr forever left his mark on television history with his work as director of Pee-Wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special and 11 episodes of Pee-Wee’s Playhouse. A seven-time Emmy Award winner known best for over 50 years working in Hollywood as a camera operator on some of television’s greatest programming, Orr worked on the Carol Burnett Show, Roseanne, We Are the World, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Golden Girls, and many more. He’s also worked on variety TV specials with icons including Liza Minelli, Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler, and Patti LaBelle! 

First forty guests get a red bow-tie!

ON SCREEN: Pee-wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special

1988. Directed by Wayne Orr & Paul Reubens. Runtime: 49 minutes. Rated PG.

Pee-wee Herman and pals are celebrating Christmas in the Playhouse in their own creative ways: Pee-wee makes a list for Santa Claus 1 1/2 miles long, teaches Little Richard how to ice skate, goes for a sleigh ride with Magic Johnson, commands Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello to make Christmas cards, receives a long phone call from Dinah Shore, even has more musical fun with k.d. lang, the Del Rubio Triplets and Charo! Finally, Big Red arrives and announces that Pee-wee’s Christmas list was so big, he didn’t have enough presents for all the children of the world. Will Pee-wee follow his own advice and help others?

ON STAGE: Violet Hex

Violet Hex is a maximalist drag starlet, DJ, cult cinema programmer, and a staple of Portland’s queer nightlife scene. Violet is known best for her larger-than-life drag performances and dramatic fashions, as well as for her work in Portland presenting queer celebrations of cult cinema throughout the decades. Living at the intersection of punk and disco, Violet Hex has opened for/collaborated with legends such as John Waters, Lady Miss Kier, Jinkx Monsoon, Susanne Bartsch, and Peaches Christ.