Stages Performing Arts Academy proudly presents the world premiere of Catch Me When I Fall, an original, Broadway-style musical inspired by the lived experiences of Washington County residents facing economic hardship. Catch Me When I Fall is a social justice docudrama. Every story depicted in the production is based on true experiences shared by members of the community, thoughtfully woven together to highlight resilience, struggle, and hope.
This groundbreaking new work offers audiences an intimate and moving look at the realities faced by many in Washington County, while celebrating the power of storytelling to foster empathy and connection.
Partially funded by the Cultural Coalition of Washington County.
This groundbreaking new work offers audiences an intimate and moving look at the realities faced by many in Washington County, while celebrating the power of storytelling to foster empathy and connection.
Partially funded by the Cultural Coalition of Washington County.
Buy TicketsMay 29-31 & June 5-7, 2026
Fri & Sat 7:30 PM Sat & Sun 2:00 PM Adults: $20 Youth & Seniors: $15 Arts for All (low income): $5 Performance at: Masonic Lodge 176 E 2nd Ave Hillsboro, OR 97214 |
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Street Performances
Sat 6/13, 2:00 PM (if not raining) Parking lot of Gg's House, 1714 Pacific Avenue Forest Grove, Oregon 97116 No Tickets, Donation requested Bring your own chair Sun 6/14, 2:00 PM (if not raining) Hillsboro Courthouse Plaza & Amphitheatre No tickets, Donation requested Bring your own cushion for the cement seating 
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ResourcesCatch Me When I Fall showcases the challenges of the unsheltered and under-resourced population in Washington County, Oregon. If you know someone who needs help, or want to get actively involved supporting your neighbors who struggle, check out these organizations.
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Creative Team
Noel Katz, Music and Lyrics, has been writing musicals for more than a half-century. Noel’s career began in his teens, playing with the Hollywood improv troupe, Off the Wall, where he worked with the then-undiscovered Robin Williams. He returned to his native New York as the youngest member of the BMI Musical Theatre Writing Workshop under Lehman Engel. He’s had twenty musicals produced, including Such Good Friends, which premiered in 2007’s New York Musical Theater Festival, winning three NYMF Awards and two Talkin' Broadway Citations, including Best Musical. He wrote a musical comedy in which he actually married casting director Joy Dewing at the Soho Playhouse, with singing bridesmaids, preacher, parents, and four-year-old flower girl. His Gilbert and Sullivan-esque backstage mystery, Murder at the Savoy, sold out at the 50th Edinburgh Festival, got five stars from The Scotsman, and has since been produced four more times in Great Britain. He taught musical theatre performance for twenty years at the Circle in the Square Theatre School on Broadway, and for thirteen years at Fairleigh-Dickinson University. More recently, he devised a musical comedy that incorporated a twenty-minute improv set called Rehearsing For Life at the Wallis-Annenberg in Beverly Hills. His other musicals include Area 51, The Christmas Bride, Camp Ginger, The Pirate Captains, On the Brink, and five revues for Second City.
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Jodi Walder, Writer and Director, first collaborated with Noel in 1987 on the new fairy tale Not A Lion (originally Popsicle Palace, but who knew Popsicle is a registered trademark?) After a sold-out 16-week run in Los Angeles, the show had successful productions in New York and London. In Portland, Oregon (her home since 1990) Jodi wrote and directed musical revues including From Borscht Belt to Broadway illuminating the historical influence of Jewish compsoers and lyricists on Broadway, Singing For Our Lives tracing the history of protest music , and Makin' Whooppe, featuring a hundred years of love songs from 1900-2000. Her passion is creating devised theatrical pieces based on interviews. She collaborated with Lee Rooklin on In Santa's Suit, based on the life and stories of a real-life Santa, Glen Kummerow. Jodi has faciliated devised productions with school children, gang members, and terminally ill patients. It has been rewarding for her to lead a team of interviewers at Gg's House, and to turn these clients stories into the social justice docudrama Catch Me When I Fall.
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