‘Wild, Wild Christian’: Camas native brings coming-of-age comedy to Portland’s Siren TheaterSubscriber Exclusive

For fans of the Netflix documentary, “Wild, Wild Country,” who have always wondered what happened to the 64,000-acre central Oregon ranch that acted as a home base for the Rajneeshees’ cult — yes, the ones who tried to poison residents of The Dalles, Oregon, by spiking local salad bars with salmonella — Camas native Simone McAlonen has got a story for you.

“I had been doing comedy for about five years, living in L.A. and was super involved with the Groundlings Theater, so doing a lot of acting, writing, standup and storytelling when ‘Wild, Wild Country’ came out,” McAlonen said.