Dear Community,

We've had a jam packed summer! Things don't seem to like to slow down around here at 21ten do they? August is in full swing and we have been having a lot of fun. We hosted our first ever Street Fair this month and enjoyed the day with a hundred community members, we presented our BareBones show 52 Pick-Up once again with a new deal-- a queer retelling of the story brilliantly told by Annie Trevisan and Victoria Spelman (if you missed it, keep reading! You may be in luck...), we have new art up on our walls by Keagan Polentz, and we have opened our co-production of Stupid Fucking Bird to roaring applause!

Thank you to our loyal supporters who have helped up in so many ways, volunteering, donating, and showing up to all of our offerings. We truly could not do it without you.

Keep reading to learn more about what's been happening this month!

Catch the final weekend of Stupid F***ing Bird!

Stupid Fucking Bird opened on Thursday and is running at full force!

Check out these great production photos by the incomparable Hannah DePreist.

Dinner Party Fundraiser!

21ten’s Deck-Dinner Fundraiser is just around the corner on

September 7th, 2024!
 

We are hoping to bring people together to:

• Be in each other’s company

• Enjoy a lovely meal (and maybe even have seconds)

• Support 21ten's operating and production budgets

• Learn about what is next for 21ten!
   

The dinner will be located at the home of Brooke Totman & Alex Lathrop (8919 NW Mills St, Portland, OR 97231).

Tickets are $50 minimum donation and can be purchased below.

Our Street Fair was a Success!

21ten closed off our block on SE 10th Avenue on August 10th for our

first annual Street Fair fundraiser!

We had a wonderful day celebrating 21ten with performances, games, music, food, drink, a ping pong tournament, vendors from the community, and an extremely popular RAFFLE full of valuable prizes such as rehearsal time at 21ten, and a weekend Cabin stay in Sisters, OR!

All proceeds from the Street Fair are going towards supporting Stupid Fucking Bird. Thanks to our community, we have raised $7,700!

In order to meet our theatre's overall fundraising goal, we do still need to raise $3,500 for 21ten make it through October & maintain our programming. We are so close! Our hope is that the dinner party fundraiser will get us near to all the way there. Click the button below if you want to help get closer to our goal.

Gallery Reception!

For the month of August, 21ten has been hosting Keagan Polentz of Malleable Body Ceramics in our gallery space on our brick walls!

We will be celebrating her work with a Reception on September 1st.

Join us for an evening of art & celebration of community!

BareBones Festival!

The month of September at 21ten will be a celebration of our BareBones wing! We are bringing back 52 Pick-Up and Here We Are Again Still for re-runs!

Tickets are now LIVE for 52 Pick-Up; Same Cards. New Deal

September 5th through 15th

Here We Are Again Still

September 26th through 29th 

Dorothy's Dictionary

by E.M. Lewis

We are thrilled to announce our first

BareBones Production of Season Three.

Opening November 7th, 2024

About the Piece:

Sparks fly when Zan, an angry high school student, is forced to work off his community service assignment helping Dorothy, an ailing librarian. But each of them might just have what the other needs... if they can only find the words.

We can't wait to bring this heartfelt work by renowned local Oregon playwright E.M. Lewis to life at 21ten with this West Coast Premiere!

Save the date! Tickets available soon!

Volunteers

Looking to get involved with 21ten? We are always looking for front of house volunteers!

Contact victoria.p.spelman@gmail.com.

Let's get you involved.

Thanks for being with us. See you at the theatre!

Sincerely,

The 21ten Team