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Now On Stage
The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
by Jane Wagner
directed by Samantha Van Der Merwe
starring Brooke Totman
March 14th - 30th, 2025
What's Happening at 21ten!
Monthly Newsletter
Once a month, we send out a newsletter full of updates on all the exciting developments in our community. Check out all the past newsletters here.
In the Press
21ten’s broadly comic ‘Chekhov: 3 Farces’ offers some rowdy and welcome laughs
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
LINDA FERGUSON OREGON ARTS WATCH
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
LINDA FERGUSON OREGON ARTS WATCH
DramaWatch: Only connect, all over town
FEBRUARY 18, 2025
LINDA FERGUSON OREGON ARTS WATCH
FEBRUARY 18, 2025
LINDA FERGUSON OREGON ARTS WATCH
2024 in Review: A few of my favorite (theatrical) things
DECEMBER 30, 2024 LINDA FERGUSON OREGON ARTS WATCH
DECEMBER 30, 2024 LINDA FERGUSON OREGON ARTS WATCH
Review: DOROTHY'S DICTIONARY at 21Ten Theatre
NOVEMBER 14, 2024 KRISTA GARVER BROADWAY WORLD
NOVEMBER 14, 2024 KRISTA GARVER BROADWAY WORLD
Short and sweet: E.M. Lewis’s 60-minute play ‘Dorothy’s Dictionary’ offers inspiration and hope in a divisive time
NOVEMBER 12, 2024 LINDA FERGUSON OREGON ARTS WATCH
NOVEMBER 12, 2024 LINDA FERGUSON OREGON ARTS WATCH
Forget your troubles: Plays to help get us through the election trauma
NOVEMBER 5, 2024 LINDA FERGUSON OREGON ARTS WATCH
NOVEMBER 5, 2024 LINDA FERGUSON OREGON ARTS WATCH
Proximity Breathes Palpable Life into 21ten Theatre's Production of "Uncle Vanya"
MAY 22, 2024 LINDA FERGUSON WILLAMETTE WEEK
MAY 22, 2024 LINDA FERGUSON WILLAMETTE WEEK
DramaWatch: It's 'Uncle Vanya' Time
MAY 1, 2024 BOB HICKS OREGON ARTSWATCH
MAY 1, 2024 BOB HICKS OREGON ARTSWATCH
During a smoldering summer on a Russian estate in the late 19th century, Vanya and his niece Sonya toil away, working. When the estate's owner returns with a much-younger wife and the intention to sell, an undercurrent of emotion is brought to the surface.
APRIL 7, 2024 BLAIR INGENTHRON BROADWAY WORLD
APRIL 7, 2024 BLAIR INGENTHRON BROADWAY WORLD
21ten Theatre stages a lean, conversational-style interpretation of Anton Chekhov’s simmering tale of real estate, resentment and romance.
MARCH 26, 2024 LEE WILLIAMS THE OREGONIAN/OREGON LIVE
MARCH 26, 2024 LEE WILLIAMS THE OREGONIAN/OREGON LIVE
Geopolitics are a distant concern in Charles Evered’s witty and heartfelt play, which is preoccupied with domestic warfare in the most literal sense.
MARCH 19, 2024 BENNETT CAMPBELL FERGUSON WILLAMETTE WEEK
MARCH 19, 2024 BENNETT CAMPBELL FERGUSON WILLAMETTE WEEK
The actor, son of Oscar winner William Hurt, co-stars at 21ten theater in "A Number," Caryl Churchill's play about a father/son relationship. But he's carving his own path.
FEBRUARY 3, 2024 MARTY HUGHLEY
OREGON ARTS WATCH
FEBRUARY 3, 2024 MARTY HUGHLEY
OREGON ARTS WATCH
A Man and His Clones Confront Their Father in 21ten Theatre’s “A Number”
JANUARY 23, 2024 LINDA FERGUSON WILLAMETTE WEEK
JANUARY 23, 2024 LINDA FERGUSON WILLAMETTE WEEK
A taut, terrific staging of Caryl Churchill's speculative drama kicks off Portland theater's "second season." Plus: OSF Ashland stars on a new stage; how companies weathered the weather.
JANUARY 21, 2024 MARTY HUGHLEY
OREGON ARTS WATCH
JANUARY 21, 2024 MARTY HUGHLEY
OREGON ARTS WATCH
Launched in 2021 in the former Shoebox Theatre, 21ten Theatre grew from acting classes Ted Rooney and Brooke Totman were offering in the SE Portland space previously occupied by Theatre Vertigo.
JANUARY 17, 2024 LEE WILLIAMS THE OREGONIAN/OREGON LIVE
JANUARY 17, 2024 LEE WILLIAMS THE OREGONIAN/OREGON LIVE
From gruesome weddings to goth cabarets, our city’s theater companies went wild in the face of sobering odds.
DECEMBER 26, 2023 BENNETT CAMPBELL FERGUSON WILLAMETTE WEEK
DECEMBER 26, 2023 BENNETT CAMPBELL FERGUSON WILLAMETTE WEEK
21ten's "Taking Care of Animals" is a big show in a small space.
NOVEMBER 25, 2023 MARTY HUGHLEY
OREGON ARTS WATCH
NOVEMBER 25, 2023 MARTY HUGHLEY
OREGON ARTS WATCH
The heady shuffle of "52 Pick-Up" nears its final hand.
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023, MARTY HUGHLEY
OREGON ARTS WATCH
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023, MARTY HUGHLEY
OREGON ARTS WATCH
In a tiny Southeast Portland space, a lean and lively actors' theater is emerging. Up next, "52 Pick-up."
AUGUST 26, 2023 MARTY HUGHLEY
OREGON ARTS WATCH
AUGUST 26, 2023 MARTY HUGHLEY
OREGON ARTS WATCH
The chronologically scrambled romance recalls “(500) Days of Summer,” but with greater depth and sharper wit.
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023 BENNETT CAMPBELL FERGUSON
WILLAMETTE WEEK
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023 BENNETT CAMPBELL FERGUSON
WILLAMETTE WEEK
The nonprofit company has already put on several productions and now teaches students how to act.
JULY 19, 2023 BENNETT CAMPBELL FERGUSON
WILLAMETTE WEEK
JULY 19, 2023 BENNETT CAMPBELL FERGUSON
WILLAMETTE WEEK
Brooke Totman and Darius Pierce Confront an Existential Crisis in 21ten Theatre’s “Laughing Wild”
OCTOBER 19, 2022 MAX TAPOGNA WILLAMETTE WEEK
OCTOBER 19, 2022 MAX TAPOGNA WILLAMETTE WEEK
21ten Theatre is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization led by board of directors from the Portland Oregon area.
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