Cygnet Salon
​Cygnet Salon’s staged readings lessen the barriers between the actors and the audience, and invite audience members to open their imagination and engage intellectually, socially and emotionally.​​​​​
About Cygnet Salon
Cygnet Productions, launched in 1992, has developed and produced fully staged plays and staged readings adapted from diverse forms of literature including books, letters, short stories and epic poems. Early on, the company was dubbed Portland’s “literary cabaret.” The Cygnet Salon is the sister production company, focused exclusively on small-audience staged readings. The Salon produces one reading each month at 21ten, usually on a Monday evening.​
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Past Readings:
The Madwoman of Chaillot
Steinbeck's People
For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again
Mother of the Maid
Men, Women, and Ghosts
Songs of Resilience
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21ten Sunday Reading Series
Sunday Reading Series
Previously, 21ten Theatre has presented a reading of a new play by an Oregon-based playwright once a month. Minimally rehearsed and volunteer operated, the readings are a chance for playwrights to hear their work brought to life, for actors to get to practice their craft in a low commitment, fun setting, and for the community at large to experience an exciting new story.
Readings are on hold for now, but we hope to resume this year.
Interested in hearing your piece read?
​PREVIOUS READINGS Warday by Tobias Anderson ​ Madonna of the Cat by Sue Mach ​ Mink River by Myra Platt ​ Mr. Ponzi’s $cheme by Doren Elias ​ Still Harvey Still by Brianna Barrett ​ The Usual Unusual by MJ Halberstadt ​ Refuse by Meg Wiles ​ Crooked Numbers by Ellen Margolis Shakespeare's Skull by Rich Rubin