21ten's Summer Residency Program
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21ten is very excited to be entering our second year of the Summer Residency Program in 2025!
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The mission of the 21ten Summer Residency is to invite theatrical artists to create & produce, whether that be a new play, a devised piece, a workshop production, or already existing domain, that you hope to bring to life.
Residents will be selected out of our application process and are offered rehearsal, tech & performance time in the 21ten BlackBox Theatre, a production stipend, marketing support, and 21ten resources in order to bring your dream project to life.​
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Applications for 2025 are now closed.
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The 21ten Summer Residency is funded in part by the Regional Arts & Culture Council and the Arts Access Fund.
2024 Residency Productions
Thank You, Sorry
By Annie Trevisan & Shana Torok
July 5th - 7th, 2024
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A one-hour, structured, improvised play about a budding romance between two women from different generations. We explore themes of shame, feeling, age, gender, and ultimately what it means to love.
Do you know how to love? Do you know how to be loved?
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With the collaboration of Chris Harder and Ben Lawrence
Camp Fire Stories
By Murri Lazaroff-Babin
July 11th - 14th, 2024
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Camp Fire Stories is about home and memory; and the attempt to conjure both.
It's about how the idea of home changes over time, and the interesting ways in which we fill in the gaps of blurred memories from childhood.
With the collaboration of
Cristi Miles, Akitora Ishii, Leiana Petlewski, Ken Yoshikawa & Rose Proctor
Laundry Show
By Rachel Wells
July 19th - 28th, 2024
Double Feature with HATERS​
A liminal laundromat, a sock thief, and a never-ending stream of patrons. Quiet glances reveal magic in seemingly monotonous moments - asking what happens when solitary routines become disrupted? At one point everyone you’ve ever loved was a stranger. Laundry Show explores the moments of risk that may surprise us with our next love.
With the collaboration of
Wy DeShong, Dylan Hankins, Rachel Routh & Akitora Ishii
HATERS
By Daye Thomas & Kasia Caravello
July 19th - 28th, 2024
Double Feature with Laundry Show
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Can we attempt to really see one another?
HATERS is an exploration of identity and prejudice, following a Polish woman and a nonbinary Filipino individual as they navigate cultural stereotypes, political tensions, and personal biases through stand-up, traditional martial arts, and folk dance - ultimately finding a common ground in their shared humanity. We challenge our audience to confront their own preconceptions and explore the transformative power of empathy and connection.
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With the collaboration of
Johnathan Billington, Naomi Bowers, Sizheng Song & directed by Amelia Sommer​