THE SERIES OF EVENTS THAT LEAD TO TODAY
June of 2019: Jen Rowe and Brandon Woolley founded The Theatre Company over drinks at The Solo Club
August of 2019: The Theatre Company sets out to make professional theatre in non-traditional spaces.
March of 2020: Inaugural production at Taborspace shut down one week from opening in anticipation of national lockdowns due to Coronavirus.
The Theatre Company transitions to playing with form. Everything is Theatre and Theatre is Everything.
June of 2020: Approached 6 local and national playwrights. Asked them to be part of a new project for TTC, The Playwright Initiative: Solo Works, a commissioning series of new work produced for film by a hybrid of theater and film artists.
September of 2020: Received the rights from Caryl Churchill and Jen Silverman to do environmental podcast recordings of originally planned first season. Recorded them safely in person at The Hallowed Halls and released THE MOORS and VINEGAR TOM in fall of 2020.
July of 2021: Released first film of PI:SW, THE BROKEN HEART SPREAD by Claire Willett, with Psychic Sister
August of 2021: Jen Rowe becomes sole Producing Artistic Director of TTC
September of 2021: Released second film of PI:SW, CAPAX INFINITI by DeLanna Studi, with The Center for Native Arts and Cultures
November of 2021: Invited community members to create short films at The Pickle Factory
April of 2022: Premiered Shorts at THE PICKLE FACTORY SERIES LIVE EVENT in partnership with
The Village Ballroom, Oregon Public House, Fused Creative, and Untapped Trivia.
May of 2022: First live show THE THIN PLACE by Lucas Hnath in partnership with KEX Portland.
Oct of 2022: Remount of THE THIN PLACE by Lucas Hnath at KEX Portland
Jan of 2023: Released 3rd film of PI:SW, THE CUT-UP by Yussef El Guindi, with Block 17 Apts
March 2023: Filming wrapped for the 4th piece in PI:SW, IMPROVEMENTS by Emily Gregory.
June of 2023: West Coast Premiere of live production CALIFORNIA by Trish Harnetiaux at ADX Portland,
originally commissioned and developed at Clubbed Thumb in NY.
October of 2023: Remount of West Coast Premiere of CALIFORNIA by Trish Harnetiaux at ADX Portland,
originally commissioned and developed at Clubbed Thumb in NY.
March of 2024: Double Feature of THE CUT-UP by Yussef El Guindi and IMPROVEMENTS by Emily Gregory
at Cinema 21 in NW Portland
August of 2024: Live full workshop of IMGONNAWANNA by Jen Rowe at the Siren Theater on Mississippi, North Portland
September of 2024: Demo of LIVE GAME the SHOW at Alberta Rose Theater, NE Portland
February 2025: IMGONNAWANNA tours to Los Angeles to perform at The Whitefire Theatre
February 2025: Screening of IMPROVEMENTS at the McMinneville short Film Festival
March 2025: Zoom readings with multiple casts of GROUND STABILITY
May 2025: In Person workshop with 30 performers of GROUND STABILITY
October 2025: Premiere of GossNight at The Siren Theater
October 2025: Return performance of IMGONNAWANNA at The Siren Theater
November 2025: Premiere IMGONNAWANNA at The Tank in New York
December 2025: Premiere GossNight at Lyric Hyperion in Los Angeles
December 2025: GossNight returns to The Siren Theater
February 2026: GossNight returns to The Siren Theatre in Portland
March 2026: GossNight returns to Lyric Hyperion in Los Angeles
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Thank you to our previous Board Members
Brandon Woolley, Rose Riordan, Lauren Modica (2019 - 2021) Jessica Dart (2021-2025) Cameron McFee (2019-2025)
Thank you to our founding Donors of 2019
Rose Riordan. Ronni Lacroute. Ellyn Bye/Dream Envision Foundation. Stephanie Siegel & Jeff Whalen. Carol Streeter & Harold Goldstein. Jodi & Brett Ballard-Beach. Natalie & Jordan Williams. Elizabeth & Wade Johnson. Celia & Ed Fitzgerald. Shaun Patterson. Annette & Rodney Monroe. Tommy Stefanek & Norman Wilson. Cynthia Fuhrman. Brian & Nell Meyers. Megan Carver. David Epstein. Nancy Matthews. Kelsey Tyler. Luisa Sermol. Alison Cunningham. Bethany Salminen. Sharonlee Mclean. Dana & Nick Blizzard. Aaron Cooper Swor. Amy & Justus Ballard. Joshua Weinstein. Annie Bosworth Foley. Robert Durante. Scott Engdahl. Diane Kondrat. Leonard & Susan Magazine. Emilie Landmann. Ben Larson. Brian Thompson. Jacklyn Maddux. Bob Conklin. Pamela Powell. Rose Bonomo. Ben Rosenblatt. Chris Smith. Shannon Mastel. Caitlin & Chris Wright. Dewi & Jon Faulkner. Juli & Kevin Woolley. Karen & Randy Rowe. Sam Hull. Krista Garver. Laverne Rowe. Jared Miller & John Srednicki. Brandon Woolley. Jen Rowe. And 7 anonymous gifts.
Additional 2020, 2021 Support and Funding provided by the following institutions:
