Madonna of The Cat by Sue Mach @ 21ten Theatre | Inspired by Shakespeare’s ‘The Winters Tale’

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Madonna of The Cat by Sue Mach
October 30 – November 23, 2025
Thursday – Saturdays @ 7:30 pm
Sunday at 2:00 pm
$30-35
Purchase Tickets: 21ten.org/buy-tickets

21ten Theatre
2110 SE 10th Ave, Portland, OR 97214

Using Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale as its jumping off point, Sue Mach’s Madonna of the Cat is a play that explores themes of friendship, motherhood, and forgiveness, as well as empathy for a certain bear…the principal of the Bard’s most famous stage direction!

Featuring actors Luisa Sermol*, Bruce Burkhartsmeier*, Maria Porter*, Crystal Ann Muñoz, and Emma Greene; and directed by Gemma Whelan

Thanks to our show sponsors: Ronni Lacroute, Bill & Sharon Bourque, Charlotte Rubin, and Pat Scheans

It is the second production in 21ten’s 4th season, following Apple Season. Next this season: You Stupid Darkness!, Athena, and Man of La Mancha. Other 21ten shows include The Other Place, Chekhov! 3 Farces, Dorothy’s Dictionary, Stupid Fucking Bird, 52 Pick-Up, Adopt a Sailor, A Number, Going to St. Ives, Here We Are Again Still, Holy Days, Laughing Wild, Taking Care of Animals, and Uncle Vanya.

Photo credit: Emma Rose Greene Reed Alyson. Actors from left to right: Emma Rose Greene, Bruce Burkhartsmeier and Luisa Sermol