21 New Messages
Written by Stefan Feuerherdt | Directed By Chris Harder
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June 21 at Shaking The Tree | TICKETS
as part of their "Nothing To Lose" Summer Festival
July 18 @ 7:30pm and July 19 @ 6:30pm at Artists' Repertory Theatre (1515 SW Morrison Street, Portland)
Run time: approximately 25 minutes, with a Q&A to follow
Open Admission/Donate-What-You-Will Fundraiser Event for the Theatre
August 2-6 at Edinburgh Festival Fringe | TICKETS
In this intimate immersive play, a woman returns to her mother’s home and discovers a trove of unheard messages on an old telephone answering machine. In a unique twist, it's audience members who read the messages aloud, becoming storytellers to the actor on stage. As the messages "play," they reveal glimpses of the woman and her mother’s life and their complicated bond, and the woman is forced to confront her own patterns and choices. A poignant exploration of generational echoes, emotional inheritance and community, the show premiered at Portland’s Fertile Ground Festival in April 2025 and will receive an international debut at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2025.
Performed by Val Landrum
About The Creative Team
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Val Landrum has been an active member of the Portland Theatre scene for over 20 years. She was most recently seen as The Fig in Shaking the Tree’s original play Forbidden Fruit. Val has also worked as an actor at Portland Center Stage, Artists Repertory Theatre, Portland Playhouse, Third Rail Repertory, CoHo, Profile Theatre and several regional theatres including the renowned Steppenwolf Theatre Company, where she received much of her early training.
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Chris Harder has performed in numerous professional plays, readings and new play workshops. He has developed two original solo shows (The Centering, Fishing For My Father) which toured to the Edmonton and Boulder International Fringe Festivals. He was last seen at Shaking the Tree in The Crucible as John Proctor. Chris has worked on-camera in numerous commercial, film, and television productions. (IMDB)
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Stefan Feuerherdt is a writer, producer and actor based in Portland, Oregon. His theatre experience has included various roles, on or off stage, with Spark Plug Theatre Collective, Mask & Mirror Theatre, The Bar(d) Party, and Post5 Theatre, among others, as well as leadership roles with arts organizations like the Willamette Writers Conference and Oregon Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts.