20% Theatre Company Twin Cities

02/13/2025

Thanks for the shout-out, MinnPost! We are in AWE of Dua Saleh and grateful for their contribution to 20%'s work and our community. Go see their show!!!

Listed as one of “25 Artists to Watch in 2025” by the Recording Academy, Dua Saleh performs Sunday at the Fine Line.

03/26/2024

Hello forever fans & 20% Theatre family! Somehow it has already been two years since our sunset, and next week our website will disappear forever. This post serves as your one-week notice to go visit the pages, the productions, the artist interviews, the memories, the photos, and take your screenshots to save forever, etc.... Have a loving moment

Today as we announce our exciting 15th season of programming, we are also announcing that this season will be our finale, and that 20% Theatre

02/03/2023

Today marks the true true end of it all, as we finally dropped off several archive boxes of our 16 year history to the UofM Tretter Archives!!! 🙃😢☺️ So many mixed emotions but mostly gratitude to everyone who supported and shared themselves, their time, and their art with 20% Theatre over the years. We love you!! And pretty soon all of you and people everywhere can check out our history thanks to the amazing !!

07/31/2022

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FREE COPIES of our NAKED I scripts are available for pickup in South Mpls or St Louis Park. We’ve been officially closed as an organization for 4 months but still working on the archive and clearing out storage. These scripts of amazing trans stories will be or have already been donated to a handful of groups and orgs locally, but many more remain and we need them gone!

Please DM us - do not comment here.
Tell us which script(s) and how many copies you’d like, which location works for pickup and when you can pickup. First come, first served. We’re hoping to get this done by 8/12!

11/20/2021

We did it y’all! Tonite is the final performance of 20% Theatre’s 50th & final production as a company and we are SOLD OUT! Thank you to everyone who has attended so far and to the incredible audience we will end with tonite. If you didn’t get tickets in time - no promises - but we will start a waiting list in the lobby tonite at 630pm. You must be on site to join and be patient with us as we often don’t know if any seats become available until the show is about to start!

Thank you also to the wonderful artists who helped make this production so spectacular. We love each and every one of you so much.

11/19/2021

BRUJERÍA FOR BEGINNERS - MEET THE ARTISTS!

Suzanne Victoria Cross was born and raised in North Minneapolis, and graduated from St. Cloud State University with a BA in Theater and Community Psychology. Suzanne is an actor, stage manager and teaching artist in the Minneapolis area. She has worked with many local theater companies including touring with CLIMB Theatre as an Actor-Educator, Penumbra Theatre Company’s Education and Outreach Program, Lyric Arts Academy, Teatro del Pueblo and has been the lead instructor for multiple teaching artist residencies in the Twin Cities. Suzanne has a strong passion for the role theater can play in the development of an individual and a community as a whole. She is currently the Production Manager for Pangea World Theater and Lightning Rod's Resident Stage Manager. For this production of BRUJERÍA FOR BEGINNERS, Suzanne has also acted as Production Manager - helping to keep our whole team organized! She’s also been an amazing mentor to our Stage Manager, Mayra!

Please join us in celebrating Suzanne and the other 20 artists involved in this 50th & final production for 20% Theatre! Our final two performances are tonite & tomorrow at 730pm. Only 15 tickets left for Saturday! Link in bio!

11/18/2021

"I wouldn't know who I am as a q***r, trans & non-binary person without 20% Theatre. I don't think there's ever a way to adequately express my appreciation for the opportunities I've had as an artist with 20% Theatre as well. Thank you again, thank you forever."

You may be wondering why we still need to raise money today if we will be shutting our theoretical doors at the end of this year.
The truth is - we still have a budget, and part of that budget included raising enough funds this final year to cover our expenses, such as staff, production and artist expenses for BRUJERÍA FOR BEGINNERS by Keila Anali Saucedo, administrative costs, accounting and lawyer fees, not to mention costs related to archiving our 16-year history!

This final Give to the Max Day, 20% Theatre Company hopes to raise $2000. As you can see from our GiveMN page, our goal this past year was $20,000 and we are so close!

Can you help us get there? Donate today --->
https://www.givemn.org/organization/tctwentypercentpp

Thank you for believing in 20% Theatre Company and for empowering our work.

All remaining funds at the time of our closing will be gifted to Lightning Rod to continue our legacy in producing Q-STAGE: New Works Series in 2022 and beyond!

11/18/2021

BRUJERÍA FOR BEGINNERS - MEET THE ARTISTS!

Johanna Keller Flores is a Peruana American theatre artist who is out here trying to tell stories close to her heart for her q***r and trans familia. She was born and raised on the Dakota Land of St. Paul, Minnesota and also has roots in Chimbote, Peru. She has had the sincerest pleasure of creating in her Twin Cities home in recent years; assistant stage managing, writing, directing, and performing with Pangea World Theatre, Teatro del Pueblo, Lightning Rod at Pillsbury House Theatre, 20% Theatre, Gadfly Theatre, BareBones Productions, Exposed Brick Theatre and Alliance for Latinx Minnesota Artists. Most recently she was a 2021 Our Space Is Spoken For Artist Fellow. It’s an honor to be a part of this show and final season with 20% Theatre. Te mando muchisimo amor, ya?

Johanna plays our sweet Griselda. Don't miss her performance - just 3 shows left tonite through Saturday at 730pm - and Saturday is almost sold out!

11/16/2021

BRUJERÍA FOR BEGINNERS - MEET THE ARTISTS!

Cándida González (jewelry designer) is a q***r, non-binary mixed Puerto Rican native of South Minneapolis, an artist, healer, teacher, organizer and brujx. They approach their work by centering at the intersection of art, activism, healing and personal/community empowerment. They are deeply invested in the concept of using art and community design as tools to wage love and healing. Currently Gonzalez facilitates the Making it Public workshop series for Forecast Public Art for new and emerging public artists, participates in select local arts and healing initiatives, and creates mixed-media jewelry/talismans under the name Las Ranas Jewelry.

Our final 3 performances are Thursday through Saturday at 730pm! Don’t miss this incredible show.

11/14/2021

YOU are invited to witness this gorgeousness first-hand. Our 2nd of 2 matinees is today at 2pm! Be there :) Link in bio!

11/13/2021

BRUJERÍA FOR BEGINNERS - MEET OUR TRILINGUAL ASL INTERPRETERS! They are interpreting tonite (11/13) and tomorrow (11/14).

Maria Rodriguez-Dively (1st photo) is a Trilingual interpreter from Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. Maria is a 2009 Graduate of North Central University majoring in Deaf Culture Ministry and an NIC certified Interpreter since 2011. Maria’s passion for theater started at a young age in Puerto Rico starting with her first role as “Maria” in a school production of West Side Story. Some of her work includes: Guthrie Theater: Acting Black by Carlyle Brown, Toni Morrison: The Bluest Eye, Noura, Zafira and the Resistance Mixed Blood Theater: Barbecue, Orange, Corazon Eterno, Safe at home, Vietgone, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime. Theater Latte Da: Five Points.Brave New Workshop: BLACKOUT, Lady and the Trump. Orpheum Theater: Hamilton, Charlie and Chocolate Factory, Tyler Perry Madea’s Farewell, My Fair Lady, Frozen.

Rosalinda Estrada-Alvarez (2nd photo) is a Trilingual interpreter from St. Paul MN and Monterrey, Mexico. She is a graduate from St. Paul College in 2000 with a major in ASL Interpreting and from St. Catherine's College in MN in 2001 majoring in linguistics. Rosalinda's passion for the theater started in 2005 where she received an opportunity to interpret shows for a local production of "A Christmas Carol". Since then she has interpreted the UofM’s production of "Hamlet", Walking Shadows productions of "Cabal" and "The Ugly One", The White Card Monologues and for the Cowles Center Gala just to name a few. She has also worked with Shakespeare in the park, Operettas, The Full Circle Theater, Mixed Blood, Wu Theater, Rosey Simas Productions, and Penumbra. She has also worked as an interpreter in Costa Rica, Niceragua, Ecuador and in her hometown of Monterrey Mexico.

Spread the word - this fab duo is interpreting tonite at 730pm and tomorrow at 2pm! Get tickets now!