The Siren Theater has been years in the making.
In 2010, Shelley McLendon started Bad Reputation Productions when she came up with the idea for her first staged parody-
ROAD HOUSE: THE PLAY! Since then, she has been producing/writing/performing all over Portland and beyond. Shelley was the guest curator on OPB's State of Wonder on March 26, 2016 and she talked all about Bad Reputation Productions and The Siren Theater. With the closing of a few wonderful performance spaces in Portland, one of the biggest obstacles for Bad Rep was finding an affordable and available mid size theater. Shelley had dreams of owning and operating her own theater space that would be the home of Bad Reputation, as well as be made available for other theater groups in town. She began looking for a space in 2013 and after several disappointments, found the historic Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association building in Portland's China Town. With the help of some amazing and angelic friends, The Siren Theater opened in October 2015.