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Scotland PA
REGIONAL PREMIERE SEP 18 - OCT 20, 2024
Book by Michael Mitnick
Music & Lyrics by Adam Gwon
Based on a film written by Billy Morrissette and produced by Richard Shepard, Jon Stern, Abandon Pictures
Directed by Lonny Price & Matt Cowart
Choreography by Lorin Latarro & Travis Waldschmidt
Music Direction by Joshua Zecher-Ross
Costume Design by Zamora S.
Take a bite out of this deliciously macabre, laugh-out-loud New York Times Critic’s Pick based on the cult film and Shakespeare’s play. Stifled by the limitations of their lives in ’70s small-town Pennsylvania, Mac and Pat are burger joint employees with ambition. As their hunger for power grows–and the body count rises–the couple cooks up a plan to supersize their serving of the American Dream. Under the direction of Broadway legend Lonny Price, Gwon’s tasty rock score and Mitnick’s sizzling script are the perfect recipe for a bloody good time.
Starring Tara Borman, Deidre Cochran, Will Dusek, Katherine Fried, Emily Gunyou Halaas, Kim Kivens, Riley McNutt, Matt Riehle, Joshua Row, Carl Swanson and Timothy Thomas.
A Walless Church: The Black Woman’s Guide To Creating God
REGIONAL PREMIERE SEP 19 - OCT 13, 2024
Written by AriDy Nox
Directed by Signe V. Harriday
Costume Design by Zamora S.
Join the godlings Oru, Nona, and Mo as they explore what it means to be a Black woman today. Stand witness as they fluidly transition between narrators, protagonists, teachers, students, priestesses, and gods, offering a multifaceted exploration of divinity. Centered in heartfelt relationships between Black women, A Walless Church wrestles with what a pathway to healing might look like and the necessity of community to walk it.
Starring Nubia Monks, Essence Renae Stiggers and Aimee K Bryant.
The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington
Written by Pulitzer Prize Winner,
James Ijames
Directed by Pirronne Yousefzadeh
Alan Page Auditorium | Mixed Blood Theatre
Photos by Rich Ryan Photography
Ravaged by illness and cared for by the very slaves that will be free the moment she dies, Martha Washington’s fever dreams are haunted by a range of characters, from Queen Charlotte and George Washington, to a present-day trial lawyer, building up to a reckoning with family, legacy, and broken promises. Written by Pulitzer winner James Ijames, this biting satire examines history’s impact on present-day systems.
Fairview
Written by Pulitzer Prize Winner,
Jackie Sibblies Drury
Directed by Aaron Reese Boseman
GRANDON STUDIO | Theatre Cedar Rapids
Winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Drama,
Fairview
is a bold and disarmingly funny play that serves as “a glorious reminder of the unmatched power of live theater to rattle, roil, and shake us wide awake.” (The New York Times). When the play opens, we meet the Frasiers, a middle class Black American family trying desperately to make everything perfect for Grandma’s birthday celebration. But not too far into the festivities, we see the Frasiers’ story through a whole new lens, leading to one of the most outrageous and jaw-dropping endings in theatre history.
Orlando
Written by Virginia Woolf
Adapted by Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Erica Wray (Vannon)
E.C. Mabie Theatre | University of Iowa
Photos by R. Eric Stone
Sarah Ruhl’s Orlando is a poetic dance of identity across centuries. Highlighting the fluidity of attraction and the mutability of gender, this dreamy adaptation from the original 1928 novel by Virginia Woolf is considered “the longest love letter in the history of English letters” from Woolf to her great love, Vita Sackville-West. One of the American theater’s most beloved playwrights couples her sweeping storytelling with the original, lyrical narration by one of England’s greatest authors to tell an epic story of love.
Bell at the Back of Her Throat
Written by Courtney Meaker
Directed by Bo Frazier
Alan MacVey Theatre | University of Iowa
Photos by R. Eric Stone
Premiered at the Iowa New Play Festival in 2019, and draws inspiration from the Cassandra myth. It explores themes of patriarchy, witchcraft, and xenophobia. The small rural town of Greenville is shrouded in descending smoke, with many community members disappearing without a trace. Cass, a middle school teacher, awakens from a dream with burnt hands and a vision of the town in flames, but her warnings are dismissed, even by her wife. Sean, the mayor and Cass’s best friend, along with other male community elders, conceal the truth about the smoke and the disappearances.
Apple Season
Written by E. M. Lewis
Directed by Adam Knight
Riverside Theatre | Iowa City
Lissie and her brother, Roger, fled their family farm when they were both still in high school. Today, they've come back for their father's funeral. When Billy -- who they both knew when they were kids -- offers to buy the farm, it sets all three of them tumbling down a rabbit hole of memory and grief, as they try to let go of a tangled past that refuses to let go of them.
Rotten Eggnog
Written by Sean Christopher Lewis
Directed by Nina Morrison
Riverside Theatre | Iowa City
Photos: S. Benjamin Farrar
Tori is foul-mouthed and easy to irritate, but she also has a heart of gold. For the past ten years, her bar has been the meeting spot for her friends, Addie and Rebecca. Here, they tell their stories and spill their hearts and agree to meet again next year. But Tori has a problem, her bar is closing. And Addie has a problem, her mother in law is in town. And Rebecca? Well, she can’t stop sleeping with her ex husband.
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Eden Prairie, 1971
Written by Mat Smart
Directed by Adam Knight
Riverside Theatre | Iowa City
Photos by Rob Merritt
On the night Apollo 15 lands on the moon, a draft dodger steals home to Eden Prairie, Minnesota from Canada. He risks arrest to deliver a message to a young woman from his high school class. This beautifully etched play by the writer of The Agitators challenges notions of our own bravery and the true cost of freedom.
The Wolves
Written by Sarah DeLappe
Directed by Mary Beth Easley
David Thayer Theatre | University of Iowa
Photos by R. Eric Stone
Sarah DeLappe’s The Wolves breaks new ground—not through experimental form or style, but by genuinely exploring and celebrating the complexities of teenage girls growing up in contemporary America. At a time when women are fervently fighting to reclaim control over their bodies and stories, this play stands out. Set against the backdrop of the pre-game rituals of a soccer team, it captures the necessity of sharing fresh perspectives on personal and global events, addressing raw and vulnerable experiences, and navigating the immense pressures from men, coaches, peers, and society that female athlete-warriors face.
Side Show
Book and Lyrics by Bill Russell
Music by Henry Krieger
Directed by Joshua Fryvecind & Mia Gimenez
Coralville Center for the Performing Arts
Photos by Jackie Blake Jenson
Based on the true story of conjoined twins and famed entertainers ,Violet and Daisy Hilton. Side Show is a remarkable musical about acceptance, love, and embracing one’s uniqueness. As the starring act of a sideshow helmed by an abusive ringmaster, Violet and Daisy Hilton are eager to accept an offer of fame, fortune, and potential romance extended by Terry, a talent scout, and Buddy, a budding musician.
Gwenevere
Written by Isaiah Reaves
Directed by Caroline S. Clay
Alan MacVey Theatre | University of Iowa
Tensions rise as Eric and Raquel confront their own biases about masculinity and race when their young son plays with a doll...but nobody knows that the ghosts of history are watching and will protect the child at all costs. If homophobia wins the battle, who or what can win the war?
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