EXCITING THINGS ON THE HORIZON

We are thrilled to announce our 2nd season, and our first 'full' one, featuring plays exclusively by female playwrights.

This season kicks off with HOLY DAYS in November as we begin planting "FRESH PRODUCE," our new Concert Play Reading Series. 

​In January, we launch the first of two fully staged productions with BRILLIANT TRACES featuring popular Des Moines-area actors and community leaders Jami Bassman Ahart and Tom Ahart.

HOW'S THE WEATHER?  These days it's perplexing.  In addition to the catastrophes and havoc, compelling stories about individuals and their relationships are often buried in the muck.  Or drowned.  We are pleased to share two of these stories this season.  Don't miss these exciting journeys!

auditions

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Brilliant Traces takes us inside an isolated cabin in the woods during a raging blizzard, and examines the two people who are forced, by isolation and danger, to sort out a relationship. ​

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January 3-5 & 10-12, 2020
7:30 or 2:00
Viking Theatre
​Grand View University

MORE BRILLIANT TRACES

FEATURING: 
Jami Bassman Ahart & Tom Ahart

Atlas of Mud finds the world completely flooded in a mysterious near-future. 
The handful of survivors living in boats must fight for everything--food, dignity, space--as they strain to hold on to love, family, and grace.

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May 1-3 & 8-10, 2020
7:30 or 2:00
Viking Theatre 
Grand View University

NATIONAL SCIENCE PLAY AWARD 
Kennedy Center American College
Theater Festival, 2008 

MORE ATLAS OF MUD

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WANT TO PERUSE THESE SCRIPTS?

peruse here!

RADICAL HO$PITALITY!  Part 1--Free tickets available for every performance, escalating pricing for reserved seats.  More information HERE

A CONCERT READING SERIES focused on new works, new looks at old works, and, most importantly, an ever-widening range of voices that speak to the Midwestern experience.  Just as professional and compelling; slightly more economical than our major productions.  Don't miss these!

MORE FRESH PRODUCE

auditions

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How can two young women hold their farm lives and marriages together on Easter weekend, 1936?

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​November 16, 2019 
Java Joe's 4th Street Theater 

What do girls discuss while waiting to see if
​they will live through another meal?

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​February 20. 2020
Des Moines, Venue TBA

Why do women work in strip clubs?
​Reasons are hardly ever what you think.

March 31, 2020
Des Moines, Venue TBA;
April TBA, 2020  
Omaha, Venue TBA

more FRESH PRODUCE

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WANT TO PERUSE THESE SCRIPTS?

peruse here!

RADICAL HO$PITALITY!  Part 2--FRESH PRODUCE concert readings are always free admission.  (Donations accepted, however.)  More information HERE

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"Concert Reading?  What's That?"
Using lecterns, a stage-directions narrator, and no technical elements, these readings focus entirely on the story and the actors--literally, the play's voices.

OPEN AUDITIONS

Open auditions will be held for Atlas of Mud and all three Concert Readings.  Please keep checking back for more information.
--Holy Days and Hitler's Tasters:  October 14
--Stripped and Atlas of Mud:  February 10

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The Cloris Awards for Excellence in Theatre Arts, 2019