A FRESH LOOK
Look to FRESH PRODUCE for new works, new looks at old works, and, most importantly, an ever-widening range of voices that speak to the Midwestern experience. 

THIS SEASON...
These three area premieres, Holy Days, Hitler’s Tasters, and *Stripped, have not been seen or heard in the region, but powerfully illuminate the points of view of three contemporary female writers.
​*NOTE-Due to CoVid-19, Stripped has moved forward to Season 3, in Fall, 2020.  More information HERE.

ALWAYS FREE!
These concert readings, developed by artists from around the Midwest, are just as professional and compelling, but slightly more economical than our major productions. Therefore, in the interest of making live theatre more accessible, these concerts will have NO admission charges. DON'T MISS THESE!

"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.

February 20, 2020
​Java Joe's 4th Street Theatre
​Des Moines, Iowa
7:30pm

ALWAYS FREE!

Deidra Mohr (Director)

*THEATRE*  
-THEATREMIDWEST:  The Friendly Hour;  
-KATA CLYSMIC: The Rocky Horror Show, Vagina Monologues; 
-CALIFORNIA THEATRES:  Young Frankenstein, Burning Opera LA, Ragtime in Concert, Company, Not Your Mama's Broadway, The Nitch, Stepping Out, Marat/Sade, Mousetrap, Laramie Project; 
*FILM/TV*  My Friend Max, That Night, Lost Soulmates, Antique America.

Audrey Kaus (Margot)

*THEATRE*
-DES MOINES PLAYHOUSE: The Addams Family; 
-STAGEWEST: Carrie, the Musical; 
-THEATRE SIMPSON: Kiss Me Kate, Tartuffe, These 
Shining Lives, Waiting for Philip Glass
-OTHER: Into the Woods, Thoroughly Modern Millie; 

HITLER'S TASTERS

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By Michelle Kholos Brooks

Three times a day, every day, a group of young women have the opportunity to die for their country. They are Adolph Hitler's food tasters. And what do girls discuss as they wait to see if they will live through another meal? Like many other girls throughout time, they gossip and dream, they question and dance. They want to love, laugh, and above all, they want to survive.​

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MEET THE COMPANY

Stephanie Schneider (Hilda)

​*THEATRE*
-DES MOINES PLAYHOUSE:  Singin' in the Rain, A Chorus Line, Lion/Witch/Wardrobe, Young Frankenstein; 
-ACTORS (Ames): Dirty Rotten Scoundrels;
-URBANDALE COMMUNITY THEATRE: Beauty and the Beast;
-KNOXVILLE COMMUNITY THEATRE:  Into the Woods;
-WINTERSET STAGE: Snow Queen;
*FILM*
-FEARLESS CINEMA:  Absynthe, Red Sunset Drive, Burn;
-INDEPENDENT: The Ever Beating Heart, A Family That Slays

Jessica Wade (Leisel)

*THEATRE*
-IOWA STAGE THEATRE:  Macbeth;
-IOWA CITY MUSIC FESTIVAL: Romeo and Juliet; 
-UNIVERSITY OF IOWA:  Iphigenia Crash Land Falls, Pirate Queen, Great Emergencies, Mortal Instruments
-OTHER:  Leaving Iowa, The Miracle Worker 
*CAMERA*
-FILM: Cicada, Jane Eyre;
-COMMERCIALS: First Bank, Kum & Go, Mediacom, Billion Auto

Rachel Meyer (Narrator)

*THEATRE*
-DES MOINES PLAYHOUSE: Freaky Friday, Billy Elliot, Mamma Mia, Elephant and Piggie, Young Frankenstein, Sister Act, Into the Woods; 
-KATA KLYSMIC: Hedwig;
-ACTOR'S CABARET (Oregon): The Addams Family, Grease, Once on this Island

Devin Walter (Anna)

*THEATRE*
-CENTRAL COLLEGE: Mystery of Edwin Drood, Boeing Boeing, Steel Magnolias, Little Shop of Horrors, (Anon)ymous, Blithe Spirit, Les Liaisons Dangereuses.
-DES MOINES PERFORMING ARTS: Teaching Assistant
-GEORGE DAILY AUDITORIUM: Musical Director, Teaching Assistant

Jacklin Stonewall (Stage Manager)

*THEATRE*
-STAGE MANAGEMENT: Theatre Midwest: Hitler's Tasters 
-COSTUME DESIGN: East Marshall Performing Arts: Sister Act
​-ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCE: Martha Ellen Tye Theatre: Jesus Christ Superstar, Company, Nunsense
*BUSINESS*
-EDUCATION: Iowa State University Aerospace Engineering (BS), Industrial Engineering (MS)