SEASON 4
2021-2022
2021-2022
When the Dairy Queen manager is away, the teenage employees will play.
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DECEMBER 4-5, 2021
at Art Terrarium in Des Moines, IA and streaming online |
"Being a tech visionary is a heavy load, and Sarah is the only one great enough to bear it." - Sarah
FEBRUARY 12-13, 2022
at the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden in Des Moines, IA and streaming online |
Due to several circumstances beyond our control, we postponed KITCHEN KILLERS to a yet-to-be-determined future time.
-posted 3/15/22-
-posted 3/15/22-
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TBA
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Trifles
By Susan Glaspell One Mean Blueberry Pie
By C. Denby Swenson Uisce Beathe
By Keele Kurtas-Chapman |
SEASON 3
2020-2021
2020-2021
WITH HOPE
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We joined theatres across the globe when the Covid-19 pandemic brought a premature end to our second season, but we are still committed to bringing compelling stories to Midwestern audiences. With safety, flexibility, and innovation at the forefront of our planning, we commit to season 3 with hope and a plan!
Including two projects carried over from Season 2, this season features four plays presented for free in our popular Fresh Produce Concert Reading Series, and ends with Atlas of Mud, a fully-staged production, in Spring '21. |
Why do women work in strip clubs?
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OCTOBER 10 & 11, 2020
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Can four terminally woke artists create a children's play honoring Turkey Day AND Native American Heritage Month?
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NOVEMBER 21 & 28, 2020
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Can ends be met on a waitress's salary? A cleaning lady's? A supermart employee's?
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JANUARY 30 & 31, 2021
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Josie's mother calls her from a bus stop in North Dakota. The hitch? Her mother died three years ago.
MARCH 6 & 7, 2021
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Our final project of the season will be a fully staged production of Atlas of Mud.
JUNE 2021. |
In a mysterious near-future, the world is completely flooded. 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.
A mythical allegory about finding hope in an unrecognizable world. NATIONAL SCIENCE PLAY AWARD
Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, 2008 |
SEASON 2
2019-2020
2019-2020
2019-2020 marked our first full season of plays and the launch of our Fresh Produce Concert Reading series to notable success. Each of the originally programmed five Season 2 plays were written by female playwrights and we were pleased to bring three projects to Midwest audiences before the COVID-19 epidemic abruptly ended theatre seasons across the globe.
Paul Privitera (Narrator), Bryce Browning (Will), Maggie Schmidt (Molly), Denise Forney (Rosie), Matt Robins (Gant) in Holy Days
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Stephanie Schneider (Hilda), Jessica Wade (Leisel), Devin Walter (Anna) in Hitler's Tasters
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THE BEGINNING
2019 After beginning work in 2018, TheatreMidwest officially launched our brand new company with this production of The Friendly Hour by Tom Jacobson. We surpassed our Kickstarter campaign goals with tremendous community support, received press interest and critical success for the production, and were recognized by the Des Moines theatre community with several nominations for Cloris Leachman Excellence in Theatre Arts Awards, including Best Featured Actress recipient, Deidra Mohr.
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Tiffany Flory (Opal), Deidra Mohr (Isabelle) in The Friendly Hour
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The Friendly Hour
By Tom Jacobson
Full Production
MAY 2019
By Tom Jacobson
Full Production
MAY 2019