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!
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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
FEATURING: 
Jami Bassman Ahart & Tom Ahart
POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO PANDEMIC
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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.
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 
RADICAL HO$PITALITY!  Part 1--Free tickets available for every performance, escalating pricing for reserved seats.  More information HERE
A CONCERT READING SERIES focused on new works, new looks at old works, and, most importantly, an ever-widening range of voices that speak to the Midwestern experience.  Just as professional and compelling; slightly more economical than our major productions.  Don't miss these!
How can two young women hold their farm lives and marriages together on Easter weekend, 1936?
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​November 16, 2019 
Java Joe's 4th Street Theater 
What do girls discuss while waiting to see if
​they will live through another meal?
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​February 20. 2020
Des Moines, Venue TBA
Why do women work in strip clubs?
​Reasons are hardly ever what you think.
POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO PANDEMIC
RADICAL HO$PITALITY!  Part 2--FRESH PRODUCE concert readings are always free admission.  (Donations accepted, however.)  
"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.

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The Cloris Awards for Excellence in Theatre Arts, 2019

MISSION
Professionals creating works of relevance to the people of the Midwest, ​with particular attention to the voices of women ​and other under-represented groups.

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