by Stephen Dietz
directed by Rachael Lindhart
assistant-directed by Gerry Roe
February 29, March 1, 7, 8 at 8:00 pm
Arts a la Carte, at Old Brick Annex 20 E. Market Street Iowa City
A hilarious comedy that shows life (and death) is a lot like bowling.
Jake owns the bowling alley in a small Midwestern town.
He is sitting on a hilltop where two of his three wives are buried.
Lois was zapped by lightning while carrying a bowling trophy in a thunderstorm and
Loretta was killed by a ball return machine where he comes to ruminate.
In his younger days he was a promising concert musician but a foul tip baseball
broke his fingers which subsequently healed into a perfect bowler’s grip.
Jake replays the key frames of his life and, from time to time, is visited by his
daughter Molly who has become adept at talking women into marrying her father for love and
free lane time. But who is that nattily dressed man with dark glasses and a revolver
lurking nearby?
sponsored by Dreamwell Theatre and City Circle
August 23
United Action for Youth Center, 355 Iowa Avenue, Iowa City
$5.00 at the door.
Plays will be written, directed, and ready to present within 24 hours.
by Martin McDonagh
directed by Josh Sazon
September 27, October 3, 4, 11
7:30 pm
Unitarian Universalist Society, 10 S. Gilbert St. Iowa City
The seriously disturbing tale laced with dark comedy about a writer in an
unnamed totalitarian state who is interrogated about the gruesome content of his
short stories and their similarities to a number of child-murders occurring
in his town.
Recommended for mature audiences for violence and language.
by the Women’s Theatre Group based on an idea by Elaine Feinstein
directed by Gerry Roe
assistant-directed by Rich Riggleman
November 14, 15, 21, 22
7:30 pm
Unitarian Universalist Society, 10 S. Gilbert St. Iowa City
A prequel to Shakespeare’s King Lear, focusing on Lear’s daughters
as they might have seen themselves: as daughters, passionate for art and longing for
parental affection; as princesses locked in a tower with the King holding the crown.
COMING IN 2009
A SEASON OF INCITING THEATRE
An Enemy of the People
by Henrik Ibsen
Early 2009
When Dr. Thomas Stockmann learns that the famous and financially successful baths in his home town are contaminated, he insists they be shut down for expensive repairs. Ridiculed and persecuted by the townsfolk for his honesty, he is declared an "enemy of the people." A powerful drama by the "father of modern drama."
The Drag
by Mae West
Spring 2009
In The Drag, which opened in Bridgeport, Connecticut, but not in New York, West argued that, like sexuality in a woman, homosexuality had no class identification. In this play West used the theatricality of the drag "queens" who had become her friends and "sisters."
Playboy of the Western World
by J.M. Synge
Summer/Fall 2009
First produced in 1907, this play sent shock waves through the dramatic world, pushing the limits of decency and stoking an already red-hot nationalistic fire. Though met with near instant rioting and controversy, it is now considered a masterpiece of poetic drama.
Master Harold and the Boys
by Athol Fugard
Fall/Winter 2009
This short play takes place in South Africa during the apartheid era. It was first produced at the Yale Repertory Theatre in 1982. The production subsequently played 344 performances on Broadway and transferred worldwide. It was banned by the South African government.