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Dreamwell President and Co-Marketing Chairs Elisabeth Ross and Brian Tanner chat about theatre during Covid-19 with Bev Meade on KICI Radio’s The Green Room. Click here to...

Join us for the latest episode of our new Dream State broadcast. Taking the format of an old radio show, take a few minutes out of your day to join us for everything from SciFi to Shakespeare to Soap Opera. New episodes will be posted on Sundays. Click here to listen to Episode 4! Check out our previous episodes: Episode 1: https://youtu.be/tFZBhIXqlEI Episode 2: https://youtu.be/QlzhIeuT6Ho Episode 3: https://youtu.be/5RY3B8fU_FU Interested in writing for one of our segments or doing some voice acting? Comment below or email...

Dreamwell Theatre is thrilled to announce auditions for our spring production; The Revolutionists: A Comedy, A Quartet, A Revolutionary Dream Fugue, A True Story by Lauren Gunderson. Auditions will be held Feb 23rd (3:30-5pm) and Feb 24th (6pm – 9pm) at the Iowa City Public Library. Performances will be April 24th,25th and May 1st ,2nd. ABOUT THE SHOW: Four beautiful, badass women lose their heads in this irreverent, girl-powered comedy set during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror. Playwright Olympe de Gouges, assassin Charlotte Corday, former queen (and fan of ribbons) Marie Antoinette, and Haitian rebel Marianne Angelle hang out, murder Marat, and try to beat back the extremist insanity in 1793 Paris. This grand and dream-tweaked comedy is about violence and legacy, art and activism, feminism and terrorism, compatriots and chosen sisters. It’s a true story. Or total fiction. Or a play about a play. Or a raucous resurrection…that ends in a song and a scaffold. ABOUT THE CASTING: Director Matt Brewbaker is seeking an ensemble to portray these four badass women. All roles are open. OLYMPE De Gouges – 38; A badass activist playwright and feminist. Theatre nerd, excitable, passionate, privileged. An intellectual, a coward, a showman. Widowed and never married again to ensure her personal freedom. CHARLOTTE Corday – 25; A badass country girl and assassin. Serious, resolute, hardened by righteousness, never been kissed. Has a...

Because of inclement weather, the All in a Day Play Festival will be postponed two weeks, with performances on Feb. 1.