Author: Dreamwell Theatre

We’re excited to bring back QueertopIA to The James Theater on August 2 at 7:30 PM.  Join us for an evening of entertainment organized by Iowa Pride House and Dreamwell Theatre. 50% of profits will be donated to Iowa Trans Mutual Aid Fund. Learn more about ITMAF here. Tickets for QueertopIA can be found online through The James. Because we are raising money for ITMAF, we ask that you consider making a donation in an amount that is accessible for you. You can do this by entering in an amount while buying your ticket. Suggested donations are as follows: $15 for Adults $10 for Seniors/Military/Veterans $5 for Students Tickets will also be available at the door if seats are available. No one turned away for lack of funds. For online ticket sales, click...

Dreamwell’s production of The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood, directed by Rachel Korach Howell, will run March 6-9 at The James Theater. Tickets can be purchased from The James Theater. *Content Warning: This production not recommended for children under the age of 18* This is a stylized staging of the story of Penelope and the suitors. It includes recurring themes of violence against women. There will be discussion of and depiction of sexual assault and rape, murder including hanging, simulated consensual sex, physical and mental abuse and manipulation, enslavement, and childbirth. Not recommended for those under 18. Synopsis: As portrayed in Homer’s Odyssey, Penelope – wife of Odysseus and cousin of the beautiful Helen of Troy – has become a symbol of wifely duty and devotion, enduring twenty years of waiting when her husband goes to fight in the Trojan War. As she fends off the attentions of a hundred greedy suitors, travelling minstrels regale her with news of Odysseus’ epic adventures around the Mediterranean – slaying monsters and grappling with amorous goddesses. When Odysseus finally comes home, he kills her suitors and then, in an act that served as little more than a footnote in Homer’s original story, inexplicably hangs Penelope’s twelve maids. Now, Penelope and her chorus of wronged maids tell their side of the story in a new stage version by Margaret Atwood, adapted from her own...

Dreamwell Theatre is oh so excited to present Noël Coward’s, Design for Living, directed by Will Asmus!February 14, 15, 21 and 22 at 7:30 pm at The Artifactory “The actual facts are so simple. I love you. You love me. You love Otto. I love Otto. Otto loves you. Otto loves me. There now! Start to unravel from there.” Design for Living is a wickedly witty dark romantic comedy by Noel Coward. Initially banned in the UK, this provocative play portrays three amoral, glib, and stylish characters and their hopelessly inescapable, if also unconventional, emotional entanglement. From 1930s bohemian Paris to the dizzying heights of Manhattan society, a tempestuous love triangle unravels between vivacious interior designer Gilda, playwright Leo, and artist Otto—three people unashamedly and passionately in love with each other. They are trapped in what Coward called “a three-sided erotic hodge-podge.” With Coward’s trademark piquant style, this lively, funny but also atypical play looks at dazzling, egotistical creatures and their self-destructive dependence on each other. Exploring themes of Polyamory, celebrity, success, and self-obsession, Design for Living is a stylish and scandalous comedy. CastNatalie V. Black – GildaStephen Polchert – Ernest FriedmanJasper Rood – OttoCody Howell – LeoNicole Flynn – Miss HodgeCassel Rose – Ms. BirbeckKalvin Goodlaxson – PhotographerTracy Schoenle – Grace TorrenceEve Minkler – Helen CarverBrian Tanner – Henry CarverAdoh Teyeng Sisourath –...

Director Will Asmus has cast Dreamwell’s production of Design for Living by Noel Coward: Natalie V. Black – Gilda Stephen Polchert – Ernest Friedman Jasper Rood – Otto Cody Howell – Leo Nicole Flynn – Miss Hodge Jacob Ruchotzke – Birbeck Kalvin Goodlaxson – Photographer Tracy Schoenle – Grace Torrence Eve Minkler – Helen Carver Brian Tanner – Henry Carver Adoh Teyeng Sisourath – Matthew Thanks to all who auditioned! Design for Living plays at The Artifactory in Iowa City: February 14-15, and 21-22,...