This month, the stage offers a collection of amusing performances. Head to Theatre Cedar Rapids for two great plays: one that will get you in the holiday spirit and another that will make you laugh while portraying quirks of the human mind. In Iowa City, Dreamwell Theatre continues their season based on the theme “In […]
Jorie Slodki
Jorie Slodki earned her MA in theatre research from University of Wisconsin, Madison, and has past experience in acting, directing and playwriting.
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Riverside Theatre shakes things up with a new reading series
Riverside Theatre is a professional theatre that has been producing high quality, groundbreaking productions in Iowa City for the last 32 years — but that does not…
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This month in theatre: Spamalot, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and more
For the second play in its season themed “In Defense of Guilt,” Dreamwell Theatre brings the premiere of an original, unpublished play by local playwright Mike…
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The Stage: Local storytelling series ‘Was the Word’ begins its fourth season Sunday
The Corridor is home to a surprising variety of theatrical experiences. Between professional and community theatres, large-scale musicals and intimate dramas…
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September: The month in theatre
Dreamwell Theatre president Matt Falduto described the theme of their 2013-2014 season as “In Defense of Guilt.” Kicking things off is Stephen Adly Guirgis’ The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, featuring direction by Matthew Brewbaker and a large cast. The play is set in Purgatory, where a trial is held to determine the fate of Judas, the man who ultimately betrays Jesus in the New Testament.
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Girls, Interrupted: Fourth Room Theatre production of Stop Kiss opens tonight
It began as a way of saying good-bye to a friend. Rachel Howell and Ottavia De Luca, two core members of Fourth Room Theatre, had a list of plays that they dreamed…
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August Angst: Urban Theater Project brings area premiere of Pulitzer-winning play
Tracy Letts’ pitch-black comedy, August: Osage County, has been capturing the attention of the creative world since it premiered at Chicago’s Steppenwolf…
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The Stage: One play doth not a season make
In an episode of the beloved Canadian dramedy Slings & Arrows, about a prestigious theatre festival, business manager Richard approaches interim artistic director Geoffrey about selecting plays for next year’s season. Geoffrey pulls out a pen and scrap of paper. “Electra. Pericles. Mother Courage. Don Carlos.” He barely pauses to breathe. “Tempest. Murder in the Cathedral … One, two, three, four, five, six,” Geoffrey counts. “What else? How about, oh, Troilus and Cressida? You haven’t done that in a long time.” Thus, in less than a minute, Geoffrey creates a season with the perfect mix of Shakespeare and other classics. But after this encounter, the business-minded Richard ditches Geoffrey’s more sophisticated list in favor of a season with three musicals.
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RENT premieres this Friday: Reunited cast shows you can go home again
Iowa City and Coralville residents who have lived here for several years may have reacted with puzzlement by City Circle Acting Company’s announcement that…
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The Stage: Everything old is new again
In the planning stages for Riverside Theatre in the Park, which began on June 14 and runs through July 7, the production team had to devise a way to make the classic plays of Shakespeare’s Hamlet (1599) and Richard Sheridan’s The School for Scandal (1777) vibrant for contemporary audiences and also different from other recent versions.
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June: The month in theatre
Riverside Theatre Hamlet The School for Scandal Riverside Theatre has been Iowa City’s source for outdoor theatre entertainment since 2000, the inaugural summer of their Shakespeare Festival. With the recent name change to Riverside Theatre in the Park to reflect “a greater variety of summer programming,” theatre patrons can see more than just Shakespeare at […]
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May: The month in theatre
Though the University of Iowa presents excellent theatre throughout the school year, its reputation in playwriting comes to full flower in the University’s annual New Play Festival. During the last week of spring semester classes, the department stages five full productions of plays by MFA playwriting students, daily readings of scripts by MFA and undergraduate students and roundtable discussions of the works presented.
