Recent Shows
sTAY TUNED FOR OUR NEXT POP-UP SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT!
2019/2020 season
Starring
Brad Church, Jordyn Siepker, Laura Sparks, Ashley Schaeffer, Emily Davis, Edward Vasquez, Gabriela Fuentes, Mary Shipley, Kiera McGregor, Jen Green, Patricia Uy-Westland, Shane Donegan, Jake Leiberton, DC Felton, Sage Johnson, Greg Blumhagen
LOCATION
FRANKLIN JUNIOR HIGH
Beaverdale / DSM
2018/2019 season*
*brief hiatus for baby!
Starring
Emily Davis, Megan Helmers, Charlie Reese, Joshua Visnapuu
LOCATION
MAINFRAME STUDIOS
Downtown / DSM
a truly LAST MINUTE pop-up
January 2019
A staged reading of MATT & BEN with Marnie Strate and Lyndsy Darland.
A staged reading of DEAD CERTAIN with Mary Bricker & Josh Visnapuu.
An improv-comedy hour featuring members of Kitten Bomb Comedy and Chowdown.
LOCATION
LEFTY’S LIVE MUSIC
Drake Neighborhood / DSM
2017/2018 season
SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT
NATURAL SHOCKS was produced as part of a national movement for theatre activism, raising awareness and providing funding for prevention of domestic violence and gun violence across America. Over $800 in proceeds from our production went to
This one-woman play bursts to life in a basement of a residence in Des Moines, when we met a woman waiting out an imminent tornado in her basement. She overflows with quirks, stories, and a final secret that puts the reality of guns in America in your very lap.
Starring
Kerri Skram
LOCATION
BLACK RESIDENCE
Highland Park Neighborhood / DSM
SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT
An intimate show tracing the thread of longing and regret
that binds the lifelong correspondence of friends and almost lovers.
Starring
Kathy Pingel and Ron Ziegler
LOCATION
HAYMES RESIDENCE
Ingersoll Park Neighborhood / DSM
The effects of a tragic incident can, in a moment, forever redefine the lives of all those intimately connected to it.
This relevant tale explores the malleability of guilt and innocence
when pitted against prejudice and presumption,
truth and sensationalism.
Directed by Tiffany Johnson
Starring
Jamaal Allan, Kellie Kramer, Davida Williams, Aaron Smith, Emmett Phillips, Gabe Tejeda
LOCATION
River Bend Neighborhood / DSM
2016/2017 season
A young couple considers parenthood. They want to have a child for the right reasons.
But, in a time of global anxiety, erratic weather and political unrest,
what exactly are the right reasons?
Directed by Megan Helmers
Starring
Marnie Strate & Joshua Visnapuu
LOCATION
WATERHOUSE STUDIO
Highland Park Neighborhood / DSM
“A woundingly intense two-hander...
It is the most beautiful, quietly shattering play of the year.”