How Did the Rose Theater’s ‘Garden of Verses’ Grow?
Play’s the thing in creating theatre for toddlers, as this Omaha company learned in staging a gentle, rangy poetry anthology.
Category Archives: Plains
Dispatches from Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
Animals + Children? Ann Carlson Accepts That Challenge
Part modern dance, part interactive improv, Carlson’s ‘Animal Dance’ at Children’s Theatre Company partners toddlers with livestock.
Court Theatre Announces Classic Plays for 2016–17 Season
The season will feature works by Michael Cristofer, Tom Stoppard, and Pearl Cleage.
Children’s Theatre Company Announces Tuneful 2016–17 Season
A new Dr. Seuss adaptation and a new play by Naomi Iizuka are part of the theatre’s musical-heavy season.
KC Rep Announces Classics and Premieres for 2016–17 Season
Ayad Akhtar, Nick Payne, Larissa FastHorse, Lorraine Hansberry and more will be part of the lineup.
Know a Theatre: Unicorn Theatre of Kansas City, Mo.
The Midwestern company is blazing new trails by producing contemporary American plays.
Kimberly Motes Named Managing Director of Children’s Theatre Company
The Twin Cities native returns to the arts sector after spending five years working in higher education.
Jennifer Bielstein on Her Actors Theatre Legacy and What’s Next at the Guthrie
The managing director of the Louisville theatre talks about what she’s learned and where she’s going in Minneapolis.
Ordway Center Names Jamie Grant as President and CEO
The president of the Long Center in Austin will make a move to the Twin Cities.
Zack Mannheimer Found NYC Audiences Too Homogeneous, So He Went to Iowa
The founder of the Des Moines Social Club was looking for a way to have a greater impact on more different kinds of people. How has he fared?
