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Iowa

"Iowa is never predictable -- and its strangeness is purposeful, offering a real warning about the surreal world around us."

The Village Voice

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Description

  • Full Length Musical
  • Dark Comedy, Experimental

  • Time Period: Present Day
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings

  • Performance Group:
  • Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Professional Theatre
Mom found her soul-mate on Facebook, and he lives in Iowa. So Becca says goodbye to her beloved math teacher, bulimic best friend, neighborhood pony and mildly deficient teenage life, and she follows her wayward mother to a new, uncharted beginning.

But in this fanciful, absurdist, and intoxicating musical play from the imagination of Jenny Schwartz and Todd Almond nothing can prepare them for what they'll find.
REVIEWS:

"Each brief, witty line seems to have a life of its own... Smart, off-angle pop art songs, by Schwartz and the excellent Todd Almond, add to the abundance of pleasures."

 Time Out New York

"Iowa is never predictable -- and its strangeness is purposeful, offering a real warning about the surreal world around us."

 The Village Voice

Premiere Production: Iowa premiered in New York City with Playwrights Horizons in March of 2015 under the direction of Ken Rus Schmoll.

Characters

  • Casting: 1M, 7F
  • Casting Attributes: Roles for Children

  • YOUNGER BECCA / CHILD - female, 8-ish.
    SANDY - female, 40s-50s.
    BECCA - female, teenager - can be played by a young woman.
    ROGER / MR. HILL / JIM / PONY - male, 40s-50s.
    AMANDA / LATINA NANCY DREW / SISTER WIFE - female, 20s-40s.
    BLACK NANCY DREW / SISTER WIFE - female, 20s-40s.
    LIZ / ASIAN NANCY DREW / TRANSGENDER NANCY DREW / SISTER WIFE - female, 20s-40s.
    CHEERLEADER / JEWISH NANCY DREW / SISTER WIFE - female, 20s-40s.

    Various other characters to be played by the ensemble.

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