Theater

Iowa City actor, professor, comedian and playwright Megan Gogerty was having a terrible, horrible, very bad year. So of course, she turned it into a one-person show, which will launch Riverside Theatre’s first full season at its new home in downtown Iowa City.

Theater Cedar Rapids musical embraces humor as well as angst in tale of healing

Music’s universal love language weaves through a brief moment in time captured in “Once,” a Theatre Cedar Rapids production opening Friday, Aug. 26, and continuing through Sept. 11 in Brucemore’s outdoor amphitheater.

Broadway producer Ron Simons applauds the work Corridor theaters have been doing to give voice to underrepresented communities, even before pledging solidarity to the Black Lives Matter movement.

Starlighters II staging original script by Shawn Carr of Cascade

True to the black box theatrical style, the performance space walls and ceiling are painted black, with wide-open spaces to accommodate flexible staging and seating on comfy chairs not bolted to the floor.

Theatre Cedar Rapids creates fun for all ages in outdoor summer show.

This new adventure folds in the outdoor amphitheater behind Brucemore mansion, where you never know what kind of critters you might see and hear.