Theatre Cedar Rapids
Theatre in Cedar Rapids bagan, the setting was 5 Turner Alley, studio apartment of regionalist artist Grant Wood. The year was 1925. A small group of theatre enthusiasts produced the fantasy Cardboard Moon for a capacity audience of thirty. They socialized afterwards and asked, "Why don't we have a theatre?" and the "Little Theatre" movement was born in Cedar Rapids. For the next four years they undertook a number of small productions. Then, in 1929 a young woman, Catherine Hunt, returned home from dramatic school. She sought out David Turner and asked him a pointed question. "Are there any people in Cedar Rapids interested in organizing a little theater?" David organized a meeting of about thirty men and women at the vacant second floor of the old Mansfield House at Third Avenue and Seventh Street. The building had been, in order, the Turner Mortuary, a home for an art school, and headquarters for the Hobby House, to whom the second floor belonged at the time. Catherine outlined her idea and the Community Players came into being.
Schedule:
Friday May 15, 7:30 pm
HAIR
at TCR Lindale, 4444 1st Ave NE
Saturday May 16, 7:30 pm
Final Performance!
HAIR
at TCR Lindale, 4444 1st Ave NE
Monday May 18, 6:00 pm
Adult Education Class
PROPS DESIGN
at The Grant Wood House
Thursday May 21, 7:00 pm
Out Loud Author Series
LAWRENCE BLOCK
at TCR Lindale, 4444 1st Ave NE
Theatre Cedar Rapids, Mission Statement:
The Mission of Theatre Cedar Rapids is to provide quality theatre, maximizing community participation and education in theatre arts, to Cedar Rapids and the surrounding region.
Schedule:
Cosi fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
at Cornell College's Kimmel Theatre
Mt. Vernon, Iowa
June 12, 2009 at 8pm
June 14, 2009 at 2pm