Thank you to Little Village Mag and Rob Silverman Ascher for the wonderful review of the Willow Creek Theatre production of MACBETH. 3 more performances Fri Aug 25-27. 🎟️ willowcreektheatre.org WCTC is a cozy theater and the tickets will go quickly. Don’t miss out! “What’s done cannot be undone.”
Macbeth opened Saturday, August 19 at Willow Creek Theatre and I’m so proud of our team. Not one weak link. Everyone is all in. I play Hecate and Hecate plays my fiddle. That’s the closest I can come without spoilers to explaining my contribution to this story. WCTC is unique in how they center artists… Read More Macbeth
A million thanks to Little Village and to Saunia Powell in particular for this thoughtful and beautifully articulated review of City Circle’s DANCING AT LUGHNASA. To be seen so fully for all that we have been working to bring forward in this production is a gift that we don’t take for granted. Every detail of… Read More Theater Review: ‘Dancing at Lughnasa’ from Coralville’s City Circle Theatre Company by Saunia Powell
Widely regarded as playwright Brian Friel’s masterpiece, Tony Award-winning DANCING AT LUGHNASA is a haunting play about five unmarried sisters making a living in 1930s rural Ireland. I’ve loved this play for decades since I saw it as a teenager and I’m so happy to be serving as music consultant on this project and also… Read More Brian Friel’s DANCING AT LUGHNASA
Streaming from November 27 to December 13, a holiday theater experience from Riverside Theatre to share with your family and friends no matter where this season may find you. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, adapted by Paul Morello. A story about the redemptive power of discovering that we belong to each other.… Read More A Christmas Carol
As we prepare to perform Hot Tamale Louie back in our hometown of Iowa City for the first time in many months, I give you the words of the writer who inspired the entire piece, Kathryn Schulz in “Citizen Khan” The New Yorker. June 6 & 13, 2016: “Over and over, we forget what being American means.… Read More Hot Tamale Louie the Performance in Iowa City on Thurs Jan 23
The Northside neighborhood of Iowa City is already home to my most beloved bookstore, theatre and my soon to be favorite kitchen store so it was no great surprise to discover that Wild Culture Kombucha taproom and lounge has become a treasured place to relax and enjoy delicious food and drinks. In September, my almost… Read More The Soft and Low at Wild Culture Kombucha Fri 12/13 7 pm
I’m thrilled to share this information from my friends at ArtFarm19! I will be there with bells on. Bells and heaven knows what else. Anything is possible. Dear creative friends and collaborators, I wanted to let you know about ArtFarm19, a festival of creativity happening near Iowa City this July. ArtFarm19 brings together artists, educators,… Read More ArtFarm19, a festival of creativity hosted at Scattergood from July 4 – August 3
John Rapson is that rare professor whose teaching leaves such an imprint on your mind and heart that you remain indebted forever. For this reason, I agreed to be part of this project well before I fully understood what it was. Then I read Kathryn Schulz’s June 2016 New Yorker article that inspired John and Nielo… Read More Hot Tamale Louie at Coe College 3/23
Hot Tamale Louie hits the road again tomorrow for the first (and second) of nine shows that we’re doing over the next two months in Iowa and Wyoming. See my ‘upcoming’ page for details.
Tara McGovern 