Many thanks to Jeff Charis-Carlson at the Iowa City Press-Citizen for a wonderful, comprehensive article about our upcoming pop-up abridged activist reading of Shakespeare’s Richard III! From the article: Although Donald Trump won Iowa by almost 10 percentage points on Election Day, for some Iowans the upcoming presidential inauguration kicks off not a season of celebration… Read More RIII in the Press-Citizen
Ron Clark and I are thrilled to announce our powerhouse cast for RICHARD III, A Reading for Inauguration Day! Richard, Duke of Gloucester Zach Twardowski King Edward IV Ron Clark George, Duke of Clarence John Cameron Cecily, Duchess of York Katie Roche Edward, Prince of Wales … Read More Cast List for RIII
Iowa City’s beloved consummate theatre professional Ron Clark and I are delighted to announce a project in the works for Inauguration Day 2017. RICHARD III, A Reading for Inauguration Day Friday, January 20, 2017 North Ridge Pavilion in Coralville, Iowa Doors open at 6:30 pm Coffee, wine, and dessert Free will offering with all proceeds… Read More RIII
I am delighted to be part of this (free!) performance tonight at Voxman Music Building in the Recital Hall beginning at 7:30 pm. More details from John Rapson: “Hi friends, I am writing to invite you to a Faculty Showcase this Tuesday at the School of Music. I am proud of the wonderful collaboration that… Read More “Hot Tamale Louie” or “Two Buckets and a Yoke” ***The Story of Zarif Khan***
I have often alluded to the fact that I arrived here in the Portlandia of the Midwest quite by accident more than half my life ago and have stayed largely because I’m too complacent to make any efforts toward settling elsewhere. Come now, that’s not the whole story. Yes, Iowa City is a place where… Read More Just Living
We had a wonderful audience last night at Theatre Cedar Rapids for our benefit concert for “Just Right for Me!”, TCR’s theatre arts class designed for autistic children. If you weren’t able to attend but you’d like to make a donation to the cause, visit the TCR donation page and indicate in the “Notes” text box… Read More Thank you, TCR!
I am delighted to invite you to experience our traditional Irish band The Beggarmen in a concert that will be taking place on the set of Irish playwright Conor McPherson‘s “The Weir” at Theatre Cedar Rapids. The last time I performed on TCR‘s Grandon Stage this past summer, I was a barefoot and pigtailed fiddler playing… Read More The Beggarmen in Concert at Theatre Cedar Rapids
I’m not a medical professional. Once upon a time, I was a board-certified music therapist but I let my board certification lapse when I had two babies in two years. Daycare wasn’t remotely affordable for one baby, let alone two. When I was doing my music therapy internship, I did work briefly with some autistic… Read More Into the Woods
I’m thrilled to be a member of the 5-piece onstage band for the Tysen & Miller musical “The Burnt Part Boys” at Theatre Cedar Rapids. We have three more weekends of shows still to come so there’s no excuse to miss this. Between the visionary theatrical direction of Leslie Charipar and the masterful music direction of Janelle… Read More The Burnt Part Boys
Tara McGovern 