WITH HOPE
AND A PLAN
We joined theatres across the globe when the Covid-19 pandemic brought a premature end to our second season, but we are still committed to bringing compelling stories to Midwestern audiences. With safety, flexibility, and innovation at the forefront of our planning, we commit to season 3 with hope and a plan!
Including two projects carried over from Season 2, this season features four plays presented for free in our popular Fresh Produce Concert Reading Series, and ends with Atlas of Mud, a fully-staged production, in Spring '21.
A FREE CONCERT READING SERIES focused on new works, new looks at old works, and, most importantly, an ever-widening range of voices that speak to the Midwestern experience. Just as professional and compelling; slightly more economical than our major productions. Don't miss these!
MORE FRESH PRODUCE
"Concert Reading? What's That?"
Using lecterns, a stage-directions narrator, and no technical elements, these readings focus entirely on the story and the actors--literally, the play's voices.
Why do women work in strip clubs?
​Reasons are hardly ever what you think.​
Can four terminally woke artists create a children's play honoring Turkey Day AND Native American Heritage Month?
NOVEMBER 21 & 28, 2020
Can ends be met on a waitress's salary? A cleaning lady's? A supermart employee's?
JANUARY 30 & 31, 2021
Josie's mother calls her from a bus stop in North Dakota. The hitch? Her mother died three years ago.
​Our final project of the season will be a fully staged production of Atlas of Mud.
JUNE 2021.
MORE ATLAS OF MUD
In a mysterious near-future, the world is completely flooded. The handful of survivors living in boats must fight for everything--food, dignity, space--as they strain to hold on to love, family, and grace.
​​A mythical allegory about finding hope in an unrecognizable world.
​NATIONAL SCIENCE PLAY AWARD
Kennedy Center American College
Theater Festival, 2008
Take a look at the scripts for the season's plays here.
TheatreMidwest holds open auditions for most productions. Keep checking our Auditions page for upcoming opportunities.
TheatreMidwest is committed to reducing barriers that keep the public from seeing live theatre. Learn about this radical strategy here.
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