Leaving Iowa
SUMMARY
Leaving Iowa is a toast to the "greatest generation's" idealism and character and a little roast of their undying dedication to the classic family road trip. More specifically, it is the story of Don Browning, a middle-aged writer, who returns home and decides to finally take his father's ashes to his childhood home, as requested. But when Don discovers Grandma's house is now a grocery store, he begins traveling across Iowa searching for a proper resting place for his father. This father-and-son road trip shifts smoothly from the present to Don's memories of the annual, torturous vacations of his childhood. Don's existential journey leads him to reconcile his past and present at the center of the United States. Leaving Iowa is a postcard to anyone who has ever found himself or herself driving alone on a road, revisiting fond memories of his or her youth. Premiered at the Purple Rose Theatre Company.
CURRENT SHOWS
SEASON TICKETS – FLEX PASSES
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Each Adult Season Pass is valid for 6 Adult tickets that can be used in any combination for the shows in our current season. You can get one ticket for each performance, or you can bring six friends to one show. The choice is yours.
The 2023 Season Pass Includes 6 shows plus adult and youth performances:
Festival of One Arts – January
EPiC Improv Winter – February
Chapter Two – March
EPiC Improv Summer – August
Nevermore – October
Holiday Show 2023 – December
Fall Youth and Adult performances
Gift of the Magi
12/15/2023 - 12/17/2023
Evergreen Players is happy to announce our holiday double feature of Gift of the Magi and Gift of Fools. The Gift of the Magi is a short Christmas comedy adapted by Jon Jory from the classic holiday story by O. Henry. This heartwarming romantic comedy, narrated by a group of Christmas carolers, tells the story of Della and Jim, who are desperately in love but very poor. In their attempts to buy each other proper Christmas gifts, a strange twist of fate teaches them the importance of the gift of love. Gift of Fools is an unfinished O. Henry story reimagined and completed by local playwrights Scott Gibson, Kathleen Davis, and Marilyn Herrs. Gift of Fools is a humorous tale of five memorable characters on a snowy Christmas eve in the early 1900’s. But who is the fool? It’s up to you to decide. A charming story with an “O. Henry” twist.
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ON SALE SOON: Festival of One-Act Plays
01/19/2024 - 01/28/2024
Celebrating new playwrights from all over the country, this festival will be a collection of original, new works. One-Act plays were submitted by playwrights from around the country and seven were chosen by a committee. The seven one-act plays will range from comedy to drama and will be performed in the Evergreen Players Black Box Theatre and will run weekends Jan 19-28th.
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