Treasure: a History of Mount Vernon, Iowa
Photo courtesy of the Mount Vernon Historic Preservation Commission
March 3-5 and 10-12, 2023
Curtain at 7:00 PM (2:00 PM Sunday Matinee)
First Street Community Center
What the heck is a pinhook? Is there really a guy buried under Main Street? Why did Cornell students used to stand six feet apart even before the pandemic? Your questions about the history of our town may or may not be answered in Treasure: a History of Mount Vernon, Iowa by local playwrights Joe Jennison and Amy White. Treasure was written in celebration of the town’s 175th anniversary and is being produced in partnership with the Mount Vernon Historic Preservation Commission and the Mount Vernon-Lisbon Community Development Group. Based in part on A Centennial History of Mount Vernon, Iowa 1847-1947 published by the Centennial Committee in 1948, the play emphasizes the characters and stories that make our town special as well as its place in the events of the world.
Treasure will be performed in the Uptown Theatre of the historic First Street Community Center March 3, 4, 10 and 11 at 7 PM and March 5 and 12 at 2 PM. All tickets are $10.
The cast includes:
Chris Childers
Trevor Baty
Kim Benesh
Braden JP Rood
Chester Rood
Mary Morgan-Blacharski
Tiyah Western
Deon Nelson
Larry Hansen
Emery Willems
Marlena Rodenberg
Dennis Rodenberg
