Written by: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Grant Freeman
July 21 - 24, 2016
First Street Community Center Uptown Theatre

Take one of Shakespeare’s most popular and important romantic comedies and put it in a steampunk background and you have MVLCT’s fun summer romp! Twelfth Night has inspired adaptations and reimaginings for centuries and MVLCT did not disappoint. And its focus on complicated issues of gender, class, and same-sex attraction make it relevant to our current cultural moment.

Written by: Amy White, Tony Craine, Josh Woosley
Directed by: John Zbanek-Hill, Mike Moran, Braden JP Rood, Grant Freeman, Karla Steffens, Karen Mills, Robin Stoker, Anton Rood, Laura Werkman, Josh Woosley, Amy White
March 10-13, 2016
First Street Community Center Uptown Theatre

In its premiere MVLCT production on the FSCC stage, Amy White's play Animal Facts involved several dozen actors of all ages, eleven directors, three writers, two visual artists and a musician. Local writers Tony Craine and Josh Woosley each contributed a short piece to add to Amy's original collection of six. Introductory sections gave student actors the job of breaking down the "facts" of each piece. Live art and music were also part of the transitions between scenes. Amy's play has moved on to be performed by a community theatre group in Grinnell as well as our local middle school, with new pieces added and more animal behaviors explored.