Buena Vista University Theatre to Present Musical "Iowa"
Buena Vista University Theatre is presenting the New Visions Series production of the musical play "Iowa" by Jenny Schwartz and Todd Almond Feb. 3-6 at 7:30 p.m. in Anderson Auditorium on the BVU campus.
Buena Vista University Theatre is presenting the New Visions Series production of the musical play “Iowa” by Jenny Schwartz and Todd Almond Feb. 3-6 at 7:30 p.m. in Anderson Auditorium on the BVU campus.
Tickets for the play can be reserved online at www.bvu.edu/tickets or by calling the BVU Theatre Hotline at 712.749.2211. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for students and senior citizens and may be picked up at the door before the performance.
The New Visions Series enables a promising student director to stage a fully-realized main stage production. This opportunity adds to the undergraduate student’s skill set and other resources, which can open doors to graduate schools, internships and professional work.
This production of “Iowa” will be directed by Matthew Schulz, a junior theatre and vocal music performance major from Waverly, with technical direction by David Grant Walker, assistant professor of theatre.
The cast of “Iowa” is made up of BVU students and friends, including:
- Child/Younger Becca – Emily White, a sophomore K-12 instrumental music education major from Thor
- Sandy – Chelsey Goetz, a senior digital media major from Lakota
- Becca – Madeleine McCormick, a sophomore digital media major from Huxley
- Amanda – Alyssa Kragelund, a junior business – marketing concentration and accounting major from Anita
- Roger/Jim/Mr. Hill/Pony – Austin Delp, a senior theatre major from Alta
- Liz – Elyse Pollock, daughter of Miranda Pollock, BVU assistant professor of graphic design
- Cheerleader – Ciera Fergen, a freshman vocal music performance and theatre major from Spirit Lake
- Nancy Drew – Nadia Ecyomuhendo, a sophomore biology major from Kigali, Rwanda
“Iowa” is a musical play that follows Becca, a teenage girl, whose mother just got engaged to her Facebook friend, Roger. Becca struggles with the spontaneous move to Roger’s home. She says goodbye to her bulimic best friend and beloved math teacher, and goes with her mother to Iowa, where the horizon stretches into infinity and things are not as they expected. The world of the play is a place of absurdity and wonder and is intended for mature audiences.