LEAVING IOWA

Senior Class Reader's Theatre Production

This comedic salute to childhood vacations may just turn out to be the funniest family road trip you've taken in years. Don Browning, a middle-aged writer, 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 in search of 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. This existential journey leads Don 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 their youth.

RATING: Recommended for Family Audiences

"Simultaneously hilarious and touching..."
-Chicago Sun Times

Cast

DON BROWNING ...........Rick Moll
DAD ..............................Gary Willoughby
MOM ..............................Lisa Brannan*
SIS ..............................Lynn Amari
EVERYONE ELSE ........Mike Artis, Ron Dundon, Candace Williams, Jacki Stahr

*denotes participant's Civic onstage debut

Crew

Assistant Stage Manager - Dusti Morton
Light Board - Jaycee Myner

Production Team

Director - Kris Tyrrell
Costume Designer - Elaine Kauffman
Lighting Designer - Juliet Merillat
Sound Designer - Robert Salerno
Technical Director - Phillip A. Miller
Properties Master - Stacy Bartell
Stage Manager - El East
Assistant Stage Manager - Dusti Morton
Production Stage Manager - Kira Sheffer
Scenic Carpenters - Christopher Lewis & Ryan Burke
Director of Volunteers - Mike Artis

The Kalamazoo Civic Theatre does not rate subject matter as sensitivities vary from person to person. If you have questions about content, age appropriateness, or other aspects of the show (ie strobe lights and other theatrical effects), please contact the box office at 269.343.1313.

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ADVISEMENTS

No Special Cautions.

Run Time

90 minutes

THEATRE FOR ALL

ASL and Audio Described Performance - April 2

The Carver Center Studio

426 South Park St.
Kalamazoo, MI 49007

SEATING

All performances in the Carver Center Studio are general seating. We recommend arriving early. Doors open 30 minutes prior to each performance.

FREE PARKING

Available after 6pm in the Civic parking lot at the northeast corner of Lovell and Park Streets. There is additional parking behind the Carver Center. Street parking is available after 5pm.