Poetry, Revolution & Rock ’n’ Roll

Romance, rock music and Czech history will all be on display when Theatre Cedar Rapids presents Rock ’n’ Roll, the award-winning play by Tom Stoppard.

Presented as the first half of TCR’s Linge Series, Rock ’n’ Roll covers two decades between the Prague Spring of 1968, with Soviet tanks rolling into Czechoslovakia, and the Velvet Revolution of 1989.

“Living in a community that is so steeped in Czech history and culture, the Czech history was the first part of our attraction to doing this play,” said director Leslie Charipar. “But I was also intrigued by a community theatre attempting to perform Tom Stoppard, who is notoriously complicated. I was really excited by the challenge of covering more than 20 years worth of history on stage.”