The Next Act, a documentary produced by TCR staff that tells the story of the flooding, rebuilding and Grand Reopening of the Iowa Theater Building, is now available to view online in its entirety for the first time.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was a huge contributor to getting the Iowa Theater back on its feet. FEMA has now released a short video about the project, with new footage from construction and the Grand Reopening:
As TCR gears up for its Grand Reopening, we wanted to show just how far it’s come. So I took the video I shot in the weeks after the flood, and followed the exact same route again shot-for-shot during the final week of construction. You can see just how much it’s changed.
This is the video that was shown during the announcement by Theatre Cedar Rapids that we are bringing the Iowa Theatre Building back in February of 2010. This video features comments by Ron Livingston of “Office Space” and Michael Emerson of “Lost”; the announcement of what our first show back in the Iowa Theatre Building ...
Eight months after floodwaters did millions of dollars in damage to the Iowa Theater Building, Theatre Cedar Rapids has unveiled plans for how and when the historic structure will return. In addition to repairing flood damage, the project will give the Iowa a massive facelift, creating more space for its patrons, adding modern facilities and making the theatre lobby visible to traffic on 1st Ave. for the first time in the building’s 81-year history.