Thank you to all who submitted a play for our 2020 Underground New Play Festival: The Mysterious. As always, our reading committee had many great plays to choose from and we are excited to announce our selected titles for our 2020 Festival this August. Thanks again to all for your work on these plays! 2020 […]
Sign up for Spring Break Camp: Broadway Takeover!
Find a little bit of Broadway at ‘First and Third’ with TCR this Spring Break! Always wanted to act? Sing? Even dance? You’re in luck! We’re covering it all in this week-long camp. Maybe you’ve seen a show at TCR (or even on Broadway!) and thought “I could do that!” – we believe you can! […]
2020 Underground New Play Festival Announced!
TCR’s tenth annual Underground New Play Festival will be held August 13 – 23, 2020. This year’s submissions reflect the theme “The Mysterious” and will feature one-act plays written by playwrights with Iowa connections. For important dates, playwright requirements, director applications, and more, click HERE!
CAST LIST: Dracula
Dear Dracula Audition Attendees, Thank you for your interest in Dracula at Theatre Cedar Rapids. Auditions can be nerve-wracking, anxiety-strewn affairs. In spite of that, over 60 folks showed up and indulged me by giving their all in an unconventional audition process. I deeply appreciate your time and your fearlessness. For those who were not cast: Please […]
CAST LISTS: 2019 Underground New Play Festival
Thank you all so much for coming to audition over the past three days for this year’s Underground New Play Festival. All of the directors and playwrights were thrilled with the turn out and we cannot wait to see this amazing Festival. If you were cast, please email Emma at emma.drtina@theatrecr.org to accept your role […]
CAST LIST: Newsies
CAST LIST Jack Kelly – Dawson Gosch Crutchie – Mic Evans Davey – Austin Wicke Les – Timothy Laubach Katherine – Aria Jensen Newsies: Race – Brandon Burkhardt Finch/Spot Conlon – Zach Beckman Albert – Levi Boston-Kemple Henry/Scab 2 – Alex Granfield JoJo/ Scab 1 – Carrington Moore Elmer/ Scab 3 – Jenub Wan Specs […]
2019 Underground New Play Festival Selections Announced!
Thank you to the many playwrights who submitted plays to this year’s Underground Festival. What incredibly fun, inventive and varied takes on this year’s theme. The selection committee read plays blind (author unknown) and scored each on the criteria of originality, thematic focus, professionalism, and overall affinity. Our committee has read, deliberated, and is proud […]
CAST LIST: The Hunchback of Notre Dame
CAST LIST Mic Evans (Quasimodo) Marita May (Esmeralda) Kehry Anson Lane (Dom Claude Frollo) Sage Spiker (Captain Phoebus de Martin) THE CONGREGANTS Adam Burnham (Dance Ensemble/Soldier) Zachary Beckman (Dance Ensemble/Statue) Samantha Chiu (Statue) Jon Day (King Louis XI/Soldier) Alex Gassman (Father Dupin) Dawson Gosch (Clopin Trouillefou) Samie James (Gargoyle/Dance Ensemble) Laura “LB” Manjooran (Dance […]
CAST LIST: The Full Monty
Thank you so much to everyone who auditioned. We are still casting a few additional roles and will be reaching out to those individuals at a later date. To those cast, our first meeting will be Monday, November 26 with measurements at 6:00 p.m. followed by orientation and read through at 7:00 p.m. Please email emma.drtina@theatrecr.org […]
CAST LIST: My Fair Lady
CAST LIST Angela Billman – Eliza Doolittle Aaron Murphy – Henry Higgins Greg Smith – Colonel Pickering Brett Borden – Alfred P. Doolittle Sage Spiker – Freddy Eynsford-Hill Amy Blades – Mrs. Pearce Cherryl Moon Thomason – Mrs. Higgins Tracie Hodina Van Pelt – Mrs. Eynsford-Hill Brian S. Anderson – George/Dr. Themistocles Stephanos Jake Stigers – Jamie/Lord Boxington/Cockney (Loverly Quartet) Randall Walton – Charles/Cockney (Loverly Quartet) […]