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Iowa

Full-Length Musical, Dark Comedy  /  6w, 1m, 1girl(s)

A fanciful, absurdist, and intoxicating musical play from the imagination of Jenny Schwartz and Todd Almond.

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    6w, 1m, 1girl(s)
  • Duration
    Duration
    More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Experimental
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

Details

Summary
Mom found her soul-mate on Facebook, and he lives in Iowa. So Becca says goodbye to her beloved math teacher, bulimic best friend, neighborhood pony and her mildly deficient teenage life, and she follows her wayward mother to a new, uncharted beginning. But in this fanciful, absurdist, and intoxicating musical play from the imagination of Jenny Schwartz and Todd Almond nothing can prepare them for what they’ll find.
History

Iowa premiered in New York City at Playwrights Horizons in March of 2015 under the direction of Ken Rus Schmoll.

Cast Attributes

YOUNGER BECCA / CHILD - female, 8ish
SANDY - female, 40s - 50s
BECCA - female, teenager - can be played by young woman
ROGER / MR. HILL/ JIM / PONY - male, 40s - 50s
AMANDA / LATINA NANCY DREW / SISTER WIFE - female, 20s - 40s
BLACK NANCY DREW / SISTER WIFE - female, 20s - 40s
LIZ / ASIAN NANCY DREW / TRANSGENDER NANCY DREW / SISTER WIFE - female, 20s - 40s
CHEERLEADER / JEWISH NANCY DREW / SISTER WIFE - female, 20s - 40s

Various other characters to be played by the ensemble.

  • Time Period Present Day
  • Duration More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

Media

REVIEWS

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Videos

  • Iowa - Playwrights Horizons Trailer youtube thumbnail

    Iowa - Playwrights Horizons Trailer

  • Iowa - Scene from Playwrights Horizons youtube thumbnail

    Iowa - Scene from Playwrights Horizons

  • I Am A Hawk  youtube thumbnail

    I Am A Hawk

  • Audience response to Iowa at Playwrights Horizons youtube thumbnail

    Audience response to Iowa at Playwrights Horizons

  • Todd Almond discusses "Coastal Erosion" youtube thumbnail

    Todd Almond discusses "Coastal Erosion"

  • Todd Almond discusses "Cheerleaders" youtube thumbnail

    Todd Almond discusses "Cheerleaders"

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Music

  • Musical Style Pop/Rock

Licensing & Materials

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Authors

Jenny Schwartz

Jenny Schwartz’s plays include God’s Ear, Somewhere Fun, and Cause For Alarm. Somewhere Fun will receive its world premiere at the Vineyard Theatre in the spring of 2013, directed by Anne Kauffman. God's Ear was produced in New York by New Georges and the Vineyard Theatre, al ...
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Todd Almond

Todd Almond is a composer, lyricist and playwright. For The Public Theater/Shakespeare in the Park, he wrote the music and lyrics for the Public Works production of The Tempest at the Delacorte Theater (a production in which he also starred as Ariel). His musicals include Gir ...
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