SPT Theatre Company Season Begins Sept. 18

How can you support local writers and performers while enjoying some of the best talent in the Corridor?

 Don’t miss SPT Theatre Company’s 2009-2010 episodic theatre series, called “Tales from the Writer’s Room: Organized Spontaneity,” which kicks off on Friday, Sept. 18, and Saturday, Sept. 19, at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, 410 Third Ave. SE.

The doors open at 7 p.m.; the show begins at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are $20 per adult and may be purchased in advance or at the door.

Limited Time Only!
Season tickets are also available for $90 per person. That’s 10 percent off the regular price! Please note – this price is
ONLY good through Sept. 19.

SPT is a small, professional theatre company that’s based in Cedar Rapids. It is comprised of founding members Doug Elliott, Gerard Estella, Janelle Lauer and Jane Pini.

Each show during the upcoming season includes live music, sketches and comedy, featuring the collaborative efforts of writers Jason Alberty, Akwi Nji-Dawson, David Martino, Mary Sullivan and Adam Witte. Various special guests will also appear at each performance. 

 SEPTEMBER 2009

SPT’s 2009-2010 Season
Time: 7:30pm
Location: C.R. Museum of Art
Cost: $20

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Sept. 18 & 19
"Tales from the Writer’s Room:
Organized Spontaneity"

Oct. 30 & 31
"Dead Moose on the Table"

Feb. 12 & 13
"Bless Your Heart"

April 2 & 3
"I’d Rather Eat Dirt"

June 18 & 19
"Penniless at the End of My Life – What Great Timing"

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For more information about the series, tickets or sponsorship opportunities, visit spttheatre.org or call (319) 361-5297.

 

Past Shows

Tales from the Writers' Room - an original episodic series

September 27, 2008 and October 24 & 25, 2008. 

Nature Rocks - The Concert

Indian Creek Nature Center

Sunday, June 24, 2007 - 6:00pm

A GREEN benefit for the Indian Creek Nature Center and SPT Theatre Company, Nature Rocks is a chance for you and your family to enjoy some great music in the great outdoors. Jane, Janelle, Gerard, and Doug will be joined by good friends Greg Kanz, Davie Ollinger, and Ron DeWitt to present a two-hour concert on the grounds of the Indian Creek Nature Center in Cedar Rapids. In addition to music, there will be wine from Cedar Ridge Vineyards, important lessons about conservation, recycling and sustainability, and plenty of room for you to spread out a blanket or circle your chairs around a picnic supper. Recycling facilities will be available onsite. Click here for more information about this show.

 Tic... Tic... Tic... A Musical Midlife Crisis

Riverside Theatre, Iowa City

May 4-5, 2007

SPT and special guest, Adam Witte, take their act on the road in May to present Tic.. Tic... Tic... A Musical Midlife Crisis at Riverside Theatre in Iowa City. Tic... Tic... Tic is a theatrical adaptation of 2007's A Modern Salon at Brucemore. We've changed up the music a little and tweaked the talk, but it will still be an intimate evening of great music and engaging conversation. Who said crises can't be fun? Click here for more information about this show.

A Modern Salon at Brucemore

January 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, & 2008

Inspired by the Parisian salons of the first half of the 20th century, A Modern Salon is an evening of great music, good stories, and engaging conversation in a grand home. Featuring SPT and a guest artist, this event is held in the Grand Hall of Brucemore in Cedar Rapids in January, and is just the remedy for the mid-winter blahs. Click here for more information about this show.

Christmas: Hans Christian Andersen

December 1-3, 8-10, and 14-17, 2006

Inspired by some of the best loved stories of the "Father of the Fairytale," this original adaptation is a mystical Christmas treat. Christmas: Hans Christian Andersen captures all the charming sentiments that make the holiday spirit so special to each of us and interprets them through Andersen's unparalleled gift of fable and the universal language of music. Click here for more information about this show.

Underground Passages: Stories of Love and Other Confusions

February 3-12, 2006

A story about love that takes place somewhere underground in a mythical subway station. Underground Passages explores the relationship between two characters: Dr. Amor, a psychiatrist, and the Flower Lady, a flower vendor. While the action never leaves the station, it's still a journey of discovery for these two individuals and the audience as they pursue the true meaning of their relationship. Click here for more information about this show.

rEvolutioN: 1963-1973

March, 2005

A show about "The Decade," framed by President Kennedy's assassination in 1963 and the pull out of Vietnam in 1973, rEvolutioN was a true collaboration between Richard Barker, the director, David Martino, the writer, SPT, and the entire cast. Featuring music and a barrage of images from the era, rEvolutioN, weaves stories that are at once very personal, and at the same time universal. The point wasn't to re-enact Woodstock or the 1968 Democratic Convention, or the British Invasion. The point was to recreate the Buzz that transported America through one of its most turbulent, but idealistic decades. Click here for more information about this show.

Movement of Still

May 30-31, 2003

Part epic rock concert, part theatre, all human experience, Movement of Still examines the transcentendal emotions and life experiences that make up the fabric of human existence.  Click here for more information about this show.