Monday, May 16, 2005

Gazette Article about Dreamwell

The Gazette covered us in their Sunday paper with a nice article and big ol' picture. There's no link to the article, but here's the text:

Dreamwell finds home in mall
By Eric Clark The Gazette

IOWA CITY — The next time you want to go to the theater, you might want to check out the mall.
Dreamwell Theatre, a volunteer theater troupe that has performed at various locations in Iowa City for eight years, has moved into a second-floor space in the Old Capitol Town Center.

The group’s previous homes were in the Wesley Foundation and the Unitarian Universalist Society. The new location is about 2,600 square feet, which is nearly twice as much room as the troupe ever has had.

‘‘’We’ve been trying to get our own space for years,’’ says founder Matt Falduto, 33. ‘‘Downtown Iowa City is such a great place and the mall was willing to work with us.’’

‘‘The Book of Liz’’ will be the troupe’s first production at its new location. The play, written by humorists David and Amy Sedaris, was performed in November by Dreamwell Theatre and was the group’s most popular show to date.

The four-actor comedy is about a nun who leaves an Amish-like community to find her own way in the world. Falduto says the play is funny yet rarely performed.

‘‘We’re trying to carve our own niche,’’ Falduto says. ‘‘We want to put on shows you might not have heard of but you won’t soon forget.’’

Dreamwell Theatre usually stages four plays a year. Other plays scheduled for this year are ‘‘David’s Red Haired Death’’ in June, ‘‘Baal’’ in September and ‘‘Fortinbras’’ in November. Next year, the troupe will attempt to stage six plays.

Falduto says he does not find it odd that a performance theater is in a mall.

‘‘We’ve been around for eight years,’’ he says, ‘‘so hopefully we’ll be in this location for another eight years and then another eight years after that.’’

Contact the writer: (319) 368-8809 or eric.clark@gazettecommunications.com




My question is... why did they want to know my age? Once you hit thirty, shouldn't that question be off limits? I mean, what news value does my age have in this story?

Anyway, check out The Book of Liz this weekend. Tickets sales are brisk - we're over halfway toward being sold out for the opening, so I recommend reserving them online or calling 319-541-0140.

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