Plays

Dream Program helps Happy Siesta earn governor's quality award (08/26/08)
A wish to ride in an airplane, watch a play in a theater, take a fishing trip, hear an auctioneer cry -- all came true for Happy Siesta Health Care Center residents. Happy Siesta's Dream Program and other activities earned the center, in Remsen, a Governor's Award for Quality Care in Iowa Health Care Facilities for 2008, presented Monday...

Help ahead for 102-year-old Akron opera house (07/29/08)
Akron's opera house has weathered many changes since it opened in 1906. Now another phase is planned for the building that towers over the town's main street. "My head spun for two weeks just thinking about this," Akron Community Theater President Doug Olson said Monday evening while discussing upcoming plans for the theater...

Students take the stage at Drama Camp (06/16/08)
How do you become a good villain? It starts with the laugh. That's one of the lessons about 20 children learned during the Drama Camp put on by the Le Mars Arts Council last week. The students, ages 4-12, heard from guest speakers like Andy Linn, a performer in a recent Le Mars Community Theatre play, who taught the group how to master the villain's character, voice, and, most importantly, the laugh...

Le Mars Community Theatre: 40 years on stage (05/30/08)
Forty years ago a small group of theater buffs came together and formed the Le Mars Community Theatre. And it's still going strong today. As the theater celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, Bonnie Dull, an organizer, actress, producer and director, said the devotion of those behind the scenes and the community support have made it a success...

Parents' problems fill up "empty nest" (05/28/08)
Imagine being a parent enjoying an empty nest after the kids have left -- when suddenly your parents move in. That's what happens to Helena and George in the Le Mars Community Theatre's comedic production of "Alone Together Again." "It's purely comedy," said Wayne Marty, who plays Pops, one of the parents. "There's kind of a lot of real-life lines, family tensions."...