In Our Backyard: A New Eco-Play Festival
In partnership with Ames Climate Action Team
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Four unique events, featuring eight new plays by local playwrights, new songs by local musicians, & neighborhood resiliency conversations facilitated by Ames Climate Action Team!
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Music by De’An Keys (DK) & The Unique Vibrationz and Ben Schrag.
Publicity artwork by Natalie Deam.
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Free and open to the public!
Sign language interpretation will be provided.
EVENT HORIZON
Taylor Sklenar
May 1st @ 7 PM
Labyrinth Coffee
An eerie prophecy, a choral retelling never written in silicon, of a time when a data center brought promise to a small Iowa town.
TEN-MINUTE PLAYS!
Tiffany Antone, Jessi Brock, Karen Murphy, Joshua Oren, & Amanda Petefish-Schrag
May 2nd @ 10:30 AM
Ames Public Library
A collection of five 10-minute plays, each inspired by the Ames Climate Action Plan and its "Six Big Moves."
THE MONARCHS
Emily Golden
May 2nd @ 2 PM
Ames Public Library
In the very near, somewhat scary future, a gardener, a game developer, a cartoon rabbit, and a colicky baby learn what it means to be a community.
JONAH AND THE FLOOD
Charissa Menefee
May 3rd @ 2 pm
Labyrinth Coffee
A retired man, concerned about future flooding in Iowa, decides to do something about it—whether his neighbors like it or not.
Thank You!
Support for this project is provided by the City of Ames Climate Action Grant Program, Discover Ames, Ames Public Library Friends Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts and the Iowa Arts Council, which exists within the Iowa Economic Development Authority.
