Name: Special Event: The Gull
Start: 2025-01-23T13:00:00-0600
End: 2025-01-23T14:30:00-0600

Thursday January 23, 2025 1:00pm - 2:30pm CST

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This event will open Wednesday, 1/22 at 11:00 pm

Riffing on Anton Chekhov's classic "show about nothing," THE SEAGULL, out at a dilapidated country estate populated by tortured artists, writers, and blow-hards, dreams die, hopes are dashed, and everyone loves the wrong person! What could go wrong? This brand new, hilarious, and touching piece tears away any musty old remnants of “1896” by having one actor perform all 10 characters. It's a robust 90-minute journey and a tour de force for the actor, as it also includes a "Narrator" to manage the chaos and provide snarky commentary. This fresh and witty treatment of one of the most popular and important comedies in modern drama will cause patrons to laugh, to shed a tear, to ask (as patrons have been doing for 130 years) "what is wrong with these people?!"

Content Disclosure: This production includes discussions about and theatricalize interpretations of bird shooting and suicide.

Guest Artists

Joan Korte

TheatreMidwest

As an actor, director, and teacher, Joan Korte is enthusiastic to share her passion for storytelling. She has most recently been involved with TheatreMidwest (IA) where she has appeared in THE GULL; A TRAGICOMEDY FOR ONE--AFTER CHEKHOV, WHEN THE MESSENGER IS HOT, and ATLAS OF MUD... Read More →

Tom Woldt

TheatreMidwest

TOM WOLDT is Founding Artistic Director of TheatreMidwest (2018.) As a Theatre Educator, he was Professor and Chair at Doane College, Simpson College, and University of South Dakota, and had other part-time/guest-artist activities. For KCACTF, Tom is a former Region 5 Chair, National... Read More →

Gull playbill front back kcactf5 pdf

Thursday January 23, 2025 1:00pm - 2:30pm CST
Marriott Salon D (2nd Floor) 700 Grand Ave, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Performance, Special Event

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KCACTF Region 5 Festival 57

Joan Korte

Tom Woldt

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