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IN THE SPOTLIGHT
UPDATE
2006 marked RTI's third successful year of bringing outstanding works of both classic and new works to life in the Greater Des Moines area. RTI has staged critically acclaimed productions including numerous Iowa and Mid-West premiers by Iowan and other American playwrights, as well as classic works by master playwrights Eugene O'Neil, George Bernard Shaw and Samuel Beckett.
In 2006, RTI more than quadrupled its budget infusing over 60 thousand dollars into the local economy!
NEXT STEP
RTI now enters the NEXT STEP in the planning and development process to create a professional theater company of Metropolitan Des Moines very own. As we enter this exciting and crucial stage of RTI's development, we will be taking a temporarily hiatus from presenting productions for the general public.
(RTI will be presenting cuttings of LOVE LETTERS for residents of senior living facilities throughout the Greater Des Moines area.)
KEEP CHECKING BACK
RTI will be unveiling our line-up of upcoming, top-quality fundraising events and our 2008 Season by the end of this summer.
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IN THE MEANTIME
RTI strongly encourages you to attend The Principal Charity Classic, June 5 - 10. Portions of proceeds from this event will benefit BRAVO GREATER DES MOINES, an RTI sponsor. See below for details:
The CHAMPIONS TOUR returns to Des Moines ! The Principal Charity Classic presented by Wells Fargo will be played at Glen Oaks Country Club in West Des Moines , IA June 5 - 10, 2007 .
Tickets are available at www.principalcharityclassic.com or by calling 515.279.4653. Don't miss out on the ONLY professional golf tournament in Iowa ! This Champions Tour event is packed with family-friendly activities and of course, golf's greatest players!
SPECIAL OFFER!! BRAVO of greater Des Moines can purchase Good-Any-One-Day tickets for only $10 (a $5 discount). To order, please visit www.principalcharityclassic.com/tickets/index.php . When asked for a ticket code, enter “bravo” it will automatically adjust your cost.
Official Principal Charity Classic merchandise is also available on-line at www.principalcharityclassic.com . Merchandise options include polo's, t-shirts, hats, wind jackets, golf balls and more. For more information or to place an order please visit https://www.principalcharityclassic.com/merchandise/ .
Proceeds of The Principal Charity Classic will benefit these five outstanding “FORE Our Kids” charities:
- Blank Children's Hospital
- Bravo Greater Des Moines
- Greater Des Moines Community Foundation
- United Way of Central Iowa
- Variety-The Children's Charity of Iowa
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Ticket Purchases
Purchase tickets through Iowatix.com or for reservations only please call 515.266.0560
(cash or check only at door.)
Email us for more info...
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Buy Your Season Tickets Now!
$40 for all three shows:
ENDGAME, CROWNS and A TUNA CHRISTMAS.
Purchase tickets through Iowatix.com or for reservations only please call 515.266.0560
(cash or check only at door.)
Email us for more info...
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RTI 2006 Highlights
CROWNS
by Regina Taylor
Directed by Ruth Ann Gaines
General Admission - $17
Group Discount (20 or more) - $14/ticket
Students/Seniors - $10
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Critics Rave about RTI's production of Crowns.
“Delightful…Glorious…Infectious…Irresistible”
~ Des Moines Register , Jeffrey Bruner
“Masterful…Brilliant…Soulful singing…Fabulously eye-catching…A HIT!”
~ ArtScene Magazine, Kimberly Busbee
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Reservations strongly encouraged.
Fufilling RTI's vision to bring outstanding, professional quality theater at an affordable price to undeserved communities throughout Iowa, we are currently setting up tours of our outstanding production of Crowns. RTI's Crowns is also available to communities throughout the MidWest.
To bring RTI's production of Crowns to your community call RTI at 515-266-0560 or send an email to info@dmtheater.com |
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Samuel Beckett's Endgame
Directed by James Serpento
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RTI's critically acclaimed production of
Samuel Beckett's ENDGAME IS AVAILABLE FOR TOUR to colleges and universities.
To bring RTI's production of Samuel Beckett's darkly comic masterpiece to your college or university call RTI at 515-266-0560 or send an email to info@dmtheater.com
Raves for RTI's Endgame
" Repertory Theater of Iowa explodes out of the gates with Samuel Beckett's "Endgame" delivering an intensity seldom seen on Central Iowa stages....rock solid director, cast and production team...irresistibly compelling...desolate, often humorous, theatrical ballet...Marvelous physicality and timing...captivating..If this is the caliber of productions RTI plans to share with Iowa theater patrons, then bring it on."
~ ArtScene Magazine, John Busbee
"Pitch perfect cast...The theater's production goes for the knock-out and succeeds...Leonardi, who literally shakes the stage with his performance, gives a face and voice to the human desire to cheat death, to outwit the universe, to pick up life's toys and play another game...Lynner's turn as Hamm channels the frustration and anger that flood a life if it is unable to breathe...Gouran and Skram bring temporary comfort with their humorous, playful and tender performances." CityView , Andrew Brink |
A TUNA CHRISTMAS
By Joe Sears, Jaston Williams and Ed Howard
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Kick your holiday season off laughing with the residents of Tuna, Texas in the Repertory Theatre of Iowa's production of A Tuna Christmas.
"If you like someone, buy them roses... If you love someone, buy them tickets to A TUNA CHRISTMAS"
-- Austin American-Statesman
"A TUNA CHRISTMAS delivers a stockingful of laughs!"
-- Everett Evans, Houston Chronicle
"A Comic Masterpiece!"
-- KGO-AM/ABC, San Francisco
About the play and production
Joseph Leonardi and Rich Richards dash audiences through a blizzard of laughs as they play all 24 characters in this hilarious “night before Christmas” comedy set in the third smallest town in Texas. At the heart of the play is the warm tale of a fictitious town 24 hours before Christmas. The eccentric home spun residents spin out of control as they attempt to cope with several traumas--the competitive spirit of the annual Christmas yard-decorating contest; the fear of the illusive sabotaging Christmas phantom, and stress from the busy Smut Snatchers group which has taken upon itself to clean-up the script of the community theater's production of "A Christmas Carol." A guaranteed laugh riot for the whole family! |
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