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Working Group Theatre in Residence at RT 2010-11 Season! Upcoming WGT productions
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Opening September 10th...


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A unique and comical musical about making a musical created by
and forpeople who love musicals! The show chronicles the journey of four friends as they try to write a show in three and one-half weeks to enter into the New York Musical Theatre Festival. 

Featuring Kristen Behrendt, Patrick DuLaney, Jessica Flood and Eddie Skaggs, with pianist Jason Sifford.

Contains adult language.

For tickets, call the box office at 319-338-7672.

Ron Clark
Ron Clark (Director) is a founder of Riverside Theatre. In addition to calling Riverside Theatre home, Ron has worked in theatres around the Midwest and Seattle. For RTSF he recently directed and performed the role of Escalus in Romeo and Juliet, and also performed as Boyet in Love’s Labour’s Lost. Last season on Gilbert Street he played Mr. Dussel in The Diary of Anne Frank and directed Walking the Wire. He is a Distinguished Artist-in-Residence at Cornell College and a member of Actors’ Equity. His writing for the theatre includes Small Miracles and the plays Kindred Hearts, Grocery Stories, and Coffee and Hope. Ron holds an MFA in acting from the University of Iowa.
Eddie Skaggs
Eddie Skaggs (Jeff) is honored to be making his second appearance on the RT stage after making his debut in 2007 in I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. His love of theatre spans many years and has offered him numerous roles both on- and off-stage. Eddie’s most recent roles include Michal in The Pillowman, Curtis in Honkytonk Highway, and Jerry in The Full Monty. Eddie is a full-time Arts and Humanities professor at Kirkwood CC.
Patrick DuLaney
Patrick DuLaney (Hunter and Choreographer) is thrilled to be apart of this season here at Riverside! Audiences may remember Patrick as a part of the last three seasons of the Riverside Theatre Shakespeare Festival, in roles such as Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Costard in Love’s Labour’s Lost, and Friar Lawrence in Romeo and Juliet. Other favorites include the title roles in Floyd Collins, Macbeth and Tartuffe, Jud in Oklahoma!, Pinchwife in The Country Wife, and the Narrator in Blood Brothers. Patrick holds an MFA in Acting from the University of Missouri at Kansas City, and is also a founding member of the Alaskan Shakespeare Festival.
Jessica Flood
Jessica Flood (Susan) is excited to return to Riverside Theatre after appearing in last year’s Walking the Wire, and this summer’s production of Love’s Labor’s Lost at the Riverside Theatre Shakespeare Festival. Past roles include Guilia in The Vise, Miranda in The Tempest, and Martha in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf. She appeared regularly at the Kitchen Theatre Company in Ithaca, NY before moving to Davenport two years ago.
Kristen Behrendt
Kristen Behrendt (Heidi) is thrilled to be performing again on the Riverside stage where she has appeared in several productions including I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, The Last Five Years and Ruthless, the Musical! Kristen has also performed in four seasons of UI Summer Rep in Iowa City and spent many years singing and acting on Broadway and in the Chicago area. She holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from the University of Michigan.

Jason Sifford (Pianist) is a pianist, teacher and composer with a wide range of abilities and interests. Dr. Sifford performs regularly as a classical and jazz pianist, maintains a private teaching studio in Iowa City, and serves as staff accompanist for the UI Department of Dance. His compositions focus on didactic literature for the piano and are published exclusively by the FJH Music Company.


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Info on our 2010-11 Season

The 2010-11 season is funded in part by the Iowa Arts Council, a division of the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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