| Highlights from the First 25 |
| Dec. 1981 |
Ron Clark, Jody Hovland and Bruce Wheaton found Riverside Theatre & begin rehearsing THE
EXERCISE at the Old Armory Theatre |
| Mar. 1983 |
1st production at Old Brick, SEA MARKS |
| Oct. 1983 |
1st touring production, NON-RHYMING COUPLETS |
| Oct. 1983 |
Hired 1st actor (Dennis Nastav) and director (Miriam Gilbert) outside of the original founders for CHEKHOV & COMEDY |
| Mar. 1985 |
1st world premiere, IL MAGNIFICO by Bruce Wheaton |
| Dec. 1986 |
1st Equity contract, Minneapolis actor Nancy Gormley, ELEEMOSYNARY |
| 1986 |
Riverside Theatre documentary MACBETH: PAGE TO STAGE, by filmmaker Franklin Miller, premieres on Iowa Public Television |
| Mar. 1990 |
FIRST LADY LOU by Rebecca Christian is performed at the Smithsonian Institution and the National Archives |
| Jul. 1990 |
Construction for Riverside Theatre's home on Gilbert Street begins |
| Sept. 1990 |
A. . . MY NAME IS ALICE opens the Gilbert Street theatre |
| 1990 |
Outstanding Achievement in the Arts Award, State of Iowa |
| Nov. 1991 |
World premiere of 1st commissioned play, THE GIFT OF THE MAGI by Carson Becker |
| July 1992 |
Young People's Company is launched with THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL; it is also Riverside Theatre's 50th production! |
| Sept. 1993 |
World premiere of GUNPLAY by Frank Higgins, commissioned following the '92 shootings on the UI campus |
| Aug. 1996 |
1st co-production with Cornell College, THE CHERRY ORCHARD |
| Aug. 1998 |
BEYOND THERAPY marks Riverside Theatre's 100th production |
| 1999 |
Groundbreaking for the Riverside Festival Stage |
| June 2000 |
RTSF is launched with TWELFTH NIGHT |
| June 2004 |
RTSF's MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING marks Riverside Theatre's 150th production |
| Jan. 2006 |
Riverside Theatre will open DEATH OF A SALESMAN on January 27th, 25 years after the opening of Riverside Theatre's first production, THE EXERCISE |
