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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
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