The Niceties

Performance dates:

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All Sunday & Thursday performances are 50% audience capacity

Friday, March 11 @ 7:30pm
Saturday, March 12 @ 7:30pm
Sunday, March 13 @ 2:00pm

Thursday, March 17 @ 7:30pm
Friday, March 18 @ 7:30pm
Saturday, March 19 @ 7:30pm
Sunday, March 20 @ 2:00pm

Thursday, March 24 @ 7:30pm – SOLD OUT
Friday, March 25 @ 7:30pm
Saturday, March 26 @ 7:30pm
Sunday, March 27 @ 2:00pm – very limited availability

Cast

ZOE REED: Crystal Marie Stewart
JANINE BOSKO: Jody Hovland*

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States, appearing under a Special Appearance Contract

Creative Team

Director: Curtis M. Jackson
Scenic Designer: S. Benjamin Farrar
Costume Designer: Bethany Kasperek
Lighting Designer: Kim Fain
Sound Designer: Bri Atwood
Prop Designer: Stephen Polchert
Stage Manager: Maggie McClellan
Assistant Stage Manager: Sara Ashbaugh
Technical Director: Chris Rich
COVID Safety Officers: Anna Novak, Sara Ashbaugh

Location

Riverside Theatre, 119 E College St., located on the Ped Mall in downtown Iowa City


by Eleanor Burgess
Directed by Curtis M. Jackson
March 11 – 27, 2022 at Riverside Theatre

Academia is the new battlefront. Zoe, a black student at a liberal arts college, is called into her white professor’s office to discuss her paper about slavery’s effect on the American Revolution. What begins as a polite clash in perspectives explodes into an urgent debate about race, history, and power.

Covid Protocols:

All Thursday and Sunday performances of The Niceties are 50% capacity.

Every performance will follow Riverside Theatre’s policy below:

  • Masks are required to be worn correctly by all staff, volunteers, and patrons while in the venue.
  • In addition to embracing face-masks as a public health tool, we require all patrons to present a 72- hour (or less) negative COVID-19 test for each individual attending the performance, at every performance. We will accept documentation of vaccination via a vaccine card in lieu of a negative COVID-19 test. Appropriate documentation for a vaccination card will include patron state-issued ID plus one of the following: physical vaccination card or a photo of each individual’s vaccination card. This policy will be enforced at all Riverside events unless otherwise noted.

Questions? Please contact the Riverside Theatre Box Office at boxoffice@riversidetheatre.org or call us during box office hours (11am – 2pm Tuesday/Wednesday, 12:30 -5:30pm Thursday/Friday) at (319) 259-7099.