Riverside - Riverside Theatre, Iowa City’s resident professional theatre company, will present a staged reading of The Tag Sale Project by Maggie Conroy, November 26-28. Ron Clark and Maggie Conroy direct. Tickets are available at the Riverside Theatre Box Office at (319) 338-7672.
Iowa City resident Maggie Conroy created The Tag Sale Project based on the real-life email messages and reflections of five friends who decided to de-clutter their houses and have a yard sale together. The play chronicles the scheduling, sorting and coordination challenges that occur in the months prior to the sale, and the deeper awareness of the things worth holding on to that remains after the event is over.
“The play is essentially a collective memoir,” said co-director Ron Clark. “And the items assembled for the sale are tied to charming personal stories. Those stories are embodied by the actors onstage and we share the memoir as we ‘shop’ the tag sale.”
The Tag Sale Project was first performed at Riverside Theatre in December 2009. This season’s production features new and revised story elements. The friends depicted in the play will again perform as themselves: Maggie Conroy, Nancy Hauserman, Casey Mahon, Mary New and Susan Shullaw.
“Last year’s production was wildly popular,” said Riverside artistic director Jody Hovland, “We know not everyone who wanted to see the show was able to get a ticket, so we’re thrilled to be able to bring it back this year.”
The play is sponsored by Lois James and Jeremy James of James Investment Group Inc.
More information on the playwright and performers is available at www.riversidetheatre.org.
Tickets range from $12-$18 with a $12 student rush 20 minutes before the performance. Tickets may be ordered through the Riverside Theatre Box Office at 213 N. Gilbert St., (319) 338-7672.
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