TRIPLE ESPRESSO Plays The Temple Theater 11/23-1/9/2011

Iowa's longest running show, TRIPLE ESPRESSO - A HIGHLY CAFFEINATED COMEDY, makes its return to Civic Center's The Temple Theater in the Temple for Performing Arts as part of the Prairie Meadows Temple Theater Series. Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010 to Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011. Local favorites John Bush and Patrick Albanese will reprise their roles as Bobby Bean and Buzz Maxwell at selected performances.

TRIPLE ESPRESSO tells the rags-to-riches story of Hugh Butternut, Buzz Maxwell, and Bobby Bean, an aspiring comedy trio who's bid for showbiz fame and fortune ended in four minutes of magnificent failure on national television. It's a high-energy, vaudeville-inspired comedy for all ages, packed with music, illusion, and monkey business, and bursting with fun.

Des Moines first saw the coffeehouse guys when the Civic Center inaugurated The Temple Theater in the Temple for Performing Arts in October 2002. Originally scheduled for a 10 week engagement, TRIPLE went on to play for 68 weeks becoming Iowa's longest running show in the state's history and returning to the Temple Theater several times, eventually playing to 115,000 Central Iowans in over 550 performances.

The show originated in Minneapolis in 1996 and has now played for more than 10 years in 35 theaters with over 8,500 performances. The comedy, written by Bill Arnold, Michael Pearce Donley and Bob Stromberg and directed by William Partlan has been seen by over 1.5 million patrons.

In addition to Minneapolis and Des Moines, TRIPLE has played in venues across the globe in locations such as Los Angeles, San Diego, Denver, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Chicago, Seattle, London, Dublin, Belgium, and Munich.

Performance schedule will be announced at a later date.

The Civic Center of Greater Des Moines
The Civic Center of Greater Des Moines is a private not-for-profit corporation celebrating over 30 years of presenting the performing arts to Iowa and the surrounding states. It is the presenter of major Broadway and educational touring companies, performers and groups, and is the performing home of many local and regional groups, including the Des Moines Symphony and StageWest. All performances of the Broadway Series are supported by Willis Auto Campus. All performances at the Civic Center's Temple Theater are supported by Prairie Meadows. All performances of the Family Series are supported by Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield.

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