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With equal measures of pluck and positivity, little orphan Annie charms everyone's hearts despite a next-to-nothing start in 1930s New York City. She is determined to find the parents who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of a New York City Orphanage that is run by the...
Morris likes lots of things: doing puzzles, painting pictures, pretending to be an astronaut, and wearing a tangerine dress from his school’s dress-up box because it “reminds him of tigers, the sun, and his mother’s hair.” But some of his classmates think boys can’t wear dresses...
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Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat Live on Stage! brings laughs, surprises, and a bit of delightful disorder. The production is part of the 2026-27 Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Family Series presented by Des Moines Performing Arts.
Jim Fingal is a fresh-out-of-Harvard fact checker for a prominent but sinking New York magazine. John D’Agata is a talented writer with a transcendent essay about the suicide of a teenage boy that could save the magazine from collapse. When Jim is assigned to fact check...
Tales of the Sun and Moon is a world premiere from Honolulu Theatre for Youth, featuring celestial myths and legends from cultures around the world. The production is part of the 2026-27 Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Family Series presented by Des Moines Performing Arts.
Anne Shirley is mistakenly sent to live with a plainspoken farmer and his spinster sister, who thought they were adopting a boy! She wins over the Cuthberts and all of Prince Edward Island with her irrepressible spirit and imagination — and wins over audiences with this warm...
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Mean Girls Des Moines Playhouse (7/09-7/25) |
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Wicked Civic Center Of Greater Des Moines (9/02-9/20) |
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Britten’s BILLY BUDD Blank Performing Arts Center (7/10-7/10) |
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Britten’s BILLY BUDD Blank Performing Arts Center (7/15-7/15) |
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Annie Des Moines Playhouse (12/04-12/27) |
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Offenbach’s THE TALES OF HOFFMANN Blank Performing Arts Center (7/25-7/25) |
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The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors Des Moines Playhouse (5/07-5/23) |
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Britten’s BILLY BUDD Blank Performing Arts Center (7/18-7/18) |
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Philip Glass’s ORPHÉE Blank Performing Arts Center (7/21-7/21) |
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Offenbach’s THE TALES OF HOFFMANN Blank Performing Arts Center (7/22-7/22) |
