

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: TheatreMidwest presents *THE GUN SHOW* in DES MOINES
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 26 Apr, 2025 at 02:00 pm – Sun, 27 Apr, 2025 at 05:00 pm
- **Event Description**: TheatreMidwest returns to its artistic home in Central Iowa with performances of *THE GUN SHOW*, by EM Lewis. One weekend only! Saturday, April 26, 2pm and 7pm; Sunday, April 27, 2pm in the Des Moines Central Public Library (Downtown), Event Room 1.  Seating is limited--pre-registration is strongly encouraged. Tickets are "pay what you are able" with a regular price starting at $20.
Award-winning playwright E.M. Lewis tells the story of America’s relationship with guns through the prism of her own personal experiences. She starts during her youth in a rural farming community where she learns about guns from her dad, has her first date with a special person at a shooting range, and then, as life's journey takes her to 'big cities' like Los Angeles and New York, finds herself in more complicated, less upbeat, and sometimes dangerous, gun situations. Using a light, often hilarious touch, Lewis takes us across the wide social and political terrain of America's most dangerous pastime with brutal honesty and keen understanding. Leaning neither right nor left, The Gun Show jumps into the middle of the gun control debate and asks, “Can we just have a conversation about this?”

PLEASE NOTE: While it's mostly a comedy, this production includes discussions about and theatricalized interpretations of robbery, gun violence, and suicide.

Veteran award-winning professional stage and film actor, Katie Braden, will feature as “The Playwright.” Nationally recognized one-woman-show expert, and long-time professional actor and director, Karen Eterovich, directed the production.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/des-moines/theatremidwest-presents-the-gun-show-in-des-moines/200028099892030
- **Event Categories**: gun-shows, art, theatre, sports, comedy, entertainment
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 27

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.theatremidwest.org/gun-show-reservations.html?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=des+moines-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Des Moines
- **state**: IA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Des Moines Public Library (Downtown)
- **lat**: 41.586139098027
- **long**: -93.630985688805
- **full address**: Des Moines Public Library (Downtown), 1000 Grand Ave, Des Moines, IA 50265-3501, United States,Des Moines, Iowa

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: TheatreMidwest (https://allevents.in/org/theatremidwest/14729281)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 26 Apr, 2025 at 02:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Des Moines Public Library (Downtown), 1000 Grand Ave, Des Moines, IA 50265-3501, United States,Des Moines, Iowa
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** TheatreMidwest
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** gun-shows, art, theatre, sports, comedy, entertainment
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about TheatreMidwest presents *THE GUN SHOW* in DES MOINES ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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