Join us for this month's Scriptease: A DINNER by Resident Artist Eric Olson*! Directed by Matt McIver*
Featuring:
Cliff Antoine*—Joe Stanalski
Berkeley Coyne*—Laura Appleton
Mason Ferguson*—Danny Mendoza
Todd Warming*—Jeffrey Pimberton, III
Donna Scarfe*—Federal Officer
*ISTC Resident Artist
WHEN: June 23, 2025 | 7 PM
WHERE: The Bank at the Little Book | Highland Park Des Moines
COST: Pay-What-You-Can
BYOB: Local restaurant The Fitz has to-go cocktails available!
PARKING: Free parking available behind the neighborhood library and on the street!
THE PLAY: A romantic evening, a gourmet meal, a wedding proposal. All planned to a tee. But in the askew world of Eric Olson’s A Dinner, no amount of planning can prevent a chaotic reality. An interloping bad boy, a wealthy yachtsman, and government intervention prove that the heart doesn’t always know what it wants and that the course of contract love never did run smooth.
THE PLAYWRIGHT: Eric Olson came to Des Moines in 2015 from California, where he was active in the artistic communities of both Palm Springs and San Diego as an actor, director, and playwright. His original play “Nothing, Less” was produced in 2008 by Playwright’s Circle in Palm Springs and again in 2010 as part of the Orlando Short Play Festival. He is a member of SAG-AFTRA with a B.A. in Creative Writing from UCLA and a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University. He has worked as an editor and writer for such magazines as Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, and Riviera Modern Luxury. Currently, he works in corporate communications. Some of his favorite credits include Monty Python’s Spamalot (Coronado Playhouse), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, God of Carnage (Desert Ensemble Theatre), Waiting for Godot, Baby With The Bathwater, Lend Me A Tenor (La Quinta Playhouse), One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and A Few Good Men (Palm Canyon Theatre).
Eric has appeared in the following Iowa Stage productions: Trouble In Mind, Exit Strategy, Adore Us! Line, Company, and Straight White Men (for Iowa Stage’s predecessor StageWest).
Other local credits include: Equus, Temporary Insanity, Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!), Bridges of Madison County (Concert), Rumors, Oleanna (Cloris Nomination), and Hillary: A Modern Greek Tragedy With A (Somewhat) Happy Ending at Tallgrass Theatre Company; Private Passage for Kingsman Row Productions; and Around the World In 80 Days for Des Moines Playhouse.
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