Founded by Joseph Leonardi as the Central Iowa Repertory Theater Company in 2004, the Repertory Theater of Iowa has since grown in central Iowa’s only resident theater ensemble, comprised entirely of experienced, professional central Iowa artists.

In August 2008, RTI merged with The Drama Workshop, Des Moines’ longest running avant garde theater company, in order to preserve its 50 year history and to promote and fulfill RTI’s educational and developmental goals.

 

Production History

2004

  • THE LADY OF LARKSPUR LOTION by Tennessee Williams
  • HUGHIE by Eugene O’Neil

2005

  • OVERRULED by George Bernard Shaw
  • TWYLA’S BOY by Charles E. Polly
  • 27 WAGONS FULL OF COTTON by Tennessee Williams
  • THE GNADIGES FRAULEIN by Tennessee Williams
  • THE SPLIT INFINITY by William S.E. Coleman

2006

  • CROWNS by Regina Taylor
  • NOW THAT’S FUNNY by Steve Hakeman
  • UNCONVENTIONAL SEX by Chuck Hughes
  • WINDOW TREATMENT by Kay Frances Scott
  • ENDGAME by Samuel Beckett
  • A TUNA CHRISTMAS by Joe Sears and Jaston Williams

2007
(Company is reorganized and establishes a resident ensemble)

2008

  • ALL MY SONS by Arthur Miller
  • WONDER OF THE WORLD by David Lindsay-Abaire

2009

  • A PYG’S EYE by James Serpento and Mark Gruber
  • TWELFTH NIGHT by William Shakespeare
  • THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL by Horton Foote
  • BLOOD RED POE: BECOMING DRACULA by Mark Gruber
  • A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Charles Dickens, Adapted by Larry Carpenter

 

The Repertory Theater of Iowa is a member of
The Network of Ensemble Theaters.