End Days by Deborah Zoe Laufer, directed by Emily Rollie (performed at The Blue Fugue, October 29 & 30/November 5 & 6, 2010)

Smudge by Rachel Axler, directed by Rory O'Carroll (December 2-4, 2010, performed at The Blue Fugue)

short Women's Play Festival: Third Time's a Charm, plays by Eliza Bent, Claudia Barnett, Kimber Lee, Ellen Struve, & Pamela Turner (February 17-19, 2011, performed at Columbia College's Launer Auditorium)

Superior Donuts by Tracy Letts, directed by Shawna Mefferd Carroll (April 22-24, 2011, performed at The Muse Cafe & Gallery)

boom by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb

October 6, 7, & 8
directed by Brad Stephenson
7 pm curtain
The Blue Fugue

A grad student’s online personal ad lures a mysterious journalism student to his subterranean research lab under the pretense of an evening of “no strings attached” sex. But when a major global catastrophic event strikes the planet, their date takes on evolutionary significance and the fate of humanity hangs in the balance. Will they survive? What about the fish in the tank? And who is that woman pulling levers and playing the timpani? An epic, intimate, and downright hilarious comedy that spans over billions of years,boom explores the influences of fate versus randomness in the course of one’s life, and life as we know it on the planet.

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tempOdyssey by Dan Dietz

tempOdyssey
by Dan Dietz
December 1, 2, & 3
directed by Cat Gleason
7 pm curtain
The Blue Fugue

“It wasn’t me. It was the black hole.” With these words, a temp worker named Genny launches us on an epic, fantastical journey through corporate America, Appalachia, astrophysics and beyond. TEMPODYSSEY tells the story of a young woman who’s convinced she’s the goddess of death.

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short Women’s Play Festival 4

short Women’s Play Festival 4
March 9, 10, & 11 

plays by Claudia Barnett, Margaret Hoffman, Aoise Stratford, & Daniella Vitinski directed by Amy Darnell, Cece McFarland, & Elizabeth Braaten Palmieri

7:30 pm curtain
The Bridge (1020 E. Walnut, Columbia)

In honor of Women’s History Month, IAT’s fourth annual short Women’s Play Festival – the plays are short, not the women! – will feature short plays by women playwrights from around the country.

Talley’s Folly by Lanford Wilson

Talley’s Folly
by Lanford Wilson
April 26, 27, & 28
directed by Emily A. Rollie
7:30 pm curtain
Location TBA

Written by Missouri playwright Lanford Wilson and featuring a unique, IAT barebones production aesthetic,Talley’s Folly takes place in Lebanon, MO, in 1944.  Matt Friedman, an accountant from St. Louis, has arrived to plead his love to Sally Talley.  Bookish, intelligent, totally honest and delightfully funny, Matt refuses to accept Sally’s fears that her family will never approve of their marraige.  Gradually, he convinces Sally that there is great possibility in their life together.  A play about kindred spirits and finding hope in human relationships, Talley’s Folly is a touching play from one of Missouri’s very own.