Iowa Stages Podcast

Director Brad Dell talks with ISTC Artistic Director Matthew McIver about tackling Shakespeare's greatest tragedy again, the partnership with Salisbury House and Garden, and what it takes to create a Lear for our time. 

Author Karen Schaeffer talks with ISTC Artistic Director Matt McIver on creating farce, her talented collaborators and resisting a sequel until there's a compelling idea. 

Director Kathy Pingel talks to ISTC Artistic Director Matthew McIver about her collaboration with Karen Schaeffer, directing farce and the world premier of Girls Weekend 2: The Bachelorette Party.

A Christmas Carol has been a holiday tradition for ISTC and our legacy company since 2009. Hosts Shawn Wilson, Matt McIver and producer Kyle Bochart talk with longtime Christmas Carol designer Jay Jagim, and veteran Scrooge Richard Maynard.  Jay was involved in the development of Michael Wilson's adaptation, which ISTC is bringing to Iowa for the first time, at the Alley Theater in Houston. Richard first performed as Crachit at Merrimack Rep, over 30 years ago.  These veterans are both bringing their talents to the Stoner Theater for this new, exciting adaptation of Dickens' timeless story.  

Iowa Stage Theater Company, central Iowa's professional, home-grown theater troupe, launches Iowa Stages, a podcast that looks at the creators and practitioners of theater in central Iowa.

Join hosts Shawn Wilson, Matt McIver and Kyle Bochart as they take a deeper look at ISTC's production of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House. Joined by Jennifer Nostrala, director, and Tiffany Flory who plays Nora.

Join hosts Shawn Wilson, Matt McIver and producer Kyle Bochart as they discuss Lucas Hnath's A Doll's House Part 2, with Ashley Schaeffer who plays Emmy and Resident Artist Company member Kerry Skram who plays Nora. Hnath's award-winning show picks up the story of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House 15 years later, with the return of Nora to the home and family she left so dramatically at the end of Ibsen's masterpiece.