Dazzling and Unique Blend of Puppetry, Technology and Dance As Seen on America's Got Talent

The Coralville Center for the Performing Arts is thrilled to bring Lightwire Theater's production of DiNO-LIGHT to the Coralville on Tuesday, November 11, with a public performance at 6:30pm and a special 12:30pm matinee for school groups.

Created by Corbian Visual Arts and Dance, DiNO-Light (also known as Darwin the Dinosaur) is a heart-warming original story that features a friendly dinosaur who wanders away from home and discovers a world of creatures who light up the darkness and help him find the true meaning of love. The story is told through electroluminescent puppetry, music, sound, and movement and has delighted children and adults around the world.

Tickets for the 6:30pm performance on Tuesday, November 11 are $16 for adults and $12 for children 12 and under and are available online at coralvillearts.org, by phone at 319.248.9370, and in person at the CCPA box office and Coralville Rec Center.  Special group pricing is available for the 12:30pm matinee performance; those interested can learn more by calling 319.248.9372.

Corbian creators Ian Carney and Corbin Popp met while dancing in Twyla Tharp's Broadway show Movin' Out. They immediately connected over their mutual love of art, theater, and technology.  After they discovered a product called EL wire, they developed puppetry based creatures that quickly gained personality.  "EL wire" is short for electroluminescent wire: unlike black lights, the technology can be powered by batteries and requires no theatrical lighting.

Based in New Orleans, Lightwire Theater rose to national prominence through its appearance on America's Got Talent in 2012, where the group made it to the semi-finals, and has toured extensively.  Lightwire Theater will be competing on the truTV series FAKE OFF, which premieres on October 27.

Owned and operated by the City of Coralville, the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts is dedicated to enriching the community and contributing to the vitality of Coralville by offering an accessible, affordable venue for a variety of performances, presentations, and public and private events.  The 472 seat theater opened August 26, 2011 and has hosted performances from City Circle Acting Company, Orchestra Iowa, Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre, Dan Knight, Lola Astanova, Lorie Line, Judy Carmichael, Jim McDonough, Nolte Academy of Dance, and many others.  Coralville schools are also able to use the Center free of charge up to three times per year; 15 school events took place at the Center in the 2013-2014 school year. The Center was named 2012 Member of the Year by the Iowa City/Coralville Area Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Amana- Christopher Durang's new comedy, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, opens October 30 and runs through November 16 on the Old Creamery's Studio Stage, with shows on Thursdays and Sundays at 2:00 pm and on Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm.

Winner of the 2013 Tony Award for Best Play, the master of contemporary absurd comedy tells the tale of comically dysfunctional siblings who wait....and wait, for something exciting to happen. Enter their movie star sister and her much younger boy toy, ready for a costume party that could change their lives forever.

The cast includes: Patrick du Laney, Natalie Schmit, Marquetta Senters, Hannah Spina, Nina Swanson, and Jim Vogt. The show is directed by Tim Butterfield who holds a B.A. in Theater from Brooklyn College, an M.F.A. in Directing from Yale's New School for Drama and works regularly as a director, writer, and fight choreographer. He has worked Off-Broadway, Off-off Broadway, and regionally.

Tickets are $28 for adults and $18.50 for students. Special $12 student rush tickets are available thirty minutes before performances. Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike is Rated Theatre R for strong language. Call the box office for tickets and information 319-622-6262 or visit us online at www.oldcreamery.com.

Augustana College Theatre Department produces The Passion of Dracula on October 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26 at 7:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. on Sundays at Bergendoff Hall, 3701 7th Avenue in Rock Island. This version of the Dracula legend based on the 1897 Bram Stoker novel is set in the English countryside in 1911 where several village girls have died under mysterious circumstances. Dr. Sweard presides over a nearby mental hospital that has acquired a new resident-Count Dracula! A trio of doctors, a young reporter, and a stouthearted English lord battle the Count for possession of the lovely heroine. With a dash of Holmesian sleuthing in the Baskerville hound country setting, our heroes save the heroine and dispatch the Count in the traditional manner. www.augustana.edu

Dare to Open the Box... You will soon be able to see a Vegas Cirque style show right here in Iowa featuring largely local talent.

Iowa circus performer, Laura Ernst, owner of the Iowa Circus Academy, has created and produced a unique cirque style show that will be hitting theaters all over Iowa and the Midwest starting in Nov of 2014. 

This show is a Cirque-Style theater show inspired by Greek mythology that follows Pandora who opens the box full of vengeful spirits that drag her to the Underworld.

If you've heard the myth, you haven't heard the whole story. Pandora's Circus is a Cirque-Style theater show inspired by childhood wonder, wisdom of ages, and tales of ancient myth.

Follow Pandora as she opens the box full of vengeful spirits waiting to drag her to the Underworld. In an ever dark world filled with strange characters that seem to ignore all rules and gravity and physical limitations, Pandora faces incredible trials. Despite her seemingly insurmountable challenges, she overcomes her fears and finds her hopes restored.

This is a hero's journey; it tells the story of a girl who overcomes her fears- fears from the past and worries about the future.  In the end, she finds the journey, and not the destination, was what mattered most.

Event Details

What: Pandora's Circus
Where: Coralville Performing Arts Center
When: November 21st at 7:30pm, November 22nd at 7:30pm, November 23rd at 2pm

Tickets: $12-$20

Media
For more information the media can contact the event organizer direct at 563-581-4396 or info@pandorascircus.com