Resistance
A new play by Iowa playwright Taylor Sklenar
Touring Iowa this Spring
When a new herbicide is introduced into a small Iowa community, a group of neighboring farmers must grapple with their differing perceptions of risk – and even with each other – as they figure out how to move forward together.
Coffee and community conversation will follow each performance.
Want to support the project?
Contribute to our GoFundMe to help us pay our artistic team and fund essentials like props, costumes, and travel!
Resistance Tour Locations
Tour Stop #1
Audubon
Saturday, March 8
3pm
Tour Stop #2
Ruthven
Saturday, March 22
3pm
Tour Stop #3
Milford
Sunday, March 23
1pm
Tour Stop #4
Grinnell
Saturday, March 29
3:30pm
Tour Stop #5
Ames
Saturday, April 5
3pm
Audubon Memorial Building
410 N Park Place
Audubon, IA 50025
Thank You
To our venue host, the City of Audubon and Janell Remsburg! Also a big thank you to our community partners, Gail Richardson and Tami Sklenar!
Directions
From the front entrance, go straight back to the main room.
Lost Island Nature Center
3267 – 350th Avenue
Ruthven, Iowa 51358
Thank You
To our community partner and venue host, Kaitlin Steinle, Palo Alto County Naturalist, and the Lost Island Nature Center team! Also a big thank you to Cynthia and Ritch Berkland!
Directions
Enter the Nature Center, and you can't miss it!
Mahan Hall, Iowa Lakeside Laboratory
1838 IA-86
Milford, IA 51351
Thank You
To our community partners and venue host, Nick Blocha, Green Iowa AmeriCorps member, and Dr. Mary Skopec, Iowa Lakeside Laboratory Executive Director!
Directions
Enter through the South entrance, and park in the gravel lot or on the grass along the front drive. From the gravel lot, there is a map board and a paved path, which leads up to Mahan Hall.
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Grin Cupola
3633 Hwy 146
Grinnell, Iowa 50112
Thank You
To our community partner and venue host, Joe Tuggle Lacina and Grin Cupola!
Directions
Parking signs will be posted at the entrance to the farm. Parking will be available along the southside of the gravel lane (see posted parking signs).
Farwell T. Brown Auditorium,
Ames Public Library
515 Douglas Avenue
Ames, IA 50010
Thank You
To our community partners and venue host, Susan Gent (Community Engagement Specialist), Megan Klein-Hewett (Adult Services Manager), Ames Public Library, and the Ames Public Library Friends Foundation!
Directions
Take a left once you enter the library, and the auditorium will be on your left.
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Project Funders
Support is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Iowa Arts Council, which exists within the Iowa Economic Development Authority, as well as the Discover Ames Community Grant Program.
Thank You!
Thank you to our artistic team; our project consultant, Mary Swander; our rehearsal venue hosts (Somerset Clubhouse and First Christian Church in Ames); our performance venue hosts and community partners (listed above); our project funders; and our project supporters, including attendees and GoFundMe contributors!