Pen v. Sword

PEN v. SWORD: AN EVENING ON THE FRINGE is a celebration of local theatre with each act featuring a company's contribution to the iowa Fringe Festival.

In act one, Rage Theatrics will present “Your Swash Is Unbuckled: Three Pirate Plays by Jeff Goode.” These three short plays combine tongue-in-cheek wordplay with swashbuckling daring-don’ts in stories revolving around pirates, maidens, and rascals of all shapes and sizes. (For more info about "Your Swash is Unbuckled," click here.)

Act two is Dreamwell Theatre’s presentation of the one-act play “Typing Lear” by local playwright Greg Aldrich. “Typing Lear” is a fast-paced, satirical comic adventure revolving around three office employees forced by their boss to type Shakespeare's King Lear to save their jobs.

When:  Saturday, July 28th at 8:00 PM

Where: The Englert Theatre (221 E Washington, Iowa City)

Tickets: Only $12!

Available at the Englert Box Office and through www.iowatix.com

For more information, call the Englert Box Office at 319-688-2653

DREAMWELL THEATRE:
Dreamwell Theatre was founded in the Spring of 1997 as a non-profit volunteer theatre company dedicated to creating professional-quality productions in Iowa City, Iowa. We further defined our mission as a theater that creates challenging, innovative and inclusive theatrical experiences. In 2001, Dreamwell adopted a new logo. We rededicated ourselves to the spirit of exploration and discovery. By choosing for our logo the image of a sextant, a nautical tool for navigation, we reaffirmed our commitment to being part of the exploration of theatre. For more information, visit www.dreamwell.com.