Iowa

by Jenny Schwartz (Book & Lyrics), Todd Almond (Music & Lyrics)

Mom found her soul-mate on Facebook, and he lives in Iowa. So Becca says goodbye to her beloved math teacher, bulimic best friend, neighborhood pony and her mildly deficient teenage life, and she follows her wayward mother to a new, uncharted beginning. But in this fanciful, absurdist, and intoxicating musical play from the imagination of Jenny Schwartz and Todd Almond nothing can prepare them for what they’ll find.

Genres: Plays

109 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2015

About the author

Jenny Schwartz's play God’s Ear was produced off-off Broadway in May 2007 and moved off-Broadway in April 2008. Two of Jenny's plays, Intervals and Cause for Alarm, were part of the New York Fringe Festival, in 1998 and 2002, respectively. She is the recipient of a grant from the Lincoln Center Lecomte du Nuoy Foundation and is the 2007-2008 recipient of the Dorothy Stresling Foundation Fellowship at Soho Rep. Jenny completed two years of fellowship in the Playwriting Program at the Julliard School and holds an MFA in theater directing from Columbia University.

Reviews

[Ann · Rating 2 out of 5]

I like the oddity, but I struggle with the content. I think if I saw this in production, I might like it better. I have a hard time hearing or feeling the rhythm of the dialogue and the music in only reading the script.

I love the premise and story arc. It's fun and quirky. But the content keeps it from being produceable by a high school. There's a bite to the script, which I like, but I don't necessarily know what it's trying to convey.