News & Features
Improvisational comedy returns to the Orpheum May 5
April 26, 2018
They’re back! On Saturday, May 5, the IVCCD Orpheum Theater Center will again host “INSTANT COMEDY … Just Add Spam.” Directed by Chad Weir, Just Add Spam is a live, improvisational comedy show that made its debut at the Orpheum in 2012, and this spring’s ‘improv’ promises to be better than ever. The show will…
6th Annual National Poetry Month event at the Orpheum
April 2, 2018
Marshalltown Community College will celebrate National Poetry Month with “The United State of Poetry” on Monday, April 16, at the IVCCD Orpheum Theater Center. The event will include a variety of classical poetry readings beginning at 7 pm. A few readers are still being recruited, but many will be MCC students. Organizers anticipate that the…
UIowa’s Dancers in Company perform April 6 at the Orpheum
March 22, 2018
The University of Iowa’s “Dancers in Company” will perform at the Orpheum Theater Center in Marshalltown on Friday, April 6, at 7 pm. The performance is free and open to the public, but tickets are required for admission because attendance is limited to 100. Dancers in Company is the University of Iowa’s premier touring ensemble….
Iowa Poet Laureate at the Orpheum Feb. 22
February 15, 2018
The Orpheum Theater Center has received funding from Humanities Iowa, a private, non‐profit state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, to host a presentation by Iowa Poet Laureate Mary Swander on Thursday, Feb. 22, from 7:30 to 9 pm at the Orpheum. A cultural resource for Iowans since 1971, Humanities Iowa offers many…
NOLA Mardi Gras concert is Feb. 10 at the Orpheum
February 6, 2018
The IVCCD Orpheum Theater Center invites you to “let the good times roll” as the NOLA Jazz Band performs a Mardi Gras concert in the Black Box Theater on Saturday, Feb. 10, from 7 to 9 pm. Based in Des Moines, NOLA Jazz Band personnel have been inducted into the Iowa Jazz, Blues, and Rock…
Winterfest concert is Jan. 27 at the Orpheum
January 12, 2018
The IVCCD Orpheum Theater Center will feature three bands in one night of great progressive rock music during its second annual Winterfest concert on Saturday, Jan. 27. Anthony Worden, Halfloves and Land of Blood and Sunshine/LOBAS will perform in the Orpheum’s Black Box Theater from 6:30 to 9 pm. Winterfest will begin with a set…
Orpheum hosts The Maytags on Nov. 11
November 7, 2017
This Saturday, Nov. 11, the IVCCD Orpheum Theater Center hosts a performance by The Maytags from 7 to 9 pm in the Orpheum Black Box Theater, 220 E. Main St., Marshalltown. Tickets are $12.50 and can be purchased in advance by calling 641-844-5921, or by visiting the Orpheum Theater Office. Tickets can also be purchased…
