The Donna Reed Foundation for the Performing Arts
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The American Icon Series 2015-2016
"Politics As Usual ... Historically Speaking"
October 24, 2015 - Will Rogers
December 13, 2015 - "It's A Wonderful Life" Screenings
January 25, 2016 - "This is Your Life®, Donna Reed" - Donna Reed's Birthday Event
January 30, 2016 - "Living Rushmore"
February 20, 2016 - "The 2016 Iowa Caucuses" - What just happened?
March 12, 2016 - "An Evening with Mark Twain"
The Donna Reed Foundation for the Performing Arts was founded in 1986 to promote education and performance excellence in honor of Donna's memory and values. Since 2011, The American Icon Series proudly celebrates these ideals in the historic community venue, The Donna Reed Theatre and Center for the Performing Arts (c. 1914).
Please join us every evening at 7:00 pm (except for the specially timed events listed below) at the
Donna Reed Center for the Performing Arts
in
Denison, Iowa,
for a series of rich perspectives on American ideals and realities
of governing with the American Icon Series views of Will Rogers, Mark Twain,
the presidents of Mount Rushmore, current pundits and reporters of the 2016 Iowa Caucuses, and showings of
and It's A Wonderful Life.
The Donna Reed Foundation for the Performing Arts presents its new
"Americon Icon Series" featuring "Chautauqua-style" events
from October, 2015 to March, 2016. The performances include live performances
of scholarly "living history" actors, a panel, and screenings of American
classics.
Tickets are available from the Donna Reed Foundation office or at the
door. A special value price for the entire season series is $65 (a savings
of almost 20 percent) or $20 for each event. The special screening events of
It's A Wonderful Life and This is Your Life®, Donna Reed
are free to the public.
Call our office at 712-263-3334 to order your tickets today.
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"Will Rogers" A performance tribute to a legendary American icon.
Saturday - October 24, 2015
Humorist legend Will Rogers from Oklahoma (1879-1935) comes to life in the person of Dr. Doug Watson, the only performer endorsed by the Will Rogers Memorial Commission and approved by the Will Rogers Museum in Oklahoma. Join us for an entertaining evening of Will Roger's humorous and telling perspectives on politics, the economy, and the state of the nation in the Roaring Twenties and hardship years of the Great Depression.
Don't miss this unique engagement at the Donna Reed Theater!
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"It's A Wonderful Life"
Special theater screenings of the original film.
Sunday - December 13, 2015 at 3:00 pm and 7:00 pm
Please join us as we host two free screenings of the forever, quintessential
American film classic. This film only gets better with age,
so treat yourself and the entire family to the joy of watching
Donna and Jimmy Stewart together on the big screen.
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"This Is Your Life®, Donna Reed"
Special Donna Reed Birthday Celebration.
Monday - January 25, 2016 from 5:00 to 7:00 pm with free screening at 6:00 pm
Relive the magic of a Hollywood star from Denison, Iowa, as we celebrate Donna Reed's birthday with a theatre open house and screening of Donna's special night on March 26, 1958. See some of her private momentos, meet friends and family, join her Foundation's year round work, and help grow our birthday card collection with your favorite Donna Reed memories, experiences, and best wishes.
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"Living Rushmore"
Saturday - January 30, 2016
Do not miss this unique and special event! "Living Rushmore" features four of the most nationally accomplished presidential impersonators on one stage, framing our democracy from their respective presidencies. Fritz Klein (Abraham Lincoln) returns from the Lincoln Institute in Springfield, Illinois. Bill Barker (Thomas Jefferson) shares his passions from his work with Colonial Williamsburg. Gib Young (Theodore Roosevelt) is a member of the Theodore Roosevelt Association and is irresistible. Carl Closs (George Washington) is a former educator and scholar dedicated to presidential discovery for young and old alike. Mount Rushmore speaks tonight!
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"Mark Twain" A portrait of America through the musings of Samuel Clemens.
Saturday - March 12, 2016
One of America's most beloved storytellers, Mark Twain (1835 – 1910), visits in the person of Jim Waddell from Hannibal, Missouri. Mr. Waddell has portrayed Twain for over 30 years in the author's boyhood hometown. As Samuel Clemens, he will mesmerize you with yarns first spun by the creator of some of our most treasured literature of a young and growing America.
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