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Friday, 05 Apr 2024

Performance: Chanticleer

Apr 05, 2024

7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Stephens Auditorium

$30-$50

Iowa State Center Arts, performances

"Music of a Silent Room," with Chanticleer. The Grammy Award-winning 12-singer vocal ensemble will perform music by William Byrd, Heinrich Isaac, and Max Reger; new arrangements of Tom Petty's "Wildflowers" and Lawrence's "The Weather;" and a commissioned piece by Chanticleer composer-in-residence Ayanna Woods.

Saturday, 06 Apr 2024

Performance: 'Mania' ABBA Tribute

Apr 06, 2024

7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Stephens Auditorium

$27-$113

Iowa State Center Arts, performances

ABBA's timeless songs were written to be enjoyed live and MANIA gives you exactly that. Two hours of uplifting, dance inducing and sometimes heart-breaking songs, fully live with fantastic staging, lighting and effects. The show recreates ABBA's sound perfectly. Blake Delaney from Vinyl Cafe will be the preshow speaker in the Celebrity Cafe at 7 p.m.

Thursday, 11 Apr 2024

Performance: Mean Girls

Apr 11, 2024

7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Stephens Auditorium

$35-$89

Iowa State Center Arts, performances

"Mean Girls" is a hilarious hit musical direct from Broadway. Cady Heron may have grown up on an African savanna, but nothing prepared her for the vicious ways of her strange new home: suburban Illinois. She falls prey to a trio of lionized frenemies led by the charming but ruthless Regina George. But when Cady devises a plan to end Regina's reign, she learns the hard way that you can't cross a Queen Bee without getting stung.

Friday, 12 Apr 2024

Performance: Charlie Berens

Apr 12, 2024

8:00 PM

Stephens Auditorium

$27-$49

Iowa State Center Arts, performances

"Good Old Fashioned Tour," Wisconsin native and comedian Charlie Berens is a New York Times Best Selling Author, Emmy-winning journalist, musician and creator of the Manitowoc Minute. He has been featured on Comedy Central, Fox, CBS, Funny or Die, TBS, Variety, MTV News and more. He creates weekly content for his various social platforms and has amassed over 7.5 million followers.

Monday, 15 Apr 2024

Performance: Charlotte's Web

Apr 15, 2024

12:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Stephens Auditorium

$4-$5

Iowa State Center Arts, performances

"Charlotte's Web" is based on E.B. White's loving story of the friendship between a pig named Wilbur and a little gray spider named Charlotte. Wilbur has a problem: how to avoid winding up as pork chops. Charlotte, a fine writer and true friend, hits on a plan to fool Farmer Zuckerman. This treasured tale, featuring madcap and endearing farm animals, explores bravery, selfless love and the true meaning of friendship. For children in grades K-5.

Tuesday, 23 Apr 2024

Performance: Have You Filled A Bucket Today?

Apr 23, 2024

10:00 AM - 10:50 AM

Stephens Auditorium

$4-$5

Iowa State Center Arts, performances

This fun-filled musical from Virginia Repertory Theatre is based on the concepts in Carol McCloud's award-winning children's books "Have You Filled a Bucket Today?" and "Growing Up with a Bucket Full of Happiness," and Ann Marie G. Halstead's "The Bucket Filling Fairy." The books and play use the concept of a bucket to show students how to express kindness, appreciation and love to be bucket-fillers. For children in grades K-5.