Pearl City Players Theatrical Society

06/23/2026

Big news, theatre friends — AACT leadership is joining us in July! If you love festivals, community theatre magic, and connecting across Iowa, this one’s for you. Don’t miss it — July 15, 6–7pm!
Sign up here: https://forms.gle/74pyPRq9X8EFfhGz6

Frank Sposeto III
President - Iowa Community Theatre Association
Commissioner – Iowa Arts Council

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Iowa Community Theatre Association — July Statewide Webinar

Featuring the American Association of Community Theatre (AACT)

The Iowa Community Theatre Association is hosting a special July statewide meeting for theatres across Iowa who want to connect with the American Association of Community Theatre and learn more about national opportunities, festivals, and resources that strengthen our community stages. Being a member of ICTA connects Iowa theatres and the AACTA connects community theatre around the country!

This is a chance for theatres of every size — rural, urban, emerging, or established — to come together, learn, ask questions, and build relationships across the state and the nation.

July 15th
6:00pm – 7:00pm
Hosted on Zoom

Guest Speakers from AACT
Quiana Clark‑Roland — Executive Director
Winston Daniels — Operations Coordinator
Mary Jo DeNolf — Festivals & Engagement Coordinator

Topic: American Association of Community Theatre
**Theatres – Festivals – Community – Resources

We’ll explore:
-National community theatre connections
-The 2026 festival cycle
-How theatres can plug into AACT resources
-Strengthening Iowa’s theatre community
-Open Q&A with AACT leadership

Facilitator:
Frank Sposeto III, ICTA President

Join the Webinar
Sign up here:
https://forms.gle/74pyPRq9X8EFfhGz6

Become an ICTA Member
Membership connects your theatre to statewide resources, networking, and festival opportunities.
https://iowatheatres.org/

Stay Connected & Share Your Shows
Follow ICTA on Facebook and tag us so we can help amplify your events:
https://www.facebook.com/iowatheatres/

See you all in July!

Frank Sposeto III
President - Iowa Community Theatre Association

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05/14/2026

Iowa Theatre Friends — don’t miss this!

Our next ICTA Statewide Webinar is coming up, and it’s packed with resources to help strengthen theatres across Iowa. Check out the details in the original post and get registered — we’d love to see more theatres join the conversation and grow with us!

Feel free to share this with your network and help spread the word across our amazing theatre community.

Frank Sposeto III – President – ICTA
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Iowa Theatre Friends — Big news for June!

We’re excited to announce our ICTA Statewide Webinar on June 10th, featuring Jennie Knoebel, Director of the Iowa Arts Council. Jennie will walk us through state grant opportunities and help demystify the application process for community theatres of all sizes. With her deep experience in the Iowa arts ecosystem and her leadership as the State Director since early 2026, this is a session you won’t want to miss.

This webinar is your chance to:
• Ask real questions
• Build connections
• Strengthen your theatre’s access to funding
• Learn how arts impact economic development, workforce attraction, and community vitality

Last month, Stephanie Neppl from Travel Iowa showed us how to plug into the state tourism network and elevate our theatre marketing. Each month, we’ll continue offering practical, accessible training designed to support every theatre across Iowa. Recordings are sent to all registered participants.

Sign up below and get ready for another powerful session. Zoom links will be emailed a few days before the webinar.

Thank you for all you do to keep Iowa’s stages vibrant. See you under the lights!

Signup Link: https://forms.gle/uXDGjxX1nNQQmxZ48

Please share this post with your full network — the webinar is open to anyone who supports the stage, strengthens their local arts community, or champions the magic of theatrics across Iowa.

Frank Sposeto III
President
[email protected]
Iowa Community Theatre Association
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-sposeto-iii/

Event Calendar Link: https://www.facebook.com/share/18mNXPndW6/

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05/12/2026

Iowa theatre friends — our May President’s Message is live! It’s packed with information, statewide opportunities, and ways we can keep our community theatres healthy, connected, and growing.

Take a moment to read it, share it with your theatre family, and give our ICTA page a like so you never miss upcoming trainings, festival news, and statewide collaborations. Your engagement helps strengthen every stage across Iowa.

Let’s keep building this vibrant community together. See you under the lights!

Frank Sposeto III
President
Iowa Community Theatre Association

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Welcome to the wonderful month of May! Rain, sun, warmth, and the occasional chill have all mixed together to help us celebrate the end of winter and look forward to the bright summer ahead.

As we kick off this month, I’m excited to introduce the Iowa Community Theatre Association (ICTA) Board for 2026 — a team of volunteers who travel the state after work, on weekends, and whenever they can spare the time for curtain calls to support and uplift community theatre in Iowa:

President: Frank Sposeto III – At-large
Vice-President: Denise Gregory – Union Street Players, Pella
Treasurer: Gerard Schwickerath – At-large
Secretary: Courtenay Baker – Mount Vernon Lisbon Community Theatre - MVLCT, Mt. Vernon
Board Members:
Helen Beneke – Princess City Players, Pocahontas
Amy Brown Gaghagen – Countryside Community Theatre, Eldridge
John Claes – Ankeny Community Theatre, Ankeny
Loween Getter – Webster City Community Theatre, Webster City
Scott Heit – Mills Masquers, Glenwood
Lisa Naig – Marshalltown Community Theatre, Marshalltown
Anita Ross – Waterloo Community Playhouse/Black Hawk Children's Theatre, Waterloo
Ciara Schierkolk – SWITG Park Playhouse, Shenandoah

Past-President and Awards Chair: Tammy Sposeto – XFade Productions, Collins (non voting)

ICTA proudly serves as Iowa’s chapter within AACT - American Association of Community Theatre AACT Region V Association, which includes North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Minnesota, and Iowa. Across the country, 10 regions host semi annual festivals where theatres present one hour competition performances for official adjudication. Winners advance to Regionals, and from there to the National AACTFest stage. In 2024, the Des Moines Playhouse represented Iowa at Nationals with Men on Boats — and hosted AACTFest2025, the National Festival, in Des Moines.

We’ll soon be announcing the location and March dates for the 2027 ICTA State Festival, and we encourage every community theatre to start preparing now. If your theatre isn’t yet a member, this is the perfect moment to join our statewide network and take part in the festival experience. Visit the ICTA website to get connected and begin planning your production.
Visit us at https://iowatheatres.org/ or here on Facebook.

In early May, we hosted our first ICTA Webinar with Stephanie Neppl from Travel Iowa, who walked us through the state’s marketing tools and how theatres can reach audiences across Iowa and beyond. If you haven’t explored this system yet, it’s an easy and powerful way to boost your visibility and attendance.

Our June webinar will feature Jennie Knoebel, Director of the Iowa Arts Council, Iowa Arts & Culture, who will share insights on arts engagement and statewide grant opportunities. These sessions are open to any community theatre or organization that supports the stage — members and non members alike.

To our member theatres: Be sure to tag ICTA on Facebook when you post your events. When we see them, we help boost them — because your success is Iowa’s success.

Have a wonderful month, and I look forward to seeing you under the lights.

Warm regards,

Frank Sposeto III
President
Iowa Community Theatre Association
[email protected]

05/07/2026

Auditions start tonight!

05/02/2026

AUDITIONS!

05/01/2026

Sharing this great opportunity from ICTA—check out the May 5th Zoom training and get signed up! Follow their page for more events and updates, and don’t forget to share your own theatre stories with them! 🎭

Frank Sposeto III - ICTA President

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🎭 Iowa Theatre Friends — Let’s Level Up Together!

The next ICTA Statewide Stage Session is coming up on May 5 from 6–7pm, and we’re thrilled to welcome Stephanie Neppl from Travel Iowa as our featured speaker! All on a Zoom video call!

This session will walk you through how to set up and manage your Travel Iowa account, so your theatre’s events get the visibility they deserve. More eyes on your shows means more audiences, more engagement, and more support for the arts in your community.

We will also cover the ICTA show review process and talk about the value in being an ICTA theatre or individual member.

As President of the Iowa Community Theatre Association, my goal is simple:
Help our theatres stay healthy, grow stronger, and empower the next generation of theatre leaders across Iowa.
Training like this is one of the most practical ways we can build that momentum together.

🌟 Who should attend?
• Theatre organizations
• Artists and performers
• Board members & volunteers
• Anyone who wants to boost their theatre’s reach and impact

📅 May 5, 2026 — 6pm to 7pm - On Zoom!
🎤 Featuring: Stephanie Neppl, Travel Iowa
📝 Register here: https://forms.gle/8Vq2f9fpWKGVyMoe9
(Zoom link sent 2 days before the session)

Let’s keep Iowa’s stages vibrant, visible, and thriving.
Join us, learn with us, and help shape the future of community theatre in our state.

👉 Follow ICTA for updates:
www.iowatheatres.org
Iowa Community Theatre Association

Frank Sposeto III
President
Iowa Community Theater Association
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Iowa Arts & Culture
Arts Midwest

04/26/2026

Summer is right around the corner, and with that, so is the Summer Children's Show!
Final details are getting worked out, so be watching this page for the audition announcement!