Leaving Iowa
Leaving Iowa is a postcard to anyone who has ever
found himself or herself driving alone on a road, revisiting fond memories of his or her youth.
A laugh-out-loud, full-length comedy that will have your audience rolling in the aisles.
Expandable cast makes it a winner for any size group. May be done with small cast of 3m., 3w. or expanded to 26 actors.
Perfect for High Schools, Colleges, Community, Senior and Professional Theatre.
Don Browning, a middle-aged writer, returns home and decides to finally take his father's ashes to his childhood home, as requested. But when Don discovers Grandma's house is now a grocery store, he begins traveling across Iowa searching for a proper resting place for his father. This father-and-son road trip shifts smoothly from the present to Don's memories of the annual, torturous vacations of his childhood. Don's existential journey leads him to reconcile his past and present at the center of the United States. Leaving Iowa is a postcard to anyone who has ever found himself or herself driving alone on a road, revisiting fond memories of his or her youth.