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EVENTS: June June 2022
Courtesy of DSM Performing Arts
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Pieces of My Heart, Stoner Theater, Des Moines, Opens June 9, $20
When playwright August Wilson died in 2005, he left behind more than just a powerful and unparalleled body of work examining the consciousness of Black America. Wilson, who started his writing career as a poet, also gifted the world a selection of unpublished love poems. Pieces of My Heart sets them as a choreopoem, with poems by his daughter Azula at beginning and end. Sonia Dawkins, founder and artistic director of SD/ Prism Dance Theatre and currently on the faculty of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre School, choreographed and directed the piece, which incorporates a blues and jazz score. Des Moines Performing Arts’ partnership with Dawkins includes a three-week residency for her and her dancers to complete development on this new work, which will premiere at the Stoner Theater. Theatrical Thrills Opens Friday, June 3. Calendar
Friday, June 3 at 7 p.m. Mary
Girls, Des Moines Community
Mack: Stand-Up Comedy, Teehee’s
Playhouse, $29-47
Comedy Club, Des Moines, $15-20
Opens Friday, June 3. Cry It Out,
Friday-Sunday, June 10-12. River-
Ankeny Community Theatre,
dance, Des Moines Civic Center,
$12-18
$35-105
