Description and Vision:
The Great Midwestern Educational Theatre Company (GMETC) has become a leader in creative learning in the tri-states, through innovative, quality performing arts programs and projects. Recipient of the 2006
Zeta Phi Eta-Winifred Ward
Outstanding New Children's Theatre Company
award by the
American Alliance for Theatre and Education,
GMETC produces theatrical projects, storytelling performances, classes and camps with the special focus of creating exciting and meaningful learning experiences that inspire students to connect with literature and appreciate how the arts can help them become
the best people they can be.
The Pickle Patch Bathtub on Tour to your School in April or May, 2008!
April 19th - Blades Hall on the University of Dubuque campus, 2000 University Ave., Dubuque, Iowa.
9:30 and 11:30 a.m. Tickets available at any Dupaco Credit Union site.
Pictured in photo, clockwise from top: Katrina Kmak as Donna Dell, Emily Ott at Hazel, Alison Ott as Alice, Zoe Muehleip as Lois, and Chiron Breitbach as Carlyle.
Donate $10 to GMETC and receive an ORIGINAL CAST ALBUM (CD) of The Pickle Patch Bathtub!
The Giver by Lois Lowery, adapted by Eric Coble
The Giver production is being rescheduled - check back soon for new dates!
A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun completed a successful run at the Grand Opera House on February 2, 3, 4, and 5, 2007. Production Photos by Farningham Photography. Thank you to our sponsors: The Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque, the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Dubuque, the First Baptist Church of Dubuque, NAACP Dubuque chapter, GMETC members and friends, Northeast Iowa Community College, AmeriCorps, and the Grand Opera House. Click here for a link to the study guide and evaluation form.
Productions:
(2007) A Raisin In the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
(2007) The Pickle Patch Bathtub based on the book by Frances Kennedy
(2006) Wiley and the Hairy Man, participation show, traditional
(2006) Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst, music by Shelley Markham
(2006) Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck
(2006) Cinderella, musical by Rodgers & Hammerstein
(2005) Literacy Through Stories & Drama
(2005) Veggie Tales Silly Songs, musical revue
(2005) The Miracle Worker by William Gibson
(2004) The Diary of Anne Frank, by Wendy Wasserstein
(2004) Imagine and Make It Real, musical by Amy Ressler, Kevin Wall, Noël Ferguson
(2003 and 2005) Clarissa’s Closet, musical by Monica Long Ross and Alan Ruch
(2003) The Safety Play, musical tour show by Amy Ressler
A Raisin in the Sun
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The Safety Play
Clarissa's Closet
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Literacy through Stories & Drama
To Kill A Mockingbird
