Thanks to Legion Arts and CSPS, Cedar Rapids
is increasingly hosting theatrical events of national significance.

The Shoulder, a musical by New York playwright Dan Hurlin and composer Dan Moses Schreier, had its world premiere at CSPS, as did Glory Box, the latest from controversial Los Angeles performance artist Tim Miller. Since its CSPS debut, Miller's work has since been seen in more than 40 cities in the U.S. and Europe.

In January 2002, Cedar Rapids was one of four stops on the national tour of the acclaimed Texas troupe Rude Mechanicals and their groundbreaking production Lipstick Traces. In October of the same year, Flow, the latest production from internationally recognized rap artist Will Power, had its world premiere at CSPS. In the intervening years, dynamic young theatre artists from across the country, and around the world, have developed and shown their work at CSPS.

Although best known for bringing outstanding artists to Iowa, Legion Arts also has a track record of supporting Iowa artists, often early in their development. Playwrights and performers whose early work was seen at CSPS include Jeffery Byrd, Abinadi Meza, Rebecca Gilman and two-time Obie Award-winner W. David Hancock.

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