Leaving Iowa - Auditions

Manistee Civic Players are looking to cast 6 to 27 Women and Men, ages 15-up, in this hilarious and touching family comedy. Leaving Iowa is a toast and a little roast to the undying dedication of the classic family road trip. It is the story of Don Browning, a middle-aged writer, who 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 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. Director: JoAnn Muma