Urbandale Community Theatre

About Us

The Urbandale Community Theatre was founded over ten years ago. It was developed to promote a total theater experience in our community. It is an all volunteer cast and crew. Each year we produce one Broadway musical stage production. While it is a production of all volunteers, it is a combination of young and old, first time actors and very skilled and seasoned actors. The end result, we can safely say, is one very polished production.

We have heard comments such as, "We have seen productions on the East Coast and the West Coast and this is one of the finest productions we have ever attended." And "We have come home to visit our parents for the summer. The have brought us here to the performance. We will schedule all of our future vacations around your production schedule."

While the actors and volunteers bring a wide variety of skill level from the beginner, to the novice, to the professional, we are proud to have a very experienced and professional director, musical director, technical director and choral director. The combination provides talent that makes for a terrific production.

Currently, because of time and space limitation, we stage only one musical production a year. Tryouts are held in the Commons area of the Urbandale High School usually in early May. The six production dates are offered during the two weekends following the Fourth of July weekend. The production is held in the Performing Arts Center Auditorium attached to the Urbandale High School. Participation is encouraged by anyone who has an interest in theater. People commute from all over Iowa to participate either as actors or crew.

You can be sure that any involvement will produce great pride in the end result. We encourage all volunteers. If you have an interest we will find a way for you to participate.