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In 2019 I attended my first two Pyramid Theatre shows. Immediately, I was drawn to the work the company was producing. So in 2020, I was heartbroken when Covid forced them to cancel their season.

Ten years ago, the Pyramid Theatre Co. was little more than a hope held by a handful of Des Moines-area theater artists. In the time since, those artists have created a theater dedicated to staging ...