Iowa New Play Festival – Reading Series

Forgottonia
By Eli Campbell
Directed by Sarah Gazdowicz

In 1987, the people of Forgottonia, Illinois are on the edge of poverty. In a last-ditch effort to save their town, they enter the Prison Sweepstakes, which would win them a government-funded prison (and all the jobs that come with it). But competing for a prison drags out more than they were bargaining for.

Please be advised this is a play about the prison industrial complex. There are themes of classism, racism, and prejudice, and contains onstage drug use.

Guest Roundtable to follow.