By Diana Nollen/SourceMedia Group AMANA -- I have seen perfection twice this season from the Old Creamery Theatre. The first was Tennessee Williams' sublime drama, "The Glass Menagerie," which opened the troupe's new studio stage last April. Now comes Noel Coward's hilarious "Blithe Spirit," which opened on the main stage Thursday afternoon and continues ...

By Diana Nollen/SourceMedia Group AMANA -- Watching the audience was as entertaining as watching "Church Basement Ladies" cooking up some uff-da fun at the Old Creamery Theatre. The musical comedy opens an accordion window to the world of women who dish up food and advice as they toil ...

By Diana Nollen, SourceMedia Group AMANA -- Ja sure, you betcha the Old Creamery Theatre has gone to the Northwoods to find a cool little diversion from Iowa's tropical heatwave. The whole Ely, Minn., gang is back from last year's "Don't Hug Me" for the County Fair sequel. Gunner, Kanute, Clara, Bernice and ...

By Diana Nollen AMANA — I loved Opal more than her story. Marquetta Senters can embody any character and make her charming. That’s lucky for the Old Creamery Theatre, which opened its 2010 mainstage season Thursday afternoon (4/29/10) with “Everybody Loves Opal.” The late John Patrick, better known ...

By Diana Nollen Community spirit is entering a new stage at the Middle Amana school complex. A building with many faces, it is the current home of Amana Elementary, the former home of Clear Creek Amana Middle School and the longtime home of the Amana Community Library ...

AMANA — The Old Creamery Theatre’s Studio Series has a new home, after losing the Depot space in the 2008 floods. Empty spaces in the former Clear Creek Amana Middle School in Middle Amana will house an 80-seat theater, rehearsal hall, costume and prop shop and ...

By Diana Nollen AMANA — The Old Creamery Theatre is staging a spectacular holiday show, starring four Honky Tonk Angels and five top-flight instrumentalists. This show, created by the writer of the perennially popular “Always ... Patsy Cline,” has all the elements of a winning revue, with ...

By Diana Nollen The season’s new, the artistic director is new, but the face is familiar to Old Creamery Theatre patrons in Amana and beyond. Resident funnyman Sean McCall, 43, of Marengo, is taking on a new role at the professional theater, where he’s been employed for ...