FLY-BY-NIGHT PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS OUR 42ND SEASON
Due to unforeseeable last minute circumstances, Fly-By-Night Productions has canceled our September 20-28, 2024, performances of American Son. The good news is that we have been able to reschedule this special play, for March 2025.
We apologize for any inconvenience and please feel free to reach out to the Five Flags Box Office for a full refund. Season ticket holder vouchers will still be accepted at the rescheduled performances. If you have any questions or concerns call 563-599-9486 or email info@flybynightdubuque.com
AMERICAN SON by Christopher Demos-Brown / A Modern Drama
SEPTEMBER 20, 21, 22 & 27, 28, 2024
At The Bijou Room, Five Flags Center, Dubuque, IA
Powerful & relevant play for today! An estranged married biracial (Black and White) couple confront their feelings about race and bias. Desperate to locate their son, they come to the police station and learn he was detained by local police in a traffic stop incident. Demanding answers, the couple contend with a rookie inexperienced white desk police officer and the more experienced Black career police officer. Tension builds to the end, when what occurred with their son finally comes to light.
“Racism poisons everything: marriages, justice, economic progress, decent black police officers, even hope for the American future.” Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune 11/4/18
*Mature subject matter - Recommended for Age 17 and older.
PEACE ON EARTH,
GOOD WILL TO DOGS
Adapted by Lenore Howard from an original story by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
DECEMBER 13 & 14, 2024
At The Lacy Mansion, 1640 Main St., Dubuque, IA
It’s 1906, Christmas in a small New England town. Flame, teenage daughter of the Reverend and Mrs. Nourice, wants to spend one Christmas ‘’exactly the way she wants to”. Her opportunity arrives when dogs, the new tenants of the formerly deserted Rattle-Pane House next door, move in. Offering to take care of them for Christmas Day, she thus prepares a Christmas feast for them. And, what ensues are shenanigans of the jolliest order!
This charming Christmas ‘tail’ will delight and leave you with a jingle of cheer for your holiday season!
*Note: This play will be staged throughout the 1st floor of the Lacy Mansion
THE GLASS MENAGERIE by Tennessee Williams / A Drama
JUNE 6, 7, 8 & 13, 14, 2025
At The Bijou Room, Five Flags Center, Dubuque, IA
Premiering in 1944, this classic icon of the American Theater catapulted Tennessee Williams to fame and one of America’s most highly regarded playwrights. Now living in a dingy St. Louis apartment, Amanda Wingfield, who longs for her past Southern belle gentility, clings to the memories of her youth, as she projects her own unhappiness of her failed marriage and fallen social status onto her children -Her son Tom, whose ambition to be a writer, clashes with his guilt to support his mother and his painfully shy and physically frail sister Laura, who finds solace in her collection of glass figurines. All three have created their separate illusions to make life bearable. When we allow our mind to magnify life’s barriers, do we create our own cage?
PLAY READINGS AND DISCUSSIONS
Coming in March 2025, Fly-By-Night will present another of our popular Public Play Readings, followed with discussion! Follow us on social media and watch our website for details to come.
Thank You To Our Sponsors
City of Dubuque for operating support.
Our season sponsors: WVIK/NPR, Gwen Kosel/Get Moving with Gwen, Premier Bank, and MidWestOne Bank and our patron donors.
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Fly-By-Night Productions
P.O. Box 1377
Dubuque, IA 52004-1377
563.599.9486
Our shows are performed in the Bijou Room, Five Flags Civic Center, 4th & Main Streets, Dubuque, IA (as mapped below),