American Gothic Performing Arts Festival canceled

The American Gothic House Performing Arts Festival scheduled for June has been canceled due to COVID-19.

The organization posted the following on its Facebook page:

'Our nation and the world has been rocked with the spread of the Covid-19 virus. By all accounts, the impact of this world health event will have lasting effects on every aspect of our lives long after the health risks have subsided, and the apex of the health crisis here in Iowa isn't anticipated until late this month. It is for these reasons that the AGPAF Board of Directors has decided that it is in the best interest of our community, our production staff and our performers to cancel the June 2020 Festival. We are saddened and even frustrated to take this step, but we unanimously agreed that for everyone's safety and out of respect for the struggling business community that supports us generously, now is not the time to forge ahead. We have rescheduled our production of Disney's 'Newsies” for 2021. Until then, we will make plans and when it is appropriate to gather again, we will. And, when we do, we will make ART more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before. Thank you to Leonard Bernstein for these words of inspiration. Even though slightly modified, they speak to our spirit.”