Comedy XPeriment, Des Moines longest running improv troupe, brings its brand of funny to Tallgrass Theatre!

Short sketches, one-line jokes, full-length plays, and musical numbers are all based on suggestions from the audience.

You bring the ideas; we bring the funny! CXP strives to deliver family-friendly entertainment, so you can feel comfortable bringing your angsty teen as well as your grumpy grandfather!

For all shows (other than NYE performance), doors open at 7:00 PM. For NYE, doors open at 9:00 PM.

POTUS or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive by Selina Fillinger

One four-letter word is about to rock 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. When the President unwittingly spins a PR nightmare into a global crisis, the seven brilliant and beleaguered women he relies upon most risk life, liberty, and the pursuit of sanity to keep the commander-in-chief out of trouble. 

Selina Fillinger’s brilliant, all-female farce took Broadway by storm in a star-studded production that earned three 2022 Tony nominations.

U.S. Army Captain Jack Ludwig, a military doctor stationed in Oregon, begins writing to Louise Rabiner, an aspiring actress and dancer in New York City, hoping to meet her someday if the war will allow. But as the war continues, it threatens to end their relationship before it even starts. Tony Award-winning playwright Ken Ludwig (Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, Lend Me a Tenor) tells the joyous, heartwarming story of his parents’ courtship during World War II and the results are anything but expected.

The Cottage by Sandy Rustin

Sylvia and Beau find themselves in an English countryside cottage for their yearly rendezvous, and Sylvia knows this time it will be the beginning of their new life together. But when Beau demurs on a shared future, and their spouses arrive at the cottage, she realizes that this home-away-from-home is a refuge for determining a new path forward. With a tip of the hat to Noël Coward and sex comedies of the past, THE COTTAGE offers a perfect showcase for six actors with endless laughs, hilarious twists, daring physical comedy, and a happy ending for lovers everywhere.