New Minowa Players (NMP) is an incredibly active community theatre based in Decorah, Iowa. NMP began presenting shows in 1975 and has performed over 120 straight plays, musicals, reviews, cabarets and melodramas since. The theater presents six shows per year and has a strong following of audience members who look forward to attending them.
Majority of productions are performed at the New Minowa Players Theatre, located at 906 South Mill Street, Decorah. Our shows have also been performed at a variety of locations throughout Northeast Iowa including Impact Coffee, Luther College, Decorah High School Auditorium, and area outdoor stages.
Our Mission
Building community by entertaining, educating and enriching participants and audiences of all ages through diverse theatrical experiences.
Our Founding Mothers
Having had an active community theatre for more than four decades is quite remarkable. Three “founding mothers” remained active through decades of growth and change. Bette Greedy raised money for the first show and continued directed many shows through 2014. The Greedy Green Room is named after her. Donalee Burns was a frequent costumer for shows and maintained the costume shop with hundreds of costumes. The shop is named Donalee’s Duds. The front room, which serves as a meeting space and box office, is named Helen’s Room in honor of Helen Schmidt, our third founding mother.
Greedy Greenroom
Our greenroom is named after one of the founding mothers of New Minowa Players, Bette Greedy.
Donalee's Duds
Donalee Burns, another founding mother, was the inspiration for the name of our costume shop!
Helen's Room
The main greeting room of the New Minowa Players building is graced with the name of Helen’s Room in honor of Helen Schmidt. She is the last of NMP’s founding mothers.
NMP is grateful for the support and engagement of people from throughout the region. There is a role to play for everyone: as members of the audience, directors, set builders, actors on stage, musicians, crew working behind the scenes, and sponsors.
Please let anyone from NMP know if you would like to get involved.