Before moving to Long Island in 2000, Laoshi Laurince McElroy was very active in the Des Moines, IA, nonprofit theatre community. The company he co-founded, StageWest, is celebrating its 10th anniversary of “theatre that flips the switch.” CityView is a weekly publication in Central Iowa and recently featured an article on StageWest’s decade in Des Moines:

http://www.dmcityview.com/archives/2006/10oct/10-05-06/centerstage.shtml