Kimberly Akimbo at Des Moines Civic Center

How deep can you dig to find happiness, in a life that is so deliberately is trying to prove you wrong? The story of Kimberly Akimbo, might just be all about that, and more. Written at the start of the millennium by the award-winning David Lindsay-Abaire, Kimberly Akimbo is a performance that revolves around the notion of Time, Identity, and Resilience.

Kim is a brilliant, funny, and enthusiastic Jersey Girl, with a condition similar to Progeria, A disorder that gave her the appearance of a 72-year-old woman, making her physical age 4x older than her actual age. Directed by Jessica Stone, the cast starred Victoria Clark as Kimberly, with Justin Cooley, and more. The performance has won several highly regarded awards including 5 Tony Awards!

The 2h 30m show, which made its debut on Broadway in 2022, is a walk through a standard teen, with an a rare condition, going through ordinary high school experiences. Such as her first love, dynamic family, and teenage identity crises. Brought to you by the astonishing Des Moines Civic Center, the musical is showing up in Des Moines, on Tuesday 3rd February 2026. The performance merges the two polarities of a teenager, one struggling with challenging aging issues, and the other as an ordinary adolecent going through her phases.

Kimberly Akimbo has the power to hit home with the audience through curiosity, and self-analysis, regarding one's life perspective and the strength to overcome adversity with self-assurance, regarding one’s life point of view and the strength to challenge suffering. While packing so many life lessons behind the curtain, the show can also be irresistibly funny, and dark! Kimberly uses her humor to cope with life and much of the emotional burden that her affliction brings.

Kimberly’s dearest relationship is with Jaff her friend, a sophomore, who likes to tingle with his words, and emotional complexicity much of the time. Besides her fullfilling relationship with Jeff, one can hardly say more, her mother “Pattie”, is an anxious, frequently farthest and emotionally unavailable often seeming to be caught up with her drama. “Buddy” Kimberly’s father is an liquor entusiaist who usually fails to demonstrate a good father figure, and then there is “Aunt Debra” an eccentric con-artist, who’s entire interest was pulling successful schemes at any cost.

Don't be fooled by the coloring, and braces, Kimberly Akimbo can take you on an emotional rollercoaster, of sadness, empathy, frustration, and hope, all at once. This masterpiece will join the gathering in the fabulous Des Moines, on Tuesday 3rd February 2026, at the splendid Des Moines Civic Center. Secure your seat now, and enjoy some good old musical at just $78.