When the phrase “American Gothic” comes to mind, most people think about the iconic artwork. An older couple standing outside of a plain white house, with the man looking sternly into the viewers’ eyes and the woman looking off into the distance. They are dressed in plain farm clothing and the man is holding a pitchfork.

Scott Bradley, a student in the University of Iowa’s Playwrights Workshop, is working on a docudrama about famed Iowa artist Grant Wood. On Thursday, Nov. 9 at 6 p.m., a portion of The Wood Problem will be presented as a staged reading at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art.