The theatrical version of “The Full Monty” is very similar to the 1997 movie version except for one small difference.

“The boys definitely do go the full monty,” says Kristin Stewart, who plays Vicki Nichols in the production.

Stewart says although the actors don’t get completely nude until the end, they do other strip numbers where they dance around in G-strings.

It may sound appealing to many women, but Stewart says these guys “aren’t the typical hunks you would see stripping down.”

Stewart says the last song in “The Full Monty” is her favorite part of the show. She says she enjoys this one the most for a couple of reasons.

“A bunch of us go out in the audience during the last number,” she says. “We help get the crowd riled up. I watch 80- to 90-year-old women screaming, hooting and hollering.”

She says the terrific crowds make it more fun for her to watch the audience than the stage.

“The boys are my friends, I don’t care to watch them get naked every day,” she says.

Some people may worry the show is too racy for small-town Iowa, but Stewart says she disagrees.

“They should know they’re not going to see ‘Oklahoma!’ or anything,” she says. “There’s good lighting effects, and they can even just cover their eyes, but I haven’t had any problems with it, or complaints.”

Growing up on a farm near Mt. Vernon, Stewart knows how the public in Iowa would likely react. She says she always loved theater and has been involved ever since she can remember.

“I was in the State Fair Singers and Jazz Band, which is now called Celebration Iowa. That’s where I realized I wanted to be in show business as a career,” Stewart says.

After receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts at Illinois Wesleyan University, Stewart moved to New York. Since then, the performer has appeared in “Stand By Your Man,” “Cabaret,” “Little Shop of Horrors” and “Oklahoma!.”

She says she just auditioned for “The Full Monty” in April and has been touring with the musical ever since.

Stewart’s character in “The Full Monty” is the wife of one of the men in the musical who gets laid off from a factory and decides to join the local all-male strip show to supplement the couple’s financial woes.

“My character’s husband, Harold, keeps everything from his wife,” Stewart says.

“The Full Monty” will play two shows in Iowa – one in Cedar Rapids and one in Ames.

Stewart says she looks forward to seeing her family members who will attend the in-state performances, especially at Iowa State.

“My parents go way back with ISU,” she says. “My grandparents are huge Cyclone fans.”

Stewart says she isn’t nervous about her family watching “The Full Monty,” even with its nudity.

“My grandmother’s coming,” she says. “I’m happy she supports me.”

Her relatives aren’t the only ones she hopes to please, however. Stewart says she wants the public to enjoy it just as much.

“I hope it’s well-received on Iowa State’s campus,” she says.

When asked how to sum up the critically acclaimed musical, Stewart had two ways to describe it.

“Ummm, cute naked boys … and a really exciting, different, funny and witty good time,” she says.