When Tanna Frederick graduated from the University of Iowa, she took the next step, though she admits it was a risky one. The aspiring actor packed up and moved to Los Angeles, leaving behind everything...

Eileen Allen is the house mother of the Delta Zeta sorority. She tells us about her duties. The Daily Iowan: How long have you been a house mother? Eileen Allen: This is my second year. DI: How did...

David Fix will try any dish once. The University of Iowa junior prefers the sweet flavor of duck to the bland taste of ostrich. Yet neither item was so obscure as the cow tongue or plate of prairie oysters. At...

Jennifer Fawcett believes Working Group Theatre is a company with a conscience. The cofounder wants to produce works that are thought-provoking and create an effect in the Cultural Corridor. “We want...

Antigone 2.0 is not your grandmother’s Antigone. At least, that’s how dramaturge Christine Scarfuto describes it. Not quite the play written by Sophocles, Antigone 2.0 is more contemporary than what...

Technology continues to infuse the dance world. And this year, the University of Iowa’s Dancers in Company is no exception. For the first time, people from anywhere in the world can log on to the group’s...

What happens in Vegas stays in David Philip Mullins. In his new collection of short stories, Greetings From Below, the Iowa Writers’ Workshop alumnus breaks the TV ad’s tag line, because Vegas will...

Tim Unger and Josh Hanesack face a tough deadline. The pair have 48 hours to write, film, and edit a five- to seven-minute movie. And they aren’t alone — 16 other teams are attempting the challenge,...

Andrew Saito wanted to be original when deciding upon a career. Growing up in Los Angeles, he developed the idea of becoming a screenwriter. But that soon faded. “I thought that was a very original...

Many tales of people finding their “one true love” exist only in films, books, and television shows. And the City Circle Acting Company of Coralville is here to show that theater productions can be...

Erin Jackson has been professionally providing laughter to audiences since her standup début seven years ago. But it took one humbling experience three years ago in her hometown of Washington, D.C., to...

After finishing the night shift at Gimme Coffee shop in Brooklyn, N.Y., baristas Seth Olinsky and Miles Seaton usually returned to their tiny apartment to write and record music. Friend and musician Dana...