Sarah Ruhl’s adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s instant classic novel Orlando will come to life in the University of Iowa’s E.C. Mabie Theater starting this Friday, Nov. 8 through Nov. 16.
Directed...
In 1919, hundreds of Punjabi people were killed by British imperialists in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. One hundred years later, the University of Iowa Theater Department is bringing their story to life...
With an ending that left the stage bloody and the crowd roaring with thunderous applause, Iowa City Community Theater’s Evil Dead: The Musical premiered Oct. 25.
As both a longtime fan of musical...
From small to large productions, a key point in theater is for cast members to work together in order to construct a fabulous show. For Iowa City playwright, Megan Gogerty, however, there is no need for...
Draping the Alan MacVey Theater’s stage Oct. 24-27 in gothic desire — a charming theme for the upcoming Halloween season — Perils of the Flowerbed is bound to bring both chills and thrills to the...
There are very few musicals in the world that mix singing, chainsaws, and bloody dismemberment. Yet, Evil Dead: The Musical checks all of these boxes and then some.
This season, the Iowa City Community...
The theater was entirely sold out for Sweat’s opening night at the UI David Thayer Theater, and for good reason. It isn’t a show to miss.
Right from the opening scene, the audience is abruptly...
Upon first glance, a relatively blank set with only a desk and two chairs may seem underwhelming, but much like the play itself, there’s more to Sweat’s set than initially meets the eye.
After...
A team of University of Iowa professors and graduate students was one of the groups invited to present its original show Media Clown to the world’s largest theatrical architecture festival, the Prague...
The start of this month will bring a different kind of “rent” to Iowa City.
The Rent 20th anniversary tour will stop at Hancher for three performances throughout Oct. 4 and 5. Rent is a rock musical...
The Iowa City Community Theater started its series of shows for the fall season with Stephen Schwartz’s 1972 musical Pippin. The story follows the first-born son of King Charlemagne searching for his...
