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Workshop performance of Monument (Four Sisters) commemorates the everyday

Lauren Arzbaecher, Arts Reporter June 16, 2019

Dinosaur-shaped vitamins, reproduction processes of coral, and cartoon sloths. These seemingly absurd details created the core of the workshop play Monument (Four Sisters), which was produced in the Theater...

Characters Monica (Luli Gomez Teruel) and Luis (Anthonie Juarez) meet on stage and share a few passionate embraces at a rehearsal of Seven Spots on the Sun by the University of Iowa Theater Department.

Of vengeance, plague, and war: Seven Spots on the Sun

Sarah Stortz, Arts Reporter April 10, 2019

In the village of San Isidro, a plague breaks out without the doctor present. Moises, the town’s previous physician, has refused to examine patients since tragedy struck him following a civil war. As...

Cast perform the wedding scene during a rehearsal for the “Little Women” opera at the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts on Tuesday, April 9, 2019. The opera has showings throughout the weekend of April 12 for audiences to attend.

From the pages of a 19th-century novel to the stage: Little Women, an Opera

Madison Lotenschtein, Arts Reporter April 10, 2019

How do you take an art form born in the 17th century and give it a modern flair? By throwing in an American classic and four dynamic women, of course. "Little Women," a classic American novel written...

People walk down the spiral staircases of the Old Capitol on Sunday, July 3, 2016.

UI alumna turns oral histories of Muslims in Iowa City into a play

Josie Fischels, News Reporter February 14, 2019

Thirty-five years ago, a Sudanese political leader was charged with renouncing the religious beliefs of Islam, convicted, and sentenced to death, causing nearly 1,000 of his followers to flee their home...

The cast and crew for All the Yellows stage a dress rehearsal on Monday, January 21, 2019. All the Yellows is an original theater piece written, directed, produced, and performed, by current University of Iowa students. (Tate Hildyard/ The Daily Iowan)

Theater B turns into a graveyard, friendship dangles

Madison Lotenschtein, Arts Reporter January 23, 2019

Set in a graveyard, Oakley and Patience — mainly Patience — conduct a séance in order to reach Oakley’s deceased mother. As in most spooky cases, plans go awry, an unexpected visitor ascends. All...

UI play explores dating and relationships in the technology age

UI play explores dating and relationships in the technology age

Philip Runia, Arts Reporter January 16, 2019

So you just swiped right on Tinder but then left your match on read. Your blue screen commands your attention, but this match does not. Did they overshare? Are they inauthentic? Was their pickup line copied...

UI students Angelica Delashmette and Mikaela Mallin rehearse during the Page/Stage Production at the Space Place Theater. The show was written by Gina Cole and composed by Hanna Busse.

Photos: Page/Stage dress rehearsal (10/25/18)

Lily Smith, Photojournalist October 25, 2018

UI student Michael Juarez during the LoveBird play rehearsal in the Theater Building on Tuesday, October 16, 2018. LoveBird, by K.T Peterson and directed by Erica Vannon, features castaways Nigel and Norman as they struggle with life on the island and struggle with their increasingly complicated relationship.

Photos: LoveBird

Katie Goodale October 18, 2018

UI students Michael Juarez (left) and Octavius Lanier (right) perform a dance during the LoveBird play rehearsal in the Theater Building on Tuesday, October 16, 2018. LoveBird, by K.T Peterson and directed by Erica Vannon, features castaways Nigel and Norman as they struggle with life on the island and struggle with their increasingly complicated relationship.

New play about relationships focuses on bisexuality, environmental issues

Madison Lotenschtein, Arts Reporter October 17, 2018

Playwright K.T Peterson was reading a Washington Post article, as many do on a normal day. On this day, inspiration was sparked by a story of a seabird, Nigel, who traveled alone to the island of Mana,...

DITV Arts and Culture: October 4, 2018

October 4, 2018

Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey will make its satirical debut on the UI Theatre Building's stage on Friday, October 5.