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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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Staging the unstageable: director and cast of ‘4.48 Psychosis’ bring Sarah Kane’s work to life

Staging the unstageable: director and cast of ‘4.48 Psychosis’ bring Sarah Kane’s work to life

Pedro Barragan, Arts Reporter November 6, 2019

Sarah Kane’s unique and “unstageable” play 4.48 Psychosis will be coming to the Dreamwell Theater this weekend. Considered a unique achievement in playwriting for its complicated structure, 4.48...

Actors perform during the dress rehearsal for Orlando on November 4, 2019. Orlando is directed by Erica Vannon and opens in the E.C. Mabie Theatre on Friday, November 8, 2019.

UI theater department transcends time and gender with Orlando

Pedro Barragan, Arts Reporter November 6, 2019

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...

Actors perform during a dress rehearsal of “We All Were Sunflowers” at the Alan MacVey theater on Tuesday, October 29, 2019. The play is directed by Brad Pickhinke and will open on October 31 and run through November 3.

UI premieres original play that centers plight of the Punjabi

Jenna Post, Arts Reporter October 30, 2019

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...

Actors perform in Evil Dead: The Musical at the Iowa City community Theater on Thursday, October 24th, 2019. The musical is baed on the 1981 cult film, The Evil Dead.

Evil Dead: The Musical offers rip-roaring, blood-soaked humor

Austin J. Yerington, Arts Reporter October 27, 2019

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...

Megan Gogerty rehearses scenes from “Feast” during photo call at Riverside Theater on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. “Feast” is a one-woman show and is interactive with the audience.

Dinner party takes a turn in Feast, an Iowa City playwright’s solo show

Madison Lotenschtein, Arts Reporter October 23, 2019

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...

Lauren Macke of the ensemble grins as the cast and crew laughs at a joke she made during rehearsal. Perils of the Flowerbed, directed by Lila Becker and written by Steven Glavey, debuts on October 24th in the Alan MacVey theatre.

Perils of the Flowerbed hits UI Theater Arts stage

Kyler Johnson, Arts Reporter October 23, 2019

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...

The cast of Evil Dead: The Musical performs the final number at the Iowa City community theater on Thursday, October 24th, 2019. Evil Dead: The Musical is based on the 181 cult film, The Evil Dead.

Chainsaws, demons, and blood: A look into Iowa City theater’s upcoming musical

Austin J. Yerington, Arts Reporter October 23, 2019

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 set of "Sweat" is seen during a dress rehearsal on October 8, 2019 in the David Thayer Theater. (Jenna Galligan/The Daily Iowan)

Sweat, blood, and tears: an inside look at the UI Theater Department’s first mainstage production of the year

Jenna Post, Arts Reporter October 11, 2019

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...

Benjamin Sulzberger and Keri Eastridge perform as Jason and Tracey during a dress rehearsal of “Sweat” in the David Thayer Theatre on October 8, 2019. The play is centered around the struggles of patrons of a bar in Reading Pennsylvania. Directed by Sarah Lacy Hamilton, the show will open Thursday, October 10 and run through Saturday, October 19. (Jenna Galligan/The Daily Iowan)

Lessons from Sweat: A look at what UI’s upcoming production taught its cast and crew

Jenna Post, Arts Reporter October 9, 2019

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...

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The UI team behind ‘Media Clown’ performs at the largest theatrical architecture festival in the world

Jenna Post, Arts Reporter October 2, 2019

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...

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20 years of refusing to pay RENT: The Broadway rock musical comes to Iowa City

Naomi Hofferber, Senior Reporter October 2, 2019

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...