As the light seeps into a dimmer and darker state with the approaching winter, the University of Iowa’s Theatre Department keeps its stage lights shining bright. In one of the departments last productions...
Written by UI alum Jen Silverman, Bonnets: (How Ladies of Good Breeding Are Induced to Murder) will premiere at the Alan MacVey Theater on Friday at 8 p.m. The play seeks to display how women are assigned...
From just one look at Orlando’s set, it’s clear that the show is going to be nothing short of a work of art. It still managed to exceed my expectations.
Adapted from a Virginia Woolf novel of...
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...
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...
