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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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Will Adams, playing Pippin, performs a number, surrounded by cast mates during a dress rehearsal of Pippin put on by the Iowa City Community Theatre at the Johnson Co. Fairgrounds on Wednesday, September 18, 2019. The cast will perform the show September 20-22 and 27-29.

Magic to do: Pippin wows audiences in Iowa City Community Theatre’s production

Pedro Barragan, Arts Reporter September 25, 2019

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...

Cast members perform in full costumes and makeup during a dress rehearsal of Pippin put on by the Iowa City Community Theatre at the Johnson Co. Fairgrounds on Wednesday, September 18, 2019. The cast will perform the show September 20-22 and 27-29.

Photos:Pippin (9/18/2019)

Jenna Galligan, Photojournalist September 19, 2019

The cast of Uncle Vanya performs at the Riverside Theatre on Thursday, September 12, 2019.

Riverside Theater brings new translation of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya to Iowa

Austin J. Yerington, Arts Reporter September 12, 2019

Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov is a play that most people have been exposed to in some form or another, be it the “History of Theater” general education class or a production put on by a local university...

Bradley (Lauren Galliart), Old Shady (Karle Meyers), and Seneca (Jo Jordan) navigate rough waters aboard the Kitty Clyde’s Sister during the final dress rehearsal of Men on Boats on Wednesday, July 3, 2019 at the Riverside Theatre. (Emily Wangen/The Daily Iowan)

Riverside Theater brings a historical river expedition to the stage in ‘Men on Boats’

Lauren Arzbaecher, Arts Reporter July 16, 2019

Going over a waterfall in a rowboat. Trying not to fall to one’s death off a cliff. Fighting off a rattlesnake with a coffee pot. All this adventure and more can be found in Men on Boats, a production...

UI Theater Department to celebrate 100 years of innovation

UI Theater Department to celebrate 100 years of innovation

Rylee Wilson, News Reporter July 9, 2019

One of the nation’s oldest theater departments has produced new and innovative work for almost 100 years — in Iowa City. As the University of Iowa Theater Department prepares for its 100th anniversary...

Actors perform on stage during a performance of William Shakespeare's *King Henry IV Part I* on Sunday, June 16, 2019 at City Park in Iowa City. (Emily Wangen/The Daily Iowan)

Riverside Theater brings Henry IV to the stage

Austin J. Yerington, Arts Reporter June 17, 2019

The clouds above you, the wind whispering through the audience, and a stage set for the famous Bard’s play. Iowa City’s own Riverside Theater will present Henry IV free to the public this week. Shakespeare’s Henry...

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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...