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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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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 17, 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.

Hancher Auditorium in Iowa City on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017.

Hancher unveils 2018-19 lineup, including Broadway’s Les Misérables

May 8, 2018

Hancher Auditorium unveiled its lineup for the 2018-19 season, cultivating acts from world-renowned musicals to lectures by legendary journalists. The lineup includes musical acts from Kristin Chenoweth...

From left: Greg Walker and Maya Bassuk perform during an A Midsummer Night's Dream dress rehearsal in the E.C. Mabie theatre in the Theatre Building on Monday, April 16, 2018. (Lily Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Photos: The Wild Rose Players: A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Theatre Building

April 19, 2018

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