Theatre Arts

Production Watch Braided Sorrow's Video Premiere

Didn't make it to a live performance? The video premiere goes live on March 19 at 2:00 p.m.! This recording will be available until April 9.

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Center for Advancement One Day For Iowa 2023

One Day For Iowa, the University of Iowa’s 24-hour online giving day, is March 29. We hope you will join with us to help make this effort a success. There are two main ways to participate: Make a donation to one of our scholarship funds to help support our...

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PRODUCTION Theatre Arts Virtual Lobby

Visit the Virtual Lobby of the Department of Theatre Arts to learn more about our productions, casts, and creative teams.

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Mainstage Our 22-23 Season

Our 22-23 mainstage offerings included 5 productions, most recently SOMETHING ROTTEN!. Next up is UGLY LIES THE BONE, opening 4.21.

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Production Gallery Season

Our Gallery Season presents ~10 new plays each year by graduate and undergraduate writers.
Playwrights, directors, dramaturgs, designers, actors, stage managers, technicians and audiences collaborate on new works.

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What are our alumni doing?

Directing a new production of Tick, Tick…Boom! in Chicago

The Whale is a hit and his new play made the NYT list for Best Theater of 2022

starring in ENO, streaming on the African streaming service Showmax

is known for This is Us, Chicago Fire, and Pushing Skills

joining the cast in the off-Broadway return of the Soho Rep production of Hansol Jung's “Wolf Play”

Join us in a constant search for quality.

Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts, including an emphasis in Musical Theatre
MFA in Theatre, with specialties in Acting, Design, Directing, Dramaturgy, Playwriting, and Stage Management
At least 25 productions a year
Annual New Play Festival, Undergraduate Directors Festival, Ten Minute Play Festival