• Breath Behind the Mask text over blue surgical mask.

    Production Summer Partnership in the Arts

    Breath Behind the Mask is a developmental work created by Nambi E. Kelley and Daniel Carlton based on a collaborative devising model which draws from student’s personal experiences of race, identity, and privilege.

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  • David L. Thayer

    In Memoriam David L. Thayer, 1930-2020

    Please take a moment to celebrate the life of a giant among theatre artists, Prof. David L. Thayer, his name will be forever linked to the Department of Theatre Arts. His legacy lives on through those he taught.

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  • ghostlight

    Theater Arts Updates COVID-19

    The most current department news is linked here.

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  • Abigail Carney

    Iowa Alumni Abigail Carney

    Iowa Stories: A series takes shape

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What are our alumni doing?

Zach Twardowski

Zach Twardowski

will be starring in upcoming films Trial of the Chicago 7, Monuments, and Pins

Brian Quijada

Brian Quijada

starring as Kid Prince in KID PRINCE AND PABLO, a world premiere at the John F. Kennedy Center

Karen Janes Woditsch

currently playing Professor McGonagall in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child on Broadway

Tanna Frederick

co-founder of Project Save Our Surf and recently starred in film Two Ways Home

Ethan Henry

is guest starring on Criminal Minds on CBS

A scene from CRESCENDO

Join us in a community that celebrates new work for the theatre.

A comprehensive education in theatre with a special emphasis on new work

  • 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
  • Undergraduate Certificate in Performing Arts Entrepreneurship
  • Virtually every graduate student receives an assistantship, a scholarship – or both.