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Upcoming Department of Theatre Arts events
Day Fades Into Night
Friday, January 31, 2025 8:00pm
Day Fades Into Night
By Bridget Dieden
Location: Alan MacVey Theatre,
Theatre Building
Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, 8 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, 8 p.m.
A wealthy couple in the 1940s are struggling to conceive but can’t. Their only daughter, Jillian, died 3 years ago when she was seven and the household has never been the same since. Unbeknownst to her husband, the bereaved mother has resurrected Jillian as a specter Jillian’s old toy room, but when a new maid is hired, who just so happens to...
Day Fades Into Night
Saturday, February 1, 2025 8:00pm
Day Fades Into Night
By Bridget Dieden
Location: Alan MacVey Theatre,
Theatre Building
Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, 8 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, 8 p.m.
A wealthy couple in the 1940s are struggling to conceive but can’t. Their only daughter, Jillian, died 3 years ago when she was seven and the household has never been the same since. Unbeknownst to her husband, the bereaved mother has resurrected Jillian as a specter Jillian’s old toy room, but when a new maid is hired, who just so happens to...
Iowa Director's Festival
Thursday, February 6, 2025 8:00pm
Iowa Director's Festival
Far Away
By Caryl Churchill
Directed by Meredith G. Healy
Ever since Joan’s childhood, she has witnessed people doing horrific things in the name of doing what is “right.” Caryl Churchill’s Far Away examines what happens in a world when no one, not even the cats and the rivers, can be trusted.
Far Away is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
Dutchman
By LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka
Directed by...
Iowa Director's Festival
Friday, February 7, 2025 8:00pm
Iowa Director's Festival
Far Away
By Caryl Churchill
Directed by Meredith G. Healy
Ever since Joan’s childhood, she has witnessed people doing horrific things in the name of doing what is “right.” Caryl Churchill’s Far Away examines what happens in a world when no one, not even the cats and the rivers, can be trusted.
Far Away is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
Dutchman
By LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka
Directed by...
Iowa Director's Festival
Saturday, February 8, 2025 8:00pm
Iowa Director's Festival
Far Away
By Caryl Churchill
Directed by Meredith G. Healy
Ever since Joan’s childhood, she has witnessed people doing horrific things in the name of doing what is “right.” Caryl Churchill’s Far Away examines what happens in a world when no one, not even the cats and the rivers, can be trusted.
Far Away is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
Dutchman
By LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka
Directed by...
Iowa Director's Festival
Thursday, February 13, 2025 8:00pm
Iowa Director's Festival
Far Away
By Caryl Churchill
Directed by Meredith G. Healy
Ever since Joan’s childhood, she has witnessed people doing horrific things in the name of doing what is “right.” Caryl Churchill’s Far Away examines what happens in a world when no one, not even the cats and the rivers, can be trusted.
Far Away is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
Dutchman
By LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka
Directed by...
Iowa Director's Festival
Friday, February 14, 2025 8:00pm
Iowa Director's Festival
Far Away
By Caryl Churchill
Directed by Meredith G. Healy
Ever since Joan’s childhood, she has witnessed people doing horrific things in the name of doing what is “right.” Caryl Churchill’s Far Away examines what happens in a world when no one, not even the cats and the rivers, can be trusted.
Far Away is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
Dutchman
By LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka
Directed by...
Grown Backwards
Friday, February 14, 2025 8:00pm
Grown Backwards
Written and Directed By James Gulden
Location: Alan MacVey Theatre,
Theatre Building
Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, 8 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025, 8 p.m.
EFFECT: 1976, The world is forever changed, and a scientist named Emmett's life is turned backwards.
CAUSE: 1972, Emmett's family life is on the verge of collapse. He then discovers that time flows against our perception; effect precedes cause.
Please be advised that this show contains strong language, derogatory terms...
Iowa Director's Festival
Saturday, February 15, 2025 8:00pm
Iowa Director's Festival
Far Away
By Caryl Churchill
Directed by Meredith G. Healy
Ever since Joan’s childhood, she has witnessed people doing horrific things in the name of doing what is “right.” Caryl Churchill’s Far Away examines what happens in a world when no one, not even the cats and the rivers, can be trusted.
Far Away is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
Dutchman
By LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka
Directed by...
Grown Backwards
Saturday, February 15, 2025 8:00pm
Grown Backwards
Written and Directed By James Gulden
Location: Alan MacVey Theatre,
Theatre Building
Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, 8 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025, 8 p.m.
EFFECT: 1976, The world is forever changed, and a scientist named Emmett's life is turned backwards.
CAUSE: 1972, Emmett's family life is on the verge of collapse. He then discovers that time flows against our perception; effect precedes cause.
Please be advised that this show contains strong language, derogatory terms...
Pagination