October 9–11, 15–17, 2026

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The Government Inspector

Saturday, October 17, 2026 8:00pm
Theatre Building
When a small Russian town receives word that an undercover government inspector is headed their way to root out corruption, the town’s leaders panic and desperately try to maintain their status quo...by any means necessary. Greed, mistaken identity, ambition, and a healthy dose of stupidity steer Jeffrey Hatcher’s witty adaptation of Gogol’s timeless satirical farce.
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November 6–8, 11–14, 2026

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16 Winters, or the Bear's Tale

Saturday, November 14, 2026 8:00pm
Theatre Building
Shakespeare begins Act 4 of The Winter’s Tale with a monologue from “Time,” recapping the 16 years that pass between Acts 3 and 4. In 16 Winters, University of Iowa Playwriting alum Mary Hamilton imagines the journey that each character takes during this enchanted gap in time.
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February 5–7, 10–13, 2027

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to the yellow house

Friday, February 5, 2027 8:00pm
Theatre Building
Vincent van Gogh arrives in Paris determined to finally make his mark as an artist. Weaving between the years of 1886 and 1888, with a contemporary spin on the language and the characters, we are given a seat at the renowned Tambourin Cafe and invited into the Salon of the famed painters of the Petit Boulevard.
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March 5–7, 11–13, 2027

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Urinetown The Musical

Friday, March 5, 2027 8:00pm
Theatre Building
In a town where water is scarce thanks to a 20-year drought, the government tries to remedy the problem by charging people for the “privilege to pee”! Urinetown dares to question greedy capitalists and idealistic socialists alike by employing sharp satire and a score playing homage to, and occasionally spoofing, classic musical theater conventions.
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April 16–18, 21–24, 2027

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untitled devised project

Friday, April 16, 2027 8:00pm
Theatre Building
A new full-length work directed by Professor Johanna Kasimow and devised in collaboration with an ensemble of students will close out the Mainstage season! University of Iowa Theatre Arts students will embark on a collaborative creative process to build an original production from the ground up, through experimentation, imagination, and collective discovery.
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