Each year, we have a handful of special projects. These are opportunities that have come to our Department, unique offerings that don’t fit in our mainstage or gallery seasons.
Honors Projects are normally presented on one or two days in MacVey Theatre during the week following Spring Break. Projects must be proposed at least one semester in advance. Proposals submitted in April will take precedence. These projects may rehearse no more than 3 weeks, including the performance week.
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2023-24 Special Projects
IWP Global Express
Thursday, October 5, 2023 7:00pm
Students from the UI Department of Theatre Arts bring the page to life in an evening of staged readings of work by the IWP (International Writing Program) Fall Residents.
Global Express, now in its 22nd year, offers an exceptional peek into literary works by contemporary writers from around the world, and gives international writers the unique opportunity to see their work performed by students from the UI Department of Theatre Arts and local community members before an American audience. Look...
All Machines of Loving Grace
Friday, March 22, 2024 8:00pm
What happens in a world where the content we create starts to create us?
All Machines of Loving Grace
Saturday, March 23, 2024 8:00pm
What happens in a world where the content we create starts to create us?
All Machines of Loving Grace
Sunday, March 24, 2024 8:00pm
What happens in a world where the content we create starts to create us?
Body of Noise.
Friday, April 5, 2024 8:00pm
Nonsense. Disturbance. Randomness. Noise obfuscates the signal, and oh, how we long for the signal.
Find me. Detect my edges. Filter out the noise and find me, follow me, stay with me, keep me going.
This event is the final fellowship presentation of multimedia artist Jessica Tucker, who is this year's Grant Wood Fellow in Interdisciplinary Performance. Hosted by the Theatre Arts Department, she has been researching, teaching, and creating with digital body-tracking technologies. In her work...
Body of Noise.
Saturday, April 6, 2024 8:00pm
Nonsense. Disturbance. Randomness. Noise obfuscates the signal, and oh, how we long for the signal.
Find me. Detect my edges. Filter out the noise and find me, follow me, stay with me, keep me going.
This event is the final fellowship presentation of multimedia artist Jessica Tucker, who is this year's Grant Wood Fellow in Interdisciplinary Performance. Hosted by the Theatre Arts Department, she has been researching, teaching, and creating with digital body-tracking technologies. In her work...
Body of Noise.
Sunday, April 7, 2024 2:00pm
Nonsense. Disturbance. Randomness. Noise obfuscates the signal, and oh, how we long for the signal.
Find me. Detect my edges. Filter out the noise and find me, follow me, stay with me, keep me going.
This event is the final fellowship presentation of multimedia artist Jessica Tucker, who is this year's Grant Wood Fellow in Interdisciplinary Performance. Hosted by the Theatre Arts Department, she has been researching, teaching, and creating with digital body-tracking technologies. In her work...