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Production is what we create and where we create it; a single reading of a new play, a 2-week run of a mainstage production, or our artistic home, since 1935 – the Theatre Building.
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Upcoming Department of Theatre Arts events
Guest Roundtable | The Words of Ants
Saturday, May 10, 2025 10:30am to 11:30am
A roundtable discussion of the Iowa New Play Festival production The Words of Ants by Xiaoyan Kang directed by Meredith G. Healy.
Zero to Sixty
Thursday, May 15, 2025 9:30pm
Zero to SixtyBy Molly Costello and Sophie YoungTheatre Building Loading Dock, between public Theatre parking lot and lot 55This immersive experience tells the story of an unexpected car crash with video projected onto the windows and body of the car with an accompanying soundscape. The car contains physical artifacts, time capsule inspired memories that can be interacted with.
Theatre Arts Commencement Ceremony
Saturday, May 17, 2025 7:00pm
The Department of Theatre Arts holds its own commencement ceremony on the final Saturday of the spring term. The department ceremony is scheduled at a different time than the ceremonies for CLAS and the Graduate College, so students can attend both ceremonies if they so choose. Students graduating in the spring semester, or at the end of the summer or fall terms, are invited to participate. The ceremony includes speeches by faculty and members of the graduating class, a slide show and a...