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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.

Virtual Lobby

Visit our Virtual Lobby to learn more about current and past productions' cast, creative team, crew, director's and dramaturg's notes, designer renderings, and more! 

Performing Arts Calendar

Visit the Performing Arts at Iowa calendar to view all upcoming performing arts events happening across our vibrant and creative campus.

Upcoming Department of Theatre Arts events

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Lucia

Wednesday, May 6, 2026 1:30pm to 3:30pm
Theatre Building
By Emily Kaufman-Bell
Directed by Kayla Adams
Part of Iowa New Play Festival – Reading Series
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Conflict and Resolution — An Obermann "Wide Lens" Event

Wednesday, May 6, 2026 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Voxman Music Building

The Obermann Center's Wide Lens series aims to inspire and connect the University of Iowa community across the disciplines. For each Wide Lens event, researchers, scholars, and artists from across the university briefly present their work on a shared topic of interest PechaKucha–style. Then, we open the floor to questions and conviviality over hors d'oeuvres and drinks.

Presenters:

Stephanie DiPietro, Sociology & Criminology: Only the Dead Have Seen the End of War: Life Course Legacies of Conflict...

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Selections from the Undergraduate Playwrights Workshop

Wednesday, May 6, 2026 5:30pm to 7:30pm
Theatre Building
Selections from the Undergraduate Playwrights Workshop
Part of Iowa New Play Festival – Reading Series
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Iowa New Play Festival

Thursday, May 7 to Friday, May 8, 2026 (all day)
Theatre Building
We are thrilled to present our annual Iowa New Play Festival in the Theatre Building featuring full productions written by MFA playwrights. Plus, there are readings daily from new, full plays written by MFA and undergraduate playwrights.
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BEARS BEARS BEARS BEARS BEARS

Thursday, May 7, 2026 1:30pm to 3:30pm
Theatre Building
By Gwen Docter
Directed by M D Frank
Part of Iowa New Play Festival – Reading Series
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Drag'daLore: The Musical Ballroom Epic

Thursday, May 7, 2026 5:30pm to 7:30pm
Theatre Building
By Adrian Enzastiga
Music by Mark Bruckner and Adrian Enzastiga
Directed and Choreographed by Michael C. Flores
Part of Iowa New Play Festival – Production Series
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Drag'daLore: The Musical Ballroom Epic

Thursday, May 7, 2026 9:00pm to 11:00pm
Theatre Building
By Adrian Enzastiga
Music by Mark Bruckner and Adrian Enzastiga
Directed and Choreographed by Michael C. Flores
Part of Iowa New Play Festival – Production Series
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Iowa New Play Festival

Friday, May 8, 2026 (all day)
Theatre Building
We are thrilled to present our annual Iowa New Play Festival in the Theatre Building featuring full productions written by MFA playwrights. Plus, there are readings daily from new, full plays written by MFA and undergraduate playwrights.
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Guest Roundtable | Drag'daLore: The Musical Ballroom Epic

Friday, May 8, 2026 10:30am to 11:30am
Theatre Building
A roundtable discussion of the Iowa New Play Festival production Drag'daLore: The Musical Ballroom Epic by Adrian Enzastiga.
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Hail Mary

Friday, May 8, 2026 1:30pm to 3:30pm
Theatre Building
By Zoe Senese-Grossberg
Directed by Meredith G. Healy
Part of Iowa New Play Festival – Reading Series