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Cygnet Theatre Awards 2026 Dee Silver, M.D. Commission To Playwright Christopher Lysik (2024 MFA)

Friday, December 19, 2025
Partnership with the Iowa Playwrights Workshop brings Lysik’s new musical to San Diego for a free public reading on January 17.
Playwright Tennessee Williams sits at his typewriter in New York on Nov. 11, 1940. (AP Photo/Dan Grossi, File)

Haunted house and invisible demons: Tennessee Williams’ early radio play ‘The Strangers’ publishes

Wednesday, December 17, 2025
According to Williams (BA 1938) scholar John Bak, “The Strangers” was among a handful of radio dramas the young playwright worked on while in Iowa, where he and his classmates were required to write and produce plays.
UI Theatre students in play rehearsal

A look back: Best Performing Arts photos of fall 2025 semester

Wednesday, December 10, 2025
As the fall semester winds down, we’re looking back at some of the best moments captured by Performing Arts At Iowa photographer Jason Smith.
Portrait of Mark Bruckner, MFA, BM, BA

Second annual CLAS Teaching Excellence Showcase celebrates teaching innovation across the college

Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Theatre faculty member Mark Bruckner was recognized in the second annual College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Teaching Excellence Showcase, co-sponsored by CLAS, the Center for Teaching, and the Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology.

Theatre E-Newsletter December 2025

Friday, December 5, 2025
News from the Department of Theatre Arts and our alumni
theatre students in a residency workshop with a guest artist

UI theatre department propels students toward their dreams

Thursday, November 13, 2025
The University of Iowa’s theatre department has brought up many talents throughout the years, and they do so by creating an environment fit for students to grow in.

Laurie Metcalf Is Riveting in ‘Little Bear Ridge Road’

Thursday, October 30, 2025
The playwright Samuel D. Hunter (2007 MFA, Playwriting) makes his Broadway debut with an addition to his Idaho oeuvre, set during the Covid-19 pandemic and its aftermath.

October 2025 Theatre E-Newsletter

Monday, October 27, 2025
News from the Department of Theatre Arts and our alumni