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Alma, played by Sara Alvidrez, thinks about what she is doing during a dress rehearsal for the University of Iowa theater department’s production of Braided Sorrow Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. Alvidrez is an undergraduate writer, actor, and director at The University of Iowa.

Student Spotlight | Triple threat undergraduate student takes on Ten Minute Play Fest

Tuesday, March 4, 2025
University of Iowa student, writer, actor, and director Sara Alvidrez returns to the stage.
Cianon Jones speking into a microphone while Josh Turner looks on

Playwright brings Iowa historical figure to life

Tuesday, February 25, 2025
University of Iowa’s Arts Share, the Muscatine Art Center, and the Stanley Center commissioned Iowa Playwrights Workshop student Cianon Jones to write a play about Alexander Clark, a longtime Muscatine resident and early leader in the fight for equal rights in the state.
Samuel D. Hunter, above right, at the Oscars

For Playwrights, Making It to Midcareer Is a Cliffhanger

Friday, February 21, 2025
Iowa Playwrights Workshop alum Samuel D. Hunter (2007 MFA) is featured in New York Times article about mid-career playwrights
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Grant Wood Fellowship in Interdisciplinary Performance now accepting applications

Friday, February 21, 2025
The University of Iowa Department of Dance seeks applications from emerging to mid-career artists in dance making, choreography, performance, and/or interdisciplinary digital media for the Grant Wood Fellowship Program for the 2025-2026 academic year.
Brian Quijada on stage at Club Hancher

February 2025 Alumni e-News

Monday, February 17, 2025
News from the UI Department of Theatre Arts and our alumni
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American Theatre Wing Announces 2024 National Theatre Company Grants Recipients

Saturday, February 8, 2025
“The Trans History Project”, created by Bo Frazier (2020 MFA, Directing) and co-produced by Baltimore Center Stage and Breaking the Binary Theatre, is among the recipients to receive a $100K grant.
MFA Stage Management candidate working behind a computer in a dark theater with the Production Stage Manager

Recipients of 2025 Cody Renard Richard Scholarship Announced

Thursday, January 30, 2025
The scholarship supports undergraduate and graduate students of color pursuing degrees in any offstage theatrical field, and has been awarded to UI Stage Management MFA student Savanha Moore.