News from the Department of Theatre Arts and our alumni

This spring, Performing Arts at Iowa is celebrating the UI's tradition of creativity by turning a spotlight on the creative work of graduate students in music, dance, and theatre arts.

Margaret Wenk-Kuchlbauer, dance/opera scenery and costume designer for the Performing Arts Production Unit, shared highlights of her creative career, which has included work in collaboration with Dance, Opera and Theatre for over four decades.

Bryon Winn, professor in the Department of Theatre Arts, is the winner of the 2025 Distinguished Achievement in Arts and Humanities Research Award.

University of Iowa student, writer, actor, and director Sara Alvidrez returns to the stage.

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.

Iowa Playwrights Workshop alum Samuel D. Hunter (2007 MFA) is featured in New York Times article about mid-career playwrights

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.