Articles from October 2025

Laurie Metcalf Is Riveting in ‘Little Bear Ridge Road’

Thursday, October 30, 2025

The New York Times

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

Department of Theatre Arts

News from the Department of Theatre Arts and our alumni

Romeo and Juliet under spotlights on stage looking at each other while a party goes on in the background

UI’s ‘Romeo & Juliet’ is the lovechild of Baz Luhrmann

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

The Daily Iowan

Elly Kuhn (left), Frances Dapier (middle) and Colby Boza (right) perform a scene of the University of Iowa theatre production “Drill, Drill, Drill” during a dress rehearsal on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, at the Alan MacVey Theatre in Iowa City. The production depicts teens growing up in a world with mass shooters and mass shooter drills in schools.

Review | ‘Drill Drill Drill’ highlights a hauntingly relevant issue

Sunday, October 19, 2025

The Daily Iowan

Associate Professor Cathy Parrott in front of a wall of thread spools in an array of rainbow colors

Threads from Broadway: Days of Wine and Roses costumes find a new home at Iowa

Thursday, October 16, 2025

Clara Jarecke

Performing Arts At Iowa

Assistant Professor Cathy Parrott (2001 BA) connects Iowa Theatre to Broadway with costume donation

Director Søren Olsen looks around during a rehearsal of Romeo and Juliet at the University of Iowa Mabie Theatre on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. Photo by Gabby Drees.

UI Theatre Arts set to premiere Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” on Oct. 10

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

The Daily Iowan