Students from the UI Department of Theatre Arts bring the page to life in an evening of staged readings of work by the International Writing Program Fall Residents.

Global Express is a unique opportunity for writers from around the world and performers at Iowa to meet, work together, and present their work live on stage. Global Express, now, in its 25th year, help us to recognize our common humanity while celebrating our differences. The Express, part dramatic reading, part solo-turn, part poetry...

By Warren Riley

The life of a very cool girl is put on hold when her family friend/reluctant peer falls into a fairy-tale-like slumber.

Please be advised this play contains mild depictions of transphobia, minimal references to suicidality, and sexual content.

Part of Theatre Arts' Reading Series

Tickets:
Tickets for readings are free of charge; seating is limited.

By Claire Soleil Gardner

The administration of the first female President, Amelia Badeau, has just been rocked by a scandal that has ruined her re-election campaign. While awarding public school history teacher Cass Blue, a lockdown is initiated due to a deadly and infectious infertility pandemic. As Cass and Amelia spend weeks in lockdown they begin an affair, much to the chagrin of the first husband, Thomas. Only afterward does Cass reveal she has been pregnant since her arrival, and her...

By Alexander Ameen

Andrew meets Malik in a motel room in Seminole Heights.
It happens again.
Malik isn’t a prophet, and Andrew isn’t John.
Also there are hamburgers.

Please be advised this play contains explicit sexual language and references to sex work, drug and alcohol use, death and grief, mental illness, suicide, child sexual abuse, homophobic slurs, and religious themes.

Part of Theatre Arts' Reading Series

Tickets:
Tickets for readings are free of charge; seating is limited.

Students from the UI Department of Theatre Arts bring the page to life in an evening of staged readings of work by the International Writing Program Fall Residents.

Global Express is a unique opportunity for writers from around the world and performers at Iowa to meet, work together, and present their work live on stage. Global Express, now, in its 25th year, help us to recognize our common humanity while celebrating our differences. The Express, part dramatic reading, part solo-turn, part poetry...

By Warren Riley

The life of a very cool girl is put on hold when her family friend/reluctant peer falls into a fairy-tale-like slumber.

Please be advised this play contains mild depictions of transphobia, minimal references to suicidality, and sexual content.

Part of Theatre Arts' Reading Series

Tickets:
Tickets for readings are free of charge; seating is limited.