A Scene from WATER BY THE SPOONFUL

Mainstage

Upcoming Shows

Past Shows

  • POSTPONED-The Light in the Piazza

    Apr 15, 2020 to Apr 19, 2020
    Directed by Bill Theisen
     Coralville Center for the Performing Arts

  • Three Sisters

    By Anton Chekhov
    Mar 05, 2020 to Mar 14, 2020
    Directed by Lila Rachel Becker
     David Thayer Theatre

  • Hit the Wall

    By Ike Holter
    Jan 31, 2020 to Feb 08, 2020
    Directed by Bo Frazier
     E.C. Mabie Theatre

  • Orlando

    By Virginia Woolf
    Nov 08, 2019 to Nov 16, 2019
    Directed by Erica Vannon
     E.C. Mabie Theatre

  • Sweat

    By Lynn Nottage
    Oct 10, 2019 to Oct 19, 2019
    Directed by Sarah Lacy Hamilton
     David Thayer Theatre

  • Seven Spots On The Sun

    By Martin Zimmerman
    Apr 11, 2019 to Apr 20, 2019
    Directed by John Cameron
     David Thayer Theatre

  • Sunday in the Park with George

    By Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Book by James Lapine
    Mar 08, 2019 to Mar 16, 2019
    Directed by Alan MacVey
     E.C. Mabie Theatre

  • The Wolves

    By Sarah DeLappe
    Jan 31, 2019 to Feb 09, 2019
    Directed by Mary Beth Easley
     David Thayer Theatre

  • Iphigenia Point Blank: Story of the First Refugee

    By Lisa Schlesinger
    Nov 01, 2018 to Nov 11, 2018
    Directed by Marion Schoevaert
     David Thayer Theatre

  • Northanger Abbey

    By Jane Austen
    Oct 05, 2018 to Oct 13, 2018
    Directed by Carol MacVey
     E.C. Mabie Theatre

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream

    By William Shakespeare
    Apr 20, 2018 to Apr 28, 2018
    Directed by David Lee-Painter
     E.C. Mabie Theatre

  • Seven Homeless Mammoths Wander New England

    By Madeleine George
    Mar 01, 2018 to Mar 10, 2018
    Directed by Meredith Alexander
     David Thayer Theatre

  • By the Way, Meet Vera Stark

    By Lynn Nottage
    Feb 01, 2018 to Feb 10, 2018
    Directed by Tlaloc Rivas
     David Thayer Theatre

  • Fun Home

    By Music by Jeanine Tesori, Book and Lyrics by Lisa Kron, Based on the Graphic Novel by Alison Bechdel
    Dec 01, 2017 to Dec 09, 2017
    Directed by John Cameron
     E.C. Mabie Theatre

  • The Crucible

    By Arthur Miller
    Oct 06, 2017 to Oct 14, 2017
    Directed by Doug Scholz-Carlson
     E.C. Mabie Theatre

  • Iowa Summer Rep: The Importance of Being Earnest

    By Oscar Wilde
    Jun 15, 2017 to Jun 25, 2017
    Directed by Josh Sobel
     E.C. Mabie Theatre

  • Welcome to Thebes

    By Moira Buffini
    Mar 02, 2017 to Mar 11, 2017
    Directed by Paul Kalina
     David Thayer Theatre

  • Mr. Burns, a post-electric play

    By Anne Washburn, Score by Michael Friedman, Lyrics by Anne Washburn
    Feb 03, 2017 to Feb 12, 2017
    Directed by Tlaloc Rivas
     Mabie Theatre

  • Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

    By Christopher Durang
    Nov 10, 2016 to Nov 19, 2016
    Directed by Eric Forsythe
     David Thayer Theatre

  • Rome Sweet Rome

    By Q Brothers Collective (GQ, JQ, Jax, Pos)
    Sep 29, 2016 to Oct 15, 2016
    Directed by Q Brothers Collective (GQ, JQ, Jax, Pos)
     David Thayer Theatre

  • Lady from the Sea

    By Henrik Ibsen
    Apr 15, 2016 to Apr 24, 2016
    Directed by Nina Morrison
     Mabie Theatre

  • Iphigenia Crash Land Falls on the Neon Shell That was Once her Heart (a rave fable)

    By Caridad Svich
    Mar 03, 2016 to Mar 12, 2016
    Directed by Mario El Caponi Mendoza
     David Thayer Theatre

  • Food and Fadwa

    By Lameece Issaq and Jacob Kader
    Feb 04, 2016 to Feb 13, 2016
    Directed by Marina Bergenstock
     David Thayer Theatre

  • American Idiot

    By Music by Green Day; Lyrics by Billie Joe Armstrong; Book by Billie Joe Armstrong and Michael Mayer
    Oct 16, 2015 to Oct 25, 2015
    Directed by John Cameron
     Mabie Theatre

  • Luck of the Irish

    By Kirsten Greenidge
    Mar 05, 2015 to Mar 14, 2015
    Directed by Tlaloc Rivas
     David Thayer Theatre

  • Good Kids

    By Naomi Iizuka
    Feb 05, 2015 to Feb 15, 2015
    Directed by Alan MacVey
     David Thayer Theatre

  • Striking 12

    By Brendan Milburn, Rachel Sheinkin, and Valerie Vigoda
    Dec 05, 2014 to Dec 13, 2014
    Directed by John Cameron
     Mabie Theatre

  • Iowa Partnership in the Arts: Crescendo

    By Paola Coletto, Matteo Destro, Paul Kalina, John Rapson, and David Bills
    Oct 09, 2014 to Oct 19, 2014
    Directed by Paola Coletto and Matteo Destro
     David Thayer Theatre

  • Respect: A Musical Journey of Women

    By Dorothy Marcic
    Jun 14, 2014 to Jun 27, 2014
    Directed by Eric Forsythe

  • Slaughter City

    By Naomi Wallace
    Apr 10, 2014 to Apr 20, 2014
    Directed by Meredith Alexander
     David Thayer Theatre

  • Absurd Person Singular

    By Alan Ayckbourn
    Mar 06, 2014 to Mar 15, 2014
    Directed by Eric Forsythe
     David Thayer Theatre

  • Makeover: Iowa Partnership in the Arts

    By Darrah Cloud (Book & Lyrics) & Kim D. Sherman (Music)
    Feb 06, 2014 to Feb 16, 2014
    Directed by Nick Demos
     David Thayer Theatre

  • The Imaginary Invalid

    By Molière
    Nov 14, 2013 to Nov 23, 2013
    Directed by Carol MacVey
     David Thayer Theatre

  • Water by the Spoonful

    By Quiara Alegría Hudes
    Oct 10, 2013 to Oct 20, 2013
    Directed by Tlaloc Rivas
     David Thayer Theatre

  • No Fish in the House

    By Tom Willmorth
    Jul 14, 2013 to Jul 22, 2013
    Directed by Paul Kalina
     On Tour

  • Bad Seed

    By Maxwell Anderson
    Jun 27, 2013 to Jun 29, 2013
    Directed by Eric Forsythe
     Coralville Center for the Performing Arts

  • She Stoops to Conquer; or The Mistakes of a Night

    By Oliver Goldsmith
    Apr 19, 2013 to Apr 27, 2013
    Directed by Kristin Clippard
     E.C. Mabie Theatre

  • A Dream Play

    By August Strindberg
    Mar 07, 2013 to Mar 16, 2013
    Directed by David Hanzal
     David Thayer Theatre

  • Out of the Pan into the Fire

    By Steven Epp, Dominque Serrand and Nathan Keepers
    Feb 07, 2013 to Feb 17, 2013
    Directed by Dominque Serrand
     David Thayer Theatre

  • Spring Awakening

    By Adapted from Frank Wedekind, Music by Duncan Sheik, Lyrics by Steven Sater
    Nov 09, 2012 to Nov 17, 2012
    Directed by Nathan Halvorson
     E.C. Mabie Theatre

  • Lady M

    By William Shakespeare
    Oct 11, 2012 to Oct 21, 2012
    Directed by Matt Hawkins
     David Thayer Theatre

  • Sherlock's Last Case

    By Charles Marowitz
    Jul 12, 2012 to Jul 21, 2012
    Directed by Matt Hawkins
     E.C. Mabie Theatre

  • The Woman in Black

    By Susan Hill
    Jun 28, 2012 to Jul 07, 2012
    Directed by Mary Beth Easley
     E.C. Mabie Theatre

  • What the Butler Saw

    By Joe Orton
    Jun 21, 2012 to Jul 11, 2012
    Directed by Eric Forsythe
     David Thayer Theatre

  • In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)

    By Sarah Ruhl
    Feb 10, 2012 to Feb 19, 2012
    Directed by Meredith Alexander
     E.C. Mabie Theatre

  • A Hamlet

    By William Shakespeare
    Dec 01, 2011 to Dec 10, 2011
    Directed by Carol MacVey
     David Thayer Theatre

  • Stick Fly

    By Lydia R. Diamond
    Nov 10, 2011 to Nov 19, 2011
    Directed by Tisch Jones
     E.C. Mabie Theatre

  • The Cherry Orchard

    By Anton Chekhov
    Oct 07, 2011 to Oct 16, 2011
    Directed by Eric Forsythe
     E.C. Mabie Theatre

Tickets

Mainstage Season
$18 Non-Student
$12 Seniors (65+)
$10 College Students & Youth
$5 UI Students (with valid ID)

Tickets are available through the Hancher Box Office at 319.335.1160, 1.800.HANCHER.

Tickets are available one hour before curtain at the Theatre Building.
 

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