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Application deadline: March 2, 2025

• Based on artistic potential in one or more areas of theatre, as well as academic and artistic achievement
• Award: Full in-state tuition for the first year of study awarded to up to three new traditional first-year students
• For questions regarding this scholarship or for students wishing to visit and tour the department, contact theatre@uiowa.edu or 319-335-2700.

• Awarded to a deserving theatre arts student
• Award: Multiple awards totaling up to $9,000

• Awarded to a deserving theatre arts student
• Award: Multiple awards totaling up to $4,000

• Awarded to a deserving theatre arts student
• Award: Multiple awards totaling up to $5,000

• Awarded to a deserving theatre arts student
• Award: up to $3,000

• Awarded to a deserving theatre arts student
• Award: up to $1,200

• Awarded to a deserving undergraduate student in the Department of Theatre Arts in acting
• Preference given to students based on merit
• Award: Multiple awards totally up to $3,000

• Awarded to a deserving undergraduate student, with priority to a student with financial need
• Academic merit is also a factor in award consideration.
• Award: up to $600

• Awarded to a registered undergraduate student who is about to complete, or has completed, four semesters in the Department of Theatre Arts at University of Iowa.
• Preference shall be given to a graduate of Knoxville High School (Knoxville, Iowa).
• Award: Multiple awards totaling up to $20,000

• Awarded to a deserving theatre arts student
• Award: Multiple awards totaling up to $6,000

• Awarded to an undergraduate student in Theatre Arts. The student must have completed at least 30 semester hours with a grade point average of 3.0 or above.
• Award recipient must have demonstrated commitment to theatre and the University of Iowa Theatre Arts Department, have demonstrated talent and ambition in the classroom and in one or more areas of production, and have expressed a desire to graduate from the University of Iowa with a B.A. degree in Theatre Arts. Undergraduates may receive the scholarship for up to two years.
• Award: Multiple awards totaling up to $3,000

• Awarded to an undergraduate student in technical theatre or theatre design
• Award: Multiple awards totaling up to $2,000

• Designed to encourage potential playwrights and screenwriters to pursue their studies at the University of Iowa, the Nicholas Meyer Playwriting Scholarship is awarded each year to a registered undergraduate student, pursuing the study of dramatic writing for stage, television, and film.
• The recipient of this scholarship is chosen on the basis of academic record and demonstrated ability in writing, with emphasis on the latter.
• Award: up to $4,000

• Application deadline: March 17, 2025
• Award: The Marcia Thayer Scholarship provides either full undergraduate in-state or up to $15,000 for out-of-state tuition, excluding fees.
• It is awarded to current undergraduate students majoring in dance, music, or theatre arts who demonstrate ability in more than one performance area (e.g. theatre and dance or dance and music).
• Recipients must be full-time undergraduates in good standing in the University and making normal progress toward completion of University and degree requirements.
• Applicants must also have finished at least 45 semester hours by the end of the spring semester (at the University of Iowa) to be eligible.
• Questions may be directed to Kelly Walsh at kelly-walsh@uiowa.edu.