AdakuBy Sixtus Chetachi IgbokweDirected by Josh TurnerPart of Iowa New Play Festival – Production SeriesIn 1979 Nigeria, a good man’s sudden death in a hunting accident leaves his widow in a mourning chair. Their daughter, Adaku, seeks to bring honor to her community like her great hunter-father, but soon discovers the unwritten rules that govern her destiny as a woman, and even more so, as an Igbo woman.Please be advised this production includes haze, discussions of grief, death, and violence...

Iowa New Play FestivalWe are thrilled to present our annual Iowa New Play Festival in the Theatre Building featuring full productions written by MFA playwrights Sixtus Chetachi Igbokwe, Eli Campbell, Xiaoyan Kang, and a collection of work by the Undergraduate Playwrights Workshop! Plus, there are readings daily from new, full plays written by MFA playwrights.Tickets go on sale starting Monday, May 5 at noon, at the Theatre Building box office window. In-person, cash sales only.Productions:UI...

A roundtable discussion of the Iowa New Play Festival production Adaku by Sixtus Chetachi Igbokwe directed by Josh Turner.

LARPlayBy Randy Jackson-AlvarengaPart of Iowa New Play Festival – Reading SeriesLARPlay follows Ash, a stubborn non-gamer recovering from a near-death experience, who is reluctantly pulled into a LARP designed by her late childhood friend. As she struggles with grief and the fear of her own mortality, the fantasy world begins to feel more real. Forcing her to confront what it truly means to fight, to play, and to keep living.Please be advised this reading includes references to heart attacks...

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Our Jazz Studies faculty members host a monthly community jazz jam session, joined by students, alumni, community members, and musicians passing through Iowa City. All members of the community are welcome for this free community event, hosted the first Tuesday of each month during the school year at the Wilder — a restaurant and bar located on the ground floor of the Graduate Hotel, on Iowa City's downtown pedestrian mall. To learn more or if you are interested in jamming, get in touch with Da...

3 Cubes and a GhostlightBy the Undergraduate Playwrights WorkshopDirected and choreographed by Michael C. FloresPart of Iowa New Play Festival – Production Series3 Cubes and a Ghostlight is a collection of original works written by the students of the Undergraduate Playwrights Workshop, each inspired by the shared image of three cubes and a ghostlight.Through an investigative and collaborative process, the ensemble embodies the spirits of ghosts, moreover, forgotten artists—those who once...

Dunn Quartet Spring Recital with Professor Benjamin Coelho, bassoonThis concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream.View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/node/945582This concert is free and open to the public. 

Iowa Trombone ChoirJonathan Allen, Xiaoyu Liu, Brady Gell, Brady McSperrin, Ben Copeland, conductors.This concert is free and open to the public.View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/node/945583

Iowa New Play FestivalWe are thrilled to present our annual Iowa New Play Festival in the Theatre Building featuring full productions written by MFA playwrights Sixtus Chetachi Igbokwe, Eli Campbell, Xiaoyan Kang, and a collection of work by the Undergraduate Playwrights Workshop! Plus, there are readings daily from new, full plays written by MFA playwrights.Tickets go on sale starting Monday, May 5 at noon, at the Theatre Building box office window. In-person, cash sales only.Productions:UI...