Events - Theatre
CLAS Postgraduate Visiting Writers Reading featuring Josh Balicki, Eli Campbell, Spencer Jones, & Brian Orozco
Tuesday, April 7, 2026 7:00pm to 8:30pm
English-Philosophy Building
CLAS Postgraduate Visiting Writers Josh Balicki (fiction), Eli Campbell (playwriting), Spencer Jones (nonfiction), & Brian Orozco (poetry) will present their writing.
Protecting Water, Protecting Community: Short Films & Dialogue on Indigenous Land and Water Defense
Thursday, April 9, 2026 5:30pm to 7:15pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)
Join us for an evening of short films and community conversation exploring movements to protect water, land, and community.
The program will feature a curated selection of short films highlighting water protection movements in the Midwest, and beyond. Following the screenings, Dakota elder and historian Tim Mentz Sr. and Sikowis Nobiss, Cree-Saulteaux of the George Gordon First Nation in Saskatchewan and the founder and executive director of the Great Plains Action Society, will participate in a...
Beth Stelling
Saturday, April 11, 2026 7:30pm
Hancher Auditorium
Her new special is called "If You Didn’t Want Me Then". We’re confident you’ll want to see her now.
Hohenadel Recital
Saturday, April 11, 2026 8:00pm
Theatre Building
Honors Recital by Bella Hohenadel
Uncle Vanya
Friday, April 17, 2026 8:00pm
Theatre Building
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker brings her observational prowess and razor-sharp wit to an intimate adaptation of Chekhov's beloved dark comedy. Written with the “goal of creating a version that sounds to our contemporary American ears the way it sounded to Russian ears during the play’s first productions in the provinces in 1898,” Annie Baker’s Uncle Vanya captures the timeless longing, absurdity, and beauty of human relationships.
Uncle Vanya
Saturday, April 18, 2026 8:00pm
Theatre Building
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker brings her observational prowess and razor-sharp wit to an intimate adaptation of Chekhov's beloved dark comedy. Written with the “goal of creating a version that sounds to our contemporary American ears the way it sounded to Russian ears during the play’s first productions in the provinces in 1898,” Annie Baker’s Uncle Vanya captures the timeless longing, absurdity, and beauty of human relationships.
Uncle Vanya
Sunday, April 19, 2026 2:00pm
Theatre Building
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker brings her observational prowess and razor-sharp wit to an intimate adaptation of Chekhov's beloved dark comedy. Written with the “goal of creating a version that sounds to our contemporary American ears the way it sounded to Russian ears during the play’s first productions in the provinces in 1898,” Annie Baker’s Uncle Vanya captures the timeless longing, absurdity, and beauty of human relationships.
Spring Undergraduate Research Festival (SURF)
Wednesday, April 22, 2026 3:30pm to 6:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)
The Office of Undergraduate Research's Spring Undergraduate Research Festival (SURF) is held in celebration and recognition of undergraduate researchers' contributions to research, scholarly, and creative work at the University of Iowa.
Uncle Vanya
Wednesday, April 22, 2026 8:00pm
Theatre Building
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker brings her observational prowess and razor-sharp wit to an intimate adaptation of Chekhov's beloved dark comedy. Written with the “goal of creating a version that sounds to our contemporary American ears the way it sounded to Russian ears during the play’s first productions in the provinces in 1898,” Annie Baker’s Uncle Vanya captures the timeless longing, absurdity, and beauty of human relationships.
Uncle Vanya
Thursday, April 23, 2026 8:00pm
Theatre Building
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker brings her observational prowess and razor-sharp wit to an intimate adaptation of Chekhov's beloved dark comedy. Written with the “goal of creating a version that sounds to our contemporary American ears the way it sounded to Russian ears during the play’s first productions in the provinces in 1898,” Annie Baker’s Uncle Vanya captures the timeless longing, absurdity, and beauty of human relationships.