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Iowa Director's Festival

Thursday, February 13, 2025 8:00pm
Theatre Building
This year's Iowa Director's Festival includes four shows presented over two weeks, all directed by MFA directing candidates.
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Tom & Eliza

Thursday, February 13, 2025 8:00pm
Theatre Building
Tom and Eliza are moving persistently toward the future in their own fantastically twisted journeys. Written by Celine Song — writer and director of the award-winning movie Past Lives — Tom & Eliza propels us on a journey from a first date to the end of life as we know it.
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And Tell Sad Stories of the Death of Queens

Thursday, February 13, 2025 8:00pm
Theatre Building
Having a “weakness for youth,” Candy’s romantic partner of 17 years has left her alone to manage her life as a respected landlord and drag queen. With her 35th birthday looming, Candy seeks out love in all the wrong places, willing to do anything to rekindle the love she lost.
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Iowa Director's Festival

Friday, February 14, 2025 8:00pm
Theatre Building
This year's Iowa Director's Festival includes four shows presented over two weeks, all directed by MFA directing candidates.
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Grown Backwards

Friday, February 14, 2025 8:00pm
Theatre Building
Grown Backwards Written and Directed By James Gulden Location: Alan MacVey Theatre, Theatre Building Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025, 8 p.m. EFFECT: 1976, The world is forever changed, and a scientist named Emmett's life is turned backwards. CAUSE: 1972, Emmett's family life is on the verge of collapse. He then discovers that time flows against our perception; effect precedes cause. Please be advised that this show contains strong language, derogatory terms...
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Far Away

Friday, February 14, 2025 8:00pm
Theatre Building
Ever since Joan’s childhood, she has witnessed people doing horrific things in the name of doing what is “right.” Caryl Churchill’s Far Away examines what happens in a world when no one, not even the cats and the rivers, can be trusted.
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Dutchman

Friday, February 14, 2025 8:00pm
Theatre Building
Traveling on the city subway, everything seems innocent in the conversation between Clay and Lula, but things quickly escalate. Dutchman, by Amiri Baraka, a highly influential and provocative storyteller of the Black experience, examines the damage to and silence of the Black community — a cycle we seem doomed to repeat.
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Iowa Percussion: Arts Share Community Concert

Saturday, February 15, 2025 3:00pm
Voxman Music Building
Iowa Percussion: Arts Share Community Concert This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream. View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/node/943783 This concert is free and open to the public.
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Cyrille Aimée

Saturday, February 15, 2025 7:00pm
Hancher Auditorium
Cyrille Aimée has perfected the intermingling of a host of traditions and styles — including the irrepressible dance rhythms of her mother’s Caribbean heritage, the vibrant and varied sounds of New Orleans and New York, the immediacy of pop music, and the accessible sophistication of jazz.
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Iowa Director's Festival

Saturday, February 15, 2025 8:00pm
Theatre Building
This year's Iowa Director's Festival includes four shows presented over two weeks, all directed by MFA directing candidates.