Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Image Gallery

As the fall semester winds down, we’re looking back at some of the best moments captured by Performing Arts At Iowa photographer Jason Smith.

From mainstage play productions presented by the Department of Theatre Arts, to student dance and choir performances, to appearances by internationally known artists — and everything in between — check out the fall 2025 semester in these 28 frames.

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Trisha Brown Floor of the Forest performance
Romeo and Juliet production by UI Department of Theatre Arts
UI School of Music presents their Choral Collage concert
Comedian Josh Johnson ascends the stairs inside the Old Capitol Museum
The Trisha Brown Dance Company performing Travelogue at Hancher Auditorium
UI students and faculty performed Trisha Brown's Floor of the Forest in the Visual Arts Building
An excited crowd awaits Josh Johnson's arrival onstage at Hancher
Voice DMA student Adam Griffiths performs in The Classical Style
Audience members ask questions during Josh Johnson's talk in the Old Capitol Senate Chamber
Lilli Taylor performs "Farmhouse Whorehouse" during Hancher's Infinite Dream Festival
Members of the Hawkeye Marching Band played a critical role in Trisha Brown Dance Company's appearance at Hancher Auditorium
Voice DMA student Adam Griffiths performs in The Classical Style, the School of Music's fall opera production
JD Samson performed at Hancher Auditorium in Iowa City as part of the 2025 Infinite Dream Festival
Production of Argonautika presented by the UI Department of Theatre Arts
The Hancher lobby fills with Josh Johnson fans during Infinite Dream Festival
Helado Negro performed at the Englert Theatre during Hancher's Infinite Dream Festival
Production of Argonautika presented by the UI Department of Theatre Arts
UI Dance students perform Foray Forêt during Trisha Brown Dance Company's appearance at Hancher Auditorium
Romeo and Juliet production by UI Department of Theatre Arts
UI Dance students perform Lagrimas do Paraiso during Dance Gala at Hancher Auditorium
UI students brought choreography from Trisha Brown's Foray Forêt into campus spaces
UI School of Music production of The Classical Style, an opera of sorts
UI School of Music production of The Classical Style, an opera of sorts
Comedian Josh Johnson during the audience meet + greet event following his performance
Sam Green's immersive documentary 32 Sounds, presented live with headphones and music
Sharon Van Etten performed at Infinite Dream Festival
UI Dance student performing Foray Forêt during Dance Gala at Hancher
UI Theatre students rehearsing Argonautika