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Iowa City flooding alters Summer Rep season

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Due to the flooding in Iowa City, which has forced the closure of the UI Theatre Building, Iowa Summer Rep’s 2013 season has changed. "Bad Seed" will be staged in Coralville on a reduced run; "Tommy" will shift to September as part of the 2013-14 Mainstage season. The UI Summer Opera, "Iolanthe," scheduled for July 11-14, will go on as planned. Story

Theater on tour

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The University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts is taking a show on the road this summer, staging free performances of "No Fish in the House" in numerous Iowa communities throughout July. Story

Festival provides sneak peek at future of theater

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The University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts will present the 2013 Iowa New Play Festival, the most ambitious new-play festival in collegiate theater, with readings and staged productions May 5–11 in the UI Theatre Building. The full productions of new scripts from the Iowa Playwrights Workshop will be presented at 5:30 and 9 p.m. May 5, 6, 8, 9, and 11. Story

Mastering the demanding art of directing

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Directing a theater production is a bit of a balancing act. Kristin Clippard has walked this tightrope many times, and loves every minute of it. She will direct "She Stoops to Conquer," the final production of the 2012-2013 University Theatres Mainstage season; the show opens April 19 in E.C. Mabie Theatre. Story

Artist illness prompts cancellation of Hughes workshop, performance

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UI Theatre is sorry to announce that the Holly Hughes Gay Marriage Performance Workshop (April 2-5) and the Holly Hughes performance (April 6) have been cancelled due to the artist’s illness. UI Theatre plans to reschedule the workshop and performance during the 2013-2014 season. Story

Theatre arts honor students to present thesis projects

"Puddin’," written and developed by Bethany Jackson, and "Spot’s Community," written and directed by Taylor Cook, will be presented together on March 27 and 29. Jacob Schiller and Emilia Hodges will collaborate on "Lungs," by British playwright Duncan Macmillan; it will be presented March 28 and 30. All shows are free and open to the public. Story

UI Theatre producing 'A Dream Play'

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The University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts will present the next offering in its Mainstage series, "A Dream Play" by August Strindberg, at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 7, in the David Thayer Theatre in the UI Theatre Building. Story

New one-act plays look at messes left behind

The University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts will present "MOLD" and "Dust and Ash," two one-act plays that take different looks at how our past affects us, at 8 p.m. Friday to Saturday, Feb. 22-23, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24, in Theatre B of the UI Theatre Building. Story

Ten Minute Play Fest opens Feb. 14

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The Ten Minute Play Festival, featuring eight plays written by University of Iowa undergraduate students, will be showing at 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 14-16, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, in Theatre B of the UI Theatre Building. Story

A fairy tale beginning

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Students in the UI Department of Theatre Arts are working with the Moving Company, a Twin Cities-based theater organization, on developing the latter's tale of modern-day poverty and isolation, set in the fantastical world of fairy tales. The fruits of their labor will be unveiled Feb. 7. Story

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