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Investigate Philip Marlowe at Iowa Summer Rep

The Iowa Summer Rep festival of “Chills and Thrills” mysteries will present a staged reading of "Trouble is My Business" at 8 p.m. Tuesday, July 17, in Theatre B of the University of Iowa Theatre Building. Story

Eric Forsythe, prime suspect

Photo illustration showing Eric Forsythe as part of a Clue board.

Theatre arts faculty member Eric Forsythe, artistic director of the current Iowa Summer Rep season of "Thrills and Chills" mysteries, once learned how truly dangerous theater can be when he became the prime suspect in a criminal investigation. Story

Cranking up Sherlock

Sherlock Holmes illustration.

The comic mystery 'Sherlock’s Last Case' by Charles Marowitz is the final full production in the 2012 Iowa Summer Rep season of “Chills and Thrills.” It will open at 8 p.m. Thursday, July 12. Story

Bone-chilling mystery

Woman in Black poster

The Woman in Black, adapted by Stephen Malltratt from the book by Susan Hill, is the second production in the 2012 Iowa Summer Rep season of “Chills and Thrills.” It will open at 8 p.m. Thursday, June 28, in the David Thayer Theatre of the University of Iowa Theatre Building. Story

Experience meets enthusiasm

Two people sit next to each other and read out of a script book, laughing.

Never mind that Iowa Summer Rep provides audiences with top-notch productions. UI theatre arts students get to rub shoulders with professional stage actors, and the pros find themselves re-energized by the students' enthusiasm for their art. Story

Orton satire opens mystery summer

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The 2012 Iowa Summer Rep season of “Chills and Thrills” will open with a racy, Monty Pythonesque satire of the mystery genre, Joe Orton’s "What the Butler Saw." Story

A summer of mystery

Iowa Summer Rep 2012 season poster art

The Iowa Summer Rep 2012 season promises to bring out everyone's inner detective. Story

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