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Optional Recital: Madeline Nuss, mezzo-soprano

Wednesday, May 7, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building
Optional Recital: Madeline Nuss, mezzo-sopranoThis concert is free and open to the public.
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Iowa New Play Festival

Wednesday, May 7, 2025 8:00pm
Theatre Building
Iowa New Play FestivalWe are thrilled to present our annual Iowa New Play Festival in the Theatre Building featuring full productions written by MFA playwrights Sixtus Chetachi Igbokwe, Eli Campbell, Xiaoyan Kang, and a collection of work by the Undergraduate Playwrights Workshop! Plus, there are readings daily from new, full plays written by MFA playwrights.Tickets go on sale starting Monday, May 5 at noon, at the Theatre Building box office window. In-person, cash sales only.Productions:UI...
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Go!

Thursday, May 8, 2025 1:30pm to 3:30pm
Theatre Building
Go!By Emily Kaufman-BellPart of Iowa New Play Festival – Reading SeriesIn the amazing world of "Punymon Go!" expert trainers form lasting friendships with their creature companions, go on glorious adventures to improve their skills, and team up to battle an ultra-serious gaming addiction.Please be advised this reading includes sexual content and references to suicide.Guest Roundtable to follow.TicketsUI Students (with ID) – Free, limit 1 ticket per IDGeneral Admission – Free, but you must obtain...
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salt tongue

Thursday, May 8, 2025 5:30pm to 7:30pm
Theatre Building
salt tongueBy Eli CampbellDirected by Kayla AdamsPart of Iowa New Play Festival – Production SeriesIt's 1615 on an island off the coast of Ireland, and Fintan has caught the last fish in the sea. When he finds a man washed ashore that same day, he assumes Rossa must be a shipwrecked sailor and takes him home to recover. But things turn strange the longer Rossa stays, and soon the family that's adopted him must decide whether they've made the right decision.TicketsUI Students (with ID) – Free...

Chamber Music Residency Program Recital I

Thursday, May 8, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building
Chamber Music Residency Program Recital I The students of the Chamber Music Residency Programs will give their final recitals. This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream. This concert is free and open to the public.
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Iowa New Play Festival

Thursday, May 8, 2025 8:00pm
Theatre Building
Iowa New Play FestivalWe are thrilled to present our annual Iowa New Play Festival in the Theatre Building featuring full productions written by MFA playwrights Sixtus Chetachi Igbokwe, Eli Campbell, Xiaoyan Kang, and a collection of work by the Undergraduate Playwrights Workshop! Plus, there are readings daily from new, full plays written by MFA playwrights.Tickets go on sale starting Monday, May 5 at noon, at the Theatre Building box office window. In-person, cash sales only.Productions:UI...
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Dance BFA Concert

Thursday, May 8, 2025 8:00pm
Space Place Theater
BFA ConcertAll performances are free and open to the public. Seating is first come, first served.
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Digital Graffiti showing

Thursday, May 8, 2025 10:15pm
Theatre Building
The world has seen the dazzling delights of digital artwork projection mapped onto some of the most iconic buildings: the Empire State Building, the Sidney Opera House... even our own Old Capitol! Now you can see the Theatre Arts building come to life with digital art made by students in the new UI course, Digital Graffiti.The art of projection mapping is a growing sector in public art and engagement. Many cities are eager to engage their communities and shine light onto the facades of their...
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Guest Roundtable | salt tongue

Friday, May 9, 2025 10:30am to 11:30am
Theatre Building
A roundtable discussion of the Iowa New Play Festival production salt tongue by Eli Campbell directed by Kayla Adams.
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The Milk Miracle

Friday, May 9, 2025 1:30pm to 3:30pm
Theatre Building
The Milk MiracleBy Poonam DhirPart of Iowa New Play Festival – Reading SeriesThe Milk Miracle centers on a playwright navigating questions of identity, place, and belonging—both personal and cultural—while writing a story about a family struggling with grief, community expectations, and the weight of tradition. The play explores the layered tensions between the act of writing and the forces that shape a story’s creation.The Hindi/Punjabi/Sanskrit has been transliterated into English, so if you...