2007-08 University Theatres Mainstage Season
We are the music makers,
And we are the dreamers of dreams…
Experiencing a live performance is an exhilarating, intimate event unlike any other. We invite you to keep that love alive and treat yourself to a season of dynamic and distinctive performances from the UI Division of Performing Arts. Whether it’s a symphonic masterwork or cutting edge theatre, an electrifying opera or breathtaking dance, we invite you to sample all we have to offer. You can even create your own series that suits your particular tastes and save off the single ticket price.
Experience the Music, the Dance, the Drama, the Artistry of live performance. Join us for our 2007-2008 Subscription Series and discover the magic of the performing arts at Iowa.
A Perfect Wedding
October 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21
by Charles Mee
Directed by Carol MacVey
David Thayer Theatre
An edgy take on A Midsummer Nights Dream, this fun, big-hearted comedy about love and human nature follows a series of supposedly perfect weddings that explode into a summertime fantasia of love in all its tangled combinations.
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Anton in Show Business
November 29, 30, December 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
by Jane Martin
Directed by Eric Forsythe
E. C. Mabie Theatre
This madcap comedy follows three actresses on a wild theatrical adventure when they’re cast in a performance of Chekhov’s Three Sisters in Texas.
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Iowa Partnership in the Arts Premiere
February 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Written by John Cameron
David Thayer Theatre
Is it possible to change the object of our desire? Can homosexual be made heterosexual? And can the spirit survive the attempt? Ron Sorenson fights for answers in a world of dark memories thirty years after the experiment.
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The Piano Lesson
March 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15
by August Wilson
Directed by Tisch Jones
E. C. Mabie Theatre
Winner of the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, The Piano Lesson is a rich, beautifully written story about family rivalry, tradition, history and finding one’s way in uncharted waters.
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Tartuffe
April 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26, 27
by Moliére
Directed by Meredith Alexander
E. C. Mabie Theatre
Few villains in the world of theatre are as conniving, ruthless and outrageously comical as Molière’s devoutly unscrupulous Tartuffe, the holier-than-thou hypocrite who uses religious piety to worm his way into the lives of an aristocratic 17th-century family.
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