Hancher's 2025–2026 season will be announced in full on Wednesday, July 9 at 10:00 a.m.
Music
Ray LaMontagne
Trouble 20th Anniversary Tour
With special guest The Weather Station
Tuesday, September 2, 2025
Music
Ray LaMontagne
Trouble 20th Anniversary Tour
With special guest The Weather Station
Tuesday, September 2, 2025
Ray LaMontagne is on the road—including this first-ever stop in Iowa City—celebrating his first full length album, "Trouble," playing the record in its entirety as well as songs from across his two-decade career.
An artist whose career has unfolded in myriad genre-bending ways sits down at the piano.
Indie darlings of the 1990s—steeped in music of the 1960s—crank up their mesmerizing sound. Whether you are a longtime fan or new to the band’s sound, you’ll want to be in the musical lab with Stereolab. Stereolab play The Englert Theatre on October 12.
Discussion | Literature
GOOD THINGS: An Evening with Samin Nosrat
Celebrating her new book, Good Things
Thursday, November 13, 2025
Discussion | Literature
GOOD THINGS: An Evening with Samin Nosrat
Celebrating her new book, Good Things
Thursday, November 13, 2025
In an evening about creativity and connection, Samin will remind us how cooking can not only nourish our bodies but also satiate our desire for kinship and community.
Music
Jane Lynch's A Swingin' Little Christmas
featuring Kate Flannery & Tim Davis with The Tony Guerrero Quintet
Saturday, December 13, 2025
Music
Jane Lynch's A Swingin' Little Christmas
featuring Kate Flannery & Tim Davis with The Tony Guerrero Quintet
Saturday, December 13, 2025
Classic holiday tunes come to life in this hilarious and heartwarming holiday extravaganza with Jane Lynch, Kate Flannery, Tim Davis and The Tony Guerrero Quintet
Based on true events, Kinky Boots follows the journey of two people with nothing in common — or so they think. The unlikely pair find that they have more in common than they realized ... and discover that you change the world when you change your mind.
Murder and blackmail are on the menu when six mysterious guests assemble at Boddy Manor for a night they’ll never forget! Based on the fan-favorite 1985 Paramount Pictures movie and inspired by the classic Hasbro board game, Clue is the ultimate whodunit that will leave you dying of laughter and keep you guessing until the final twist.
An ensemble of stellar vocalists and instrumentalists come together to share the iconic music of RENT like never before.
Meredith Willson’s six-time, Tony Award-winning musical comedy The Music Man follows fast-talking traveling salesman, Harold Hill, as he cons the people of River City, Iowa, into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys’ band that he vows to organize — this, despite the fact that he doesn’t know a trombone from a treble clef.
Based on Tim Burton’s dearly beloved film, this hilarious musical tells the story of Lydia Deetz, a strange and unusual teenager whose whole life changes when she meets a recently deceased couple and a demon with a thing for stripes.