Anne Bogart has influenced decades of actors and directors as one of the most formidable minds in American theater. She trained at Bard College and New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.
At the start of her freshman year at the University of Iowa, Paris Sissel attended a job fair not knowing what to expect. She then spent her first two years at the UI as an usher at Hancher Auditorium.
In the dimly lit auditorium, audience members filled the seats of the first level, leaving only a few spots open for Sankai Juku’s performance of Utsushi at Hancher.
After 20 years, the internationally-known Japanese dance troupe Sankai Juku is returning to Hancher Auditorium on Oct.
In 2008, Iowa City experienced a 500-year devastating flood that caused more than $700 million worth of damage on the University of Iowa campus.
Critical plaudits tend to focus on the sheer excitement of a DSQ performance with “thrilling,” “exhilarating,” and “rockstar vibe” listed alongside references to pinpoint intonation and immaculate blend.
For Juan Luis Espinal, the first Latino actor to play landlord Benny in “Rent,” learning the show in his native language was harder than learning it in English. The movie was a revelation to the still-closeted teen, who is now 29 and openly gay, living with his boyfriend in New York City.
Guitarist and composer Mary Halvorson has been named as one of this year’s fellows of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, as The New York Times notes. The fellowship, popularly known as the “genius” grant, awards recipients with $625,000 to be used over five years.
With their performance entitled Hair, and Other Stories, on Sept. 21 at Hancher Auditorium, Urban Bush Women brought challenges to the forefront of the stage, leaving an experience that can only be summarized by an expression: to each their own.
Set to appear in Hancher Auditorium on Saturday, Sept.