Iowa New Play Festival

Wednesday, May 7, 2025 at 10:30am

Theatre Building
200 North Riverside Drive

We 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.

Productions:
UI Students (with ID) - Free, limit 1 ticket per ID
General Admission - $5, cash only

Reading Series:
UI Students (with ID) - Free, limit 1 ticket per ID
General Admission - Free, but you must obtain a ticket

Schedule of Events:

10:30 am - 11:30 am: Guest Roundtable - 3 Cubes and a Ghostlight

A roundtable discussion of the Iowa New Play Festival production 3 Cubes and a Ghostlight, a collection of work by the Undergraduate Playwrights Workshop, directed and choreographed by Michael C. Flores.

1:30 pm - 3:30 pm: Terminal

By Emily Kaufman-Bell
Part of Iowa New Play Festival - Reading Series

A girl about to leave for college is compelled to navigate her grief in the landscape of her own mind with the help of her younger sister.

Tickets
UI Students (with ID) - Free, limit 1 ticket per ID
General Admission - Free, but you must obtain a ticket

5:30 pm - 7:30 pm: This is My Body

By Darrin Terpstra
Part of Iowa New Play Festival - Reading Series

In Southern Baptist Suburbia, a pastor grapples with his failing health and faith as he falls in love with his fellow pastor.

Tickets
UI Students (with ID) - Free, limit 1 ticket per ID
General Admission - Free, but you must obtain a ticket


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