THREE ELECTRIC PERFORMANCES FEATURING UI STUDENTS AND FACULTY. ONE VIBRANT CAMPUS WITH CREATIVITY AT ITS HEART. This semester, the University of Iowa campus is alive with brilliant, diverse, eclectic artistry celebrating students, faculty, and staff across the performing arts. LOOKING BACK Friday, March 29 Hancher Auditorium MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY GRAHAM100 PRESENTED BY NHR AUDITORIAM MITH SUPPORT FROM DEPARTMENT OF DANCE Dance students thrilled the audience as they took to the Hancher stage as part of a performance by the iconic Martha Graham Dance Company. Still to come: Theatre Arts students will bring a beautiful play to life under the direction of Professor Caroline Clay, and School of Music students will perform a new opera at Hancher with music composed by Professor William Menefield, who will also direct. Each performance is emblematic of what's possible on a campus committed to collaborative, transformational arts experiences for artists and audiences alike. IN THE RED AND BROWN WATER IN THE RED AND BROWN WATER By Tarell Alvin McCraney Directed by Caroline Clay PRESENTED BY LA DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE ARTS Friday-Sunday, April 12-14 & Wednesday-Saturday, April 17-20 Theatre Building San Pere Louisiana Oya nuns fast, but her collegiate future is placed on hold to care for her mother Inspired by Federico Garcia Lorca's Yeme and Yoruban cosmology Tare Alvin McCraney's in the Red and Brown Water is a lyrical offering at the intersection of ancestral myth and ritual about a young woman's coming of age navigating lovers, community, and her chosen path TICKETS Senior C Youth & Non-U Students "70 FIERCE Music by William Menefield Libretto by Sheila Williams Directed by William Menefield PRESENTED BY HANCHER AUDITORIUM, PERFORMING ARTS PRODUCTION UNI AND US SCHOOL OF MUSIC Friday & Saturday, April 26 & 27/730 p.m. Hancher Auditorium An opera for the 21st Century, Fierce follows four teenage girls finding identity and purpose in the world as they write their college essays in a high school writers workshop The young women face striking internal challenges-the difficulties of high school popularity and social media the weight of parental expectations dunstable lives at home-but come together to find community self empowerment, and the confidence to embrace new chapters TICKETS Youth & Non-U Studen PERFORMING ARTS AT IOWA SCHOOL OF MUSC PERFORMING ARTS PRODUCTION MORE INFO AND TICKETS AT PERFORMINGARTS.UIOWA.EDU IOWA THREE ELECTRIC PERFORMANCES FEATURING UI STUDENTS AND FACULTY . ONE VIBRANT CAMPUS WITH CREATIVITY AT ITS HEART . This semester , the University of Iowa campus is alive with brilliant , diverse , eclectic artistry celebrating students , faculty , and staff across the performing arts . LOOKING BACK Friday , March 29 Hancher Auditorium MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY GRAHAM100 PRESENTED BY NHR AUDITORIAM MITH SUPPORT FROM DEPARTMENT OF DANCE Dance students thrilled the audience as they took to the Hancher stage as part of a performance by the iconic Martha Graham Dance Company . Still to come : Theatre Arts students will bring a beautiful play to life under the direction of Professor Caroline Clay , and School of Music students will perform a new opera at Hancher with music composed by Professor William Menefield , who will also direct . Each performance is emblematic of what's possible on a campus committed to collaborative , transformational arts experiences for artists and audiences alike . IN THE RED AND BROWN WATER IN THE RED AND BROWN WATER By Tarell Alvin McCraney Directed by Caroline Clay PRESENTED BY LA DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE ARTS Friday - Sunday , April 12-14 & Wednesday - Saturday , April 17-20 Theatre Building San Pere Louisiana Oya nuns fast , but her collegiate future is placed on hold to care for her mother Inspired by Federico Garcia Lorca's Yeme and Yoruban cosmology Tare Alvin McCraney's in the Red and Brown Water is a lyrical offering at the intersection of ancestral myth and ritual about a young woman's coming of age navigating lovers , community , and her chosen path TICKETS Senior C Youth & Non - U Students " 70 FIERCE Music by William Menefield Libretto by Sheila Williams Directed by William Menefield PRESENTED BY HANCHER AUDITORIUM , PERFORMING ARTS PRODUCTION UNI AND US SCHOOL OF MUSIC Friday & Saturday , April 26 & 27/730 p.m. Hancher Auditorium An opera for the 21st Century , Fierce follows four teenage girls finding identity and purpose in the world as they write their college essays in a high school writers workshop The young women face striking internal challenges - the difficulties of high school popularity and social media the weight of parental expectations dunstable lives at home - but come together to find community self empowerment , and the confidence to embrace new chapters TICKETS Youth & Non - U Studen PERFORMING ARTS AT IOWA SCHOOL OF MUSC PERFORMING ARTS PRODUCTION MORE INFO AND TICKETS AT PERFORMINGARTS.UIOWA.EDU IOWA