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Writing University Events


Friday, May 9

Iowa New Play Festival:

Play Reading: “Mourning Aletheia” by Joshua Casteel

2:00 pm, at UI Theatre Building.

Associated with: Playwrights Workshop | Theatre Department |

Iowa New Play Festival:

Performance: “We Three” by Mary Hamilton

5:30 pm, at David Thayer Theatre, UI Theatre Building. A young girl is reported to have drowned in the river, but no body can be found to verify the report. The lives of three characters are intertwined in the aftermath of this event. Performances at 5:30 pm and 10:00 pm.

Associated with: Playwrights Workshop | Theatre Department |

Leif Enger reading

7:00 pm, at Prairie Lights Books, 15 South Dubuque Street, Iowa City. Phone: (319) 337-2681. Leif Enger will read from his long-awaited new novel, So Brave, Young, and Handsome.
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Associated with: Fiction

Saturday, May 10

Iowa New Play Festival:

Play Reading: “Painted Skin” by Joe Luis Cedillo

1:30 pm, at UI Theatre Building.

Associated with: Playwrights Workshop | Theatre Department |

Iowa New Play Festival:

Performance: “Dust Town” by Morgan Sheehan-Bubla

5:30 pm, at E.C. Mabie Theatre, Theatre Building. Be prepared to meet a man, a monster, a thing from the dark, a hero and a three-headed dog. Performances at 5:30 pm and 10:00 pm.

Associated with: Playwrights Workshop | Theatre Department |

Monday, May 19

Elizabeth Berg reading

7:00 pm, at Prairie Lights Books, 15 South Dubuque Street, Iowa City. Phone: (319) 337-2681.

Associated with: Fiction

Wednesday, May 21

Jason Riley reading

7:00 pm, at Prairie Lights Books, 15 South Dubuque Street, Iowa City. Phone: (319) 337-2681.

Associated with: Journalism | Nonfiction

Friday, May 30

Mike Farrell reading

7:00 pm, at Prairie Lights Books, 15 South Dubuque Street, Iowa City. Phone: (319) 337-2681.

Associated with: Fiction