Regarding the 2009-10 Season
Hancher Auditorium and most of the Arts Campus was severely damaged by the summer 2008 flood. This season we are presenting at eleven venues in the area and have complete information on the website regarding our alternate venues and programs.
Please call the Hancher Box Office at 319/335-1160 or 1-800-HANCHER if you have additional questions.
Locations
The Hancher Box Office is now located on the first floor of the Old Capitol Mall next to Sweets & Treats. Our offices are now located at W317 Seashore Hall.
Access services
Hancher is committed to making its events accessible to everyone. In order to comply with individual needs, please make your arrangements with the Hancher Box Office when purchasing tickets at 319/335-1158. Designated parking spaces, hearing augmentation units, large print playbills, and assistive technologies for the visually impaired (in partnership with the UI Center for Macular Degeneration) are available at every event in the Hancher season. Seating for patrons who use wheelchairs is available on a limited basis; reservations are required. When possible, we can arrange to provide sign language interpretation and tape-recorded playbills; requests for these services must be made at least one month in advance.
For additional information about accessibility at Iowa visit the website for the UI Council on Disability Awareness.
Seating
Seating Policy
To avoid disrupting the performance, latecomers will be seated during an appropriate break in the performance, at the discretion of the management.
Cameras, Tape Recorders, Pagers, Cellular Phones
In compliance with copyright laws and contractual arrangements with artists, photographs and recordings may not be made during a performance. Please check your cameras and tape recorders with the house manager or an usher. Pagers and cellular phones must be turned off or silenced.
Coughing and Electronic Watches
The auditorium's acoustics amplify the sounds of coughing and other noises. Please turn off your electronic watch alarm. The use of a handkerchief helps to muffle a cough or sneeze, and cough drops are available from the ushers. If coughing persists, you may wish to return to the lobby, where an usher can direct you to one of the soundproof observation rooms.
Smoking
The University of Iowa campus is a nonsmoking area.
Perfumes, etc.
Hancher patrons are reminded that some patrons are allergic or sensitive to cologne, perfume, or after-shave lotion. In consideration of this fact, you are requested to refrain from wearing artificial scents of any kind when attending performances at Hancher. Patrons with such sensitivities who wish to be reseated should speak with Box Office personnel.
Hours
Doors to the seating area usually open 30 minutes before curtain time.
Hancher Box Office
Monday-Friday, 10 am - 5:30 pm
New location!
193 University Capitol Centre Rm A, Iowa City, IA 52242
On the first floor of the Old Capitol Mall, at the south end near the parking ramp, next to Sweets & Treats.
Telephone: 319-335-1160 or 1-800-HANCHER
Fax: 319-353-2284
TDD and access services: 319-335-1158
E-mail: hancher-box-office@uiowa.edu
www.hancher.uiowa.edu
Also open at each venue one hour before curtain time.
Administrative Office
8 am-noon, 1 pm-5 pm, Monday-Friday
Gift certificates
Gift certificates can be purchased at the Hancher Box Office.
319/335-1160 or toll-free 1-800-HANCHER
Box Office Fax: 353-2284
Box Office email: hancher-box-office@uiowa.edu (not a secure site)
Bring a group
Groups of 20 or more can purchase discounted tickets to most events at Hancher Auditorium. Each Hancher season offers something to capture the imagination of a wide variety of groups – school groups, senior citizen clubs, service organizations, corporate groups or just a bunch of friends looking for a great night of entertainment.
Frequently asked questions here.
Call Jessica Netolicky at 319-335-0009 to reserve tickets for your group today.
Hancher Guild
Hancher Guild is a dynamic organization of people who donate their most valuable resources to Hancher: their time, enthusiasm, insight, and commitment.
The volunteers of Hancher Guild provide many vital services to Hancher: offer hospitality to visiting artists, help with activities for young audiences, and act as goodwill ambassadors for Hancher and the performing arts.
While many Guild members are also Hancher Circle and Hancher Enrichment Fund contributors, no financial investment is required to become a Hancher Guild member. Nor is any specific time commitment necessary. Most members have full schedules and many interests. All the Guild asks is that its members do their best to honor the time they do commit. The Guild is often able to tailor responsibilities to its members' specific skills and interests. And you need not live in the lowa City area to be a Guild member.
The Guild has a number of members in other Iowa communities. In addition to participating in the range of Guild activities, you can make a special contribution by helping the outreach and audience development in your own community.
Beyond the satisfaction of serving the arts, Hancher Guild members get a unique inside look at the performing arts. Among the many new people they meet may be the artists who appear on the Hancher stage. While you serve the arts, you find your own appreciation of the performances--and the business of putting them on the stage--enriched.
To join the Guild, click below to fill out and submit (or print) membership form. To receive a membership form by mail or for further information on the Hancher Guild, contact the Hancher Office at 319/335-1130.
Guild Membership Form 09-10 [pdf] Get Adobe Reader
Now online: Spotlight—The Guild newsletter
November 2009 Spotlight [pdf]
May 2009 Spotlight [pdf]
Hancher Auditorium Advisory Committee
The Hancher Advisory Committee is a Presidential Charter Committee that advises the Director in formulating and reviewing general policies for events presented by Hancher. The Advisory Committe web page includes complete information here.
Advertising in the Hancher Playbill
The Hancher playbill is a great place for your business to find exposure to as wide or select an audience as you want. Since there is such variety in the performances that come to Hancher, you can be certain that almost every segment of the population will be represented at one or many of the events. And since you choose the playbills in which you want your ads to be placed, you can be certain that you are reaching your target audience.
Advertising in the Hancher playbill also offers these rewards:
--Hancher audience members tend to be well-educated and affluent members of the community as well as the UI student body
--Reasonable rates
--Billings are sent quarterly throughout the season
--You will receive complimentary tickets to one selected Hancher event per semester
The playbill plays an important role in the Hancher experience and we are thrilled that you will be a part of that experience during the season.
The Hancher playbill is printed sheet fed offset in four-color on the cover and four center pages and black ink inside. Both the cover and the inside pages are printed on recycled paper stock of the highest quality. Each year a unique cover design is created for the season, and the playbills throughout the year are custom-designed for each performance.
If you have any questions about advertising call Marketing Director Rob Cline at 319/335-3827.
Rates
Contact Rob Cline by calling 335-3827 for more information or to reserve space, or by e-mail.
There is a ten-ad placement minimum for advertising. However, advertisers who sign Hancher playbill advertising contracts by the deadline will receive a 5% discount. Call Rob Cline for specifics on the deadline. Advertisers will be billed quarterly.
Digital art
The advertiser provides finished artwork ready to be used by the printer directly in the page layout. The art may be emailed to Rob Cline at rob-cline@iowa.edu or provided on cds.
The ad should be saved as a TIFF (preferred), EPS or PDF file with the text converted to paths. Also include original graphic files, fonts (both screen and printer), and the file used to make the EPS.
The advertiser is responsible for all proofreading and quality control of provided ads. A hard copy of the ad should be provided with the disk.
Photos
Photos included in the layout should be 300 ppi and in place in the electronic file.
Deadline
Camera-ready art must be submitted 30 days before first placement.
Typesetting and layout
We can typeset from your design at additional cost. Allow 60 days before first ad placement.
Changes
Ads may be changed during the season if a new electronic or camera-ready ad is received 30 days before next placement. We may be able to make typesetting changes to your ad if the changes are received 60 days before placement. An additional production fee may be charged to make all changes.
Sizes
(width x height)
full page--7 5/16" x 9 13/16"
2/3 page-- 4 13/16" x 9 13/16"
1/2 page-- 7 5/16" x 4 13/16"
1/3 page (square)-- 4 13/16" x 4 13/16"
1/3 page (vertical)--2 5/16" x 9 13/16"
1/6 page (horizontal)-- 4 13/16" x 2 5/16"
1/6 page (vertical)-- 2 5/16" x 4 13/16"
1/12 page-- 2 5/16" x 2 5/16"
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