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Performance photo from An Officer and a Gentleman

Based on the Oscar-winning film of the same name, An Officer and a Gentleman is filled with classic 80s hits as it explores a young man’s journey when he enters the U.S. Navy’s Officer Training School. The show played a singular performance at Hancher Auditorium on Jan.

Patricia Winokur
Iowa Now - Thursday, January 20, 2022

This February, in conjunction with the University of Iowa’s 175th anniversary, the Presidential Lecture Series will feature presentations from three distinguished UI faculty members—Craig Kletzing, Christopher Merrill, and Patricia Winokur.

Hancher Auditorium is seen in Iowa City on Sunday, September 20th, 2020.
Daily Iowan - Thursday, January 13, 2022

After being postponed nearly two years, Hancher’s outdoor festival “The Big Splash!” has been canceled because of “uncertainty and repercussions” caused by the pandemic.

Hancher Auditorium and the Iowa River at sunrise

The University of Iowa’s Hancher Auditorium and IIHR—Hydroscience and Engineering (IIHR) as well as the City of Iowa City are canceling The Big Splash!, a two-day festival described as “a free outdoor extravaganza of music, dance, circus arts, and spectacle.”

Hancher Auditorium
Iowa City Press Citizen - Friday, December 17, 2021

​We hope the University of Iowa will revisit and reverse its decision to remove all funding for Hancher Auditorium (Iowa City Press Citizen Aug. 12).

Hancher Auditorium
The Gazette - Wednesday, December 15, 2021

We hope the University of Iowa will revisit and reverse its decision to eliminate all general education funding from Hancher Auditorium. (The Gazette July 10).

Straight No Chaser
The Gazette - Tuesday, November 30, 2021

It’s no secret that like virtually every other music act, the a cappella group Straight No Chaser was unable to tour because of the pandemic, a situation that wiped out several 2020 tours for the ensemble.

the Hermitage Piano Trio
Daily Iowan - Thursday, November 11, 2021

A love of music and a passion for education — violinist Misha Keylin, cellist Sergey Antonov, and pianist Ilya Kazentsev all demonstrate those principles as members of the Hermitage Piano Trio.

Complete with the smell of baking pies, Hancher Auditorium will present the hit musical, "Waitress", this weekend.
Daily Iowan - Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Hundreds of viewers of Waitress at Hancher Auditorium this weekend will be greeted by the warm smell of baking pies, and some may even leave the theater with a fresh pie.

Sara Bareilles and Jisel Soliel Ayon
The Gazette - Thursday, October 14, 2021

Jisel Soleil Ayon has never been a waitress and never baked a pie. But the star of “Waitress,” coming to Hancher Auditorium in Iowa City on Oct. 22 and 23, plans on baking every pie in the musical’s official cookbook when the Los Angeles-based actress, 22, is home for the holidays.