Hancher’s 2019-2020 season will start early with Diana Ross and end late with The Big Splash!

Highlights include three Broadway shows, two holiday concerts, and exceptional music, theater, dance

The 2019-2020 season for the University of Iowa’s Hancher Auditorium will get off to an early start with a rare summer concert featuring a Motown legend. And the season will also extend beyond its usual bounds to end with an August 2020 festival along the Iowa River. In between, Hancher will present the diverse collection of world-class artists for which the organization is known.

JULY

19 FRI Diana Ross …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..7:30 | THE AUDITORIUM

SEPTEMBER

6 FRI Storm Large ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….7:00 | HANCHER GREEN

10 TUE Van Jones, Protest & Politics in the Age of Twitter ……………………………………………………………………………..7:30 | THE AUDITORIUM

14 SAT An Evening with Audra McDonald, Songs from the American Music Theater …………………………………….7:30 | THE AUDITORIUM

21 SAT Urban Bush Women, Hair & Other Stories ………………………………………………………………………………………….7:30 | THE AUDITORIUM

25 WED Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, American Guitar Masters ……………………………………………………………………….7:30 | THE AUDITORIUM

OCTOBER

4–5 FRI–SAT RENT …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Fri, 7:30; Sat, 1:00 & 6:30 | THE AUDITORIUM

11 FRI Chick Corea, Trilogy …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….7:30 | THE AUDITORIUM

13 SUN Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, New World Spirit ……………………………………………………………..3:00 | THE AUDITORIUM

22 TUE Sankai Juku, Utsushi (Between Two Mirrors)………………………………………………………………………………………7:30 | THE AUDITORIUM

26 SAT SITI Company, The Bacchae…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………7:30 | THE AUDITORIUM

NOVEMBER

2 SAT Tomeka Reid Quartet …………………………………………………………………………………………… 6:30 & 9:00 | CLUB HANCHER · STRAUSS HALL

21 THU CONTRA-TIEMPO & Las Cafeteras, joyUS, justUS ………………………………………………………………………………..7:30 | THE AUDITORIUM

DECEMBER

7 SAT BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, A Cajun Christmas…………………………………………………………………………..7:30 | THE AUDITORIUM

14 SAT Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Big Band Holidays ………………………………………7:30 | THE AUDITORIUM

JANUARY

24–25 FRI–SAT The Color Purple ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. Fri, 8:00; Sat, 1:00 & 6:30 | THE AUDITORIUM

29 WED Miró Quartet and Kiera Duffy, soprano ………………………………………………………………………………………………7:30 | THE AUDITORIUM

FEBRUARY

1 SAT Gina Chavez …………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2:00 & 5:00 | KIDS CLUB HANCHER · STRAUSS HALL

8 SAT Rosanne Cash ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………7:30 | THE AUDITORIUM

15 SAT RUBBERBANDance Group, Vic’s Mix……………………………………………………………………………………………………7:30 | THE AUDITORIUM

21 FRI Syed Umar Warsi, Amir Safi, and Amal Kassir ………………………………………………………………………………………….7:30 | STRAUSS HALL

22 SAT Negin Farsad………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..7:30 | THE AUDITORIUM

28–29 FRI–SAT The Actors’ Gang, The New Colossus …………………………………………………………………………………………………..7:30 | THE AUDITORIUM

MARCH

4 WED The Chieftains, The Irish Goodbye……………………………………………………………………………………………………….7:30 | THE AUDITORIUM

8 SUN Dreamers’ Circus ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 5:30 & 8:00 | CLUB HANCHER · STRAUSS HALL

10 TUE Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater……………………………………………………………………………………………………7:30 | THE AUDITORIUM

25 WED Melissa Aldana Quartet………………………………………………………………………………………… 6:30 & 9:00 | CLUB HANCHER · STRAUSS HALL

28 SAT Los Angeles Master Chorale, Lagrime di San Pietro…………………………………………………………………………….7:30 | THE AUDITORIUM

APRIL

3–4 FRI–SAT Beautiful: The Carole King Musical …………………………………………………………………… Fri, 7:30; Sat, 1:00 & 6:30 | THE AUDITORIUM

7 TUE Boston Pops On Tour, Lights, Camera…Music! Six Decades of John Williams …………………………………….7:30 | THE AUDITORIUM

18 SAT ETHEL + Robert Mirabal, The River………………………………………………………………………………………………………7:30 | THE AUDITORIUM

24–26 FRI–SUN Compagnia TPO, Farfalle ……………………………………………….Fri, 5:00; Sat, 10:00, 12:30, & 3:00; Sun, 12:30 & 3:00 | STRAUSS HALL

MAY

1–2 FRI–SAT Slingsby Theatre Company, Emil and the Detectives ………………………………………………………… Fri, 6:30; Sat, 1:00 | STRAUSS HALL

4 MON Danish String Quartet ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….7:30 | THE AUDITORIUM